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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Fo said:
Hello
Last night after dinner 6.9
A little cider vinegar in water before bed.
Today
Blood sugar reading on getting up 5.1
Breakfast ginger and lemon water, half grapefruit, oat bran with almond milk, cup of tea with milk
Mid morning 1 avocado
Lunch small tin tuna, cappachuno, 2 biscuits
Dinner broccoli, cabbage, carrots and 3 sausage butter, 1 orange, 1 chocolate cornetto, 10 pistachios cup of tea with milk
After dinner reading 7.3
I think the chocolate cornetto did it
How are these readings? I would really like your thoughts on this many thanks x
PS I seem to crave food after dinner, looking for something to eat all the time in the evening x
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Welcome @Fo I’d agree with @Goonergal that dinner may be a bit high carb for you - in particular I would find orange and carrot would raise my bloods too high - and as you know the Cornetto would raise anyone’s blood sugar. Trouble is with a big rise there’s often a kick back hunger impact which leads to hungry evenings. You could also add a bit more fat into your evening meal and fewer carbs which would fill you up better. Do you like cheese? You could have cheese and nuts to fill you up and avoid cornetto and/or look at lower carb alternative chocolate / ice cream products such as opp o ice cream and high percentage chocolate. Keep experimenting taking bloods before meals then seeing rise after two hours. Personally I’m happiest with a rise under 0.5 but you need to aim for less than 2. Keep listing too we can try and help and make some suggestions for alternatives
 
Goonergal said:
Hi again

I’d identify these as high carb:

grapefruit, oat bran
biscuits
orange, chocolate cornetto,

Personally carrots are also too high in carbs for me but others can manage them. Depending on meat content the sausages may also have a surprising amount of carbs. As far as nuts go pistachios are not the lowest carb. Try macadamias, almonds, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts.

You might find this link helpful https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/visual-guides
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Thank you that’s a great help and I have taken a look at the link and lovely recipes x
 
@shelley262 yeah I may need bulletproof gloves to peel that baby! What happens if I nuked it like I would butternut squash? Will the peel get softer? Or will the whole thing become unfreezable?
 
Hi all, late post as we’ve been to the cinema to see Mary Queen of Scots then to Nandos for dinner
Breakfast was DD breakfast sandwich
Lunch leftover celeriac soup with a lc Bounty bar afterwards.
Dinner - Nandos chicken thighs, halloumi and a share of the Mediterranean salad.
Quite a lot of mostly decaf coffee throughout the day.
@shelley262 happy to hear about your jumper.
@Fo welcome, you’ve had some good advice and I’m sure you’ll pick up a lot by hanging around here. You asked about evening snacks, hopefully when you get into the swing of lchf eating you wont feel the need to snack. I think snacking is not always about hunger though, often its habit or boredom, I find peppermint tea is really good for stopping the craving for a snack and I often drink it in the evenings.
@zauberflote good luck with the celeriac. I dont know about microwaving first, I’m not sure it’d work like a butternut squash as it’s not the same sort of skin. Let us know if you try though, they are a pain to peel.

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shelley262 said:
Yes jumpers are pullovers! Pleased mammogram good. Celeriac is only 2.3g of carb per 100g and you treat it like potatoes ie you can mash, roast or add to casseroles, curries, soup etc. The joy of celeriac for me is it replaces potatoes in my recipes but is low carb. Most difficult bit about celeriac is the peeling take care with it. I tend to cut into smaller pieces and then peel. Peelings can be used to make a stock. Hope this helps
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The way I deal with celeriac is to slice it then peel it. Much easier to work with. Yesterday, as I was making celeriac roasties , I cut thicker slices so they resembled potatoes. Rubbed them in oil, ground rock salt over them and roasted them. As shelley262 said treat them like potato, mash, chip, roast whatever. My personal favourite is celeriac dauphinoise. Slice the celeriac (fritter size) then layer in a casserole dish with double cream and grated gruyere cheese. Layer of celeriac slices, grated cheese, ground black pepper, cream, celeriac, cheese, pepper, cream and so on. Finish with a topping of cream and cheese and pop it in a moderate oven. It's delicious.
 
