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"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

Porridge for breakfast, I'm going to try HB eggs again for lunch with a salad, and I might have stir fried chilli and ginger beef with vegetables for tea.

I'll have a gardening afternoon with any luck, just pottered around this house this morning.
 
Breakfast: Croque Monsieur (kind of) on a low carb soda scone. Coffee.
2nd meal will be chickpea pasta with some veg stirred through.

Alistair went to have his annual check up with the local GP and has been told by one of the older GPs at the practice to stop eating carbs! Not because of BG levels, just because, now that he is off work, he is putting weight on. According to this GP, this is the latest thinking in health circles. Pity the dietician doesn't read the same journals. Also a pity that most of the other medics around here don't seem to acknowledge this kind of thinking.
 
@Annb interesting 're Alistair 's check and low carb advice good to hear it's gaining traction but ,as you say, not all health professionals are on on board! Interesting though that is one of the older GPs.
@jpscloud hope you got in the garden his afternoon as planned.I've had a hectic day lots non garden stuff to do plus it's still cold out there. I've just got back in from a quick rush around the garden wrapping up my tomatoes again - it's like tucking them up for bed! My hands are so cold now. I'm now seeing forecasts with a complete switch by next weekend to mid summer temps - hard for our plants and us to adjust to these temperature swings. I will be pleased though to put the fleece away.
 
shelley262 said:
@Annb interesting 're Alistair 's check and low carb advice good to hear it's gaining traction but ,as you say, not all health professionals are on on board! Interesting though that is one of the older GPs.
@jpscloud hope you got in the garden his afternoon as planned.I've had a hectic day lots non garden stuff to do plus it's still cold out there. I've just got back in from a quick rush around the garden wrapping up my tomatoes again - it's like tucking them up for bed! My hands are so cold now. I'm now seeing forecasts with a complete switch by next weekend to mid summer temps - hard for our plants and us to adjust to these temperature swings. I will be pleased though to put the fleece away.
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I did manage to do quite a bit, we had sunny spells and when the sun was out it was ok but as soon as it clouded over it was so cold it really put me off! I think this is the first time I've ever done lawnmowing with my coat on :hilarious:

As you say, the weather forecast shows over 20C next weekend - we'll be complaining about the heat! I hope it doesn't make my brassicas bolt. They are nice sturdy little seedlings at the moment so here's hoping they will be ok.

The hardboiled eggs did upset my stomach a bit, so sadly it looks like they're off the menu. I'll try scrambled/omelette again and see if that's ok.
 
jpscloud said:
I did manage to do quite a bit, we had sunny spells and when the sun was out it was ok but as soon as it clouded over it was so cold it really put me off! I think this is the first time I've ever done lawnmowing with my coat on :hilarious:

As you say, the weather forecast shows over 20C next weekend - we'll be complaining about the heat! I hope it doesn't make my brassicas bolt. They are nice sturdy little seedlings at the moment so here's hoping they will be ok.

The hardboiled eggs did upset my stomach a bit, so sadly it looks like they're off the menu. I'll try scrambled/omelette again and see if that's ok.
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Been out all day and very busy so no gardening again today. I'm planning on not covering my plants tonight and hoping it doesn't dip colder than the 6 forecast - it's a bit borderline but crossing fingers. Several of my tomato plants already look a bit sorry for themselves so think in a couple of days I may well need to replace some with the ones I kept indoors as insurance. Lesson learnt but I did plant them at same time last year and didn't have this issue. Our weather is unusually temperamental this season.
 
shelley262 said:
Been out all day and very busy so no gardening again today. I'm planning on not covering my plants tonight and hoping it doesn't dip colder than the 6 forecast - it's a bit borderline but crossing fingers. Several of my tomato plants already look a bit sorry for themselves so think in a couple of days I may well need to replace some with the ones I kept indoors as insurance. Lesson learnt but I did plant them at same time last year and didn't have this issue. Our weather is unusually temperamental this season.
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It's catching us all out I think! What worked like a dream last year looks very sad this year. My runner beans are about three weeks behind last year now but I did get winter brassicas and carrots started earlier and they were fine with the cold, so I'm hoping they'll do well. Thank goodness for your indoor ones, hopefully they will catch up quickly in some warmer weather.

I think I'll risk planting the beans out now, I've got the same runner beans I grew last year and I'm trying climbing french bean cobra as well.

Yesterday I had porridge for breakfast, cottage cheese salad for lunch and curry for tea - today will very likely be the same breakfast and lunch but maybe a freezer lucky dip for tea.
 
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