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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Breakfast - the usual eggs and butter.

Lunch - leftover aubergine lasagna and a sugar free jelly

Dinner - bbq with some frankfurters, - burger and SLC roll, cheese, reduced sugar tomato sauce and mustard plus some baked feta.

Mint grenade bar with tea.
 
Feeling a bit perkier today so meals have been a bit more normal.
Brunch was 2 egg cheese omelette
Dinner was h/m burger topped with bacon and Brie in a lettuce wrap. Some asparagus spears, Halloumi chips and cherry toms with it
Fage yoghurt and berries to follow.
 
Didn’t post yesterday as unplanned trip to the south coast to Mum’s house for a couple of nights as she fell down the stairs in the early hours. Pressed her panic button, ambulance arrived, she spent about 18 hours at the hospital under observation then she was discharged with no more than a bump on her forehead and a black eye. Amazingly nothing broken.
Anyway today’s food:
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee, yes I admit it, I took all the ingredients for the coconut ‘porridge’
Late morning: black coffee.
Lunch: a small packet of Cheesies, a few almonds and an Atkins double chocolate bar.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and Fibre One caramel protein bar.
Dinner: spaghetti bolognese on top of grated cheese with more grated cheese on top (!) followed by SF strawberry jelly, chocolate chia pudding and LC chocolate and raspberry granola.
 
annabell1 said:
sorry to hear your going through this what shocking news good luck on Tuesday @Riva_Roxaban do take care
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Thank you.
PenguinMum said:
@Riva_Roxaban sorry to hear your news and wishing you all the very best for next week.
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Both the size and position, as I cannot have a general anaesthetic to operate on it.
Thank you.
DJC3 said:
Good luck for Tuesday, what a horrible shock for you. Keeping everything crossed it can be treated quickly and easily.
Winner for your sense of humour coming through at the end!
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Thank you, you have to have a seance of humour to keep going.
maglil55 said:
@Riva_Roxaban- horrible news. Glad to see they are getting a move on. It's so important in these cases. Stay positive. xx
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Thank you.
Goonergal said:
@Riva_Roxaban what horrible news. Sending positive thoughts your way.
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Thank you.

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Glad to hear that your Mum wasn't badly hurt. Falling down the stairs must be very frightening. Just as well she has a panic button.
 
11:30 2 small pieces of lc soda bread, spread with cream cheese and topped with ham and olives. A little rhubarb with creamy ff greek. A ketonut.
Mid afternoon. Went for 20g of Godiva chocolate but ended up eating the whole 100g.
!! Something in it doesn't taste like normal 90% chocolate and when I read the label the second ingredient is fructose!!!!
My family think they made my birthday nice by buying Godiva 90% and 2 lots of lc cakes, but all I'm doing is eating them all as snacks, whether i need them or not and overriding my common sense and my fear of diabetes complications.
How do I tell them nicely not to do it again?

D: a small bit of very green fritata (courgettes and spring greens predominated)

Also did 3 lots of exercise today as classes returning to halls did not coordinate with each other, and my diary!.

@Riva_Roxaban , not ignoring your predicament- just don't know what to say except wishing you well
 

It’s difficult, but I think all you can do is explain why you’d rather not have the ‘treats’. I don’t know whether it’s the same for you, but I’ve people I’ve decided to stop eating dark chocolate (I have)! For those who might be interested I’m happy to explain why (addiction, triggering over eating of not just the ‘treat’, but other things), but most don’t need to know why, just that I don’t eat it.
 
Breakfast: spinach and cottage cheese omelette. Early because I had to go to town with Neil.
Snack about 12.30: a small banana.
Dinner will be: lamb chops and maybe some mange toutes peas (if I can be bothered).

