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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Thanks @JenniferM55 and @Annb for the ricotta recipe. It’s very similar to cottage cheese. I wonder how you’d work out the carbs? I guess most of the lactose would be in the whey so the cheese would be predominantly fat and protein?
@shelley262 I also use veg skins in h/m stock. I did have one of those little coffee grinders but it went rusty ( it’s so damp here ) I’ll be interested to see how you get on whizzing up onion skin.
Today’s food started with brunch: kefir vitamins, fish oil etc. then a tuna melt muffin with a couple of spoons-full of fermented red cabbage. DGF Crimbo Crumble.
Dinner - another chicken pie ( I’d made an extra one for today) didn’t bother to even try the pastry - threw it straight in the bin ( agree with you @maglil55 ) greens sauteed in butter and garlic. Another DGF Crimbo Crumble.
 
So pleased some progress for you albeit slow good to hear it's going in right direction now. Thinking of you
 
I like the sound, and the look, of your sautéed cauliflower rice.

In other news, you appear to have the same plates as me!
 
So happy to hear there is some progress, and that your foot is getting some tentative freedom again!
Still, much less happy that it's going so painfully slow, and that you're still having pain.

My mood has dropped even further so I hope I'll find the courage to plate yesterday's leftovers and pop it in the microwave.
Didn't go to the gym/swimming for fear of slippery roads, but the temperature has stayed well above zero.
Tomorrow starts in the swimming pool, hopefully this will improve my mood!
 
Monday 15 January - bed 7.3 FBG 7.5. AQUA this morning, but I'm second on the wait list for next week. I was 30 seconds later than usual calling in, but we're in that period of the New Year "effort" not having worn off yet with the newbies.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SRSLY toast. One with egg mayo; one with coronation chicken. Benecol dairy free.

L. 3 M&S cheesy crackers with wensleydale and port salut.

D. Remains of the gammon with the carrot and swede mash. Added on a slice each of ox tongue, deli roast pork, and haslet. CC little chocolate pot with raspberries.

@Rachox - glad to read your healing is moving in the right direction, but sorry it's taking so long. @DJC3 - Although these are souffle pancakes, they're easy to make and are really nice.
 
Evening @Antje77. Today is known as Blue Monday here; the most depressing day of the year; a combination of gloomy weather and economising post-Yuletide excesses, I suppose.

Ever go birdwatching? Even in these bitterly cold temperatures, (thank G O D for thermal underwear!), birding always lifts my spirits.
 
Evening all

Today:

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

L: Courgetti con sugo di melanzana made with aubergines, celery, carrot and onion, passata, garlic, rosemary, olive oil and spiralised courgettes, finished with grated Parmesan.
Steamed French beans and mangetout smothered with butter.
Skipped pud
Water to drink.

D: Seafood salad made with brown shrimps, mussels, lettuce, finely shredded red cabbage, apple peel, celery, baby plum tomatoes and mustard cress with a dollop of aioli for dipping, topped with toasted pistachios.
Water to swallow tablets.
 
Birdwatching sounds pretty cool actually, but not knowing anything about birds I think I'd need an enthousiastic birdwatcher to take me along. I'm also having some trouble venturing away from my house or my car, both 'safe' places for me. Still, there are a lot of possibilities right next to the car, and there are quite a lot of birds where I live.

As for Blue Monday, I had heard about it but had no idea it was today. Weather is dfinitely gloomy but there weren't any excesses. Still, I'm happy to blame Blue Monday if it means tomorrow will be better!
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My mood has dropped even further so I hope I'll find the courage to plate yesterday's leftovers and pop it in the microwave.
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I partially succeeded so I'll call it a win, even if I dind't manage to have my meal until 10:45 pm.
I didn't bother with the fish but I did have cauliflower cheese, and I did put the rest of the cauliflower (bar a portion for tomorrow) in the freezer.

 
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Blue Monday started as Moody Monday here, after after very bad nights sleep with clock watching from shortly after 4 a.m.

Exercise class helped lift mood somewhat.
Skipped the usual chat session after as needed to come home apologise to hubby who got into firing line of Moody Monday earlier.

