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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Goonergal said:
Agree @ziggy_w - just trying to catch up after a few days of missed posting. Today is heading towards an OMAD day (among many other things).

@DJC3 how is the new eating pattern working out? Glad you got the almond butter. I made the mistake of buying a jar earlier in the week. Miraculously there is still some left.

@Rachox are you getting the chorizo and Gouda rollitos from Coop? My branch has stopped selling them.

@maglil55 hope you feel better soon

@set-in-stone guess you’ve discovered that the almond butter doesn’t need refrigerating.

Way too much food to catch up on - in summary lots of meat and fish and way too much almond butter, cream and Hotel Chocolat chocolate. And to join in the Advent calendar theme, started my Hotel Chocolat one yesterday (@shelley262 thanks for the tip about the 65% milk one. Very good).

Two big events today - delivery of my new cooker. Threw out the manual of the old one and found the original receipt. Cost £276 on 27/6/1991. Cost of replacement £300!! Will be christened later on.

Second was a dramatic fall/slide at the end of my long walk. Currently sat (yes, sat) on an ice pack enjoying a tea with cream and planning a large dinner. @ianpspurs Sky might also be being watched ;)
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You telepathic? :-) Yep, butter arrived today. Tried one and it’s yummy! Did not read the instructions first, so first ooze was oil. But quickly sorted. Thanks
Enjoy your day
 
Breakfast: - Tea then dog walk
Dockey : Eucharist bread and wine (only white bread that ever passes my lips now)
Lunch : Waitrose Americano with soya cream
Afternoon: Tea watching a surrender - no guts =- no glory
Evening meal: To come as at time of posting Salmon mousse; flatiron steak; halloumi chips; mushrooms; rocket salad; h/m mayo; may be a red wine later (⅔ of Waitrose meal deal) if I watch We the Purple v Pats. @Goonergal hope the slide leaves no long lasting harm and the performance of your boys should have helped recovery.
 
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Breakfast - hebba pap porridge with a dash of soya cream
Lunch - a very bitty and drawn out affair, comprised of 6 brazil nuts,1 pkt biltong 1/2 a tub of grilled Italian artichokes & 1 small pkt of Itsu Nori
Dinner - soya yogurt with berries, toasted almonds & chia seeds
Drinks - 2x soya milk cappucino
That little lot comes to 950 cals, 25g carbs, 30g fibre
That having been said, I have a cheeky little coffee, chocolate & pecan nut cake baking in the oven which will add another 3g carbs and a couple of hundred cals if I succumb later
 
OMAD day it was and a nice indulgent dinner of 2 Waitrose free range Cumberland sausages, Waitrose steak hache and 3 rashers streaky bacon followed by extra thick Jersey cream mixed with almond butter and today’s advent calendar snowman.

@Rachox thanks for the link. Will look for those.
 
Evening everyone.
@ziggy_w your duck and cabbage dinner sounds gorgeous.
I’ve had a day of fairly high bgs - woke up late: dp had kicked in and has taken all day to sort itself out it seems.
On the positive side we went to visit eldest daughter and her new Great Dane puppy - he is huge and very bouncy, her other dog ( also a Dane) is unimpressed but their cat has already explained the hierarchy by swiping at him if he bounces too close.
Late breakfast of a cheese omelette
Early dinner ( at daughter’s) bacon joint cooked in IP with cauliflower cheese, roast broccoli, cabbage cooked in butter and 2 glasses red.

Daughter also surprised me with a Snaffling Pig pork scratchings Advent calendar. What a lovely girl.
 
DJC3 said:
Evening everyone.
@ziggy_w your duck and cabbage dinner sounds gorgeous.
I’ve had a day of fairly high bgs - woke up late: dp had kicked in and has taken all day to sort itself out it seems.
On the positive side we went to visit eldest daughter and her new Great Dane puppy - he is huge and very bouncy, her other dog ( also a Dane) is unimpressed but their cat has already explained the hierarchy by swiping at him if he bounces too close.
Late breakfast of a cheese omelette
Early dinner ( at daughter’s) bacon joint cooked in IP with cauliflower cheese, roast broccoli, cabbage cooked in butter and 2 glasses red.

