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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

96-05-2020
Breakfast: CWC x2 nut granola x2
Lunch: LC bread with ham and eggs mayonnaise. Tea.
Tea.
Dinner.: not really a meal as such. During a lovely long chat with MrSlim, really hungry so i ate the two chicken thighs that were to be dinner, while on the phone, Dont want to cook now - Had a huge chunk of cheese. In the end did oven chips. Shock!! horror!! and two fried eggs. BG before the chips was 5.3. We shall see what we shall see, As my mother used to say.
Any one like to take on the task of reminding me to check at one hour and two . My phone timer is awful. Nearly always stops before time is up.

Eggs with Chips. View attachment 41121
One hour 5.4 am amazed, bet you are too . Do you need a photo ?
two hours,and a fewmins BG 5.0... might need to test again.finding it difficult to believe
Three hours and a glass of wine .plus 90 second bread and cheese BG 4.7
Counting that as a personal best
 
Monday got up quite early as the nurse was to pop over to show me how to give myself my first stelara injection at 11am.

Breakfast: Made some scrambled eggs sourdough toast and had 2 mugs of plunger coffee.

So waited for the nurse and by 12.30 she still hadn't showed. So I texted her and also telephoned but Straight to VM and no reply So unsure what to do Hope she is ok especially with all this going on with covid-19! I used to give myself methotrexate injections but that was over a year ago so was a tad anxious and very different to insulin injection.... ****! will I have to do this on my own! So telephoned the support program asking what I should do they said someone will call me back. About 10 minutes later a lady rang back she said she would try and get in touch with nurse and don't ring us back someone will contact you! I don't think she was happy I'd rang the Company! By about 2pm still not heard from anyone so tried the nurses number and straight to VM. So started watching videos on how to do it plus anxious as the medication cost nearly $8,000au so don't want to stuff it up as well. finally heard from her around 2.30pm she blamed it on her mobile playing up that's why she forgot! She showed up at 4pm. Appologising profusely and then went over what to do how to full syringes sterilising and how to inject etc she was very though then it was time and filled the syringes and gave myself the two jabs which didn't hurt the needle were very thin. Whoop whoop I think I will be fine to do myself for my next Jab in 8 weeks time.

luckily I had already prepped dinner so all had to do was cook it.

dinner was baked teriyaki salmon brocolini and some basmati rice. My first time making was nice and plus easy as well.

Tuesday breakfast /brunch too tired to cook so nuked a sachet of toasted almond meal with coconut quinoa & chia cooked porridge with a 1/4 cup full fat milk nuked in the microwave and 2 mugs of black coffee. About 3 hours later started feeling queasy and very weak and joint pain also like was was having a hypo but bsl was 6 mmol/m so fine but had a lay down as needed to rest. An hour later testef BSL was 4.6 mmol/m still ok but ate half a banana and took 2 panadol osteo tablets and rested for another hour or so.


Dinner roasted a 1/4 chicken breast bone in with vegetables and gravy and Have lots of leftovers for another meal.

Wednesday brunch

Egg omelete with ham mushrooms and tomatoes served on a slice of green olive sour dough toast. 2 mugs coffee

So had a lay down as needed to rest.

I bough a fresh premade pizza a few days ago yep not ideal low carb Around 6pm was feeling hungry and heated the pizza up

Thursday breakfast had bacon in fridge defrosted a few days ago so cooked it with 2 eggs and a slice of sourdough toast amd mug of coffee

Feeling extremely fatigued still washed up dishes from brunch and now just sitting in front of the TV still in my PJs resting hopefully get energy to do something later. For dinner I have leftover chicken breasts and vegetables from Tuesday night so might make soup or pie from the leftovers.

Had photos of my salmon dish but getting an error message saying "don't have permission to view or upload on this page" so maybe at next post.
 
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maglil55 said:
@DJC3 - same place as I get the Skinny Bread mix - mydietshop. Link

https://mydiet-shop.co.uk/search?co...rway=desc&search_query=Lakanto&submit_search=

I see Lakanto have added loads more to the range since I last looked. The sugar free chocolate drops could be useful for baking.

@SlimLizzy - I'm not surprised Mr Slim is finding it busy. It's the same here. You'd never guess there is a lockdown (although I haven't been out in quite a few days).

Bed 5.5 FBG 6.2. Today has been another up and down day so I've stuck to rest, plenty fluid and paracetamol as ordered. I did see on the lunchtime news (BBC) a guy in Bristol and a lady in London who were very like me. Not tested, doctors reckoned it was likely they'd had the virus but they too were relapsing- the effects were coming in waves. Same symptoms I've had. The lady in particular looked like I feel! It reassured me a bit but I hope I don't get a third wave! At least the doctors were confident they were not infectious and it was just the body repairing itself.
B. TAG and a couple of Dairylea (felt a bit queasy).
L. Had a thing I got in my butcher delivery. It's minced pork, cheese inside and wrapped in bacon. I felt better so I air fried it and had with a scrambled egg.
D. Chicken breast with a mix of peppers, beans, tomato. That was it but I'm considering chia pudding later.
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Ah thank you. I remember now and I do have an account with them. Sounds like it might be interesting (and expensive!) having a browse around too.
Your butchers thing sounds fab, I might have a go at copying it.
Interesting about other people having the same in and off relapsing as you and @Annb I do hope you can both shake it off soon.
 
SlimLizzy said:
I couldn't wait. Ate it for supper with petit brie cheese.

Can see it becoming a regular thing.( adds extra eggs and ground almonds to shopping list. )
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Oh good, did you fry it afterwards too? I go through phases of having it several times a week then forgetting all about it for months. Brie must have been lovely, all melty and gooey.
Good luck with the ground almonds - all sold out round here.
 
