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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Tuesday 16 January - bed 7.9 FBG 7. @MrsA2 - so sorry. You are really going through it at the moment xx

B TAG and 2 slices of SRSLY toast with coronation chicken. Benecol dairy free.

L. Nothing. Guys were here removing old range and fitting nice, shiny new one!

D. DD smash burger with guacamole, beetroot, portobello mushroom, and stir fried cabbage. Cabbage got a bit overdone. Gas burners are a lot more powerful. CC little chocolate pot and 4 raspberries.
Gin and soda.

It's absolutely bitter here and very sleety. @Annb - is your food supply improving yet on the island?
 
First bite to eat was at lunchtime with a small slice of left over sourdough bread heavily buttered, it was no more than a couple of mouthfuls.

Not really hungry, but did enjoy a salmon steak (albeit over cooked ) with prawns added to hm ricotta cheese made into a sauce with added cream. Didn't feel like any veg.



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@MrsA2, so sorry, you've really had an awful couple of months, thoughts are with you. {{Hugs}} right back at ya.
BTW, Alexa really does get it in the neck from me sometimes (the smart dumb tv too!!), you ought to hear me when she replies "Mmm I don't know that!". She's also handy for appt reminders!

I decided on carnivore this evening, a ribeye & a duck breast. Ok, with 3 grape tomatoes on the side to break up the richness.
 
Food supplies are erratic here in the winter. Sometimes the ferries don't run because of the weather, or they've broken down; sometimes the lorries don't make it to Ullapool to get on the ferry because of the weather. Other times it's fine. We get used to it. The big problem is when word goes around that there is, or will be, a shortage of some foodstuff (or toilet rolls). Then, those who can afford to, buy up everything in the shops and everyone else gets left with nothing. It's a matter of "devil take the hindmost".

No idea why but my BG has been dropping low today. I had my intended 2 meals (which included 15g carbs). Took a smaller amount of insulin than normal with both meals but BG kept on dropping to the low 3's and I had to keep on topping up with 1) an extra RyVita (7.5 g carbs), 2) 3 dates (no idea how many carbs, but sweet), 3) 2 pieces of fudge (sugary,carby), 4) one more slice of Ryvita and quite a lot of spiced nuts which I had made to use as snacks in the future - very good mixture of walnuts, Brazils, pecans, hazelnuts and cranberries in spiced butter. Still plenty left though but BG is still only 4.1.

It may be better to not have the RyVita and not to have the insulin. That's do-able but it does mean stirring myself and cooking breakfast, which doesn't go down well these cold mornings.
 
Mood has improved a bit, and only having cauliflower cheese yesterday meant that I still had the other half of the 'fish fillet a la bordelaise' from the day before. I love meals that only need plating and popping in the microwave.
Ate at a much more sensible time too, and my dogs and neighbour dog very much approved of me plating too large a portion.

 
I had to look up Epoisses
 
FBG this morning an improvement with 9.3 .
Yesterday meals were
Breakfast 2 eggs fried 2 small bacon rashers I toast and coffee (32 carbs )
Going out in the afternoon for meal so only had a snack at lunch time ..an apple and a piece of cheese ( 14 carbs )
Carvery stuck mainly to the veg ( meat was gammon and beef ) did have small roastie and half a yorkshire pud bit of gravy no idea what carb content was but I ate far less that I would " normally " do ..
Little snack at 7pm mainly to take tablets ( almonds and small piece of cheese ).Don't know total carbs because of the meal out but my FBG was better this morning than of late .
 
Winner for sticking with it as much as you could while out. Eating out especially in a carvery situation which has all you can get on your plate for a set price is always a huge temptation. I do what you did and fill plate as much as possible with meat and lower carb veg so less room on the plate for temptations!
 
