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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

b: ff greek with chia and berries
L : 2 hard boiled eggs and mustard mayo from the snack and sandwich section of the Co op. Only a £1 and very easy to eat while out doing errands
D: a bit of cheddar while cooking boys pasta for the first time in months . I did eat one tortellini to test it was 'al dente'. Was good but did resist more.
We are away agian tomorrow so need to be good while I can.
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and salted caramel phd bar.
Late Lunch: small packet of Cheesies followed by Greek yoghurt, raspberries and vanilla and raspberry LC granola and a couple of dark chocolate brazils.
Dinner: salmon fillet with peppercorn sauce and roasted Mediterranean veggies followed by SF jelly, cream and LC chocolate granola.
 
@Goonergal what is teaolat?

@Chook a big well done on the fast - keep going - wow 3lbs I am impressed - fab and good drop in FBG too

@maglil55 Cheers for the noodles - I will give them a try for a wee change - spag bol will be back on the menu

Brunch - f/f greek yoghurt with mixed berries and a little double cream drizzled over the top. cup of earl grey and watered down double cream.

Dinner - chicken tandoori, broccoli and a few carrots with melted butter. Couple of squares of Almond nibs 100% black with another earl grey and watered down double cream (I needed heating up it has been wet and miserable all day here today)
 
25.08.2020 ?
Breakfast 2× CWC nut Granola.bit earlier than usual.
Heavy work this morning, moving earth to fill hollows left by stump removal.
Was hungry by 10. 30am but the men were not co-operating, neither was ready for coffee, by 11am was ravenous enough to eat cold courgettes straight from the fridge. Followed by ham and cheese rolito.
CWC about 11.30.
Lunch 1.30ish.
BG 5 9 Before
3 thin slices wholemeal bread, loaf is small and slender. Smashed avocado and English salad, more ham. Water and tea.
Continued with shovelling and raking.
BG 1 hour 10 4
2 hours 6,1
Three hours 4.6
Gifted the builder with two large courgettes. Win for both of us. Now only four in fridge.
Dinner courgette lasagne as yesterday. Few carrots and runner beans, celeriac chips and roasted courgette.
Afterwards sat outside with MrSlim and Cat, enjoying cheap French champagne and the subtle colours of tonight's sunset.
Edited to add three squares 75% Chocolate and cup of tea.

@Chook impressive fast. Well done you.
 
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I did toss some chunks of the lamb in a tsp of olive oil and some turmeric, some paprika and some cumin. Sea salt as well, of course. Roasted it for a short time but when it came to it, I didn't feel like eating, so it went into the compost bin.

Em was here today after school and, as usual, raided the fridge and the larder. She's always hungry at about 3.30 so had a mixed grazing of Philadelphia cheese, apple, whatever biscuits she could find and loads of milk. She was looking at photos I have in the bedroom of myself and hubby when we were young and that led to discussions about long gone family members and how they related to her. That, plus helping Neil carry bricks to make a stand for the trough that I bought the other day for herbs, and then downloading things I didn't want on the Fire Tablet, filled the couple of hours until dad came to pick her up. At least, I wasn't required to play bucket-basketball again.
 
@Chook I admire your stick-to-it-iveness !
@Annb I'm sorry it keeps coming back, and glad eating helped even marginally. Here in my city, local brewers have lost huge amounts of money as their "hospitality" accounts dry up. Bars are closed except for outdoor seating, nobody is having huge weddings so the hotels and caterers and venues cut back on their orders. Apparently everybody is buying Bud Light.....Local distilleries made a quick switch to producing hand sanitizer for hospitals. You haven't lived until you've washed your hands with moonshine!
@maglil55 good for your grandson for using words! That poor "that child". What it must be like for him inside his brain and heart. I hope significant help comes soon before he's ruined for life.
@shelley262 a MOUNTAIN of chocolate?!? The mind boggles. I have always thought that chocolate kept forever, barring (in my climate) melting, and even then it would taste fine if you can scrape it off its wrapping. If it gets a "bloom" on it, that makes no difference to flavor that I've noticed. Happy Birthday OH!!
@Rachox your "cheesies" remind me of an addictive cheese snack. Do youall have Moon Cheese there? Dehydrated cheese bites, cannot eat just one!
@SlimLizzy yeoman's work, well done!
 
