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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

@ianpspurs that’s a salad I could chow down on! I fix a big one If I Have the time to eat all the rawness. There’s a T1 blogger who says that your salad bowl should be as big as your head. You definitely have mastered that.
Thanks @Emma_369 you have been paying way closer attention than I have for sure, to know this has happened to others. I guess I just keep on keeping on and ask for a retest in 3 months. Currently driving around collecting more meters just to see how badly mine misled me.
@Rachox oh how awful to be stuck inside. How’s your “ouchie” doing?
@BibaBee what you feel as caregiver is absolutely normal! I felt that way, completely burned out, very frequently when my kids were younger. Sending you a lawn chair, a huge bunch of balloons, and a slingshot for if you get too high! Thanks for hugs
@Goonergal thanks, and I’m sorry you’re in the same boat. I have been burning through test strips like they grow on trees, which was why I was so hopeful of the results. I had so many data points each day that I thought I had it all covered. Sigh. Maybe if I’d tested every hour during the night I would have seen numbers in the mid&high 100’s (US). Only way to reckon the lab result with the numbers I have recorded. Good luck on the weigh in!
Oh dear @Chook .... sorrrreeeee...
So, no fun getting disappointing news when you are very hungry, but only 1 1/2 hrs until supper, and I want to thank everybody here for your support! Big hugs all around.
 
Thinking of you - hbaca1 discrepancy seems to be a common problem for some. If you are moving downwards generally though on your bg meter consistently that’s what I’d believe. Don’t allow your results to derail you often with unexpected results it can cause you to feel why do I bother I’m sure it’s working for you if your meter is showing a steady fall be kind to yourself
 
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Good luck with your planned fast. Trick is to have plenty of hot drinks it’s comforting. You’re doing amazing all of us have changed our woe because of concerns for our own health you’ve made these huge changes to join and support your OH who needed to improve his health not many people out there would do that. You deserve big hugs, well dones youare a superstar getting so involved in embracing this WOE and making it interesting for your OH.
 
Thank you @shelley262 I have to remind myself that I have reaped the benefits of this WOE. There is no way I would be as slim as I am now without it. I think we all just get a bit fatigued from time to time. If I see some movement on the scales, it will spur me on!
 
Lunch yesterday: Not much as we did not feel like anything.
Dinner: Fish (Nile Perch) and salad.
Breakfast today: Cheese omelette, bacon.

Good job the groceries and meat get delivered today.
 
Thank you @zauberflote! What a lovely image
 
Still on some heavy duty painkillers @zauberflote , but I’ll live. I had my first night sleeping right through without waking for painkillers at silly o’clock so there’s progress
 
Winner @Rachox !!!! Definitely progress.
 
21/02
7.30am XBX level 16
8.03 BG 6.0 hmm bit high for me in the morning, maybe snack last night? or exercise?
Wanting to try new cereal, decided to wait, test again 30 mins.
8.30 BG 5.9 Multigrain low sugar nutty muesli from Asda. only 20 g
Mixed with 20g no grain granola and 30ml milk.
10.31 BG 5.4 Thats looking good, maybe slightly larger portion tomorrow?
Tea
11am snack 30g pecans
13.30 lunch: salad, drizzled with rapeseed oil,(out of olive) ham, coleslaw, water, tea
3pm-5pm tea, tea, tea
19.30 Dinner: beef casserole, charlotte potatoes, kale. Water, Salted caramel florentine.
22.15 Snack: cracker and pate, tea

Hugely busy day, still feeling rubbish. Hope Mum doesn't catch it.
 
