What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Coffee and cream x 2
Coffee and unsweetened almond milk
Cottage cheese and tomato
Bacon ++ and tomato Butter

Annb said:

When I took the chicken out of the fridge I realised that there was far more of it than I expected so I decided to cut it all into thick strips (3 strips from each breast) and cover them with the sauce. Wasn't entirely happy with the flavour so quartered an orange and placed that into the pan around the sides. Baked the whole lot in a moderate oven about half an hour. Very tasty. I had 2 strips of chicken with their coating - could have eaten much more, but decided I shouldn't. The rest will be packed into individual containers and put into the freezer when it is cool enough. Another time I will tweak the recipe a bit but it worked pretty well. Really needed the spices though.

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Hi all, I'm sticking to lower carbs than usual since breaking my fast. I had Beef Broth at about 11am, followed with a small Apricot. I didn't eat again until 4rm (my last meal today) and had fried Chestnut Mushrooms with grilled bacon, grilled vine tomato and a fried egg. I had a tiny handful of Walnut, Pecan and Pistachio nuts and my first cup of coffee in over a week

Evening all

Today:

B: Two poached eggs topped with a knob of butter, slices of avocado and tiger prawns seasoned with black pepper.
Water to swallow tablets
Espresso.

L: Baked whole sea bass, belly stuffed with French tarragon and garlic, drizzled with olive oil.
Asparagus spears with butter, garlic mushrooms and a medley of broccoli, leeks, and red peppers.
Raspberries and Greek full-fat yoghurt.
Water to drink.

D: Seafood salad made with king prawns, brown shrimps, lettuce, celery, cherry tomatoes and mustard cress, with a dollop of homemade aioli, topped with toasted almonds.
Water to swallow tablets.

@Grace04 I use the app so the method for adding photos is probably different. I’m sure someone will be along soon to tell you how they do it.
Too busy for breakfast today and stupidly I went shopping just before lunch. Realised when I got home I’d bought 3 ( yes 3!) jars of nut butter. I try not to have it in the house as I can’t be trusted around it. ( ate 3 spoonfuls which is pretty restrained)
Lunch - tried for one of those airfried egg and bacon toasts @maglil55 posted a few days ago. Mine was a complete disaster! I should have cut the bottom off the roll to make it flat and used a smaller egg. The egg didn’t stay put but sort of flopped out. Tasted ok I suppose but looked ridiculous
Dinner - leftover veg from yesterday, poured cream on top and microwaved. Stirred in grated cheese and served with crispy bacon, very tasty. Montezuma’s absolute black and a few macadamia nuts afterwards.

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 a phd bar.
Dinner: ribs with green veggies.

10:00 breakfast. Shop bought egg mayo on 2 lc protein crackers
Tried skipping lunch but ended up eating some nut milk chocolate mid afternoon.
D: out with girl friends and service was slow so late at 8 , a fisherman's platter of prawns, smoked almon, mackerel pate crayfish and salad. Asked for soda water with a slice of lemon but got given water with lime cordial so added another 2 glasses of water to it until it was drinkable.
When home a mini icream.

Bg didn't like the chocolate but was otherwise OK.

Odd sort of day yesterday. I had my bacon and egg, then a slice of toast (15 g carb) with butter. Took a small amount of insulin to deal with the carbs and it kept BG pretty stable until half way through the afternoon, when BG dropped like a stone. Libre warned me at 3.9 and I had a couple of oatcakes (normally that would send BG soaring) but soon after felt the beginnings of a hypo at (according to the Libre) 3.3. I had a boiled sweet - no effect but spent the next half hour adding more and more carby bits and pieces to bring BG up a bit. Finally realised I had some cupcakes in the fridge with buttercream icing on them. Had 2. It worked, stopped me shaking and feeling on the point of collapse and, in time raised BG to 6. Spent the rest of the day totally unable to do anything, feeling really weak and ill. Possibly that was because of all the carbs I'd taken on board. BG stayed at 6.0 until bed time (early for me at 11 pm). So, I didn't get around to doing anything with the lambs' liver.

Feeling OK today, despite a slightly earlier than usual rise at 2 am. BG then was 6.4. Now it is 8.9 and I am considering breakfast. It will be a plain omelette but I shan't take insulin before hand because there will be no carbs.

Not promising myself to do anything about the lambs' liver today either - or anything else for that matter.

Hi All
So back to Sunday.
Brekkie slice LC toast, butter, copious tea.
Lunch 3 buttery scrambled eggs.
Supper Thai chicken stir fry (from the farm shop)with shards of red and yellow peppers.
Monday same brekkie.
Lunch was Tapas selection at Giggling Squid, Massaman lamb curry, two butterflied king prawns, stir fried mixed veg which was instead of the jasmine rice and the other I can’t remember but it was all delicious. I swerved the carrots in the curry! Diet Coke.
Supper was two slices of Dr Almond bread with salmon pate.
Today have just had the usual brekkie.
Lunch will a small plate of chopped salad with finger of Shropshire Blue crumbled over.
Supper will southern fried chicken breast with cauli cheese prepared by Mr P because I am having an eye injection this afternoon. Great news about your eye results @maglil55 I love it when these things really work.
Probably too late but @shelley262 happy hols.

BG up from 8.9 to 11.2 and rising. So, just took a correction dose and we'll see what happens. I think I will probably have to eat again today. Possibly do all the prep early on so it's not too exhausting later in the day.

