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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Hi well you managed to raise a laugh for me this morning with the image of me with my lc lemon cake on my head! Drs with mum early on so hoping she’ll be reassuring and not a long wait for investigation will report back this evening at least if I have to run again on my journey across brum from one station to next there will be no lemon cake involved as it is being left as a treat for mum.
 
Tipetoo said:
Lunch: Cheese and onion toasted sandwiches.
Dinner: Mutton chops, veggies etc.
Breakfast today: Cheese and mushroom omelette, bacon. tomatoes, one refried cooked spudlite tater.
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May be a man thing but that is just about the most liveable menu I have seen posted. Your stats suggest you are what is known as a "big unit" which is a compliment round here. I seem to be somewhere in between you at a nice manly size and ladies who can fit into girls clothes. Absolutely no simple read across for a menu that pleases me and gives the control you or they have. Keep posting here please I can see a ray of hope.
 
Very stressful two days and it really showed in my food!
I am sticking with: I needed all the nutrients for my “fight or flight” mode!

Yesterday -
Breakfast 2 x M&S scotch eggs, BPC
Lunch - coconut pieces, lots of tea and water
Dinner - (drum roll) A large portion of homemade lasagna using squash sheets. Extra slices of roasted squash. 1 portion of chicken. Some coleslaw. 2 cups of tea. Phew!

Today:
Coffee and 25gms butter so far ....early days
 
Hi All,

Yesterday was a no chocolate day. Suspiciously easy.
But then I did eat 3 meals, which is unusual

B: 2.5 local butchers sausages, out of the fridge
L: a crustless quiche Mr B told me HAD to be eaten today, and would I do it. Horrible. It must be a year since I ate one of the bought ones, and it was a waste of money. Base pastry too thick to cut down on filling, and the onion hadn't been precooked. Since I was leaving the base, I saw quite how much carby 'padding' they were selling as a 'crustless'.
D: a large homemade lamb burger
S: Wensleydale. Quite a lot of it.

Apparently cutting out chocolate means that I eat 10 x its weight in cheese.
 
Brunneria said:


Takes all types, I suppose.

Although I must admit grabbing 100g of cheese out of the fridge last night, and eating HenryVIII style was a grand moment... the dogs thought so too.
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You mean that you don't normally eat it that way ???

Oops
 
DJC3 said:
What a shame about the rosewater, I love Fry’s Turkish delight so was hoping you’d cracked it.
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I had raspberry and rose chia pudding this morning. No chocolate though, so not Fry's flavour! The key is use a small amount of rose water. I used half a teaspoon for a batch of 4 puddings. It was delicious, not soapy and no unpleasant smell.
 

Ian, honey.... despite the weirdness and unsuitableness of my menus, I will never EVER be shopping in the children’s department again. I “grew like Topsy” at puberty, and what hath grown up cannot be shrunketh...
 
Brunneria said:


Takes all types, I suppose.

Although I must admit grabbing 100g of cheese out of the fridge last night, and eating HenryVIII style was a grand moment... the dogs thought so too.
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Nothing wrong with some cheese, then some chocolate, then more cheese, followed by more chocolate...
 
Not the best of nights - something upset my tummy - I think it was probably the smoked mackerel.

It's glorious weather for February here in my corner of Yorkshire - all my crocuses are flowering as well as the snowdrops - about two weeks earlier than they flowered last year.

For those that want to remember: it's Valentine's day tomorrow.

Today....

Breakfast: Bacon and eggs - boring but it reliably gives me BG which are 0.3 to 0.8 units lower at 2 hrs PP than they were at FBG

Lunch: Chunk of Camembert - not quite as large a chunk as @Brunneria 's snackette yesterday but close

Dinner: Celeriac dauphinoise, lamb chop, orange pepper roasted with cherry tomatoes, chopped black olives and a drizzle of garlic and basil oil.

Drinks: black decaff coffee with breakfast, mid morning wad big mug tea with skimmed milk, spread over the rest of the day 2 litres still spring water
 
@Chook hope you’re feeling better today. Was the mackerel tinned or in a vacuum pack?
Have to agree about the signs that spring is on its way - snowdrops are the cheeriest sight and appear just at the right time, when we’ve absolutely had enough of winter.
 
@Chook hope your digestive system has calmed down!!
Thank you @DJC3 !
Just had an appt with my very cheerful PCP. Asked if he wanted me fasting or not for my labs Friday. He said, oh just don’t eat a fatty meal. Maybe just coffee and toast.
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I said, to a preD you’re saying eat bread??? He replied, in moderation. 60 (American meaning total all) carbs/meal. I said, try, 30 net carbs a day. The discussion we were having was very much open and friendly; he’s not an “order you around” type physician, and in his 30’s so may actually have had a semester of “Bedside Manner” in med school. So when/if my HbA1c comes back much improved, I’m going to be telling him “nanny nanny boo boo” or you may know it as “nyaa nyaa na nyaa nyaaa” and I expect he will take it in good humor.
Also, while he is testing for kidney stuff, he said my scary swollen lower legs are most likely age related and if I want I can wear (the AWFUL) TED hose. Or, you know, put my feet up. Not alot of that happening these days!
 
zauberflote said:
Ian, honey.... despite the weirdness and unsuitableness of my menus, I will never EVER be shopping in the children’s department again. I “grew like Topsy” at puberty, and what hath grown up cannot be shrunketh...
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I quite like you and all that but never, ever call me honey - I detest both the substance and the word
 
ianpspurs said:
I quite like you and all that but never, ever call me honey - I detest both the substance and the word
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I think you might have to be Southern American to appreciate that way of using that phrase. I promise, never again!
 
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