No 2 son assures me that there is a new fresh fish shop in Stornoway but Neil and I hunted for it this morning and couldn't find it so I'll be back to the plastic wrapped stuff for my next fish meal. I don't eat enough fish but I do dislike the rubbish (less than fresh) plastic wrapped fish we get in the supermarket.
 
covid jab 2 very early this morning. Not used to rush hour traffic!
Rewarded my self with breakfast of leftover green fritatta, followed by ff yoghurt, cream and blueberries.
Then a hospital appointment for eye tests. She's put so much dilating drops in I still cant see properly 6 hours later
Lunch of lc soda bread and smoked mackerel pate

Dinner, not sure yet. Boys have gone to pub for beer and burgers but I can't face the sunshine!!
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and an Atkins double chocolate bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and chocolate chia pudding.
Dinner: chicken satay sticks, leafy salad, coleslaw and crispy pork strips followed by SF orange jelly, cream and LC chocolate and ginger granola.
 
Spicy mexican sausages, cheese omelette, tomatoes for breakfast.
Banana prawns in a low carb wrap for lunch.
Pork loin chops, green veggies gravy for dinner, also a spoonfull of passion fruit sorbet that had my name on it.

A better day yesterday, my nurse navigator from the base hospital came and had a chat with me to discuss my options before Tuesday. She has smoothed the path between public and the private health system, also she is good at expediting the system that are otherwise closed to the patient this past year.
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and an Atkins double chocolate bar
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and Bday cake phd bar
Dinner: salmon baked rubbed with Knor fish cube, olive oil and butter with carrots and green beans followed by coffee chia pudding and LC chocolate and raspberry granola.
 
@Rachox I’m glad your mum wasn’t too badly hurt, what a shock for her and you though.
@Riva_Roxaban I’m so glad you are getting good support, knowing you will not be left to cope entirely on your own makes a big difference, and having the information explained to you clearly is a huge help.
Today I had 1/2 portion of leftover DD pizza omelette fir breakfast/brunch.
A few Brazil nuts at some point during the day.
Dinner was DD Tex Mex casserole and @Goonergal ‘s ‘lazy mousse’ to follow. I stupidly bought a jar of almond butter the other day. Why? Why? I can’t be trusted around it.
 
DJC3 said:
@Riva_Roxaban I’m so glad you are getting good support, knowing you will not be left to cope entirely on your own makes a big difference, and having the information explained to you clearly is a huge help.
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Thanks you, I have been lucky to have this nurse navigator, as she has had my back for the past year since I was in hospital last June. She also keeps me on the straight and narrow when it comes to diet both fluid intake and carbs.
 
Thursday bed 6.3 FBG 6.4
B. TAG and 2 slices SLC toast with Dairylea.
L. Nothing
D. I'd made chicken curry for Hubby and the boys and the curry sauce was rather nice so, although I was having a burger with apple wood smoked, it became a burger with cheese an curry sauce! No bun but I did have veggie chips. A few cherries.

Friday bed 6.6 FBG 6.7

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with liver sausage and coleslaw.
L. Nothing
D. An Iceland wild shrimp with chilli and tomato and I added cauli rice, 2 mushrooms and more chopped tomatoes. More cherries.

The spelling continues. He's got right into it now and he's taking on some tricky words. Even better he's been proudly demonstrating his new words to the teachers in the mornings. You can't beat the old methods of repetition to learn to spell.

@Rachox - glad to read your Mum wasn't too badly injured and is safely home again. It would have been quite a scare though.

@DJC3 - Glad to see you're feeling better too.
 
Today Saturday - bed 6.4 FBG 7.3. Still up early. Boys jujitsu day. Still, I get a quiet hour in the car to do the crossword while Mum/Dad go in with them. Also had the refrigeration engineer in this morning. He has declared the compressor fine and it doesn't need re-gased but, he's not convinced the correct PCB is in it! So he'll be back on Wednesday with another part! Freezer is like a blast chiller now. Everything is so frozen you could injure yourself if something fell on you!
B. TAG no time for anything else.
L. SLC sandwich with roast beef, mustard and tomato.
D. Slice of SLC toast with coronation chicken late afternoon. Dinner later was zoodles carbonara. A bar of that Lild raspberry chocolate (the little bars).
It's been a lovely day here for a change too.
 
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