What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

B: 2 cold cooked chipolatas. Ff greek with chia seeds and 3 chopped walnuts
Nice dog walk -sunny!
L: chose the wrong cafe. This one only did cakes, bagels and ciabattas. Hubby ordered a Ploughman's which was huge so I has the stilton, pickled onions and gherkin.
Ordered a chilli latte but had to return it as it had been made with chilli syrup - I'd assumed actual chilli powder.

Mid afternoon couple of mouthfuls of cake and a couple of a blonde.

7:30 3 hard boiled eggs with mayo, and 3 cold chipolatas. A glass red wine

Evening all

Today:

B: Two poached eggs with a knob of butter, slices of avocado, seasoned with black pepper and a wedge of Gorwydd Caerphilly.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.

L: Salmon fillets baked with broccoli, mushrooms, double cream and lemon verbena.
Steamed asparagus spears smothered with butter.
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.

D Seafood salad using tiger prawns, brown shrimps, lettuce, baby plum tomatoes, celery, Romano peppers, Kalamata olives, mint and salad onions, dressed with an olive oil, balsamic and garlic vinaigrette, topped with roasted macadamia nuts.
Water to swallow tablets.

KateA said:

The usual poached eggs on spinach, I don't think I shall ever tire of that.

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Change the spices and fillings slightly your body needs various

muriel4560 said:

Change the spices and fillings slightly your body needs various

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The post you reacted to is over 8 years old, so now I'm really curious if you got tired of it @KateA .

Monday 6 November - bed & FBG both 7.8. Fireworks are still going off. I didn't get into my 10 am Aqua class, but I did get into the 11 am. one. A bit more of a rush, but I made it.

B. TAG and a bit of crustless quiche.

L. Benecol dairy free and 12 almonds.

D. One of my favourites, crispy skin sea bass. Served with a kind of Caesar salad I gained in my Sainsbury's delivery. I ordered lettuce, I got Caesar salad! Used lettuce, some parmesan and dressing, 2 croutons, and added some santini tomatoes. CC little chocolate pot with raspberries.

Tuesday 7 November - bed 7.9 FBG 7.4. It was a complicated day. Son & DIL are meeting a friend in town who is here on holiday. It was late on in the afternoon, so I am feeding the boys. That's not an issue, but the younger one has basketball this evening, and the young dog will need collecting from Doggie Day Care (he doesn't like being on his own). Just more complications trying to be in multiple places at roughly the same time. I made it but I ate quite late.

B. TAG and one slice of SRSLY toast with Ploughman's Pate. Benecol dairy free.

L. Nothing. Too much to do.

D. I saved time by doing the other favoured recipe, the Hairy Bikers featherblade steak. As @DJC3 will agree, this is really delicious. Cooks for hours, and the boys love it. Thankfully, it also reheats easily, so I had this much later - lots of veggies. CC little chocolate pot with 2 raspberries.

Breakfast: Sardines on wholemeal bread. The bread is a bit of a risk, but as long as I got the insulin right, it should be OK. Won't help with losing weight though.

2nd meal: Lorne sausage in a casserole with some veg. I ha ve to use it because Neil bought it yesterday and it was very short dated (today). Was planning to make stovies with it with celeriac to replace the potato but he couldn't get celeriac so it will be just a nondescript sausage and veg casserole.

Annb said:

Just back from getting my legs rebandaged and seeing a GP - not much help there - he reckons my lungs are just worn out so I'll just have to put up with being out of breath. He did order a blood test though - that's for next Thursday.

Having said I've had all the carbs I can allow myself today, I have come home hungry so may have to have a lunch. That'll have to be eggy - maybe a cheese omelette. I think I could easily manage that and still need the lamb later on. Or maybe I'll have the lamb now and hope it will keep me going for the rest of the day. Could always have eggs later, if it doesn't work out. No carbs though. I really mustn't.

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Ann, have you had a High Resolution CT scan on your lungs? X-rays are a "Box Brownie" when it comes to examining lungs. Without a decent examination or tests, how on earth can your Doc say your lungs are worn out?

These approaches really make me cross!

Coffee and cream x 2
Coffee and unsweetened almond milk
Omelette with cheese, onion and mushroom
Steak in butter with homemade Balsamic, mustard and garlic sauce. (Looks rubbish but tastes nice).

B: scrambled eggs with chopped up chipolatas in, very tasty
L: a 90 second bread with cheese melted in top.
Dog walk
Mid afternoon 1 scone with butter, a smear of bramble jelly and cream poured over.
D: will be pork chop with creamy mushrooms and cabbage. And the final glass of wine from a bottle I've made last 4 days

B two boiled eggs with buttered keto roll
l small sauerkraut and piece of gambazola cheese and four of seeded crackers followed by three squares of 90% chocolate
D hm Bolognese and glass of red followed by LC Blondie served warm with yoghurt

AndBreathe said:

Ann, have you had a High Resolution CT scan on your lungs? X-rays are a "Box Brownie" when it comes to examining lungs. Without a decent examination or tests, how on earth can your Doc say your lungs are worn out?

