"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

[LivingLightly]

Met a man today at a weight loss class. He's 59 and looks to be as old as me - actually looks older than I do. A couple f years older than Neil but looks much, much older than Neil does. Good genes, I suppose. Anyway, this man is well overweight, diabetic, smoker and has the most awful diet I have ever heard of - black pudding and fried egg rolls for breakfast every day, hates vegetables, hates fruit but eats loads of carbs. Gets through 100 cans of diet Coke a week, hates water, hates fruit juice. On the advice of the diabetes nurse he forces himself to eat a banana every day. I did suggest that he might be better to replace the daily banana with a different fruit and maybe reduce the white bread and potatoes. But he wasn't having that. I didn't push it - he was clearly not intending to listen to me or the nurse running the class.

Actually, black pudding supplies some nutritional benefits @Annb.
Obviously, he would be best advised to cut out the white bread and spuds.

Have you pointed him towards this forum?

 

[MommaE]

Same here @Annb, Knitting is so relaxing. Hand me a pair of knitting needles after dinner and, unless there's a riveting programme on the radio, I can guarantee I'll be well away within minutes!

Not me. I can get so tense and breathless from concentrating so hard. I have to remind myself to relax, put my shoulders down , take a breath etc. At a class I did one woman said she lost weight knitting because she forgot to eat she was trying so hard. And as for anyone interrupting my counting by daring to speak anywhere near me while I’m holding the needles…woe betide. Despite this I do a bit most days ‍

 

[Annb]

Actually, black pudding supplies some nutritional benefits @Annb.
Obviously, he would be best advised to cut out the white bread and spuds.

Have you pointed him towards this forum?

Black pudding is quite good - apart from the oatmeal element for me - as are eggs, but the white roll he has them in every day, can't be good for either his weight or his BG. He also loves sweets and biscuits - he was bragging about being able to go all day with no food, after a breakfast of several packets of custard creams. I told him about the Diabetes website and this forum, but he wasn't interested in any website or getting advice from anyone. Just talked over both the nurse and myself and seemed kind of proud of his situation.

 

[Annb]

Breakfast was left over cauliflower cheese from last night.

2nd meal was pork belly slices roasted. No veg, no carbs. The cauliflower was enough veg for me for one day.

 

[MrsA2]

Black pudding is quite good - apart from the oatmeal element for me - as are eggs, but the white roll he has them in every day, can't be good for either his weight or his BG. He also loves sweets and biscuits - he was bragging about being able to go all day with no food, after a breakfast of several packets of custard creams. I told him about the Diabetes website and this forum, but he wasn't interested in any website or getting advice from anyone. Just talked over both the nurse and myself and seemed kind of proud of his situation.

Sadly, often that type of bravado is covering up deep seated self esteem issues. It's a shame more people aren't offered counselling . He's got to learn to value himself before there's any chance of him amending his diet.

 

[MrsA2]

Feeling better today
2 scrambled eggs then dancing. Only did one class, not the usual 2
Then home for a nap in the chair!
L: mince with mushrooms, cabbage and avocado
Helped at old people's cub, then went to a presentation. 1 glass red wine
Then on to bookclub in the pub. 2nd glass red wine.
Home at 22:30
Cheese on lc crackers and a mini icecream.
Very rare for me to eat this late but the alcohol gave me the munchies.

 

[LivingLightly]

Breakfast was the rest of the frittata that I made yesterday.
2nd meal was cauliflower cheese.

Met a man today at a weight loss class. He's 59 and looks to be as old as me - actually looks older than I do. ..... On the advice of the diabetes nurse he forces himself to eat a banana every day. I did suggest that he might be better to replace the daily banana with a different fruit and maybe reduce the white bread and potatoes. But he wasn't having that. I didn't push it - he was clearly not intending to listen to me or the nurse running the class.

Unfortunately, @Annb your diabetes nurse's advice to eat a banana every day was just as unwise.

Depending on size and degree of ripeness, your average banana supplies the equivalent of six teaspoons of sugar!

Dr David Unwin, a well known GP at an NHS practice in Southport, Merseyside hates bananas with a vengeance.
Scores of his patients have put their type 2 diabetes in remission by following his low-carb advice and cutting down on starchy foods like bread, potatoes and rice, and fruit, especially bananas!

 

[Annb]

Unfortunately, @Annb your diabetes nurse's advice to eat a banana every day was just as unwise.

Depending on size and degree of ripeness, your average banana supplies the equivalent of six teaspoons of sugar!

Dr David Unwin, a well known GP at an NHS practice in Southport, Merseyside hates bananas with a vengence.
Scores of his patients have put their type 2 diabetes in remission by following his low-carb advice and cutting down on starchy foods like bread, potatoes and rice, and fruit such as bananas.

Yes, I was quite appalled when he said that the daily banana was a suggestion of his diabetes nurse. He did acknowledge that he liked apple crumble, but would not eat a raw apple. I suggested cooking some apple and keeping it in the fridge for use over a few days, but he would want to add sugar to it, so probably no advantage in that. He would eat tinned pears, but not in fruit juice - only in a heavy syrup.

I think there may be something in the low self-esteem suggestion. He told us that for the first ten years out of school, he spent a part of each year in prison. Must have been for fairly minor crimes with short sentences. He then met his wife, who seems to have sorted out some of his issues and he "went straight", but his wife died two years ago and now he's alone again - not law breaking but really not looking after himself very well.

 

[Annb]

Refried pork belly slices for breakfast with a couple of fried eggs.

Later I'll have to use up the packet of spinach that Neil bought for me on Monday evening - it was short dated and will go off if I don't use it. Might mix it with some cooked salmon and, possibly, some of the split pea rice/pasta.

