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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Want bacon and eggs for tea but can’t figure out if it doing the right thing as blood pressure and cholesterol was high enough for the doc to say if it doesn’t come down in the next 6 months you might want to consider medication.

Damned if you do damned if you don’t
 
Friday 31 March - bed 6.7 FBG 7.2. Half day, Friday, and the start of Easter break! My arms are a bit achy but I suspect it is coming from my legs which have been off recently. Eldest is excited as he's coming with me to choose the new lease car. I need to get the order in as the suppy is a bit iffy still.

B. Just TAG. Gardeners arrived so I was busy with bacon rolls for them & Hubby.

L. Before getting grandsons, 6 almonds and a slice of ox tongue.

D. SRSLY seeded roll cheeseburger, with lettuce, tomato, and burger slaw. Peroni 00. I may have a CC little chocolate pot after.

New car duely ordered (under instruction from grandson!). The sales staff at Toyota are great with him. They even shook his hand and congratulated him on his new car! I get a feeling my cars are getting closer and closer to a security vehicle. He rather excitedly informed everyone, "It's black! The wheels are black/chrome, and the seats are black! We can't get it until September, but that's good because it will be the new plate." Obviously, he listened. He did examine the 3 models I was looking at but decided the one he picked was best for my needs. He also helped me clean the car as he could get into corners I can't.
 
I had to go on BP pills, but as my weight and BG came down, so did the BP. Eventually, it went too low, and they halved the meds. It crept up a little when I went for my ops recently, but they put it down to "white coat" syndrome.
 
Ran out of wraps, good thing you can eat shawarma, onion and bok choy with a spicy garlic sauce without the wrap as well.

I also had the best night of sleep in months, thanks to my new best friend ibuprofen!
Have been taking it at night for 3 days now and did think it helped yesterday but wasn't completely convinced yet.
But last night I slept for almost 8 hours without waking up from pain, and I could actually move easily after getting up, what an amazing difference after having woken up from back pain after 6 hours of sleep every night!


 
maglil55 said:
I had to go on BP pills, but as my weight and BG came down, so did the BP. Eventually, it went too low, and they halved the meds. It crept up a little when I went for my ops recently, but they put it down to "white coat" syndrome.
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Mine used to be like that, but even with an at home reading these days it’s borderline.

Rather not take any tablets I don’t have to

Balance between what’s the most important I guess but at the same time so much conflict.

Still losing weight and having in control bs, I feel loads better than I did last year.
 
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Woke early in a panic that I had left some sausages in the air fryer since last night. Luckily hubby had put them in the fridge, so
B: 2 cold sausages 1 cwc
L: 2 cold sausages, small chunk cheese
Out to yoga special session. Had 3 of the dates snack like last week that hardly nudged my bg. This time sent me straight up over 10
Late D: mince, guacamole and coleslaw (all from a packet mix sent as an extra with the Asda delivery. Could taste has processed and synthetic it was). 1 small ice cream. 1 small white wine.

Finally feeling human again for first time in a week. Still coughing but not all the time.
 
Glad to hear of your good night’s sleep @Antje77 and that you are also feeling better @MrsA2

We’ve come away to Portsmouth for the weekend. A long grotty journey but happy to be here now.
Food consisted of Black coffee all morning, then packed lunch en route- smoked salmon and cream cheese in HiLo bread sandwich with h/b egg and Babybell cheese. Coconut bites to follow.
Dinner at Nando’s ( yay!) chicken, broccoli, rainbow slaw, Halloumi and red wine.
@maglil55 those coconut bars originally came from @ziggy_w I think. Recipe on my CMT but I used much less chocolate than suggested - it got too messy trying to coat the whole thing.
 
ravensmitten said:
this abbr has been bugging me since before I signed up here doing the lurkedy lurk. kept forgetting to ask

only just come to the realisation what it is


Decided to have the bacon, egg, black pudding & tinned tomatoes for tea
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TAG = Tassimo Americano Grande (Black coffee) CWC = Coffee With Cream. There used to be quite a lot of fun with abbreviations!
 
MrsA2 said:
Halloumi is best grilled or fried, with some kind of coating on. Needs eating quickly once cooked or it goes rubbery
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I’m with @filly re Halloumi. Years ago I turned up to a friend’s for a casual lunch and she had done fried Halloumi with salad. I tried it but literally gagged. Not sure which of us was more embarrassed. Don’t like Paneer either.
I knew the scampi was a (albeit nice) mistake last night. Oh well moving on!
Today brekkie usual slice LC toast, copious tea.
Lunch will be “safe” scrambled eggs.
Supper will be Chicken Shaslik from Waitrose with added broccoli. Dining solo again.
@DJC3 you have to have a Nandos when you can I find. Note to self! There is a flag ship (excuse pun) Loch Fyne at Gunwharf Quay and a good pint for your OH at The Custom House opposite.
 
Who needs a wrap when the filling looks that good?

Glad you are feeling better with the help of Ibuprofen and that you were able to get a good night's sleep. Losing sleep because of pain is not only sore, it's debilitating. I'm sure you'll feel a lot better in yourself with the help of the medication and sleep.
 
MrsA2 said:
Halloumi is best grilled or fried, with some kind of coating on. Needs eating quickly once cooked or it goes rubbery
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Thank you very much. Doubt I shall be buying again.
 
maglil55 said:
TAG = Tassimo Americano Grande (Black coffee) CWC = Coffee With Cream. There used to be quite a lot of fun with abbreviations!
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Ah, wouldn't haven got the tag one.

Managed to figure the cwc after I saw it in context of drinks in a post a few days ago

Always funny to see/work out the different abbr of different forums over the years.
 
Breakfast: 3 eggs , scrambled.
2nd meal: The rest of the curried chicken from yesterday with the Brussels and coconut thingy.
BG a bit higher today, but not desperately so. Now, after long break from breakfast, 6.0, so it's not too far away from ideal.
 
Coffee and cream x 2
Coffee and unsweetened almond milk
Buffalo Mozz and baby plum tomatoes
Roast Chicken and cucumber
 
Meal 1: 2 poached eggs on hm lc soda bread
Mid afternoon a nut bar
Meal 2: Pork belly chunks with coleslaw and guacamole.

Going dancing this evening, but having been poorly most of the week expect I might be sitting out a lot.
 
Breakfast included in hotel room rate, so scrambled eggs and bacon and a fair amount of black coffee.
Spent the day at the Portsmouth historical Harbour, visiting The Mary Rose Museum and HMS Victory, both wonderful experiences.
Lunch, in between the 2, more coffee and a Montezuma’s Absolute black mini bar
Dinner at Carluccios: antipasti plate to start, then chicken saltimbocca with broccoli instead of the potatoes ( they didn’t bat an eye when I asked for the swap so full marks there) way too much booze. Gin and soda before dinner. White wine with starter, red wine with main and brandy and more coffee afterwards. I’ll probably regret it tomorrow.
@PenguinMum thanks for the recommendations. I agree about Nando’s, no Idea why I like it so much but I have to eat there if I’m in a town that has one. We’ve booked Loch Fyne for tomorrow.
 
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