What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

FloraDora

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Type of diabetes
I reversed my Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
It takes sometime to settle to the new routine and, though it can be difficult, don't get too hung up by a high 2 hour reading, learn from it and things will smooth out.
It does sound as if you are in charge of what you eat, which is good.
Stay posting.
Eating to my meter has become my mantra, although I still have a lot to learn. I hate to waste food, had a huge portion of soup today because I did not want to throw any away. Wrong!!

Actually I have thrown more food away this week than ever before. Huge bowl of Cauliflower mash because I did not like it! Pastryless quiches because I cooked too many and after a couple of days they looked unappetising .........
 
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suehatton

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Late breakfast. 2 pork sausages and ratatouille
No lunch
Snack. Cheese and nuts
For dinner, Mr H made chicken breast, cauli cheese and green beans fried up with chorizo. So delicious!!! Nothing was ever made worse by chorizo!
 
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Brunneria

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
B: coffeencream x 2 and they were both huge.
L: lovely (but small) salad from the deli. low carb.
S: slice of crustless quiche
D: local butcher's sausages :wacky: and sugarsnaps
 
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hankjam

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Type 2 (in remission!)
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Diet only
Eating to my meter has become my mantra, although I still have a lot to learn. I hate to waste food, had a huge portion of soup today because I did not want to throw any away. Wrong!!

Actually I have thrown more food away this week than ever before. Huge bowl of Cauliflower mash because I did not like it! Pastryless quiches because I cooked too many and after a couple of days they looked unappetising .........
I had a fair number of bottles of beer, which I took into work and gave away, not touched beer since I was diagnosed... somethings are just toast! :)
 
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hankjam

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Type 2 (in remission!)
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Diet only
Late breakfast. 2 pork sausages and ratatouille
No lunch
Snack. Cheese and nuts
For dinner, Mr H made chicken breast, cauli cheese and green beans fried up with chorizo. So delicious!!! Nothing was ever made worse by chorizo!
Chorizo is central to my crust-less flan/quiche... just great!
 
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13lizanne

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Dislikes
The Gym, + unkindness and rudeness
B. 1 slice Burgen toast & 1oz cheese
L. 2 Turkey burgers &1 hard-boiled egg
D. 2 steak burgers & cauli cous cous
S. 1 hard-boiled egg, 2 gluten-free oatcakes with 1oz dbl Gloucester cheese, five almonds
It was a burger of a day
 
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DeejayR

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Type of diabetes
Type 2 (in remission!)
Treatment type
Diet only
Little adventure ... all-day outdoor event with an early start and nothing but burgers and chips on site.
I packed a chicken drumstick, mixed salad, babybels, some good cheddar and some slices of @GeoffersTaylor's excellent spinach loaf, for which many thanks. Plus large thermos of coffee'n'cream. It went something like this ...
6.15am B1: Babybel, hot water & lemon, followed by 3 hour drive
9.15am B2: Spinach loaf, babybel, coffee
11.30am L1: Half chicken leg, half salad, spinach loaf, coffee
2.15pm S: Spinach loaf, babybel, coffee
3pm drive home; stop at service station halfway for Starbucks and remainder of chicken and salad. Also petrol at £1.06.9.
7pm D: Belly pork casserole and more spinach loaf (warmed)
9pm S: teaspoon of dark tahini, my latest snack fave (lower carb than peanut butter)
Goodness knows what I'd have eaten if it wasn't for the timely advice of the forum :)
*Edit* Just remembered I went for a walk on site first thing and found the sweetest blackberries I've had this year. Er, perhaps they weren't too sweet though. Scoffed 10!
 
