What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[DJC3]

Flicking through the Tesco Easter Magazine today I noticed Halo Top are doing lollies, in Tesco (allegedly).

They're not my thing, but who know, if we have a wonderful summer.



@DJC3 - I noticed the on-offer airfryer is in my local Lidl today.

Thank you for the reminder. Hopefully I’ll be able to nip in tomorrow.

 

[DJC3]

Another day of higher than usual bg. Didn’t get down into 5s until post dinner just now.
B: 2fried eggs on wilted spinach and a slice of Emmental. CWC. TWAM
Mid morning black coffee out with an old friend. I’m getting used to black coffee now, provided it’s not too strong.
L: 1/2 Lidl antipasti platter with some of the new kimchi. Then a small dollop of Gk yog with a few (<10g) Callebaut buttons.
D: Calves liver, bacon, celeriac mash and a large grilled mushroom. 2small glasses red.
@ianpspurs my sympathy re the dentist outcome.

 

[shelley262]

Another day of higher than usual bg. Didn’t get down into 5s until post dinner just now.
B: 2fried eggs on wilted spinach and a slice of Emmental. CWC. TWAM
Mid morning black coffee out with an old friend. I’m getting used to black coffee now, provided it’s not too strong.
L: 1/2 Lidl antipasti platter with some of the new kimchi. Then a small dollop of Gk yog with a few (<10g) Callebaut buttons.
D: Calves liver, bacon, celeriac mash and a large grilled mushroom. 2small glasses red.
@ianpspurs my sympathy re the dentist outcome.

Maybe your bgs are missing the cream/fat?

 

[shelley262]

Very busy day at Computer sorting out caring issues and paperwork related to autistic adult son - but as it was yuk weather and my cold was worse (finally lost my voice, probably appreciated by OH!) - less bothersome being forced to stay indoors at pc than would have been if weather had been good and I’d felt fitter and keen to get outside.
Throughout the day, as usual, fair bit of coffee and cream and black tea - often forget to list it but I do drink lots of tea and coffee....
Breakfast one slice bacon and egg
Lunch small tin of sardines in olive oil, a few nuts and two squares of montezumas 100% choc
Dinner small roasted rack of lamb, cauliflower cheese with small glass of red wine followed by small slice lc choc cake and double cream.
My menus been a bit samey recently but easier when very busy no time for planning - plus trying to do two or three small meals a day as it seems to suit my bgs and weight better.

 

[zauberflote]

Congratulations @Viv19 !! Guess there's a use for Mickey D's after all.
@dunelm I am sooo jealous of that meal...
@Chook how do you manage to make the food run out perfectly every month? My mom used to shop once a month when we lived in deepest West Virginia, but even that was just the big stuff; there was a little grocery store a couple miles away (oh! memory! My sister and I bought our 45's there!) for spur of the need things. And we had eggs and bakery goods delivered weekly.
@Adm_Mad I am in your camp health-wise. I have to keep my cardiologist happy, and have just been told to see a kidney specialist. I have a b-i-l who is staying one step ahead of dialysis and/or kidney transplant by doing everything his team of kidney disease specialists say. It's tough to say to a dr who has literally saved your life (as my cardiologist) well, I'm going to not do what you say any more, right?
@ianpspurs sorry re symptoms and crown. Ugh. Otoh, chocolate ought to help with a cure, yes? It does me.
Aw @shelley262 sorry you're still mizzable but good use of bad weather! Hope pc use was useful and completed! My "samey" comes from exactly the same thing! No time to execute grand dreams and plans.
Food:
Bfast something entirely different. Two squares my brown bread cut in mini slices, toasted, and laced with olive oil. Kept my post meal rise to 11/0.6 which is fine by me! DWC
Lunch was to be nothing bc the numbers were high this am, but have just learned we're going to do "the lighthouse walk" and I was soooo hungry, so, I had maybe 8-10 pecan halves. Feeling much better. I'd just walked into town, and had a short pre-bfast walk too.
Supper will possibly be turkey burgers with hmmm broccoli is what's in freezer. And brown bread for me.
Guess I'd better smash up them burglars now.

