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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Hi All
yesterday usual brekkie of slice LC toast, good butter, copious tea (Builders with v little milk!)
Lunch was small plate mixed salad with a finger of Shropshire Blue crumbled over the top. Tea.
Supper was Scampi and side salad.
Today will be same brekkie and lunch. I love that a small finger of Shropshire Blue crumbled over salad can really elevate it like a dressing never could.
Supper will be Chick Shaslik from Waitrose with two veg samosas.

@maglil55 gout is truly horrible and I suffered terribly for a few years. Its passed down on the paternal side of my family, we all had it. Several years ago when I got it in both heels at the same time I was left crawling around the house on my hands and knees for several days. I decided then to go down the medication route. I take 300mg Allopurinol daily and it did take a whole year to melt crystals and prevent flare ups. I‘ve had it in wrists, knees, ankles but it seems to start in big toes. There is no way now I would be unmedicated. I once went to a friends wedding in a wheelchair and came home prone on the back seat of the car. Horrible, awful disease.
@Antje77 I loved reading about your joyful day, we all need to do silly things sometimes.
 
Breakfast: In the oven at the moment - haddock and bacon rollups.

2nd meal: some more of the pork mince with tomato and beans. The small amount of beans is pushing the carb content up a bit but there's no carb at all in the breakfast.

It's not going to be as many calories as the nurse wants. It's not going to be as many carbs as she wants either but I can only do what I can do so she'll just hav e to put up with it.
 
Antje77 said:
I'm going to try this next week, sounds delicious!
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I put them in a container, all snuggled together because they were the wrong shape of fish to hold together very well, and baked them at 200C but made the mistake of covering them with foil. They would have been better baked without the foil and also better with thick chunks of fish wrapped in bacon. An experiment, of course, and could have been better, but acceptable. Next time - saltier bacon and thick chunks of fish.
 
Annb said:
I put them in a container, all snuggled together because they were the wrong shape of fish to hold together very well, and baked them at 200C but made the mistake of covering them with foil. They would have been better baked without the foil and also better with thick chunks of fish wrapped in bacon. An experiment, of course, and could have been better, but acceptable. Next time - saltier bacon and thick chunks of fish.
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Got it.
Thick chunks of fish, extra salt on the bacon. :)
 
11ish two boiled eggs and one keto roll with black coffee
1ish a few garden berries with LC lemon cake and yoghurt then black tea and one square of 100% chocolate
5ish lamb curry and low carb roti with glass of gin and soda then for pudding LC chocolate brownie and decaffeinated coffee with a dash of cream.
 
Evening all

Today:

B: Two poached eggs and scallops topped with chopped, flat-leaf parsley, asparagus spears with a generous knob of butter, all seasoned with black pepper.
Water to swallow tablets.
Espresso.

L: Tuna steaks rolled in finely chopped celery and sage, baked with red peppers and aubergines, moistened with double cream and topped with grated Cheddar cheese.
Steamed runner beans with a knob of butter.
Salad using lettuce, Romano peppers, vine tomatoes, Welsh onions, mint and Kalamata olives, dressed with an olive oil, garlic and balsamic vinaigrette and topped with roasted macadamia nuts.
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.
Two squares, Montezuma's Absolute Black 100% chocolate.

D: Seafood salad made with tiger prawns and mussels, rocket, avocado, cucumber, salad burnet, cherry tomatoes, salad onions and Halkidiki olives with home-made aioli for dipping and topped with toasted pistachios.
 
3 thick slices of back bacon, 3 sliced med mushrooms and half a large sliced tomato, all sauteed in butter.

Two mugs of coffee frothed with double cream.

G&T in the afternoon

Belly pork, tenderised in the slow cooker before baking in the oven with Blue Dragon sweet chilli sauce finely brushed over the pork to lift it a bit. Sauteed cauli rice with butter and olive oil.

Glass of red wine, and two squares of 90% Lindt dark chocolate.

Just under 20g carbs.


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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 a carb killa bar.
Dinner: salmon, cream cheese and cucumber on a low carb roll.

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DJC3 said:
Thanks, that’s a good system.
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I used to stab a lot more until the Health Board decreed I didn't need strips. After 13 years, I'd say the honest reason is cost cutting. I still need strips to get an idea of how accurate (or otherwise) the Libre is, but that's when I limited them to the current regime. The Libre works out better for me than constant testing. I did try without it, but the control just was not there.
 
Friday 1 September - bed 6 FBG 6.6. @PenguinMum - that doesn't even bear thinking about! Multiple sites with the evil needles. Eeegh! I've got it in one foot, and that's bad enough. I've been reading up on allopurinol, and there's no known interactions with anything else I take. My concern is always interactions as I do react to quite a few things. Usually, any necessary med on a temporary basis requires adjusting what I take currently. At least its brought my BGs back in line.

B. TAG and LC granola with 2 strawberries and sugar-free coconut milk. Benecol dairy free.

L. A slice of SRSLY toast with a cheese triangle.

D. A very quick bit of crustless quiche with vegetable salad and 2 san marzano tomatoes. Hubby had fish and chips and I kept picking at the chips as I passed. I won't do that again in a hurry. It caused quite a spike but they did drop reasonably quickly.

We'd all been at the dentist in the afternoon, and I was grandchild sitting at night, so it was all a bit rushed.
 
Saturday 2 September - bed 6.3 (despite the chips) FBG 6.6. No jujitsu this morning, but son wanted to go shopping. I got mine done at the same time. It's the most walking I've done since the flare-up, so I had to rest it when I got back.

B. TAG and LC granola with sugar-free coconut milk and 2 strawberries. Benecol dairy free.

L. A SRSLY sandwich with deli pork and coleslaw. 1/2 a fulfil bar.

D. Cold cuts and salad. The ham was very good. Under that is ox tongue, deli pork, German sausage, and a slice of chicken tikka. Vegetable salad, egg mayo, cucumber, avocado, lettuce, tomato.

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I took some lamb tagine out of the freezer last night as part of the effort to get enough out to defrost and clean it - that'll take a while at the rate I am going. Also took some pork belly slices out and might do something with them today - or not.

So brunch was the tagine - no idea how many calories or carbs but there was quite a large portion. I ate it all though. I thought it might do me for the day, but I still feel hungry and drinks don't do it for me, so will possibly have the pork later on.
 
Breakfast: 2 slices of back bacon, 1 fried egg, 4 sliced med mushrooms, one large sausage (45g) all cooked in butter
2x Mugs of ground coffee with double cream, frothed.
G&T
Cold gammon slices, lettuce, celery, cucumber, and coleslaw.

So far it's a low carb day, under 10g carbs. I'm not feeling hungry at all, only for making my husband a meal, I'd probably not bother eating. The only change I've made to my diet is that I now indulge in frothy coffee.
 
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