The:
Bfast avocado, boiled egg, pecans, and the ever-present "roughage", flax crisps/dilute soy
Thought I might make it to barre class with no more food, but needed something: skyr yogurt/olive oil. Very tasty!
Supper: peanut butter, stir-fried spiralized zucchini, boiled egg, some tomato and Cabot (Vermont) cheddar while making MrZF cheese and tomato open face sandwiches, and you guessed it, flax crisps.
A few mouthfuls skyr yogurt/olive oil for before bed.
Sleep well all and good morning to the early birds!
 
Morning all. Away with friends so didn’t get to post yesterday.

@Mrs T 123 Teaolat is a Hotel Chocolat tea which includes some cocoa. Just enough to give a slight hint of chocolate without adding carbs/calories.
@zauberflote cheesies are a bit like moon cheese. I love moon cheese - first discovered it in Toronto airport and then sourced loads of it in the US. However I prefer the Trader Joes cheese bites or my absolute favourite Whisps. Filled a carry on with those last time :hilarious:

Onto food. Train journey yesterday morning and ate far too many nuts and 2 Kind bars.
Late lunch of chicken wings and halloumi fries and dinner of Nando’s. More wings and halloumi although couldn’t eat all that I’d ordered due to earlier excess.

Brazilian BBQ later today.....
 
Tuesday bed 6.9 FBG was also 6.9. @Chook & @zauberflote - I agree with both of you about that child. Why oh why some do gooder ever thought it was a good idea to do away with almost all the schools with special support I don't know. Almost every class has at least one "that child". I am past empathising though. Having had years of this child and his appalling mother, I'm past it.
B. TAG and a slice of LC toast with pate.
L. Nothing.
D. Got another thing from the freezer! Beef olives which I did in the IP with carrot, onion, asparagus, nice strong gravy. Also did cheesy broccoli and had the smallest of Hubby's jersey royals.
2 squares of Godiva.

@Mrs T 123 - I just pop the Lidl noodles in with whatever sauce I am having to heat through. They only take minutes.
 
Rachox said:
Cheesies are sooooo good, they are very moreish, that’s why I only buy the smaller packets!

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I saw Cheesies mentioned here and bought some (online so had to buy several packets), didn't like them at all and passed them to my DIL. She loved them!

FBG 10.9. Just had a pickled egg salad but am not actually planning for any more food today - haven't got anything out of the freezer or in the fridge. Since I seem to be going off food after this first meal, at present, there's no point. If I do feel like eating, I'm sure I can find something. Still have some of my pickled eggs in the jar and there's also some pickled red onions that I made a few days ago. Don't know if too much pickle is wise though. Maybe just scramble some eggs, if necessary.

Edited to correct typo.
 
Day 3 of 4 day fast

A BIG thank you to everyone one for your support and good wishes. It really helps. xx

The good news:

Weight: I've lost another 4lbs making a total of 7lbs so far
My FBG was 7.1 this morning - so down a bit more but not enough
Mood: okay generally - although I did have to mention to Mr C that him talking about food ALL the time was a problem
Sleep: very good but still the vivid dreams.... my subconscious is very strange... married to Ed Sheeran.... really?!?!? Weird!

The bad news:

A touch of giddiness each time I go from sitting or laying down to standing - I will add a pinch of salt to all my drinks today
My BGs aren't reducing like I'd hoped - stayed above 7 all day yesterday with a climb up to 10 in the late morning
My BP has gone up - so I'm going to keep a close eye on it, record readings and talk to GP (eww shudder) if it doesn't get any better
The dogs' food is starting to smell very appetizing

The pattern of hunger is exactly the same as the last time I fasted - only REALLY hungry at what would normally be dinner time and that fades away with a hot drink.

It occurred to me this morning that, in my mind, I have always admired people doing OMAD but thought I would struggle with doing it myself. And I have still felt like that while fasting -but I might have a re-think about OMAD after my holiday because I'm really not that hungry until dinner.

Once again, thanks for all your support!!
 