 

[Brunneria]

Note to self:

Next time your lovely cream enamel le Creuset pan starts to discolour ever so slightly, simply pan fry chicken breast in butter and harissa then finish with pomegranate molasses.

Lifts colour from enamel and leaves it gleaming and back to its factory finish. Amazing.

Mr B had the chicken.
I ended up with belly pork that needed eating (also drizzled with pom mol)
And the planned lamb shanks are delayed til tomorrow

 

[DJC3]

Maybe your bgs are missing the cream/fat?

Hmm. Hadn’t thought about that. I really was drinking way too much coffee though, and cream consumption was going up and up. It’s more than likely exercise related I reckon.

Hugs for your horrible cold. It must be making you miserable with all the paperwork you are ploughing through. Hope you manage it all before your hols.

 

[ianpspurs]

@ianpspurs my sympathy re the dentist outcome.

2 weeks ago I had a check up -x rays, bite test etc all lovely according to dentist. A few days later part of tooth I thought was a problem sheared off - I thought it was a filling. Today's appointment was made over a week ago. Now I have to wait until May 17th. Soft(ish) food and eat r/h side only.

 

[Deleted member 308541]

Very light intake of food yesterday lunchtime.
Dinner: Steak and veggies.
Breakfast: Will be the usual omelette and bacon.

Drinks:Black coffee, water, staminade.

Nearly feeling 100% better this morning.

Edit: The low carb/cal largely driven by dentist timing and lingering issues similar to @Tipetoo who has my great sympathy.

Thanks Ian, hope they fix your tooth.

 

[Rachox]

Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Lunch: gouda and chorizo rollitos with cauliflower and broccoli salad followed by Greek yoghurt and raspberries.
Mid afternoon: chocolate carb killa and SF squash (moving my son out of his student house back home and he doesn’t drink coffee )
Dinner: mature cheddar omelette and stir fried Mediterranean veggies followed by SF jelly, cream and LC chocolate granola

 

[Diawara]

two cups of tea with soya milk
one latte soya
11 am three hard boiled eggs mayonaise cayenne and mustard some chopped up sweet peppers and shalott
some almonds..
1900 three lidl slaska sausages with mustard tomatoes and celery,,
frozen rasberys and double cream...
and a 500 ml bottle of retsina (also lidl)
i will get the results from my first twelve month hbiac tomorrow last one in september i think was 5.3...

 

[DJC3]

2 weeks ago I had a check up -x rays, bite test etc all lovely according to dentist. A few days later part of tooth I thought was a problem sheared off - I thought it was a filling. Today's appointment was made over a week ago. Now I have to wait until May 17th. Soft(ish) food and eat r/h side only.

Ooh how annoying. Do you have a NHS dentist? Still expensive I’d expect.

 

[ianpspurs]

Ooh how annoying. Do you have a NHS dentist? Still expensive I’d expect.

NHS. Receptionist didn't believe I was pregnant and entitled to free treatment.

 

[shelley262]

Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Lunch: gouda and chorizo rollitos with cauliflower and broccoli salad followed by Greek yoghurt and raspberries.
Mid afternoon: chocolate carb killa and SF squash (moving my son out of his student house back home and he doesn’t drink coffee )
Dinner: mature cheddar omelette and stir fried Mediterranean veggies followed by SF jelly, cream and LC chocolate granola

Well done on the move - but I’d have had one or two flasks of coffee with cream in the car with me! I can’t bear sweet tasting drinks.

 

[Rachox]

Well done on the move - but I’d have had one or two flasks of coffee with cream in the car with me! I can’t bear sweet tasting drinks.

I stopped at the motorway services on the way for a coffee but didn’t expect to be at the house so long, there was A LOT of clearing up to do I would have taken a flask if I’d known!