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tigerlily72

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
B - None
L/Brunch - Scrambled egg with a tin of mackerel in brine. Mug of tea with semi skimmed milk
S - x5 Oatcakes with mature cheddar cheese
D - Homemade curry made by hubby: Free range chicken fillets with Indonesian Rendang sauce and brown basmati rice

I've also had a watermelon and strawberry smoothie. But, now realised that watermelon is high on the GI index according to my GI Diet book :eek:
 
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Mongolia

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
B: 2 rashers bacon, scrambled egg, mushrooms
L: hot mackerel salad (out)
D: king prawns in coconut milk, lime & coriander sauce with cauli rice; chocolate orange jelly cream dessert @Brunneria I blame you for the dessert following your jelly posting! It was delicious!
S: mint choc almond flour flapjack type stuff
 
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Christinerm

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
B: Bacon sandwich made with coconut flour flatbread
L: Avocado & smoked salmon salad, pice of herby cheddar
D: Baked trout, broccoli & 1 new potato, strawberries & cream
S: 2 squares 85% dark chocolate
 
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GeoffersTaylor

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Dislikes
Not being able to like beer anymore!!
B - Peanut butter mug cake with cream (rapidly becoming my brekkie of choice)
D - Full English... 3 bacon, 3 soss, 2 eggs.
S - A pint of beer! Naughty but nice.
 
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britishpub

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
B: Eggs, Bacon, Chipolatas, Tom & Mush plus huge mug of Tea with skimmed

L: Marks & Sparks individual Roasted Veg & Mozzarella Frittata (7.9g carb per 100g and it is 125g)

D: Huge Sirloin Steak cut thick, at least 650g with roasted Aubergine/Courgette/Artichoke/Red Onion/Peppers and Spinach with Borsin

P: 85% Clotted Cream Sarni plus a lot of Shiraz

PS after the result last night from Twickers a 2nd bottle was opened and consumed

PPS the butane is running low on the BBQ
 
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ickihun

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Insulin
Dislikes
Bullies
B. Bulletproof coffee
L. 8 prawns, 3 calamari in wholemeal breadcrumbs, mackerel patè and 3 cod fingers. 6 button mushrooms in butter and blackpudding. 1 pt of diet coke.
D. Not hungry yet..... any ideas????
S. Pork scratchings. 20g.
 
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tigerlily72

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
So far today:
B - Nothing
S - Approx 40-50g of cashew nuts (I didn't weigh them so that's a guestimate)
L - Pork Loin with steamed veg (red pepper, red onion, pak choi, mushrooms, courgette, baby plum tomatoes). Followed by Greek Yoghurt.
D - Probably a couple of slices of wholemeal toast with scrambled egg or egg sandwich followed by a small bar of Aldi's 70% cocoa chocolate and a few raspberries

Now starting to drink homemade Lemon Russian Caravan Tea (it's a type of tea and I cut up and infuse a whole lemon to make it). It's good hot or chilled :)
 
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13lizanne

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Dislikes
The Gym, + unkindness and rudeness
B. Bulletproof coffee
L. 8 prawns, 3 calamari in wholemeal breadcrumbs, mackerel patè and 3 cod fingers. 6 button mushrooms in butter and blackpudding. 1 pt of diet coke.
D. Not hungry yet..... any ideas????
S. Pork scratchings. 20g.

How about an omelette @ickihun ? My failsafe dish (when there's nothing else to eat)
 
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13lizanne

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Dislikes
The Gym, + unkindness and rudeness
B. Usual 1 slice Burgen toast & cheese
L. 2 Turkey burgers + 1 hard boiled egg ( got to use them up)
D. Baked ham, cauliflower cheese, sugar-free jelly + DBL cream
S. Hunk of cheese, supper will be 1 boiled egg, 5 almonds
 
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Brunneria

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
A gorgeously gluttonous day!

Pre B: coffeencream
B: kipper and scram egg
L: carvery beef and veg (not so large portions as normal!)
D: mozarrella and beef tom salad with cheese coleslaw (not home made :( )
 
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hankjam

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Type of diabetes
Type 2 (in remission!)
Treatment type
Diet only
B: chia et al, rasps, blues and walnuts and pumpkins seeds
L: repeat of soft boiled eggs, celery, olives, anchovies, gherkins and dollops of mayo
D: roast chicken, spinach and runner beans, rasps and blues, double cream, coffee truffle and bubbles (35th wedding anni)

Managed to lose 2 kg in the last two weeks, which was not planned...... and not really able to repeat.... arrrghh....:arghh:
 
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