"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

Breakfast: Avocado smashed onto 4 Jacobs' crackers. Coffee.

2nd meal will be some oxtail stew which I found in the freezer, with a few bits of boiled potato which I also found in the freezer. (Resistant starch, supposedly, but I am doubtful that it works that way for me. However, worth a try ...)

I've just put corned beef on the shopping list for next Thursday.

EDIT: 5.50 pm Oxtail stew and boiled potatoes in the oven, heating up but since a cup of coffee, about 3 pm, I've been feeling nauseous and bloated so may not have it after all. At least BG has come down into the 6's in the last hour.

Eventually felt better after a couple of hours, so I did have the stew and potato. Disaster for my BG. Took about 4 hours but BG went up from 6s to 10s by 11 pm and stayed there. Now in the 12s and I have just taken a correction dose to try to get it down to something a bit more reasonable.

I took some pork sausage meat out of the freezer along with the stew so will have to use that today. There is some starch in that, but it is a high meat product, so it shouldn't be too bad.

This is the aftermath of me being so unwell in the last few weeks when I had trouble keeping my BG up into the 4s and 5s despite stopping Metformin and taking a smaller basal dose of insulin and no bolus doses. On the rebound, I suppose.

I thought I was doing so well too.

Breakfast: 2 pork sausage patties with 2 fried eggs and one tomato sliced and fried with the patties. Coffee.

More coffee throughout the day, plus water and pills.

2nd meal: pork sausage meatballs in tomato and onion sauce.

BG has come more or less back under control being around 6 since I took that correction dose earlier.

Is there anyone out there? Or am I talking to myself? Trouble is, my own advice to me isn't much use and no support whatsoever. It's OK. I know you all have lives to lead, I'm used to doing my own thing.

I've just logged in too but nothing much to report. Today is a rest and recovery day, as much of it in bed as possible.

Just ate a lovely meal of meatballs, sundried tomatoes, spinach and pine kernels. Hubby apologised for forgetting the linguine - I certainly don't mind!

Annb said:

Is there anyone out there? Or am I talking to myself? Trouble is, my own advice to me isn't much use and no support whatsoever. It's OK. I know you all have lives to lead, I'm used to doing my own thing.

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I'm still here! I need to stick around too. Hope the corned beef turns out to be a winner for you!

I made two of those quiches which are not as small as the picture looked, so I've been eating that with a medium potato and heaps of beans for dinner. Breakfast was a mcdonalds today, I had the double sausage and egg and double bacon and egg muffins minus the muffins (special offer on those).

I've had some carby snacks as well but rather than eating as much as I can fit in my stomach I'm just having one at a time - not ideal but better than when I'm in complete denial.

I have managed to keep off the weight I lost when I had the fluey cold, and hope to lose some more.

@Annb I hope you will be ok in Storm Floris, batten down the hatches and stay safe x

Edit: And all in the path of the storm x

jpscloud said:

@Annb I hope you will be ok in Storm Floris, batten down the hatches and stay safe x

Edit: And all in the path of the storm x

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Yeah atrocious weather here in Scotland since i wakened at 6am. Rain coming down in sheets and wind moaning it's head off but not yet gusting and wheely bins moving. It's started.

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Yeah atrocious weather here in Scotland since i wakened at 6am. Rain coming down in sheets and wind moaning it's head off but not yet gusting and wheely bins moving. It's started.

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There isn't really a suitable emoji for the storm, but optimistic for no damage and everyone staying safe x

jpscloud said:

@Annb I hope you will be ok in Storm Floris, batten down the hatches and stay safe x

Edit: And all in the path of the storm x

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Heavy rain and wind beginning to build up here. We can usually ride out storms - the most vulnerable part of the house, the roof, is usually OK (our roof tiles are heavy) and much of stuff outside is sheltered. A bit concerned about my new pot plants on the ramp at the front of the house, but it is fairly sheltered by all the bushes along side, so should be alright. Alistair's roof is a bit more at risk than ours - the tiles are not so heavy. It all depends on the direction of the wind. At present it is from the SE - not too damaging usually - but it is forecast to go round to the WNW. That's a bit more dangerous. As many people as possible should stay off the roads today. Part of the Island (a peninsula called Point) will most likely be cut off for a few hours once the wind meets up with high tide. Further south on the island chain, there are more dangerous areas because they are lower lying. Since a disaster a few years back, people there are more careful in this kind of weather.

Breakfast: the last of the sausage meatballs and tomato sauce. Yesterday, I had to add some yoghurt because the Italian herb mixture was more spicy than I had thought. That used the last of my pot of yoghurt so this morning I added double cream and made it cream of tomato sauce.