Fo said:
Breakfast ginger and lemon water, half grapefruit, oat bran with almond milk, cup of tea with milk
(carbs per 100g: Grapefruit..11 g carbs / oatbran 66 g)
Mid morning 1 avocado ( 2g )
Lunch small tin tuna, cappachuno, 2 biscuits..(cappuccino starbucks 9g.. guess at a rich tea digestive 72g )
Dinner broccoli, cabbage, carrots and 3 sausage butter, 1 orange, 1 chocolate cornetto, 10 pistachios cup of tea with milk
(cornetto* : 23g x one..pistachios 18g )
After dinner reading 7.3

I think the chocolate cornetto did it
How are these readings? I would really like your thoughts on this many thanks x
PS I seem to crave food after dinner, looking for something to eat all the time in the evening x
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on the carb front IF you ate only 100g of each..not likely, but all that comes to over 200g carbs
i'd say i was running medium carbs..(i must pay closer attention to the amounts )
at around 100, maybe less.and i would miss out most of those on your list as @shelley262 & @Goonergal suggest.

* At the pre diabetic range, i'd wonder if it should be considered if the level of insulin resistance, versus your bodies ability to sieve, shift and use the glucose well, is still at a reasonably decent level compared to those whose levels have crossed over.
the barrier into actual diabetes range

I have had a look but cannot find the chart, but it is similar but mcu clearer to this one..
LINK
i can't for the life or me remember what the two items were called, but it was basically one, staret high lets say glucose tolerance, then gently curves down and across the graph as we age.
the lower item is insulin resistance, and that starts to rise,,(20-30yrs old) until the two cross over, and that is the beginning of prediabetic.and it then progressively worsens until doctors intercede.

that MIGHT explain why the figs you posted seem so good, compared to how we are all seeing the foods, as ones to avoid.

By way of 'proof ' i have none, though pretty su it's out there, all i really have is anecdotal evidence gathered from the forum, that for many the tolerance/resistance rises, makes food we once 'coped ' with now off limits as the rise is too much.

If it was me, i'd enjoy the moments, but aim to lower the carbs to give myself the better protection fewer carbs seems to give against diabetes.

And if i could go back in time.....wistfully i'd like to think i'd eat the way i eat now and avoid diabetes for as long as possible.
 
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Bed 6 FBG 6.2. Back to cupboard reorganizing today. Hubby altered the shelf configuration to my liking today and all the new Lakeland holders are now in place and everything is sorted into a sensible order. All of what hubby calls my weird baking stuff is in one place now. Made a trip to the tip too. Had to get ruthless before I changed my mind.
B. Tassimo Americano grande with a dash of cream. Gardeners appeared to do the annual tree haircut so was busy making them bacon rolls - no time to eat.
L. After a lengthy go at the cupboards opted for a bowl of my trippa alla romagna. Only 1 portion left now.
D. Leftovers from yesterday - roast beef, horseradish, veggie chips, mixed green veg and a GF yorkie.
Raspberries and a wee scoop of breyers.
No 1 likes the look of origami so I've ordered a ser of Amazon. Might be relaxing?
 
Day off today, leisurely day planned ..meeting up with our steph for GYM day 1

pushed breakfast back intending to go OMAD today, so had fridge scraps slice of chicken, cheese, some left over veg, a ryvita..not a lot, but took the edge off...after had 3 tbs greek yoghurt and 10 blueberries for the energy.

waited and waited then called..steph rain checked me !!....:hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
Been young once.so gym ala billy no mates...:bag:

came out and returned a pair of shorts missus treated me too.. was a 40..(+)
she got me 38....:D
(EDIT: TOO LARGE, swapped for pair TWO sizes smaller 34 :woot::watching::singing:..and they FIT :D)
hit supermarket for grub for tomorrows lunch, ended up eating half tonight.
rump steak, tenderstem broccoli two slices of onion and M&S peppercorn sauce.

No strips (ordered to work ..left them there..:banghead: )
so hoping half portion won't spike me too much...

two absolutely smashing teas, one lemon tea and glugs of water and i'm sorted for the morning.

Night all,
lets do it all again tomorrow.:D
 
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DJC3 said:
Hi all, late post as we’ve been to the cinema to see Mary Queen of Scots then to Nandos for dinner
Breakfast was DD breakfast sandwich
Lunch leftover celeriac soup with a lc Bounty bar afterwards.
Dinner - Nandos chicken thighs, halloumi and a share of the Mediterranean salad.
Quite a lot of mostly decaf coffee throughout the day.
@shelley262 happy to hear about your jumper.
@Fo welcome, you’ve had some good advice and I’m sure you’ll pick up a lot by hanging around here. You asked about evening snacks, hopefully when you get into the swing of lchf eating you wont feel the need to snack. I think snacking is not always about hunger though, often its habit or boredom, I find peppermint tea is really good for stopping the craving for a snack and I often drink it in the evenings.
@zauberflote good luck with the celeriac. I dont know about microwaving first, I’m not sure it’d work like a butternut squash as it’s not the same sort of skin. Let us know if you try though, they are a pain to peel.

