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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Evening all. Posting early as off out to babysit my friends 3 beautiful children. Who I love dearly but always makes me appreciate my slightly calmer 1 child home :angelic:
Breakfast - a chunk of mature cheese and a black coffee (loved black coffee in America - can’t quite get the same taste yet here so need to try more brands)
Lunch - a subway salad of lettuce, cucumber, onion, gherkins, jalapeños, cheese and a double scoop of rotisserie chicken with mayo
Later afternoon - another black coffee.

No dinner and if I succeed no meals till Friday night - throwing myself into a 48hr fast after reading an interesting thread from @Goonergal on autophagy which inspired me to research it more and has made me want to try a fast and see if it’s something I’d consider doing more regularly. Will still no doubt put myself through the mouthwatering torture of reading what you all eat though :rolleyes:
 
OMAD day by accident really. 6 mugs tea until 18.28 then lamb shank (in IP; £5 per kg off at Waitrose) and mushrooms. Tender as always but as we didn't start cooking until 16.00 quite good for IP. Entirely unsatiating but nice enough. Best bits of today : meat reductions in Waitrose Ely (Ox cheek, short rib and lamb shank); Nike squad snood and neck gaiter arrived - snood is the dogs thingies; Adidas swimming googles for 99p using vouchers; finding and using coffee logs.
May need cocoa later as already very hungry. Hope y'all had good days.
Edit: Forgot the other highlights; over 8 hrs sleep and that Waitrose has my favourite fish soup
 
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Pipp said:
Been sort of fasting for several days due to needing duvet days. Slept a lot, so no time to eat, but kept hydrated as best as possible with water, peppermint and ginger teas. Slowly reintroduced food with late brunch around 3pm, of Greek yogurt, and dinner yesterday was salmon, olives and boiled egg with mayo.
Despite good intentions to stay low carb throughout festive period I did indulge in half a mince pir. The rum in it was the attraction, but it tasted so disgustingly sweet that I couldn't eat it all, and didn't even enjoy the bit I did eat. I confess to overindulgence with cheeses, and meaty stuff. Also a beer or two. That I didn't really enjoy was quite a revelation.
Planning a bit of fasting, as I always feel better when I do. Haven't decided yet how to go about it, but considering kick starting with a bit of fat fasting to begin with. Stocking up on salmon, olives, eggs, bacon, not sure about cream, as that tends to cause problems with digestion for me sometimes. Have some wonderful beef rib bones in the freezer, so stock pot will be going on.
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I have the stock pot on now too. A couple of chicken carcasses, wing tips etc., from chickens I had previously jointed, plus the last chicken portion of this batch of chicken.

I reckon when the stock metamorphoses into soup, there'll be some of the remaining leftover tuckey meat going into it.
 
@Goonergal and @maglil55 I am going to have to take a deep breath before reading your posts if you keep tagging me with skin related food!
Today I had a DD breakfast sandwich
Mid morning Costa coffee and cream
Lunch was Sainsburys chorizo and Gouda rollitos, a few slices of polish sausage and a bowl of chocolate chia pud a la Maglil55 ( made with Sainsburys coconut milk) it set almost solid as you said, and tasted rich and decadent.
Bought peach Benecol to try @Rachox ‘s version soon.
Early night tonight with Headspace relaxation ready for Royal Marsden appt tomorrow morning.
 
Busy day today but did some fun things too - a coffee and catch up with a good friend, my daily mindful eating session and a country walk - but cor it was a very cold biting wind. My head cold is now retreating well though.
Breakfast one rasher of bacon and one egg.
Lunch advocado, tomato and prawns mixed with lemon juice, mayo and seeds and served with a few LC herby crackers (0.2g of carb each) hot from the oven
Dinner salmon in lemon butter, asparagus and cauliflower cheese followed by one scoop each of Oppo vanilla and chocolate ice cream with splodge of double cream. ( not had for a while and it was delicious)
Hope everyone has a good evening.

