What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

B-h/m yoghurt&seeds
L-SLC roll filled with sliced beef, Brie and mustard, with sauerkraut and olives on the side. Smallish bit of 90% choc used to scoop up hazelnut butter ( clearance sale in Holland and Barrett. I knew I shouldn’t have bought it, can’t resist nut butter)
D- https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/white-fish-with-herbs-coconut-milk-lime-and-tomatoes which I thought was lovely but a bit too ‘green’ for Paul. Couple of glasses white wine.
Edit for typos.

1000hrs B an after nights fryup
1400hrs L half a bowl of hm veg soup some cheese and salmon
1830hrs D prawns and chorizo stirfry with spiralized courgette.
14hrs fast now for HBA1c and cholesterol bloods in the morning

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 a carb killa bar.
Dinner: chicken chasseur and Brussels followed by strawberries and cream.

'Breakfast' was definitely not low carb, but one of the perks of being a T1 is needing carbs in a medicinal way every once in a while.
And on some days everything just fits perfectly, like it did today!

I went swimming this morning, which always makes for somewhat unpredictable BG. After swimming I went for groceries, Libre telling me I was very slowly dropping. Slowly enough I felt safe driving home, seeing as I have my alarm set at 4.2 so as long as I drop slowly and not quickly it'll catch a hypo in time, even with the lag from the sensor. (Rules are different here, insulin users are not obliged to eat when we're below 5 although I usually do. In this case I didn't because I often have a rise an hour or so after swimming.)

I always park my car in front of my house against the cherry tree, so I did the same this morning. As soon as I parked, my hypo alarm went off so I opened my window to eat cherries from the tree, which neatly brought me back up to 5.2!

A mild hypo under a cherry tree is just the best, I want one every day!

(picture taken from my car)


Had a quick and easy evening meal of a burger with fried onions and a couple thin rashers of bacon, with iceberg lettuce with cucumber, raw onion and tomato.
The rest of the iceberg will go to the guinea pigs, I'm now sure I prefer endive for lettuce.

Antje77 said:

'Breakfast' was definitely not low carb, but one of the perks of being a T1 is needing carbs in a medicinal way every once in a while.
And on some days everything just fits perfectly, like it did today!

I went swimming this morning, which always makes for somewhat unpredictable BG. After swimming I went for groceries, Libre telling me I was very slowly dropping. Slowly enough I felt safe driving home, seeing as I have my alarm set at 4.2 so as long as I drop slowly and not quickly it'll catch a hypo in time, even with the lag from the sensor. (Rules are different here, insulin users are not obliged to eat when we're below 5 although I usually do. In this case I didn't because I often have a rise an hour or so after swimming.)

I always park my car in front of my house against the cherry tree, so I did the same this morning. As soon as I parked, my hypo alarm went off so I opened my window to eat cherries from the tree, which neatly brought me back up to 5.2!

A mild hypo under a cherry tree is just the best, I want one every day!

(picture taken from my car)

Had a quick and easy evening meal of a burger with fried onions and a couple thin rashers of bacon, with iceberg lettuce with cucumber, raw onion and tomato.
The rest of the iceberg will go to the guinea pigs, I'm now sure I prefer endive for lettuce.

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That has to be the best way I’ve ever heard of treating a hypo. It should be available on prescription!

Overwhelmed said:

1000hrs B an after nights fryup
1400hrs L half a bowl of hm veg soup some cheese and salmon
1830hrs D prawns and chorizo stirfry with spiralized courgette.
14hrs fast now for HBA1c and cholesterol bloods in the morning

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Good luck with the blood tests. Your food always seems right on point so I’m sure the results will be great.