Daughter also surprised me with a Snaffling Pig pork scratchings Advent calendar. What a lovely girl.
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Love the new avatar. Is that a new Christmas jumper?
 
Goonergal said:
Love the new avatar. Is that a new Christmas jumper?
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Haha yes and no - I pinched it from daughter’s as she didn’t want it any more - can’t see a good jumper going to waste!

I started replying to your post a minute ago but I think I lost it somehow. Hope it doesnt pop up again and I find I’ve duplicated everything.
I Hope you’re ok after your fall. A bash on the coccyx can be incredibly painful.

Re new plan of eating I think it seems to be going well ( except when I oversleep like today) but it seems sustainable so far, fingers crossed.

Have fun with the new oven. I can’t believe there was only £24 difference in price.
 
Goonergal said:
Agree @ziggy_w - just trying to catch up after a few days of missed posting. Today is heading towards an OMAD day (among many other things).

@DJC3 how is the new eating pattern working out? Glad you got the almond butter. I made the mistake of buying a jar earlier in the week. Miraculously there is still some left.

@Rachox are you getting the chorizo and Gouda rollitos from Coop? My branch has stopped selling them.

@maglil55 hope you feel better soon

@set-in-stone guess you’ve discovered that the almond butter doesn’t need refrigerating.

Way too much food to catch up on - in summary lots of meat and fish and way too much almond butter, cream and Hotel Chocolat chocolate. And to join in the Advent calendar theme, started my Hotel Chocolat one yesterday (@shelley262 thanks for the tip about the 65% milk one. Very good).

Two big events today - delivery of my new cooker. Threw out the manual of the old one and found the original receipt. Cost £276 on 27/6/1991. Cost of replacement £300!! Will be christened later on.

Second was a dramatic fall/slide at the end of my long walk. Currently sat (yes, sat) on an ice pack enjoying a tea with cream and planning a large dinner. @ianpspurs Sky might also be being watched ;)
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Glad to hear you're not hurt. I think the hurt is more embarrassment than anything else when you go over although my sis in law managed to break both her wrists in a fall. Both wrists plastered with immobilized thumbs makes for weeks of embarrassment! So take care in your walks.
I'm feeling a bit better - just got an annoying tickle in my throat. Low Carb Baileys should solve that. Xx
 
DJC3 said:
Evening everyone.
@ziggy_w your duck and cabbage dinner sounds gorgeous.
I’ve had a day of fairly high bgs - woke up late: dp had kicked in and has taken all day to sort itself out it seems.
On the positive side we went to visit eldest daughter and her new Great Dane puppy - he is huge and very bouncy, her other dog ( also a Dane) is unimpressed but their cat has already explained the hierarchy by swiping at him if he bounces too close.
Late breakfast of a cheese omelette
Early dinner ( at daughter’s) bacon joint cooked in IP with cauliflower cheese, roast broccoli, cabbage cooked in butter and 2 glasses red.

Daughter also surprised me with a Snaffling Pig pork scratchings Advent calendar. What a lovely girl.
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Great picture @DJC3
 
maglil55 said:
Glad to hear you're not hurt. I think the hurt is more embarrassment than anything else when you go over although my sis in law managed to break both her wrists in a fall. Both wrists plastered with immobilized thumbs makes for weeks of embarrassment! So take care in your walks.
I'm feeling a bit better - just got an annoying tickle in my throat. Low Carb Baileys should solve that. Xx
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Glad you’re feeling better. Luckily no-one around to see the fall.

DJC3 said:
Haha yes and no - I pinched it from daughter’s as she didn’t want it any more - can’t see a good jumper going to waste!

Re new plan of eating I think it seems to be going well ( except when I oversleep like today) but it seems sustainable so far, fingers crossed.