@Emma_369 good luck with your fasting plans I used to do a lot of fasting and found it easy when I had body fat to feast on but find it difficult these days now Im much thinner.
@ianpspurs you made me think about Ely used to go a lot and like the Waitrose there - very quiet and civilised like much of Ely! Must plan another visit at some stage its a place im particularly fond of.
@Tori71 your batch cooking sounds amazing thought id done well when made 40 LC herby crackers today but got nothing on your master cookery sessions! Hope they all turn out really tasty.
@Pipp sounds from your Duvet days that you have been under the weather good that you are looking after yourself and hope you feel back to normal soon meanwhile great that you are making the most of it
@jjraak interesting about the M and S balanced range ready meal I'm sure that a lot of these 'healthy' type meals are often the worst for us metabolically challenged individuals!
@DJC3 enjoy relaxation thinking of you
 
DJC3 said:
@Goonergal and @maglil55 I am going to have to take a deep breath before reading your posts if you keep tagging me with skin related food!
Today I had a DD breakfast sandwich
Mid morning Costa coffee and cream
Lunch was Sainsburys chorizo and Gouda rollitos, a few slices of polish sausage and a bowl of chocolate chia pud a la Maglil55 ( made with Sainsburys coconut milk) it set almost solid as you said, and tasted rich and decadent.
Bought peach Benecol to try @Rachox ‘s version soon.
Early night tonight with Headspace relaxation ready for Royal Marsden appt tomorrow morning.
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Really hope tomorrow's appt goes as well as you deserve.
 
@Chook no kidding re the super duper rich scrambled eggs! Yum!
@Brunneria there is no such thing as iffy cheese You just keep cutting the if off until you have fine cheese! (My daddy used to cut the holes out of swiss cheese for us kids - we loved that!) Congrats on keeping the splurge damage to a minimum!
@Pipp sounds like you’ve been under the weather- I’m sorry! That not enjoying sweet stuff has happened to me a few times, (not with chocolate decadence ice cream though, more’s the pity. But then it wasn’t very sweet, and it was extraordinarily dark....). It is certainly a shock and revelation to me too! Good luck with the fasting- you will get beyond the Christmas beers!
@Tori71 wow that’s been a cookathon for sure! Also I’m imagining all your meals as a video vignette, and it just won a “best food porn” director’s Golden Globe!
@ianpspurs what’s a coffee log? It really sounds like it would smell incredible in the fireplace!! Campfire days...
@DCUKMod every post you make re IP puts me that much closer to getting one
Today food:
Bfast: 1/2 avocado, egg, 3 tbsp pine nuts, decaf/soy/creeeeam
Lunch: 3 tall celery, 5 cherry tomatoes, a La Tortilla Factory tortilla with freshly stirred, as yet unrefrigerated almond butter. Pretty runny but I rolled it very loosely and it worked! One square 78% choc with the remaining bfast decaf and Extra Cream because y’all do that cream thing.
Supper with bro and mom at her place will be:
Salad— Greens with tomatoes, sweet pepper, cuke, radishes.
My bread with butter, either warmed or toasted.
The pièce de résistance, tada! Crustless cheese quiche. So simple, so gooood! And I caught it before it deflated: IMG_7279.jpg
As an anticlimax, the usual pre-bed yogurt after a walk. Unfortunately, I’m thinking that my walks do the most good to fbg if I do it right before bed. Dang. Takes a chunk out of the evening....
Last grocery run I found whole wheat real food frozen pie crusts, which hubby has said are ok for quiche. So he got a cheese quiche last night too, and has 3 suppers left. Too bad quiche doesn’t freeze...
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zauberflote said:
@Chook no kidding re the super duper rich scrambled eggs! Yum!
@Brunneria there is no such thing as iffy cheese You just keep cutting the if off until you have fine cheese! (My daddy used to cut the holes out of swiss cheese for us kids - we loved that!) Congrats on keeping the splurge damage to a minimum!
@Pipp sounds like you’ve been under the weather- I’m sorry! That not enjoying sweet stuff has happened to me a few times, (not with chocolate decadence ice cream though, more’s the pity. But then it wasn’t very sweet, and it was extraordinarily dark....). It is certainly a shock and revelation to me too! Good luck with the fasting- you will get beyond the Christmas beers!
@Tori71 wow that’s been a cookathon for sure! Also I’m imagining all your meals as a video vignette, and it just won a “best food porn” director’s Golden Globe!
@ianpspurs what’s a coffee log? It really sounds like it would smell incredible in the fireplace!! Campfire days...
@DCUKMod every post you make re IP puts me that much closer to getting one
Today food:
Bfast: 1/2 avocado, egg, 3 tbsp pine nuts, decaf/soy/creeeeam
Lunch: 3 tall celery, 5 cherry tomatoes, a La Tortilla Factory tortilla with freshly stirred, as yet unrefrigerated almond butter. Pretty runny but I rolled it very loosely and it worked! One square 78% choc with the remaining bfast decaf and Extra Cream because y’all do that cream thing.
Supper with bro and mom at her place will be:
Salad— Greens with tomatoes, sweet pepper, cuke, radishes.
My bread with butter, either warmed or toasted.
The pièce de résistance, tada! Crustless cheese quiche. So simple, so gooood! And I caught it before it deflated: View attachment 30533
As an anticlimax, the usual pre-bed yogurt after a walk. Unfortunately, I’m thinking that my walks do the most good to fbg if I do it right before bed. Dang. Takes a chunk out of the evening....
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wonderful looking quiche not made one for ages must do so! Ive made them in small bun/cake tins and then put in fridge to serve cold as a snack. I also add powdered English mustard to the egg and cheese mix gives it a lovely sharpness.....
 