2nd meal: will be smoked mackerel with some salady kind of things.

Brunch is a salad with corned beef, cottage cheese, grated carrot, iceberg lettuce and a medium potato (made into potato salad).

Greek yogurt with blueberries and blackberries from the garden

Dinner will be the last of the quiche with fried courgettes. I've eaten all the garden beans for now!

In East Cheshire we seem to be escaping the worst of the storm, we just have some 20mph gusts which is pretty gentle considering the strength to the north.

jpscloud said:

Brunch is a salad with corned beef, cottage cheese, grated carrot, iceberg lettuce and a medium potato (made into potato salad).

Greek yogurt with blueberries and blackberries from the garden

Dinner will be the last of the quiche with fried courgettes. I've eaten all the garden beans for now!

In East Cheshire we seem to be escaping the worst of the storm, we just have some 20mph gusts which is pretty gentle considering the strength to the north.

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Wind speed here right now is 40 mph, gusting to about 70 mph. Trees are taking a battering, but haven't heard anything getting blown away yet. Not raining at present but 95% chance of rain in the near future. Temperature 12C but feels nearer 6C. A good day to be indoors. Power cuts were feared, but so far, so good. Forecast says this is the worst it will get, so it will soon improve.

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@Annb I hope you will be ok in Storm Floris, batten down the hatches and stay safe x

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Floris? Must be a Dutch one. We're safe from the wind this far south but the duration of the rain is likely to make the roof leak at the front - we have some plastic crates at the ready. My daughter's sitting at her (was my) desk and will act as canary - the first drip usually lands on the back of her neck and the squeal alerts us to put down the crates

Annb said:

Breakfast: the last of the sausage meatballs and tomato sauce.

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Yum. I am inordinately proud of having worked out for myself how to reply to multiple messages at once. Makes up for having failed to remember why the name "Floris" sounded so familiar. (The Quiz Channel on YouTube. Now I'm earwormed with the jingly music aaaaagh).

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2nd meal: will be smoked mackerel with some salady kind of things.

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Think we're having that tomorrow. There's a constant battle between me and hubby - I like the peppered while he prefers the ones in honey marinade. As he does all the shopping except the occasional online order it's a battle I don't often win.

Today started negatively with the carer refusing to come into the bathroom because of a large spider in the bath. Fortunately hubby was on hand to remove it but if he wasn't then she said I wouldn't have got my wash(!). Will have to ring agency and get clarification as this sounds outrageous. First time I've had to raise a complaint with this agency so no idea how it will go.

Things improved, the postman delivered a record breaking 3 envelopes, two of which contain stiff rectangular items with curved edges (they're addressed to me but I haven't been downstairs to open them yet). That'll be the prescription exemption certificate and Blue Badge then - Wirral and Scotland here we come yay!

Today is cheesy fondue day, we'll be dunking tenderstem broccoli, chunks of cooked bacon and cocktail sausages as well as some bread and cheese straw-like things that I probably won't bother with myself.

Before that I'll have some ham and coleslaw and there are
strawberries in the fridge for later.

Stay safe in the storm, everyone.

I found some runner beans! The wind moved the leaves and there were a few I'd missed, enough for tea. It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good, as they say!

Hope everyone in the north of the UK escaped without damage and are all safe x

The wind is easing off and Floris has done her worst. Very little damage - just some of my pot plants on the ramp got blown over, heavy clay pots but perhaps too much growth for stability. I just left them over so they would come to no harm. The sun is trying to come out now.

Tuesday morning and the sun is shining in my eyes through the window behind my PC. Have to half close the blinds to see what I'm doing. A bit warmer today but still quite windy. I'm on my 2nd cup of coffee and thinking about breakfast. Eggs in some form, I suppose. Ah yes - cheese omelette.

I have some turkey mince in the fridge so will have to make something with that for my 2nd meal today. Mince with shredded cabbage, I think, with the addition of some spices and maybe some tomato and onion.

I'm out for lunch today and will not be worrying too much about what I eat.

I'm not sure what I'll have for dinner, I'm thinking maybe fish in some form or other with some stir fried vegetables.

I still feel very full after a really lovely lunch - I had chicken which is a departure from my usual fish and chips! It was lovely and huge portions. I also had a very unhealthy pudding. I don't really feel like eating anything for dinner.

I didn't sleep well at all last night, no idea why. My back is still a little bit sore but no worse than before, a bit better if anything. So I think I will just have a really early night and be up early for a day in the garden tomorrow.

Hope everyone has had/is having a great day x