Morning All,

Yesterday was

B: low carb hot choc
L: yog, cream, peanut butter
D: moo grob with chilli

Only excitement yesterday was dog walk and gardening, with 3 4-pawed helpers on both.
Mr B now walks Nos 2 & 3 on the roads to the park while I drive No 1 there in the car. There are then joyous reunions, a park walk, then 2 & 3 come home with me in the car and No3 gets flogged round the park again, followed by a circuitous road walk home with Mr B.
Unfortunately, in his opinion 'She is just getting fitter!'

We went through all this with No 2, but now she is 6 yrs, things have calmed down a little. She used to climb everything - fallen trees, picnic tables (very disconcerting for the picnickers), dry stone walls... now she usually goes for benches and low walls only up to 3x her height.

ed. For numerical confusion
 
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DJC3 said:
Oh good, did you fry it afterwards too? I go through phases of having it several times a week then forgetting all about it for months. Brie must have been lovely, all melty and gooey.
Good luck with the ground almonds - all sold out round here.
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will try the Croque Monseur another day. It was late, ate it while still warm with butter and thin slice of Petit Brie. Brie did not have time to melt.
 
Brunneria said:
Morning All,

Yesterday was

B: low carb hot choc
L: yog, cream, peanut butter
D: moo grob with chilli

Only excitement yesterday was dog walk and gardening, with 3 4-pawed helpers on both.
Mr B now walks Nos 2 & 3 on the roads to the park while I drive No 1 there in the car. There are then joyous reunions, a park walk, then 2 & 3 come home with me in the car and No1 gets flogged round the park again, followed by a circuitous road walk home with Mr B.
Unfortunately, in his opinion 'She is just getting fitter!'

We went through all this with No 2, but now she is 6 yrs, things have calmed down a little. She used to climb everything - fallen trees, picnic tables (very disconcerting for the picnickers), dry stone walls... now she usually goes for benches and low walls only up to 3x her height..
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I'm just trying to imagine what it would be like if my dogs did that. LOL They are all too lazy to jump (although Jack was good at it when he first came to live here).

@SlimLizzy I'm so envious of your BG after eating chips. Egg and chips used to be a favourite PD (pre diabetes).

Is anyone having issues with Alexa devices? Mine keeps randomly switching themselves on and saying 'Welcome back, what can I do for you?'. Not so bad during the day but more than a bit creepy when the dot I use as an alarm clock does it in the middle of the night!

Breakfast: two fried eggs on Burgen toast
Lunch: Usual Actimel drink and a bit of cheese (probably Red Leicester)
Dinner: crispy fried sesame coated tofu with a dipping sauce (experimenting with different recipes) and a fridge leftover veg stirfry.
 
I too used to love chips with two runny fried eggs dripping onto them.
FBG was hortible today but I am sure it was due to a nightmare.
Had slice LivLife toast, thick butter, lots of tea.
Lunch will be the last chunk of Farm Shop cheddar (Isle of Mull) and small h/m Waldorf salad. Supper will be the Thursday house special, chunky fish fingers and brocolli, chips for Mr PM.
Hope @maglil55 and @Annb get better soon and for good this time.
@DJC3 have bookmarked the 60 second micro bread recipe. I did try a version years ago and didnt like the spongy texture but if it could be crisped up on the frying pan that might be better.
 
Chook said:
I'm just trying to imagine what it would be like if my dogs did that. LOL They are all too lazy to jump (although Jack was good at it when he first came to live here).

@SlimLizzy I'm so envious of your BG after eating chips. Egg and chips used to be a favourite PD (pre diabetes).

Is anyone having issues with Alexa devices? Mine keeps randomly switching themselves on and saying 'Welcome back, what can I do for you?'. Not so bad during the day but more than a bit creepy when the dot I use as an alarm clock does it in the middle of the night!

Breakfast: two fried eggs on Burgen toast
Lunch: Usual Actimel drink and a bit of cheese (probably Red Leicester)
Dinner: crispy fried sesame coated tofu with a dipping sauce (experimenting with different recipes) and a fridge leftover veg stirfry.
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I don't have an Alexa device but my brother (who enjoys techie things) has and, I think, has much of his house connected to it. He tells me his starts talking in the middle of the night as well. Quite alarming at first. I suggested he should just turn it off/disconnect it but that would mean affecting all the rest of the things it connects to. He says it's an irritant, but he's used to it now.
 
Since I couldn't be bothered doing anything about breakfast, but was a bit peckish around 10 am, I just grabbed a couple of slices of bread! Butter and marmite made a sandwich. That will me going until later today. I omitted my BG test because I fell asleep (as usual these days) and have only just checked it - 19.8! FBG was 8.8. I knew it was a bad idea when I did it.

I took a dose of insulin and just had water - must bring it down somehow. Very thirsty, so on my third glass of water.

I am currently making a sausage and bean stew kind of thing - it does have a name, but I can't for the life of me think what it is. I had to make it because I'd taken some cooked sausages out of the freezer and had to use them. Some veg, a tin of tomatoes and a can of borlotti beans were easy enough to throw into the pan. (Had to collapse back into the chair after chopping the veg though, for a short break). It's probably too high in carbs as well, but when I do have it, I will only have a little of it.

I do love the idea of fried egg and chips @SlimLizzy and I must say, I'm feeling very envious both of the food and the BG. Good for you!
 
PenguinMum said:
@DJC3 have bookmarked the 60 second micro bread recipe. I did try a version years ago and didnt like the spongy texture but if it could be crisped up on the frying pan that might be better.
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I agree the texture straight out of the microwave doesn’t really appeal. But fried in butter does transform it.
Hugs for the horrible fbg
 
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