Woke really early with a banging headache.
Did manage to carry in fasting until after morning Dance class but then gave in to cheese on crackers with half an avocado. So much for OMAD.
Also when putting ice blocks in the freezer spotted a box of what I thought were hm lc brownies, but on eating one found they were sugar laden gluten free ones hubby had bought sometime ago.
Yep spiked
Slept for half an hour before second dance class, then tried on a few dresses in a shop. Mostly "one size" they were all far too big, nice nsv (non scale victory)
D: chilli mince, aubergine with cheese, and half a courgette.
1/4 of a brownie gave a very acceptable rise, confirming I can have tiny tastes with a bigger meal
Slept another half hour in the chair - not usual so wondering if I'm brewing something nasty

Three slices middle bacon, two egg and cheese omelette, mushrooms, two slices of toast and vegimite.
Had smoko in the oncology unit getting my iron drip first then two baggies of blood which took to mid afternoon to finish, which was a a packet of ham and cheese sandwiches (only eat one).
Lunch at oncology, was a medium pot of pea and ham soup what I took in with me tha they heated up for me, and the other sandwich from smoko.
Couple of cups of coffee till I was allowed to go home.
Rump steak and veggies, gravy for supper at six,

Glass of single malt before going to bed.

Got an appointment for a CT scan at I-med Radiology on Thursday, as the base is booked out for more than a week.

DJC3 said:

Good luck with the blood tests. Your food always seems right on point so I’m sure the results will be great.

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Fingers crossed

Iced, black coffee for breakfast and lunch. 330PM, came home and ate the following: cukes, cherry tomatoes, parmesan, blue cheese, bacon bits, napa cabbage, black olives, fresh mint, olive oil, apple cider vinegar and sour cream. Then had a two egg omelet with cheese. Went for a swim. When I came home after my swim, I had 200g of strawberries (fresh) with stevia, dash of salt and 4 tbsp of heavy cream. Yum!!! Hopefully no more eating today.

Overwhelmed said:

Fingers crossed

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Good luck from me too agree with @DJC3 though that what you are eating should have helped.

Early on I had a banana - another one that was going over the top and needed to be used.

Breakfast itself was sardines on wholemeal toast about 12.15.

Next meal will be cauliflower cheese made with a cream and cheddar cheese sauce. The cauliflower is quite big so will keep half of it back and make some cauliflower rice for tomorrow or maybe broccoli and cauli rice. Have to be careful not to overdo the veggies though between today and tomorrow.

AndBreathe said:

From the maestro:

- Trim c80% of the fat (with rind attached) off. Leave some fat on the meat to help retain moisture.
- Put chops into the AF, directly on a shelf. Put the pre-crackling on another shelf, directly above the chops (so that it bastes the chops along the way).
- Cook at 105 for c90 minutes.
- Remove the chops, tent then in foil, leaving to finish cooking and rest.
- Leave rhe pre-crackling in the oven, but turn the heat up to 180c. c15 minutes later the crackling is ready.
- It's all ready to be served when you are ready to eat it.

All timings are approximate. The man cooks by ear (yes, I know that doesn't make sense).

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Reporting back. Success! Didn’t follow instructions precisely. My airfryer tends to be quick so I started out at 100 rather than 105 and ended up cooking for 2 hours. Probably about 10 mins or so too long in the end. Did the crackling on 190 for 15 mins. Perfect!

Earlier in the day I’d eaten Fage 5%, raspberries, double cream and almond butter in various quantities.

Had an experiment today making my first ever hm kefir cheese. You strain hm kefir through a coffee filter paper in a sieve over a bowl and leave for several hours and it produces a lovely soft cheese full of good bacteria. I’ve tried a bit and it tastes good so put the cheese to one side in fridge as planning to use it to make a mushroom pate. I’ve bought some shiitake and portobello mushrooms which I’ll cook tomorrow with some slivers of garlic in butter and then blend with the kefir soft cheese and a few herbs to make mushroom pate for a family lunch on Friday.
My other experiment today was using 2 teaspoons of liquid inulin (which looks like honey or golden syrup see photo ) in my yoghurt production - hoping works same as powdered inulin as much easier to mix! I had a quick taste of the syrup which is just chicory root like the powder but more concentrated and it tastes delicious - would be good drizzled on lc toast or similar I think.this one was called troo see photo but now I’ve discovered it I notice other companies produce inulin syrup too. I bought mine from Ocado but spotted on amazon too. It’s one gram of carb per teaspoon but you don’t need much as it tastes sweet. Noticed there’s a choc version with the chicory root syrup mixed with cocoa but also noticed that several reviews mentioned that they found the choc version too easy to eat straight from jar......
Today’s food
10ish hm yoghurts with seeds
1ish starter of portion of cultured vegetables then 2 boiled eggs with lc roll followed by berries and hm yoghurts and 100% chocolate
5ish Cajun chicken with salad and cultured veggies followed by lc blondie.

