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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Breakfast (shortly) - don't fancy fish right now so I'll have the last of the bubble & squeak with a couple of fried eggs.

I'll keep the fish and kale for later, if I feel like eating later. If not, I'll mix it all up with some eggs and make fish and veg cakes with it.
 
Genay said:
Whole wheat, brown rice, barley, quinoa, and oats.
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Hi @Genay , welcome to the forum and this thread!
Do you have diabetes? What type?
Most of our type 2 members (and some of our T1 members) have found that eating low carb foods works much better with their diabetes than high carb foods.
What you have eaten today is all very high carb. Does this work well for you?

If you're on medication or insulin you need to be careful if you want to reduce your carbs though, as you might go too low.
 
Yesterday (March 18th)

Breakfast (9am): 0% greek yogurt and "keto granola", black coffee
Snack (10:30am): more black coffee
Lunch (12pm): Beef burger patty with cheese, with sauteed onions and mushrooms
Snack (3pm): None
Dinner (8pm): Chicken wings in hot sauce, with cherry tomatoes and cucumbers
Evening Snack (10pm) - No food, but two low carb beers

Walked 12.46km yesterday to bring my YTD total to 306.53km.
 
BG dropped too low again (3.9 on Libre and 4.0 finger prick) so I am about to have some wholemeal toast with some liver pate that I've just made - no insulin, of course. I was going to chill it all down and put it in the freezer, but one of the 4 dishes isn't going to make it that far. I'll watch to see how quickly BG comes back up.
 
Afternoon all. Am a happy bunny today. 6.3!! I'm getting there. For my bf I had bacon and eggs and a cup of cream with coffee! Plus a cup of black coffee. For tonight I have Belly Pork slices airfried and my usual steamed veg. I found some new chocolate in Lidl. It's J.D.Gross Salted Caramel 70% Cocoa and although it's 5.2 per square, it's delicious.
 
Friday bed 5.8 FBG 6.4.Tackling a mountain of ironing I wasn't fit to do these past 3 weeks. It will take another session to get it finished.

1/2 day at school.

B. Still not back on coffee. Water and a M&S plum

L. 2 slices of SLC toast with roast lamb and whipped cheese.

D. Thanks to you saying it @Annb I had liver, bacon, fried egg, 4 santini tomatoes and cauliflower mash. Yet another plum.

More Water.
 
Riva_Roxaban said:
Two slices of low carb toast and vegimite for breakfast.
Slice or two off Amazing Grace's low carb cake she brought with her, when she came to do the dressing on my leg for smoko.
Roast of the day "beef rib" and veggies and gravy at the Brothers Sports Club for lunch.
Toasted cheese and onion sandwiches for supper at six.

A pix from our butchers web page, bbq time indeed.

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Now that's a BBQ!
 
Annb said:
BG dropped too low again (3.9 on Libre and 4.0 finger prick) so I am about to have some wholemeal toast with some liver pate that I've just made - no insulin, of course. I was going to chill it all down and put it in the freezer, but one of the 4 dishes isn't going to make it that far. I'll watch to see how quickly BG comes back up.
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21/2 hours later BG is up to 7.0. So, I guess I'll have to drop the insulin dose down a little bit to stop the drop and hope not to be yo-yoing. No more to eat today - just tea, that'll be enough carbs for the rest of the day. Sadly, Neil's bread isn't magic after all.

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Mid am a few spoons of hm yoghurts
Lunch a few bits of blue cheeses with marinated peppers and spoon of kimchi with five m and s lc seeded crackers followed by hm yoghurts with a few berries and 6 squares of 100% chocolate
Dinner hm chicken curry with cauliflower rice, lots of Corriander and mint raita as well as glass of soda water with a dash of gin followed by sf jelly with yoghurt.
Now off to make more yoghurt think I’m addicted to my home made different yoghurts and seem to get through quite a lot! Tonight I’m starting on a new batch of my 36 hour incubating lactobacillus Reuteri bacteria one - my favourite one.
 
Absent yesterday as it was my Mum’s funeral, I confess I had a slice of carrot cake, probably as many carbs in that one slice as I’d normally eat in the whole day! My excuse? I did it in Mum’s honour, she loved going out for coffee and cake :(
Anyway back on it today:
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a phd bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and an Atkins bar.
Dinner: LC pork pies, coleslaw and leafy salad followed by SF strawberry jelly and cream.
 