L: Stilton on seedy crackers with coleslaw and olives. 1 sq 85% chocolate

Opticians appointment, hoping for new glasses but was told old (non-diabetic) problem is back so came out with urgent referral to consultant instead. Definitely Moody Blue Monday .

An hours much needed nap.

D: 2 cheese straws (4g carbs each) as starter before meeting girlfriends at pub. Lamb shank with veg. Glass white wine. Mint tea.
Back home 2 seedy crackers with stilton.

As usual was interesting how many are going low carb...but still have lasagne followed by proper puddings. 1 said she'd had weetabix for lunch, and had tested her bg twice since Christmas, and she's already diagnosed T2
 
Glad to see that things are looking up for your foot. It's been a long haul for you. Here's hoping for a full recovery very soon now.
 
Antje77 said:
As for Blue Monday, I had heard about it but had no idea it was today. Weather is dfinitely gloomy but there weren't any excesses. Still, I'm happy to blame Blue Monday if it means tomorrow will be better!
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My friend, here on the Island, always felt very low in the winter. As the days got darker, so did his mood and, living here, life was very difficult for him. I discussed with his wife a few times the effect that the darker days had on him and whether one of the, then new, light boxes would be helpful and eventually she bought one for him. He hasn't lifted completely out of his dark moods in the winter, but it made a big difference. Much more willing to go out and do things, rather than sit in the chair brooding and dozing most of the time from October to March. Would something like that make a difference for you Antje?
 
@Rachox, pleased for you that there is some progress, however slow & that you're free of the boot some of the time now.

@MrsA2, we seem to be living parallel'ish lives ATM. I went to bed at 2:30am, read for an hour, tried to sleep, was useless, so got back up until just after 6. Luckily, there's nobody that has to suffer my moodiness, but Alexa gets it in the neck sometimes.
The optician part too, but I did get given the glasses as well as the quick referral. 1 problem & the 'easy' to fix is for ptosis, I will be having an eyelid lift. I'm going to ask them to do the face too whilst they're there.

@Annb, a friend of mine, who actually lived in Stornoway, suffered with SAD & I sent her a light box, it did help her.

Dinner was half the veg & gravy part of the stew I had yesterday & I briefly air fried a steak, chopped it up & threw it in.
 
Thank you for your kind suggestion @Annb !
My reply got too long and off topic for this thread so I took it to the parallel thread instead. https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/what-have-you-eaten-parallel-chat.177870/post-2672413
 
Break fast - 90 grams salted almonds. Almond milk coffee
Lunch - 1 egg white, salad, mix veg fry,brocoli-spinach soup. Almond milk coffee
Snack - 70grams salted almonds. Green kahwa tea.
Dinner - spinach&brocoli soup, salad, green tomato chutney, snake gourd chutney.
 
Morning all. Pensioners lunch, from here on in it will be called Monday lunch! Pensioner makes me feel old and I'm only 85. We had soup to start then cottage pie and then my sf jelly, so not too bad. Today I'm having bacon, eggs and mushrooms for lunch and probably a tin of salmon and mayo, my favourite. Hope you all have a great day.
 
Just had 2 RyVita with cheese melted onto them for my breakfast. Just couldn't be bothered faffing around with bacon and eggs but still needed something hot inside me. Although I now find that I can drink my tea without milk, it doesn't warm me as well as tea with milk. Just seems too insubstantial to me. Maybe winter isn't the best time to start any more reductions in food and drink.

2nd meal today will be salmon with some shredded Brussels sprouts (Neil bought some more yesterday). It's either that or leeks and I have a feeling I'd be better making soup with the leeks to have something ready to heat up on standby.
 
Hi, was just looking to see if anyone else has mentioned the new DD Hava app. I've been recording my meals on it since 4th Jan. Think I'm getting the hang of it now but find I have to plan meals carefully if I'm to hit the protein target. In fact I've had to get some protein shake powder as was constantly failing to meet their target. I must have been eating insufficient protein for years. I'm also doing Dry January so hopefully if the satiety is working its helping me not to snack instead of drink . Are you using Hava and how you finding it?

Hope its OK to post this here.
 
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