PenguinMum said:

Hi All
So back to Sunday.
Brekkie slice LC toast, butter, copious tea.
Lunch 3 buttery scrambled eggs.
Supper Thai chicken stir fry (from the farm shop)with shards of red and yellow peppers.
Monday same brekkie.
Lunch was Tapas selection at Giggling Squid, Massaman lamb curry, two butterflied king prawns, stir fried mixed veg which was instead of the jasmine rice and the other I can’t remember but it was all delicious. I swerved the carrots in the curry! Diet Coke.
Supper was two slices of Dr Almond bread with salmon pate.
Today have just had the usual brekkie.
Lunch will a small plate of chopped salad with finger of Shropshire Blue crumbled over.
Supper will southern fried chicken breast with cauli cheese prepared by Mr P because I am having an eye injection this afternoon. Great news about your eye results @maglil55 I love it when these things really work.
Probably too late but @shelley262 happy hols.

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I noticed you drink diet coke it’s not something I’ve ever drank but I noticed the other day (when looking for ideas of things to drink) that it seems to be zero everything. So I think I might give it a go.

Annb said:

BG up from 8.9 to 11.2 and rising. So, just took a correction dose and we'll see what happens. I think I will probably have to eat again today. Possibly do all the prep early on so it's not too exhausting later in the day.

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What happened was that BG started to drop too far again, despite only a tiny amount of insulin. About 1 pm had peanut butter on buttered wholemeal bread. Probably about 30 g carbs. Keeping an eye on it but it might have stabilised at 6.0.

Started the veg to go with the liver so I might get around to cooking about 6 pm - "God willing", as they say.

Small Greek yoghurt. Piece of cheese. Wasn't enough so had another! Dinner will be pork chop with asparagus and lots of butter. And a small glass of red wine.

Someone sold broad beans from their garden on the roadside today. I absolutely love fresh broadbeans so I feel very lucky!

Please tell me your favourite way to eat them.

Antje77 said:

Someone sold broad beans from their garden on the roadside today. I absolutely love fresh broadbeans so I feel very lucky!

Please tell me your favourite way to eat them.

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Me too!! Lightly cooked with butter and seasoning, when you g they are so tender, if older need double shelling IMO.

Grace04 said:

I noticed you drink diet coke it’s not something I’ve ever drank but I noticed the other day (when looking for ideas of things to drink) that it seems to be zero everything. So I think I might give it a go.

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Hi Grace welcome to our cosy thread. I occasionally drink Diet Coke or Coke Zero when out but my usual drink is water or carbonated water sometimes with gin

Avocado small
Coffee and cream x 2
Tuna salad with green pepper
Steak Butter and avocado

Today I had my first, and main meal at 10.30am! Well on of the 'expert' doctors on youtube did say not to stick to 'normal' eating times! So here is what I had ... lots of Roast Topside Beef slices, Pan Fried Chestnut Mushrooms and pan fried red onion slices, and Cauliflower Mash (far nicer than the potato mash it replaces) I also had a small Apricot afterwards then didn't eat again until 3'30pm when I just had half an Avocado, a few walnuts and Pecans and one square of 85% Lindt dark chocolate. Accompanied the nuts and chocolate square with coffee and cream x

MrsA2 said:

BTW, the 87 year old T2 friend who joined us who ignores his diabetes totally had
Pina colada
Dips and lots of bread
Meats salad and whole portion chips
Liqueur coffee
No idea what his bg is. Nurse says he's "ok" but he's cut out tea and coffee because he needs to pee a lot

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Oh dear!

DJC3 said:

@Grace04 I use the app so the method for adding photos is probably different. I’m sure someone will be along soon to tell you how they do it.
Too busy for breakfast today and stupidly I went shopping just before lunch. Realised when I got home I’d bought 3 ( yes 3!) jars of nut butter. I try not to have it in the house as I can’t be trusted around it. ( ate 3 spoonfuls which is pretty restrained)
Lunch - tried for one of those airfried egg and bacon toasts @maglil55 posted a few days ago. Mine was a complete disaster! I should have cut the bottom off the roll to make it flat and used a smaller egg. The egg didn’t stay put but sort of flopped out. Tasted ok I suppose but looked ridiculous

Dinner - leftover veg from yesterday, poured cream on top and microwaved. Stirred in grated cheese and served with crispy bacon, very tasty. Montezuma’s absolute black and a few macadamia nuts afterwards. View attachment 62039

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The "wall" is the most difficult. Streaky should be better (more than ome slice), and I've come to the conclusion that it might be an idea to "dig a foundation" for the bacon wall but not right through. The roll should be easier to do this with. If the wall isn't secure, the egg will escape. You could use a metal cutter as a circular stand to keep it level?

Evening all

Today:

B: Two poached eggs topped with a knob of butter, slices of avocado and crevettes, seasoned with a grinding or two of black pepper.
Water to swallow tablets
Espresso.

L: Sweet peppers, stuffed with feta cheese, eggs, olives, chopped mint and baked until golden on top. Salad using chicory, sweet cicely, Romano peppers, radishes and salad onions, dressed with an olive oil, oregano and balsamic vinaigrette and topped with macadamia nuts roasted in butter.
Low carb pud using milled flax seeds, home made granola, unsweetened almond milk and cream.
Water to drink.

D: Seafood salad made with crab, brown shrimps, lettuce, fennel, cherry tomatoes, celery, salad onions and mustard cress, dressed with olive oil, a squeeze of lemon juice, parsley and garlic, topped with toasted sunflower and pumpkin seeds.
Water to swallow tablets.