@SlimLizzy - I live in a place called Musselburgh about 8 miles outside Edinburgh. Better known now since the TV correctly started calling it Musselburgh Races rather than Edinburgh Races. When the boys were at nursery they often saw the horses as the Racecourse is right beside their nursery. My adorable shops are about 7 miles the other way but happily all together when I get there.
@Rachox you certainly seem to be getting back to normal as far as food is concerned. Are they organising any physio for you?
@DJC3 - loved the Jersey Boys. Theatre was sold out but I didn't have any giants in front of me for once. It's one of these things like Mama Mia I'd happily go to see again. Picked up the tickets for Matilda too but theres another couple I fancy before that.
Anyway, a bit of normality again - bed 5.2 FBG 5.9.
B. Tassimo Americano grande with a dash of cream. Slice of Ox Tongue and one of these Tesco Cream cheese bites.
L. Thin slice of Dr Almond seeded bread and yet another slice of Dr Almond seeded bread with Lurpack.
D. Out for the theatre- 3 vodkas and diet coke. Sunshine on Leith
Burger - no bun and no chips. Burger topped with haggis, cheddar cheese and a fried egg with coleslaw. With my removals they are very good at replacing them with an excellent salad. Americano and they got me a pot of cream from the kitchen.
Intermission I had a mini bottle of white wine because shock, horror - they've stopped selling little tubs of Oppo ice cream. I'm going to complain. BGs were very well behaved though.
Today - Thursday - very busy day. Early start at school with the boys. Back to pack a bag then off to Aqua. Then I had to go straight to the eye pavilion for my regular check.
Bed 4.7 FBG 5.3.
B. Tassimo Americano grande with a dash of cream. Slice of Dr Almond toasted with Lurpack and ox tongue.
L. Nothing - aqua then eye pavilion.
D. Boys wanted macaroni cheese- no good for me. Didn't know what I wanted but I remembered someone on here stirring a childhood memory for me. So I had 2 boiled eggs mashed with a little butter and 2 thin slices of Dr Almond bread toasted. Very enjoyable. Scoop of halo top with raspberries (to make up for the lack of Oppo yesterday).
 
@maglil55 , not sure about physio, I have a consultant follow up on 2nd March, I guess I’ll find out then. Food wise I froze loads of LC meals pre op so quick to zap in the microwave for Mr Rachox. I can manage the few minutes standing at the cooker to make my coconut porridge but am drawing the line at mixing up my chia puddings which I make for fibre content so substituting protein bars mid-afternoon, some of them are quite good for fibre.
 
@zauberflote Hope your back is better today. hugs for the distressing blood results.
@Kingmidas that cheesecake looks scrumptious. The recipe uses erythritol and i have sucralose, is it possible to exchange these? Would be brilliant to make a cheesecake to share with my gluten free grandaughter. She is only seven, but has already learnt to say no to anything that might upset her stomach.
 
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Oh Yeah. Those veg repercussions... not fun!

You feeling OK now?
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Not yet - hopefully by tomorrow. Its very embarrassing to have this a) when visitors are staying and b) while out in a restaurant.
 
I have to say I'm not sure ... the sweetener I used is stevia/erythritol blend. I dont know much about substitutes - maybe someone else can help x
 


Rachox, have you considered getting the garden furniture out and using either a lounger if you have any or another chair/stool to prop up your foot?

Being stuck indoors in good weather always seems like torture.
 


Goonergal, I've posted many times about our bodies catching up with the scales.

For myself, I didn't carry that much weight, but I'd never had much of a waist; more sort of up and down shape. After a few months of maintaining weight, suddenly, it seemed, I had a waist, and it has stayed.

When we lose weight, it usually (in my world anyway) comes from the places we often least want it to - face, boobies or whatever, but as time goes on it seems to just shift around a bit.

If you're following roughly along the lines of my experience, your wiast will be here to stay. It took me down another size in skirts and trousers.
 
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I wonder if this might help.



There's lots out there on t'internet about comparing sweeteners and their various impacts.
 

Thanks. I hope so - reducing my waist and general excess around my middle is the missing piece of the puzzle for me.
 
Kingmidas said:
I have to say I'm not sure ... the sweetener I used is stevia/erythritol blend. I dont know much about substitutes - maybe someone else can help x
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@SlimLizzy to add to what @Kingmidas and @DCUKMod posted, erythritol is about 30% less sweet than sugar. I believe sucralose is exchangeable 1:1 for sugar, so it will depend on your taste. I tend to reduce the amount of sweetener called for, even if the recipe uses erythritol to suit my taste, so it’ll probably take a bit of experimentation.
 
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