What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[Annb]

what does ff hm lc mean? I'm new!

Full fat, Home made, Low carb

 

[MAC73]

Coffee and cream x 2
Cottage cheese and tomato. Fage small yogurt.
Sausages.

OMG how is this all you eat?? I'm trying to cut out carbs and reduce my sugar intake but I'm struggling with feeling hungry. This seems like barely any food.

 

[MAC73]

Full fat, Home made, Low carb

thank you!

 

[Annb]

OMG how is this all you eat?? I'm trying to cut out carbs and reduce my sugar intake but I'm struggling with feeling hungry. This seems like barely any food.

You're not the only one to struggle. Nor do you need to reduce your food intake so drastically. Depending on the way your diabetes reacts, reducing carbs, including sugar, might be all you need. Better to try reducing first and only if that doesn't work, try to control actual quantity of food. That would be a long way down the line.

 

[MrsA2]

what does ff hm lc mean? I'm new!

Full fat (about 10% fat in this case)
Home made
Low carb

 

[Riva_Roxaban]

Bacon ad eggs, fried tomtoes, two slices tost and vegimite for breakfast.
Heat and eat in the bag roast brisket with a onion and spicy mix gravy, mixed veggies, thick slice of dragon fruit and L/L sorbet for lunch.
Leftover brisket ina couple of toasted sandwiches, for supper at six.

Glass of single malt goodness before an early night.

 

[MAC73]

You're not the only one to struggle. Nor do you need to reduce your food intake so drastically. Depending on the way your diabetes reacts, reducing carbs, including sugar, might be all you need. Better to try reducing first and only if that doesn't work, try to control actual quantity of food. That would be a long way down the line.

okay, thank you. It's quite terrifying! I'm allergic to nuts and intolerant to most pulses, lactose intolerant & not allowed to cook meat/fish in the house, so it's quite complicated for me. I'm trying my best but definitely missing sugar/chocolate and potatoes the most.

 

[Tamarillo]

I was away a couple of nights.
Anyway, I ate well. Numbers stayed good.

So, today.

Coffee -I'm making it progressively weaker, and enjoying it more. How strange!
So long as it's more coffee tasting than dirty dishwater tasting...it stays.

Early: Steak. Avocado. Hibiscus tea.

Later: Poached eggs, stirfried pak choi with walnut and seame dressing. Mung bean salad.

 

[Antje77]

& not allowed to cook meat/fish in the house

Why is this?
Reducing carbs to stay healthy with diabetes is a lot easier when eating meat and fish.
It's not impossible with a vegetarian diet, but harder.

 

[filly]

OMG how is this all you eat?? I'm trying to cut out carbs and reduce my sugar intake but I'm struggling with feeling hungry. This seems like barely any food.

Well cutting the carbs really doesn't make you hungry. Mind you I am not active right now as waiting for surgery, so might eat a bit more otherwise. I am also trying to lose weight. I track everything and you would be surprised how things mount up! I still have to be a bit careful on the cheese front! Also checking my blood sugars regular means I tend not to snack.

 

[Annb]

Why is this?
Reducing carbs to stay healthy with diabetes is a lot easier when eating meat and fish.
It's not impossible with a vegetarian diet, but harder.

Especially if nuts and pulses are also ruled out.

 

[Outlier]

Is it just the cooking of meat and fish that causes the problems? If so, you can have cooked but cold tinned fish or meat, or cold cuts. But I do think it's selfish of your housemates to put embargos on someone else's food, especially when diet is critical for diabetics.

 

[RosemaryJackson]

Morning all. I've had a fantastic weekend with my granddaughter and on Saturday, my grandson spent the day with us. I have soup and sausages to finish off and Greek yogurt with blueberries for a treat. My levels are coming down and I feel a lot happier. Have a great week everyone.

 

[Annb]

Off to the "Move More" introductory session shortly so breakfast was fairly early. Em was here to get ready for school and she hqad aq fried egg for breakfast so I had one as well.

Question is, whether to have more of the chicken chasseur and see what happens, or just to put it away in the freezer and have some fish or a steak that Neil got for me. Maybe the fish would be a good idea. But we'll see how I feel later in the day. BG was higher, butr settling now around the mid 8's.

 

[PenguinMum]

Hi All
Back after a longer spell MIA!
friday supper was a big pile of mussels the French way looking enviously at Mr PM’s dunking crispy bread but not worth me going there. as usual all brekkies are slice of LC toast and copious tea. @Annb I don’t know if you can get Warburtons where you are but their Crustless, white or wholemeal is only 7g a slice and I now buy the wholemeal for my slice of toast after getting fed up of trying to find HiLo And only 2g difference anyway. Troublesome tums react well to a bit of toast I think.
Lunches are generally small plate of cold bits from the fridge, variously meat, cheese, spoon coleslaw, a chopped tomato, couple of pickled silverskins.
Supper Sat cauli bhajee 4 Tandoori King Prawns and one popadom from t/a.
Sunday Roast chicken, cauli cheese, brocolli.
Bones made stock for leek & broccoli soup for lunch today.

 

[Annb]

Hi All
Back after a longer spell MIA!
friday supper was a big pile of mussels the French way looking enviously at Mr PM’s dunking crispy bread but not worth me going there. as usual all brekkies are slice of LC toast and copious tea. @Annb I don’t know if you can get Warburtons where you are but their Crustless, white or wholemeal is only 7g a slice and I now buy the wholemeal for my slice of toast after getting fed up of trying to find HiLo And only 2g difference anyway. Troublesome tums react well to a bit of toast I think.
Lunches are generally small plate of cold bits from the fridge, variously meat, cheese, spoon coleslaw, a chopped tomato, couple of pickled silverskins.
Supper Sat cauli bhajee 4 Tandoori King Prawns and one popadom from t/a.
Sunday Roast chicken, cauli cheese, brocolli.
Bones made stock for leek & broccoli soup for lunch today.

Thanks for the tip about Warburtons. I know we can get their ordinary white loaf in Tescos, but I'll ask Neil to see if he can find their Crustless bread next time he goes there.

 

[MAC73]

Why is this?
Reducing carbs to stay healthy with diabetes is a lot easier when eating meat and fish.
It's not impossible with a vegetarian diet, but harder.

my wife is vegetarian and won't compromise on it.

 

[Annb]

my wife is vegetarian and won't compromise on it.

Not even for the sake of your health? If you can't get your diabetes under control your health could be severely compromised in time.

 

[filly]

Coffee and cream x 2
Beef and tomatoes
Cheese
Sausages, cheese and tomatoes

 

[Overwhelmed]

B 4 egg omelette with bacon , cheese , mushroom, tomato,
L HM soup 3x chicken wings
D chicken, chorizo and prawn stirfry
3 x coffees 2 with cream