@Chook sorry the BGs not behaving as hoped-- that was the whole point ! Also sorry about BP. If your holiday is coming up soon, maybe track it during that? Your fast might be stressful enough in itself to raise BP? (I am making this up on the fly....)
Thanks everybody for the Cheesies info!
Intended food for the day:
Bfast avocado, boiled egg, pecans/avo oil, 1-2 Lindt 90%, flax crisps/dilute soy. Really should try decaf again, see whether it sits well. But then there must be cream or at least half&half, so maybe I'll stick with soymilk. Decisions, decisions...
Late lunch if desperate skyr yogurt
Supper Maybe tin of sardines, spinach or zucchini, less peanut butter, and flax crisps.
Sitting out on the patio eating part of breakfast, swatting mosquitoes, cicadas already deafening but thank goodness they are not the 17-year variety which sound like dental school on "how to use the high speed drill" day. Hummingbirds battling at the feeder, the lyriope are still in spikey lilac bloom for about the third week-- another late-ish summer day!
 
Evening all.

@Chook full of admiration for your stickability. Great stuff.
@Antje77 and @Annb I didn’t have my camera to provide evidence but Marmite was very much in evidence in Budgens in Hull!

Had 2 enormous meals today. The first was a free cooked hotel breakfast of 2 fried eggs, 4 rashers bacon and Greek yogurt.

The second was at a Brazilian Grill place with endless meat. Very high quality meat and outstanding service all for the bargain price of £12 (eat out to help out) and excellent company too!

Pic is wrong way up as the forum doesn’t like portrait pics!

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Fats! Not good (for me). That is my impression from today's food experience. I wasn't hungry until about an hour ago and then I felt the beginnings of hunger so, rather than let it get out of hand I had some cheese - supermarket rubbish quality, but that's what my volunteer shopper bought for me. Now my stomach has started up its games. Not saying that fat is causing the problem, but that it may well exacerbate it. I shall try to avoid fats as much as possible for a while and see what happens. Doesn't bode well for the lamb.

Edit: First the website would allow the post to go through, then it put it through twice. Sorry about that.
 
Brunch - f/f greek yoghurt with berries and double cream. Cup of earl grey with watered down double cream.

Dinner - tandoori chicken with brussel sprouts topped with melted butter and grated cheese. Couple of squares of 100% black with Almonds, with cup of earl grey with watered down cream.

@Chook go girl you can do it - less to do now than you have already done!

@Goonergal sounds like you are having a nice break from working

@Rachox the cheese look good - I must try them and sorry to ask you again but what snack bars is it that you have that are the lowest carb ones?

@zauberflote sounds like you are still having a nice summer's day where you are - here in Scotland it has rained most of the day so I defrosted and cleaned out the fridge freezer (rainy day job) however did dry up and sun came out early evening so still managed to fit in an hour long walk and topped up the vitamin D!
 
@Annb ugh I'm sorry! If your supermarket rubbish is anything like Velveeta or "cheese food slices", it could be the multitudinous things that aren't food that caused this problem.
@Mrs T 123 you should see our forecast for Sunday on-- low 80'sF, and sun. Summer has its exceedingly brutal moments here, but today is not one of them! After Labor Day is traditionally when the high 90's come sweltering back for a few weeks. I'm not laughing at you, but doesn't it rain every day in Scotland? But to me the long long summer days would make up for that.

Already blew my "eating plan of the day" with some little fresh mozzarella balls and another dairy product which ensorcelled me. Having MrZF working from home somehow brings food into the house that hasn't been in it for decades! Oreos! Ice cream! Grrrrr. Trying to be better for suppertime.
Which will be!: grilled marinated salmon fillet which was on sale at a local market well pre-covid knowledge, so has been in my freezer since about October! And grilled zucchini with it. A meal we can both eat the same of!! Then he gets the watermelon and I have to pretend it doesn't exist.
 
Goonergal said:
@Antje77 and @Annb I didn’t have my camera to provide evidence but Marmite was very much in evidence in Budgens in Hull!
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I'll check out every supermarket in my vicinity first, but if it doesn't work out I may get in trouble with our forum rules when I start sending PM's begging for marmite...

Can't tell you what my breakfast was on the low carb forum, but it wasn't a very good idea from a diabetes point of view. Finger prick showed 11.8 at one point.
On the other hand, I counted it as a rare treat, and having a surprise breakfast with friends was worth both the spike and the fights against hypo's all afternoon :)

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