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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)
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Riva_Roxaban
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Optimistically crossing fingers at the correct smiley size.
Annb
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7.35 am: just had breakfast - early be cause I have a lot to do this morning. I had a spoonful of spicy vegetables and a hard boiled egg. I'm not expecting to have an OMAD day today.
Lunch will be home made sardine and tomato paste on wholemeal toast.
Dinner will be an omelette, probably with some of the spicy vegetables.
Thanks @Riva_Roxaban
Lunch will be home made sardine and tomato paste on wholemeal toast.
Dinner will be an omelette, probably with some of the spicy vegetables.
Thanks @Riva_Roxaban
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RosemaryJackson
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thank you. I really ought to learn how to do all of that. My granddaughter is coming back to live in UK soon and I'm sure she will teach me.
PenguinMum
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Missed Tues and Wed. Had eye scan Monday and saw consultant. Seems after 12 injections nothing has changed so I am facing a future of maintenance of bi monthly injections and need to keep my D and BP in check so I dont get it in other eye. We agreed I probably had D for many years before dx. Back to the thread.
Brekkies always slice HiLo toast, butter and copious tea.
Lunch Tuesday was small plate salad and bit of crustless quiche.
Supper was stir fry chicken, chorizo, red pepper and paprika with added roasted cubes of aubergine, red onion and cherry toms (not many!)
Yesterday skipped lunch as was out and busy but had two cups of tea when I got back and fed cats who didn’t appreciate missing their tuna!
Supper was two Green Cuisine plant burgers (about 7g and very tasty) and two big flat mushrooms and side salad.
Today will be small salad lunch again, quiche, maybe a few pickled onions.
Supper..tada..is (chunky) fish finger Firsday with broccoli.
@maglil55 and @RosemaryJackson hope you both get better soon.
@Goonergal I have serious lamb chop envy, my butcher doesn’t have such big ones.
Brekkies always slice HiLo toast, butter and copious tea.
Lunch Tuesday was small plate salad and bit of crustless quiche.
Supper was stir fry chicken, chorizo, red pepper and paprika with added roasted cubes of aubergine, red onion and cherry toms (not many!)
Yesterday skipped lunch as was out and busy but had two cups of tea when I got back and fed cats who didn’t appreciate missing their tuna!
Supper was two Green Cuisine plant burgers (about 7g and very tasty) and two big flat mushrooms and side salad.
Today will be small salad lunch again, quiche, maybe a few pickled onions.
Supper..tada..is (chunky) fish finger Firsday with broccoli.
@maglil55 and @RosemaryJackson hope you both get better soon.
@Goonergal I have serious lamb chop envy, my butcher doesn’t have such big ones.
Mine was ordered from a butcher in Kendal - Roast Mutton - it’s owned and run by Jen Unwin’s son and the meat is fabulous!
RosemaryJackson
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Afternoon all. It's a cold but beautifully sunny day. Car was covered in snow this morning! Don't know why but am all at 6s and 7s today. Yesterday was very stressful so that's probably why. @maglil55, hope u r feeling better. Today my bf was 2 slices cheese on normal toast. Midday meal bacon, chipolatas, eggs and mushrooms.
teatime 2 Ryvitas with cream cheese and smoked salmon' (Smoked salmon is my guilty pleasure)
teatime 2 Ryvitas with cream cheese and smoked salmon' (Smoked salmon is my guilty pleasure)
RosemaryJackson
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Thank you. Believe it or not, coming on here and getting messages from complete strangers helps so much. It's like having a huge family!
valuator
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(March 30th)
Breakfast (9am): Black coffee
Snack (10:30am): None
Lunch (12pm): Beef pot roast with carrots
Snack (3pm): 0% greek yogurt, black coffee
Dinner (6pm): Omelette with 3 eggs, ham, cheese, onions, and mushrooms
Evening Snack (10pm): Two low carb beers, NO SNACK
Walked 9.64km to bring my YTD total to 384.56km.
Breakfast (9am): Black coffee
Snack (10:30am): None
Lunch (12pm): Beef pot roast with carrots
Snack (3pm): 0% greek yogurt, black coffee
Dinner (6pm): Omelette with 3 eggs, ham, cheese, onions, and mushrooms
Evening Snack (10pm): Two low carb beers, NO SNACK
Walked 9.64km to bring my YTD total to 384.56km.
RosemaryJackson
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just have to share my news with you. Got the result of yesterdays blood test and my A1c has gone from 60 to 46! I am so over the moon. But I have to say thank you to you all who have advised and hugged and helped me. I think I would have given up trying if it hadn't been for all of you. 
that got the cream!
that got the cream!
Annb
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just have to share my news with you. Got the result of yesterdays blood test and my A1c has gone from 60 to 46! I am so over the moon. But I have to say thank you to you all who have advised and hugged and helped me. I think I would have given up trying if it hadn't been for all of you.
Well done Rosemary! That's brilliant news.
MrsA2
Expert
Well done @RosemaryJackson
My 2 years after diagnosis HbA1C is in too. Up to 39 from 38 last year, but still comfortably under the line. This WoE feels more sustainable every day.
B: ff greek with 7 blackberries and seeds
Late am: 1 lc cookie
Midday exercise class
Late lunch : chunk of Brie, 2 more lc cookies (because I forgot to put them back in the freezer
D: cheese crusted cheese and ham omelette with broccoli. Half a small pear
My 2 years after diagnosis HbA1C is in too. Up to 39 from 38 last year, but still comfortably under the line. This WoE feels more sustainable every day.