Oh my word @shelley262 I forgot about mustard!!!! I’d use just ordinary “country dijon” a tsp or so. Thank you! I haven’t made them in ages either bc they are so high in fat
 
zauberflote said:
@Chook no kidding re the super duper rich scrambled eggs! Yum!
@Brunneria there is no such thing as iffy cheese You just keep cutting the if off until you have fine cheese! (My daddy used to cut the holes out of swiss cheese for us kids - we loved that!) Congrats on keeping the splurge damage to a minimum!
@Pipp sounds like you’ve been under the weather- I’m sorry! That not enjoying sweet stuff has happened to me a few times, (not with chocolate decadence ice cream though, more’s the pity. But then it wasn’t very sweet, and it was extraordinarily dark....). It is certainly a shock and revelation to me too! Good luck with the fasting- you will get beyond the Christmas beers!
@Tori71 wow that’s been a cookathon for sure! Also I’m imagining all your meals as a video vignette, and it just won a “best food porn” director’s Golden Globe!
@ianpspurs what’s a coffee log? It really sounds like it would smell incredible in the fireplace!! Campfire days...
@DCUKMod every post you make re IP puts me that much closer to getting one
Today food:
Bfast: 1/2 avocado, egg, 3 tbsp pine nuts, decaf/soy/creeeeam
Lunch: 3 tall celery, 5 cherry tomatoes, a La Tortilla Factory tortilla with freshly stirred, as yet unrefrigerated almond butter. Pretty runny but I rolled it very loosely and it worked! One square 78% choc with the remaining bfast decaf and Extra Cream because y’all do that cream thing.
Supper with bro and mom at her place will be:
Salad— Greens with tomatoes, sweet pepper, cuke, radishes.
My bread with butter, either warmed or toasted.
The pièce de résistance, tada! Crustless cheese quiche. So simple, so gooood! And I caught it before it deflated: View attachment 30533
As an anticlimax, the usual pre-bed yogurt after a walk. Unfortunately, I’m thinking that my walks do the most good to fbg if I do it right before bed. Dang. Takes a chunk out of the evening....
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Coffee log claims to be made from compressed coffee grounds. Stumbled on them for 1st time ever today. Burn with amazing flames and do give off a nice aroma.
@shelley262 I really like Ely. Seems to have distilled most of the best elements of Cambridge without traffic, parking and property price problems. Only place I like nearly as much as Cambridge is Bergerac.
 