Straight for early yoga and shopping
L: 2 ready cooked chicken thighs (but let the cats have the skins). Coffee with cream
Gardening, interspersed with hm lc cinnamon cake and 3 hm lc ginger biscuits as I was cooking for the freezer!
D: cooked by hubby,, savoy cabbage rolls stuffed with fried pork mince and olives. Very nice indeed. 2 small glasses white wine
 
About two hours ago I realised I had forgotten to even think about what I'd eat tonight, let alone prepare something. I was hoping I'd be touched with some magical wand of inspiration but alas, no such thing.
So 45 minutes ago I told myself to quit it and go to the kitchen, no coming back without food, even if it's just a sandwich.

I was expecting to return to the living room with some sort of creamy cabbage dish, or fried eggs on a slice of low carb bread, or maybe something with halloumi and tomatoes, or even just a cheese sandwich.

Instead I still don't have a proper meal, but I do have a large new batch of marmitey walnuts now.

Trying to decide if this is an utter failure or a glorious win! :hilarious:

I think I'll call a private surprise pyjama party and retire to my bed early with a book, lots of dogs(*), two cats, a generous amount of marmitey walnuts, a bowl of yoghurt, some pork scratchings and aioli, and the last of the chocolaty nut squares.

*After all, I already had two sleepover dogs for a week from a friend who's on holiday, and today my neighbour added his dog as well, as he's unexpectedly away for the weekend.
And I've never heard of needing vitamins at a party, so I think I'm all good!
 
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Rachox said:
Absent yesterday as it was my Mum’s funeral, I confess I had a slice of carrot cake, probably as many carbs in that one slice as I’d normally eat in the whole day! My excuse? I did it in Mum’s honour, she loved going out for coffee and cake :(
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Very good reason for carrot cake.
Sometimes it's the soul needing food more than the body.
 
Bed 6 4 FBG 6.6 - Condolences @Rachox for your difficult day.
Son & DIL are off to Manchester for a concert that was cancelled during lickdown. Another that was cancelled is rescheduled for next Tuesday. I had the boys all afternoon but a friend of DIL is staying with them tonight. They'll stay with us Tuesday night as it's a school day.

B. Still no coffee. Water and 2 slices of SLC toast with egg.
L. Just water
D. Cold cuts- ox tongue, ham, roast beef, mortadella, turkey, coleslaw, bit cheese and 2 M&S crackers. Bit of DGF Vegan chocolate fudge brownie with a couple of strawberries.

Got the boys being dropped off at 11am tomorrow, off to swimming at 1pm then up to get Mum & Dad.
 
MrsA2 said:
Straight for early yoga and shopping
L: 2 ready cooked chicken thighs (but let the cats have the skins). Coffee with cream
Gardening, interspersed with hm lc cinnamon cake and 3 hm lc ginger biscuits as I was cooking for the freezer!
D: cooked by hubby,, savoy cabbage rolls stuffed with fried pork mince and olives. Very nice indeed. 2 small glasses white wine
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Thanks for the tip off on the dark raspberry chocolate. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to clear Lidl tomorrow.
 
Two slices middle bacon, two egg and cheese omelette, half a tin of baked beans for breakfast.
Last bit of blue care cake, no cordial osmolax mix, as those aktin bars are still working well for smoko.
Three peeled moreton bay bugs, some banana prawns and mussels, mixed salad for lunch.
Cheese and leftover slaad in low carb wraps for supper at six.

Made up a load of low carb jellies today, bit of a mix of red, green, orange, lemon, pineapple flavours. This will keep my guts quite for a weeks or so.

They have set nice and firm in the fridge overnight ready to go.
 
Rachox said:
Absent yesterday as it was my Mum’s funeral, I confess I had a slice of carrot cake, probably as many carbs in that one slice as I’d normally eat in the whole day! My excuse? I did it in Mum’s honour, she loved going out for coffee and cake :(
Anyway back on it today:
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a phd bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and an Atkins bar.
Dinner: LC pork pies, coleslaw and leafy salad followed by SF strawberry jelly and cream.
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Hug for what must have been a very difficult day, Rachox. Carrot cake sounds like a great support emotionally and that was what was needed.
 
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