Hi All so back to Sunday. I know brekkie was usual slice LC toast, tea.
Can’t remember lunch but likely was cheese or eggs.
Supper Spag Bol and I’ve turned against courgetti so I had a small amount (50g) spag with lots of meat and lots of parmesan.
Monday usual brekkie.
Lunch was tapas selection at Giggling Squid, ignored the rice.
Evening three meaty sausages, fried mushroom & tomato.
Tuesday usual brekkie.
Lunch was Chicken Parfait with 3 small Carrs water biscuits (2.5g) each. Tea.
Supper was lightly spiced chicken breast and cauli cheese.
Then had horrible night of upset tum likely due to the pate being too much fat. Still had much better FBG than usual, theres no understanding this Diabetes lark.
@Annb my favourite soup to make is Leek & Broccoli doesn’t need to be more than a broth its just so tasty.
Today just had usual brekkie.
Lunch will be scrambled eggs (2) with a bit of grated Parmesan.
Supper will be stirfried chicken, chorizo & red pepper, hint of smoked paprika and cauli rice.
 
Breakfast: 2 pork sausages, 2 rashers streaky bacon and 2 eggs scrambled. No Ryvita, no insulin. BG after an hour up from 5.4 to 6.0, Now 7.9 but will keep an eye on it in case it does go far too high. Had a few spiced nuts while wating.

2nd meal will be Cullen Skink, without any thickening potato, just lots of leeks, smoked haddock and milk/cream mixture. Again, if I can, with no insulin.

Other than that, plenty of tea and water (nurse phoned to say I have an infection and need antibiotics when I can get to the pharmacy to pick up the prescription but meantime keep up the fluids).

Edit: this took an awful long time to upload. There seems to be another wifi appearing on the menu list every so often and when that happens, it interferes with access to the internet. Must be a neighbour's but I don't know why it seems to be able to get into my laptop, or our wifi. Maybe ours does the same to them.

Edit 2: BG started to rise too far, so took a small dose of insulin to try to stop the rise. Still edging up though. Next steps: make soup, take insulin, eat/sup soup. Hope to get it down again. Try to avoid eating spiced nuts.
 
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Breakfast kefir with supplements then two boiled eggs and LC roll - @DJC3 I had a delivery of rolls from the low carb company last week and have to say they are best ones so far in my opinion.I hope you enjoy yours. I can see why you stick with them @Rachox and were disappointed when it looked like they may not keep going. I'm sure I'll go for a subscription to lower the costs once worked out how many I'd use.
Lunch kimchi some cheese - comte and Stilton - and four LC seeded crackers
Dinner Hm chilli and LC garlic bread then pudding of a few berries and yoghurt and a couple of squares of 90% chocolate with decaffeinated coffee.
 
Annb said:
2nd meal will be Cullen Skink, without any thickening potato, just lots of leeks, smoked haddock and milk/cream mixture. Again, if I can, with no insulin.
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That is the perfect food for this weather. If I can bring myself to go shopping tomorrow I’ll get some smoked haddock. Yellow weather warning here too, but it must be so difficult for you relying on supplies getting across to you.
 
What gets me is when the voice search on the TV declares, "I'm sorry, I haven't learnt that yet." Also, an advert we get (probably only in Scotland - be grateful) for the Scotto. It's really annoying!
 
Kefir, supplements and a handful of nuts for breakfast, then later, Aquafit class. Had to pop to the shop afterwards with still wet hair so I was quite cold by the time I got home at lunch.
Time for soup and sandwich - h/m mushroom soup and a cheese sandwich made with lc co bread. Followed by chocolate chia pud. @shelley262 I liked the bread, I also received some DGF rolls today ( forgotten I’d ordered them)
Mid aft DGF cookie and lots of tea - still feeling the cold.
Dinner- 2 lamb chops from the 1/2 lamb I bought last week. 1 chop was huge, but a lot of fat, the other quite small. Served with a mix of veg coated in olive oil and airfried, stirred a handful of spinach through at the end. Just had another DGF cake. Way too many lc bakes today
 
maglil55 said:
What gets me is when the voice search on the TV declares, "I'm sorry, I haven't learnt that yet." Also, an advert we get (probably only in Scotland - be grateful) for the Scotto. It's really annoying!
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Oh yes, it does it often & 9 minutes before, it understood! Don't know that ad, so, I am grateful, it could be just there, although, I actually watch mainly recordings so I can skip them all.

Dinner tonight was a crispy cheese, bacon & tomato omelette.
 
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