These approaches really make me cross!

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Actually, the last time I had a chest X-ray was around 1959 when there was a policy in place to get as many folk as possible checked for TB. CT scans have only been of my throat - that was in 2017. MRI scan of my knees a few years ago and another targetted at a breast lump earlier this year. Don't know if that would have picked up any lung issues.

The doctor was only commenting on what I told him about the previous check when I was told my lungs were those of a 90 year old. Maybe I should accept that I am old and done. But I can't. I stopped ageing (inside) in 1971 when I was 26.

Just had my Lorne sausage casserole. There was a lot of it, but it was so good and I was hungry so I had it all - just some gravy left. Tut! I won't lose weight that way.

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 tablet.
Espresso.

L: Crustless quiche using broccoli, red peppers, leeks, eggs, double cream and pecorino.
Steamed French beans and mangetout smothered with butter.
Skipped pud.
Water to drink.

D: Seafood salad made with brown shrimps, mussels, lettuce, celery, Romano peppers, mint, salad onions and mustard cress, with a dollop home-made aioli for dipping, topped with toasted pistachios.
Water to swallow tablets.

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: gammon steak with a side salad.
I have a reprieve from hospital food, my op planned for tomorrow has been postponed, no anaesthetist available. Should get a new date tomorrow, I am so disappointed

Rachox said:

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: gammon steak with a side salad.
I have a reprieve from hospital food, my op planned for tomorrow has been postponed, no anaesthetist available. Should get a new date tomorrow, I am so disappointed

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Sorry to hear about last minute delay I can imagine you just want your op done - hope you don't have to wait much longer - crossing fingers for you.

Rachox said:

my op planned for tomorrow has been postponed, no anaesthetist available. Should get a new date tomorrow, I am so disappointed

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Insert asterisks of choice.
I had put a reminder in my planner to send you a good luck message for tomorrow and was just about to do so when I saw your post.
Not fair!
Emotionally working up to an operation and a hospital stay is no small thing, not even counting having to wait even longer before you can start healing.
Big hug.

Haven't been here for ages and it is rude just to lurk so here goes - and I'm not promoting the 2 linked companies.
Pre - Breakfast: 2 x 750 mls tea with almond milk
Breakfast: KC Bagel with butter
11.30: CWC and monin s/f caramel + tsp Ceylon cinnamon plus KC lemon drizzle cake (1/8th of a cake)
Lunch: H/m Goose n veg soup with NLCK pasta and some ACV
Another 750 mls mug tea with almond milk
Evening meal: KC multi seed roll with 35 gms Cornish cruncher cheese
Cronometer has that at 25.9 gms carbs (based on overestimated weights) and no salad eaten
KC is this just in case people wonder
NLCK is here as above

Rachox said:

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: gammon steak with a side salad.
I have a reprieve from hospital food, my op planned for tomorrow has been postponed, no anaesthetist available. Should get a new date tomorrow, I am so disappointed

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I'm gutted for you. I know how disappointed with my own fiasco with my finger, and that was just for an op under local. The surgeon's secretary who rang me just kept saying how mortified she felt.

Hopefully, it'll be very soon.

Annb said:

Actually, the last time I had a chest X-ray was around 1959 when there was a policy in place to get as many folk as possible checked for TB. CT scans have only been of my throat - that was in 2017. MRI scan of my knees a few years ago and another targetted at a breast lump earlier this year. Don't know if that would have picked up any lung issues.

The doctor was only commenting on what I told him about the previous check when I was told my lungs were those of a 90 year old. Maybe I should accept that I am old and done. But I can't. I stopped ageing (inside) in 1971 when I was 26.

Just had my Lorne sausage casserole. There was a lot of it, but it was so good and I was hungry so I had it all - just some gravy left. Tut! I won't lose weight that way.

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If your GP has the inbuilt gift of human CT scanner, he's one lucky man.

The scan for your breast lump would likely have been very focused on their area of interest.

You know what I'm going to say, and that is, you deserve better. Our O2 sats will vary a little, depending on where we are and what we're doing, but if you have shortness of breath that should not be dismissed, which, in my view is tantamount to being ignored.

In the spirit of the thread: This evening's dinner was MrB's Cheese and Onion Pie (no pastry involved with this deliciousness), green beans and MrB had garlic potatoes.

Sorry you've had your op cancelled @Rachox, I do hope you'll get a new date soon.

Had a 10.30am breakfast after taking my husband to have his remaining staples out of his leg after surgery for a new knee. Breakfast consisted of 50g slice of buttered sourdough bread and a poached egg.

Gin and tonic around lunch time

Dinner was 4 chipolatas, cabbage, peppers, tomato and mozzarella cheese.

Followed by hm lc blueberry cheesecake.

Carbs coming in under 50g. A bit high from what my usual carb count is, just trying to make my way of eating more sustainable.