Here's the thread on the meet up in Frinton, please reply there if you'd like to join so we can make a reservation!I'll be visiting the UK again in October, two years after my last visit.
A keto lunch will be had on 13 Oct in Frinton with @MrsA2 before I return to the Netherlands, and we're hoping some other members will be interested in joining in!
I'll start a thread on it later and link to it in this thread, watch this space!
Hope that the cremation went well and pleased you were able to say a quiet personal goodbye too very difficult always but even harder when it's sudden like that.You won't while you're ill, don't beat yourself up for stupid decisions when not feeling well. I hope the chocolate tasted good before it made you feel sick!
Too much emotional stuff today after too little sleep. My own fault, a friend and I did a 'quick' zoom meeting before bed, feeling safe because those meetings time out after 40 minutes. Except when you both have a zoom account you can alternate hosts and before you know you're two hours in and have had too much to drink.
Still, it was a very nice meeting, catching up and discussing all kinds of random stuff.
Today was swimming pool first, going to bed too late is no excuse to skip.
Lots of grocery shopping.
Working on a fun but rather complicated thing, of which I'd promised I'd finish it today. I did.
I visited the neighbour who lost her partner in that horrible hiking accident in the mountains. The cremation will be tomorrow and I wanted to say a last goodbye now he's finally home from Andorra. Falling from a mountain and it having taken a week for him to be brought home of course means a closed coffin, but I spent some time alone with him in their atelier (both of them are artists for a living) before having tea and a talk with his partner. Very glad I went, I'll miss him, and this private goodbye before tomorrows busy cremation helped.
A phonecall from a very depressed and panicking friend. She'll have her birthday early next month, she feels she should have her party in her house, her house is currently an exploded mess (of the kind you see in cheap reality shows), and her depression makes her thoughts keep going in circles.
I contacted neighbours Tale and Astrid (yes, those are the ones with the complicated stuff) to ask if they would be willing to help out. We did the same thing last year, it will take the 3 of us about 4 to 5 hours to get her house in order again. Which won't help with the depression but at least it will solve a practical problem and relieve an extra reason for panic and self loathing.
Then some very intense whatsapp contact with Astrid, who is going though a ridiculously hard time with her idiot husband. Did some understanding and thoughtful replying before deciding that enough was enough, I'll be there again tomorrow, and proposed we'll go for a swim after the other neighbour's cremation.
Chopped onions and garlic, cleaned the pot I was going to use, and decided proper cooking can wait until tomorrow, I'm tired.
So I had a pan fried toastie with cheese, chorizo and a mayonnaise based dip instead. Very tasty too!
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And on a more positive note, I'll be visiting the UK again in October, two years after my last visit.
A keto lunch will be had on 13 Oct in Frinton with @MrsA2 before I return to the Netherlands, and we're hoping some other members will be interested in joining in!
I'll start a thread on it later and link to it in this thread, watch this space!
I would have loved to have come along to meet you and others ( although I live a long distance from there ) but we already have a family birthday event booked in that weekend - youngest sons. I look forward though to hearing about it and seeing the photos.Here's the thread on the meet up in Frinton, please reply there if you'd like to join so we can make a reservation!
13 Oct '24 - Lunch and meet up in Frinton!
Hi all, I'll be visiting the UK in October, and @MrsA2 and I thought this would be a perfect reason to meet up with fellow forum members! We'll be going to Keto Bite in Frinton, where everything is keto and gluten free. :joyful: https://www.facebook.com/ketobiteuk I've been there two years...www.diabetes.co.uk
Aw, too bad, I would have loved to meet you!I would have loved to have come along to meet you and others ( although I live a long distance from there ) but we already have a family birthday event booked in that weekend - youngest sons. I look forward though to hearing about it and seeing the photos.
The cremation was as good as it gets, some very moving speeches, lots of people, lots of time to spend afterwards having a drink and a bite in the sun after earlier thunder storms, very happy it went so well.Hope that the cremation went well and pleased you were able to say a quiet personal goodbye too very difficult always but even harder when it's sudden like that.
Love idea of you going swimming afterwards and spending time with a friend. Keep taking care of yourself as you take care so well of your family, friends and neighbours.
I don't think it's related to low carb. The mental health improved a lot starting around februari, and I've been low carbing for at least 7 years. Which would be a bit of a late reaction!What a good supportive friend you are being @Antje77. Does make me wonder if your change to long term low carb has boosted your own mental health, you are so much more resilient than a few years ago. Just a musing, no answer required!
Perhaps the change in your relationship with Tale has helped to lift your spirits @Antje77. Then there's the cold water swimming. That too could have boosted your general well-being.I don't think it's related to low carb. The mental health improved a lot starting around februari, and I've been low carbing for at least 7 years. Which would be a bit of a late reaction!
I hope you'll feel better soon!
Please don't feel like an outsider, we're all a bunch of different folks - I'm sticking around for the company, interest and support although I feel a bit ashamed as I am currently relying on medications rather than taking control of my diet as I should - I don't post much about what I eat at times like this because I don't feel good about it, but I feel safe and welcome here...Thank you @shelley262 and Ann. I suppose I've always felt like the new kid on the block and you all seem so close. Ann, I found that interesting so don't apologise. I did have to google Callaloo because I'd never heard of it. Not sure I'd like it as I don't like spinach. I am always curious about things and how they work and once I know how to do something, I move on. Not so much now of course, I'm a bit too old. Although as the saying goes, you are never too old to learn something new. Just hope I haven't bored you!
I would love to come and meet you all but it's more than 4 hours journey for me! I'm still very tempted - will have to think long and hard about it!Here's the thread on the meet up in Frinton, please reply there if you'd like to join so we can make a reservation!
13 Oct '24 - Lunch and meet up in Frinton!
Hi all, I'll be visiting the UK in October, and @MrsA2 and I thought this would be a perfect reason to meet up with fellow forum members! We'll be going to Keto Bite in Frinton, where everything is keto and gluten free. :joyful: https://www.facebook.com/ketobiteuk I've been there two years...www.diabetes.co.uk
Would be wonderful if you could make it!I would love to come and meet you all but it's more than 4 hours journey for me! I'm still very tempted - will have to think long and hard about it!
is that the same thing as American Butter balls - just frozen butter deep fried in a batter?Good thing this thread isn't in the low carb section, I had bitterballen for lunch to celebrate my aunt's birthday. Didn't go too well, despite prebolusing...
Still, they tasted very good!
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Not at all, never heard of something like that.is that the same thing as American Butter balls - just frozen butter deep fried in a batter?
And here's me lying in bed really hungry after lecturing my host about how good intermittent fasting is when you post this!!!Not at all, never heard of something like that.
They are a thick meaty stew like filling inside a crispy batter and deep fried, usually dipped in mustard.
Utterly delicious, and a nightmare for diabetics!
(Picture taken from Google, forgot to take one before we finished them.)
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I've never had any of the American style Butter Balls either - they are reportedly delicious, smothered in powdered sugar but I suspect, not for me or any other diabetic. Not even sure I would want to try them - the only flavour being sugar and butter, much as I do like my butter. I do like the sound and look of your Bitterballen though.Not at all, never heard of something like that.
They are a thick meaty stew like filling inside a crispy batter and deep fried, usually dipped in mustard.
Utterly delicious, and a nightmare for diabetics!
(Picture taken from Google, forgot to take one before we finished them.)
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