B: ff greek with 7 blackberries and seeds
Late am: 1 lc cookie
Midday exercise class
Late lunch : chunk of Brie, 2 more lc cookies (because I forgot to put them back in the freezer
D: cheese crusted cheese and ham omelette with broccoli. Half a small pear
Congratulations @RosemaryJackson , what an amazing result!
And while I agree the forum is a great help, it was still you who did it!
Congratulations to @MrsA2 as well! Sounds like what you're doing keeps you very stable, and the best part is that you feel it's sustainable!
I had a surprise appointment with the DSN today, got a phonecall this morning to ask if I could come today instead of in may. First time in 3 years (I've been using covid as an excuse to postpone but didn't feel I could get away with this anymore) so fine with me.
New DSN, handpicked by my endo as a good match for me after I told her I didn't get along with the old one very well. Endo was right, this one's cool!
Feet are fine, time in range is great, didn't get a telling off for smoking/drinking/diet choices/going barefoot in summer/not exercising enough or being fat and she agreed to have our next meeing in a year and a half to save me unnecessary stress.
BP is a tad high (142/90, taken at home), no action needed until my endo appointment in november when we'll review the BP again.
And best of all, she's writing a letter to my insurance on getting more teststrips, the 200 a year you get when you're using the Libre aren't enough. Fingers crossed it'll work!
Got a blood draw as well, only for hba1c (which I know is still comfortably below prediabetic levels) and B12, which I requested because I started metformin. Results expected next week.
Today was day 3 of the sauerkraut and cauliflower dish. There wasn't enough left for a full meal so I fried an onion to add to it. Very tasty, might add the onion on the first day the next time I make this!
I guess tomorrow will be something with turkey eggs, but of course I might find myself suddenly making something completely different!
And while I agree the forum is a great help, it was still you who did it!
Congratulations to @MrsA2 as well! Sounds like what you're doing keeps you very stable, and the best part is that you feel it's sustainable!
I had a surprise appointment with the DSN today, got a phonecall this morning to ask if I could come today instead of in may. First time in 3 years (I've been using covid as an excuse to postpone but didn't feel I could get away with this anymore) so fine with me.
New DSN, handpicked by my endo as a good match for me after I told her I didn't get along with the old one very well. Endo was right, this one's cool!
Feet are fine, time in range is great, didn't get a telling off for smoking/drinking/diet choices/going barefoot in summer/not exercising enough or being fat and she agreed to have our next meeing in a year and a half to save me unnecessary stress.
BP is a tad high (142/90, taken at home), no action needed until my endo appointment in november when we'll review the BP again.
And best of all, she's writing a letter to my insurance on getting more teststrips, the 200 a year you get when you're using the Libre aren't enough. Fingers crossed it'll work!
Got a blood draw as well, only for hba1c (which I know is still comfortably below prediabetic levels) and B12, which I requested because I started metformin. Results expected next week.
Today was day 3 of the sauerkraut and cauliflower dish. There wasn't enough left for a full meal so I fried an onion to add to it. Very tasty, might add the onion on the first day the next time I make this!
I guess tomorrow will be something with turkey eggs, but of course I might find myself suddenly making something completely different!
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Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a Carb Killa bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and an Aldi protein bar.
Dinner: Balti chicken curry and cauliflower rice followed by SF cherry jelly and cream.
And just to keep up with the ‘egg photo competition’ here’s our regular egg delivery we get from one of my husbands clients, they’re not a farmer they just keep hens in their garden!
Late morning: black coffee and a Carb Killa bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and an Aldi protein bar.
Dinner: Balti chicken curry and cauliflower rice followed by SF cherry jelly and cream.
And just to keep up with the ‘egg photo competition’ here’s our regular egg delivery we get from one of my husbands clients, they’re not a farmer they just keep hens in their garden!
Riva_Roxaban
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Nice sun tan on one of them. 
Here's a dozen omelette eggs laid by chooks at Elderbrooke Farm that have never seen the sun, but at $3.50 for them they're excellent for the job.
Here's a dozen omelette eggs laid by chooks at Elderbrooke Farm that have never seen the sun, but at $3.50 for them they're excellent for the job.
Riva_Roxaban
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Three slices of middle bacon,two egg and cheese omelette, mushrooms, two slices low carb toast and vegimite for breakfast.
Two small sausage rolls from the pie shop around the corner, lemon cordial and a goodly splash of mineral water, with a big heaped scoop full of osmolax mixed in.
Rump steak, mixed veggies, butter mushroom gravy, low sugar pineapple jelly for lunch.
baked beans on toast, for supper at six.
Four blue cheese and crispbread sandwiches, watching a Indian tv series Family Man (English subtitles, as the English is very similar to Optus help desk jibber jabber) on Prime.
Two small sausage rolls from the pie shop around the corner, lemon cordial and a goodly splash of mineral water, with a big heaped scoop full of osmolax mixed in.
Rump steak, mixed veggies, butter mushroom gravy, low sugar pineapple jelly for lunch.
baked beans on toast, for supper at six.
Four blue cheese and crispbread sandwiches, watching a Indian tv series Family Man (English subtitles, as the English is very similar to Optus help desk jibber jabber) on Prime.
RosemaryJackson
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Annb
Expert
Breakfast: RyVita and sardine & tomato paste. Are RyVita getting smaller than I remember them? Had 2 (14 g carb) and then another 2!
2MAD today, so 2nd meal will be minced pork with bacon made into a thin "burger" and roasted on top of a thick slice of cabbage (shaped to the slice of cabbage - it is a very large white cabbage). Another experiment, but I think it should work out.
2MAD today, so 2nd meal will be minced pork with bacon made into a thin "burger" and roasted on top of a thick slice of cabbage (shaped to the slice of cabbage - it is a very large white cabbage). Another experiment, but I think it should work out.