 

[MrsA2]

Yesterday was just a blip. Cold's back with a vengeance. Apart from taking my car to the mot garage and back, have only sat in the chair. Nose running constantly

Late morning: cheese on 2 slices livlife toast. 1 sq hm lc choc cake with coffee icecream (for my sore throat you understand )
D: 1 pork loin chop with cabbage, dash of mustard, dash of cream. A mini icecream.

Have run out of the pungent potion.

 

[LivingLightly]

Sadly, often that type of bravado is covering up deep seated self esteem issues. It's a shame more people aren't offered counselling . He's got to learn to value himself before there's any chance of him amending his diet.

Agreed @MrsA2. Sadly, sometimes that's the case.

I've also encountered behaviour like this which is sheer exhitionism and a need to attract attention to themselves. If they cannot do this by excelling in some way (or believe that they can't) they will try to win the attention they crave by doing the exact opposite.

 

[Annb]

A kind of fish cake made from the last of the spinach/salmon/chickpea pasta from yesterday with a fried egg on top. It didn't make it out of the pan as a cake though, because it broke into several pieces - only to be expected, I suppose.

Just about to go out to get my legs bandaged again but I'm hoping I'll be in a fit state to make a beef curry for this evening.

 

[RosemaryJackson]

Morning all. Well, yesterdays plan was a no-go. I was so fed up, I ate everything not nailed down. Hopefully I can put it right today. Taking the car to be valeted and tomorrow it's yearly service, so will be having lunch out. Let's hope I can be sensible.

 

[MrsA2]

A kind of fish cake made from the last of the spinach/salmon/chickpea pasta from yesterday with a fried egg on top. It didn't make it out of the pan as a cake though, because it broke into several pieces

In our house that would be renamed a hash! Anything that doesn't perform as expected is simply renamed. The family don't even realise

 

[MrsA2]

On Thursdays I have my first meal about 10:45 before going to dance class.
Often it's scrambled eggs, but today I had time so did poached instead.

Trouble is I'm very fussy about my poached eggs. They have to be perfect and served on something that doesn't let any yolk run on the plate.
Livlife toast was supposed to be the base but got stuck in the toaster and came out far too crispy so some yolk did run straight off. The yolk was undercooked by about a minute and the sea salt I sprinkle on was from the supermarket and not a patch on my preferred Maldon flakes.

Did mention i was fussy?

D: 2 lamb chops with cauliflower cheese.

 

[LivingLightly]

Trouble is I'm very fussy about my poached eggs. They have to be perfect and served on something that doesn't let any yolk run on the plate.
Livlife toast was supposed to be the base but got stuck in the toaster and came out far too crispy so some yolk did run straight off. The yolk was undercooked by about a minute and the sea salt I sprinkle on was from the supermarket and not a patch on my preferred Maldon flakes.

Did mention i was fussy?

I am inclined to agree @MrsA2. I'm not a fan of the egg 'buns' that come out of a poacher, certainly.
Also, if the eggs are not absolutely fresh, they're probably best scrambled.

Bread acts like blotting paper. It's perfect for mopping up juices and runny egg yolk. Perhaps that's the reason some diabetics find it so hard to reduce their bread consumption at breakfast. I never tire of eggs with avocado, but have to admit the latter doesn't soak up juices as efficiently as bread, toasted or otherwise.

A few flakes of Maldon sea salt or Himalayan pink salt and a good grinding of black pepper brings out the flavour!

 

[MommaE]

In our house that would be renamed a hash! Anything that doesn't perform as expected is simply renamed. The family don't even realise

On Thursdays I have my first meal about 10:45 before going to dance class.
Often it's scrambled eggs, but today I had time so did poached instead.

Trouble is I'm very fussy about my poached eggs. They have to be perfect and served on something that doesn't let any yolk run on the plate.
Livlife toast was supposed to be the base but got stuck in the toaster and came out far too crispy so some yolk did run straight off. The yolk was undercooked by about a minute and the sea salt I sprinkle on was from the supermarket and not a patch on my preferred Maldon flakes.

Did mention i was fussy?

D: 2 lamb chops with cauliflower cheese.

Sounds reasonable to me.

 

[MommaE]

I am inclined to agree @MrsA2. I'm not a fan of the egg 'buns' that come out of a poacher, certainly.
Also, if the eggs are not absolutely fresh, they're probably best scrambled.

Bread acts like blotting paper. It's perfect for mopping up juices and runny egg yolk. Perhaps that's the reason some diabetics find it so hard to reduce their bread consumption at breakfast. I never tire of eggs with avocado, but have to admit the latter doesn't soak up juices as efficiently as bread, toasted or otherwise.

A few flakes of Maldon sea salt or Himalayan pink salt and a good grinding of black pepper brings out the flavour!

I find zucchini fritters do a very good low carb job of containing yolk. I use the recipe on onceuponachef site but with ground flax substituted for breadcrumbs.

 

[RosemaryJackson]

I find zucchini fritters do a very good job of low carb job of yolk. I use the recipe on onceuponachef site but with ground flax substituted for breadcrumbs.

Never thought about ground flax instead of breadcrumbs! Thank u.

 

[MrsA2]

I am inclined to agree @MrsA2. I'm not a fan of the egg 'buns' that come out of a poacher, certainly.
Also, if the eggs are not absolutely fresh, they're probably best scrambled.

Bread acts like blotting paper. It's perfect for mopping up juices and runny egg yolk. Perhaps that's the reason some diabetics find it so hard to reduce their bread consumption at breakfast. I never tire of eggs with avocado, but have to admit the latter doesn't soak up juices as efficiently as bread, toasted or otherwise.

A few flakes of Maldon sea salt or Himalayan pink salt and a good grinding of black pepper brings out the flavour!

How do you poach yours?