Have fun with the new oven. I can’t believe there was only £24 difference in price.
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That’s great you’ve found a good eating strategy.
 
Bed 5.2 FBG 4.2. It is chucking it down here and the loonies are out in force on the roads despite it being very wet and foggy. Passed a number of 3 vehicle smashes today.
Been an unintentional OMAD day. Wanted to get more of my vivid green broccoli and spinach soup on the go before I dropped son and DIL at the cinema and me take the boys to swimming.
B. Tassimo Americano grande with a dash of cream.
L. Nothing.
D. Hunger was setting in so I had a slice of ox tongue and a pack of M&S chorizo crisps with a campari and soda.
To follow soon will be a rib eye with mushrooms, green veg medley, fried halloumi, Diane sauce.
I've been good so today I shall break into the new bottle of low carb Bailey's.

No 2 is singing Little Sandy Sleighfoot non stop. I didn't realise it was a song from the 50's.
Some end to the Liverpool game. Craziest goal I've ever seen.
 
No breakfast as woke up quite late and didn’t want to spoil our early Xmas dinner that My friend was cooking.
Lunch ; turkey, pigs in blankets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, a Yorkshire pudding and gravy. Was so well behaved and turned down the chocolate orange cheesecake that every else enjoyed
No dinner as still full from lunch as it was huge
 
I was up before daylight for the first time in living memory.
Early start to watch Santa dash race through town, with two of my own Santas running. Breakfast was Greek yogurt with two frozen cherries on top.
Water and coffee during morning.
No lunch apart from decaff with cream followed by a nice afternoon nap.
Dinner Rump steak, mushrooms, halloumi chips, large glass of red wine of some unknown description. I feel another nap is due.
 
Hi all lovely day today looking after youngest sons dog - a mini poodle who is on sleepover with us tonight! Lots of walks, playing and cuddles will miss him when he goes back lunchtime tomorrow.
Breakfast quarter of my very last lodough piece dipped in egg and fried with sausage, bacon and egg.
Lunch some cheese and nuts followed by advent calendar choc snowman
Dinner steak, celeriac and squash fries, onions tomatoes and creamy mushroom sauce with a couple of glasses of red wine pudding lc raspberry pudding with fage yoghurt de caff coffee to finish.
@DJC3 love the Christmas jumper hoping to get one tomorrow afternoon willdo new avatar once get it!
@Goonergal hope your injuries aren’t too long lasting and you have good nights sleep tonight - an annoying end to weekend having a fall.
@Emma_369 your Christmas lunch sounds amazing
@maglil55 pkeased you are getting better I have all ingredients ready for my low carb baileys thank you for recipe intend to make it Monday ot Tuesday before went low carb used to start my Christmas baileys the evening the tree went up so need to get it ready before put it up in a few days
@Boo1979 hope your cake works well it sounds delicious
@ianpspurs pleased you managed to get to church to celebrate the first advent Sunday - very special
@Rachox lemon shortbread biscuits sound delicious note to self must make some and freeze for Christmas
@Pipp love the Santa story
Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and menus
 
Good evening all.

@maglil55 -- Great that you feeling a bit better. Hope the path of recovery continues.
@DJC3 -- Gorgeous avatar.

Breakfast: Two double decaffeinated espressos with cream and erythritol.

Lunch: About half a flatbread with butter and cheese. A macarroon with dunked in 85% chocolate. Stuffed after this.

Dinner: Lupin-bean hummus with olive oil, roasted eggplant, bellpepper, mushroom and zucchini, two pan-fried calamari, three tablespoons of guacamole. Lamb's lettuce with a mustard-lime sauce. One glass of red wine.
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Lunch: roast chicken, one small roast potato, mixed veg and gravy thickened with flax, followed by SF jelly, cream and LC chocolate granola.
Mid afternoon: lemon chia pudding and black coffee.
Tea at ILs: cold meat, cheese and salad buffet followed by one Jaffa cake.
 
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