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Oh my word @shelley262 I forgot about mustard!!!! I’d use just ordinary “country dijon” a tsp or so. Thank you! I haven’t made them in ages either bc they are so high in fat
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Amazing isnt it how us fat avoiding healthy eaters ended up with high blood glucose!! I woe the day I went on a low fat and high carb diet and stayed eating that way for about 15 years result - weight way way up and a hbaca1 of 97!!
 
zauberflote said:
wow that’s been a cookathon for sure! Also I’m imagining all your meals as a video vignette, and it just won a “best food porn” director’s Golden Globe!
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Oh that made me laugh out loud!

Love the look of the quiche, am salivating! Going to make some salami crisps next. My sister made some kale crisps today, she said they were disgusting so not keen on trying those:arghh:
 
Tori71 said:
Oh that made me laugh out loud!

Love the look of the quiche, am salivating! Going to make some salami crisps next. My sister made some kale crisps today, she said they were disgusting so not keen on trying those:arghh:
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I've got 99 problems with this WOE but kale crisps ain't 1 of them:angelic: (pick it , cut stalks, spread parmesan on and don't burn; all within 30 mins; like most things ACV improves them)
 
@ianpspurs - I wonder if you could make coffee logs, using an apple or cheese press or the like, wrapping the coffee grounds in muslin, or any thin cotton really.

Most Costas give away their coffee grounds. Last summer I had 4 or 54 binbags full (not all at once!) for use in the garden. They're a real soil improver. Costa often advertise them, on a blackboard, or just have the binbangs with a "Help yourself" notice nearby.

It cuts down on their waste, which they have to pay to be removed. Just a thought.
 
Tonight's little experiment was salmon (skin on) done in the air fryer. Oh yes. The skin was fabulously crispy!

I just lightly brushed all sides with some home made (hot) chilli oil, and just put it in. The only slight fly in the ointment was I didn't note how long I did it for. I think it was about 7 or 8 minutes, but that's a complete guess. I had it with cauli rice, stir fried, to me a bitlike egg fried rice, without the egg tonight.

The other day I was lucky enough to buy a whole side of a smallish salmon in the yellow luckies in ASDA for £2.50 for the whole side. It was in the freezer within 20 minutes of coming home, so I have a few meals there.

Thing is, I'm supposed to be eating that freezer down for cleaning and close down for now. Ooops.
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Lunch: cold roast chicken with pistachios and cauliflower and broccoli salad followed by Greek yoghurt and blueberries.
Mid afternoon at Neros, coconut cappuccino and an orange Carb Killa bar.
Dinner: Chinese takeaway in honour of hubby’s birthday, crispy duck, veggies, just two pancakes and the merest smudge of sauce followed by coffee chia pudding (thanks for the idea @BibaBee ) with low carb chocolate cake.
 
DCUKMod said:
Tonight's little experiment was salmon (skin on) done in the air fryer. Oh yes. The skin was fabulously crispy!

I just lightly brushed all sides with some home made (hot) chilli oil, and just put it in. The only slight fly in the ointment was I didn't note how long I did it for. I think it was about 7 or 8 minutes, but that's a complete guess. I had it with cauli rice, stir fried, to me a bitlike egg fried rice, without the egg tonight.

The other day I was lucky enough to buy a whole side of a smallish salmon in the yellow luckies in ASDA for £2.50 for the whole side. It was in the freezer within 20 minutes of coming home, so I have a few meals there.

Thing is, I'm supposed to be eating that freezer down for cleaning and close down for now. Ooops.
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Envy you re your bargain side of salmon I love cooking a big piece rather than those tiny expensive fillets you get. I got one half price but yours was an amazing bargain well done.
 
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