 

[shelley262]

I stopped at the motorway services on the way for a coffee but didn’t expect to be at the house so long, there was A LOT of clearing up to do I would have taken a flask if I’d known!

There’s always more cleaning than expected in student houses or flats I speak from way too much experience from helping youngest!

 

[DCUKMod]

Note to self:

Next time your lovely cream enamel le Creuset pan starts to discolour ever so slightly, simply pan fry chicken breast in butter and harissa then finish with pomegranate molasses.

Lifts colour from enamel and leaves it gleaming and back to its factory finish. Amazing.

Mr B had the chicken.
I ended up with belly pork that needed eating (also drizzled with pom mol)
And the planned lamb shanks are delayed til tomorrow

My cream enamel is only cream on the outside (the cream on the inside, Le Crueset is either blue or orange), so I could have a trouble with that approach!

 

[Chook]

Congratulations @Viv19 !! Guess there's a use for Mickey D's after all.
@dunelm I am sooo jealous of that meal...
@Chook how do you manage to make the food run out perfectly every month? My mom used to shop once a month when we lived in deepest West Virginia, but even that was just the big stuff; there was a little grocery store a couple miles away (oh! memory! My sister and I bought our 45's there!) for spur of the need things. And we had eggs and bakery goods delivered weekly.
@Adm_Mad I am in your camp health-wise. I have to keep my cardiologist happy, and have just been told to see a kidney specialist. I have a b-i-l who is staying one step ahead of dialysis and/or kidney transplant by doing everything his team of kidney disease specialists say. It's tough to say to a dr who has literally saved your life (as my cardiologist) well, I'm going to not do what you say any more, right?
@ianpspurs sorry re symptoms and crown. Ugh. Otoh, chocolate ought to help with a cure, yes? It does me.
Aw @shelley262 sorry you're still mizzable but good use of bad weather! Hope pc use was useful and completed! My "samey" comes from exactly the same thing! No time to execute grand dreams and plans.
Food:
Bfast something entirely different. Two squares my brown bread cut in mini slices, toasted, and laced with olive oil. Kept my post meal rise to 11/0.6 which is fine by me! DWC
Lunch was to be nothing bc the numbers were high this am, but have just learned we're going to do "the lighthouse walk" and I was soooo hungry, so, I had maybe 8-10 pecan halves. Feeling much better. I'd just walked into town, and had a short pre-bfast walk too.
Supper will possibly be turkey burgers with hmmm broccoli is what's in freezer. And brown bread for me.
Guess I'd better smash up them burglars now.

You get used to it - I've been doing this for 20+ years. It used to be easy when we did it all in one place but now we've got a huge list of things we like from different shops.

I do the big monthly shop for household stuff, toiletries, meat, tinned goods, food cupboard stuff, fish, dog stuff (lots of that) and frozen stuff. I also get things like cheeses, yoghurt, butter, lard and anything we regularly eat that has a long use by date. Also my husband has a pre-work meal and we buy the ingredients for those and will spend 2-3 hours in the kitchen on Saturday making those meals up and freezing in portions.

Each week we do a quick top up vegetable, eggs and dairy shop.

Its supposed to save us money - it doesn't!!

 

[zauberflote]

@Brunneria that is amazing. Which ingredient do you think it is? I have my mom's blue/white dutch oven from my teenage years.
@Rachox I am laughing here-- just figured out SF squash. I had wondered why you were eating some kind of gourd fruit with a snack... totally forgot it's a beverage
Good night all, good morning soon!

 

[DCUKMod]

@Brunneria that is amazing. Which ingredient do you think it is? I have my mom's blue/white dutch oven from my teenage years.
@Rachox I am laughing here-- just figured out SF squash. I had wondered why you were eating some kind of gourd fruit with a snack... totally forgot it's a beverage
Good night all, good morning soon!

Looking at what went into the pan, I'd guess it would be the acidity of the pomegrante molasses lifting the stains.