Edit to add dinner
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jjraak said:
on the carb front IF you ate only 110g of each..not likely, but all that comes to over 200g carbs
i'd say i was running medium carbs..(i must pay closer attention to the amounts )
at around 100, maybe less.and i would miss out most of those on your list as @shelley262 & @Goonergal suggest.

* At the pre diabetic range, i'd wonder if it should be considered if the level of insulin resistance, versus your bodies ability to sieve, shift and use the glucose well, is still at a reasonably decent level compared to those whose levels have crossed over.
the barrier into actual diabetes range

I have had a look but cannot find the chart, but it is similar but mcu clearer to this one..
LINK
i can't for the life or me remember what the two items were called, but it was basically one, staret high lets say glucose tolerance, then gently curves down and across the graph as we age.
the lower item is insulin resistance, and that starts to rise,,(20-30yrs old) until the two cross over, and that is the beginning of prediabetic.and it then progressively worsens until doctors intercede.

that MIGHT explain why the figs you posted seem so good, compared to how we are all seeing the foods, as ones to avoid.

By way of 'proof ' i have none, though pretty su it's out there, all i really have is anecdotal evidence gathered from the forum, that for many the tolerance/resistance rises, makes food we once 'coped ' with now off limits as the rise is too much.

If it was me, i'd enjoy the moments, but aim to lower the carbs to give myself the better protection fewer carbs seems to give against diabetes.

And if i could go back in time.....wistfully i'd like to think i'd eat the way i eat now and avoid diabetes for as long as possible.
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Thank you for your help and advise x
 
Late.
Yesterday:
Lunch. In a pub. Not much to,play with on their menu. However.Tomato and basil,soup and a side order of broccoli in garlic butter which I chopped up and put into the soup.
Dinner; Remains of the giant sausage and veg roll that I made the day before with mushrooms and spinach. Greek yoghurt with chia and blackberries.

Looking at bread recipes for today. So many, but which one.
 
jjraak said:
I must start on my baking adventure.
Been squirreling away various ingredients .(who knew so many food stuffs even existed..:eek: )

Tho god hope those who'll have eat my first offering...hahaha..:hilarious:
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I have what Mrs Miggins calls “the cupboard of chemistry and mysticism”.
I decided on Keto buns today. I like to use a muffin tin for these because my mix is sometimes a bit sloppy.
 
I have a 'cupboard of chemistry and mysticism' as well - Mr C doesn't even look in there any more because he says he doesn't know (and doesn't want to know) what all the 'weird stuff' does. He doesn't mind eating it though, just so long as I don't tell him what's in it. This is his current favourite which I've bulk cooked and frozen for him (for his work meals)
https://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/keto-beef-stew-cheesy-biscuit-crust-pot-pie/

Today is the first day of my new experiment.

It failed from the very start as I didn't realise my bathroom scales only measure in increments of 0.5kg rather than the required 0.1kg. :meh::sour:

Eating my main meal earlier in the day (and not eating anything at all after) really helped with my DP - in fact I didn't have any DP at all today which, according to my BG diary is the first time that's happened.:happy:

Today...

Breakfast and lunch: Nothing

Dinner (probably early to mid afternoon) Roast chicken (hot)

Drinks: Morning: Black decaff coffee, Afternoon: plain spring water or Asda Lemon & Ginger tea, Evening: Just plain water
 
Greek yog and double cream at 5 am.

Just had tuna cucumber and lettuce all mashed up with 2 tblspoons of full fat mayo. Hmmmm.

Chicken and leeks tonight I think. Chicken fried then add chilli and peanut butter. Yum. Stir fry chopped leeks in some butter/olive oil till just cooked.

Drooling
 
Spl@ said:
Chicken and leeks tonight I think. Chicken fried then add chilli and peanut butter. Yum. Stir fry chopped leeks in some butter/olive oil till just cooked.

Drooling
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THAT sounds nice..and do able by a kitchen klutz like me...cheers for the idea .:D
 
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