Had to get the car to the garage early, then filled in the waiting time in Lidl
So skipping breakfast was easy.
Sorted out the big freezer, no real surprises. Things were just on the wrong shelves.
L: smoked salmon bits mixed with cream cheese served on seedy crackers and on cucumber.. 1 sq hm lc rhubarb cake
Whilst out in the afternoon I was given 1 mini chocolate, a Bounty like you get in the Xmas tins. Then an hour later a small piece of cake. Funnily my bg rose from 6 to 8 for 3 hours then plummeted back to 6, then instantly up again to 8.5 BUT this second rise was while I was cooking dinner, no carbs just chicken, an onion, quarter of a carrot and cabbage, some curry paste, yog.

Sausages and a two egg and cheese omelette, tomatoes and muchrooms, two slices of toast and vegimite.
Chicken legs marinated in a mild Peri Peri sauce / marinade for lunch.
Homemade sheep herders pie, mashed pumkin on my portion green veggies for supper at six.

Couple of crispbread and danish blue chees watching Prime.

Glass of single malt before I had a early night.

Decided to be a bit careful about veggies when I realised that my innards were already playing up so body swerved the cauliflower option after all. Just had a few bits of ham and left it at that. Took some loperamide and still hoping for the best.

Found some smoked haddock patties in the freezer - they were tiny and a bit crumbly (not sure what the ingredients were, but they were home made so nothing I shouldn't have) but quite acceptable. So I had 4 of them with 2 fried eggs on top (Edit: for breakfast).

If my system settles down, I'll use the cauliflower option later, if not - I won't.

Neil went to town for me but came rushing back with a few bits and pieces - his Crohn's suddenly flared up and he just had to get home. He's gone to bed to rest for a while. I guess the tinned fish will be taking a knock once he feels up to eating. He thinks it's because he tried reducing his steroid again and that has just let his previous conditions assert themselves again.

Visit to Lidl this morning to secure their ‘pick of the week’ packs of Picanha (accompanying sauce packed separately so easily discarded) and extra thick ribeye. Got 3 of each, some 25% mince and mini bratwurst.

One of the small pieces of Picanha (2 per pack) formed lunch along with some chilli oil coated chicken wings and 4 mini bratwurst. All cooked in the airfryer and all pretty good. Earlier I’d eaten some Fage 5% and raspberries and a couple of 25g bars of choc (also from Lidl). That’s probably it for today.

Started eating today at about 10 - with scrambled eggs on one slice of low carb toast and also had a glass of home made kefir
1 ish a portion of hm cultured veggies, some nuts and a few lc seeded crackers followed by a few berries and hm yoghurts and a few squares of 100% chocolate
5ish rack of lamb with hm cultured veggies and salad from garden with one glass of dry red wine followed by a chocolate chia pudding made with yoghurt and kefir.

1st meal today around noon after PT in the park. sliced roast beef on romaine lettuce spread with cream cheese and topped with chilli sauerkraut, avocado and a couple of cherry toms. H/m yoghurt with nut butter stirred in.
2nd mini meal- a frozen DGF cookie and cup of tea with lactofree milk
Dinner around 5- the last of the preprepared batch dinners DD chicken caprese casserole with salad. Choc chia pud to follow. 2 glasses red.
Somewhere along the way I had 2 HC 100% batons too.