What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

17 January - bed 7.3 FBG 7.5 @DJC3 that is a hunk of lamb. I tried to get cutlets at the butchers yesterday, but they are not coming in until Thursday. I got rolled lamb instead.

B. TAG and an amended DD breakfast. I didn't want to make mug bread, so I toasted 2 slices of SRSLY (the small end slices), which were then topped with wafer thin ham, poached egg, and a little hollandaise. Benecol dairy free.

L. 3 M&S cheese crackers with the last bit of port salut and wensleydale.

D. Boys were here, so I made the Hairy Bikers featherblade steak again - 4 hours in the "slow" oven in the new range. Boys had it with mash and broccoli. I had some of the carrots cooked with it and more broccoli. Gin & soda. No doubt, CC little chocolate pot later.

I got a bargain a few months back for heated throws. I got these ones at £58, less than half price. I bought 2, which was less than the RRP for one. They are Dreamland throws. There are more than a few offers on them in different stores at the moment. Best I can find the one we have currently is £99. They are worth it, though, in thus cold weather. It appears it costs around 37p to use it for 8 hours.

Meant to add, if your car lock is frozen, spray some kitchen oil on it.

sunny526 said:

Today one egg and two chapattis

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Hello @sunny526 and welcome to this thread for diabetics who enjoy a low carb lifestyle.

Evening all

Today:

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

L: Melanzane alla parmigiana, (aka aubergine parmigiana) using aubergine without breading or flour, passata, mozzarella, parmesan, olive oil, oregano, garlic and basil.
I tossed some breadcrumbs with a little olive oil plus grated parmesan and sprinkled on top before baking. (That way, I could serve the topping to those who can handle breadcrumbs, but omit it from my own portion and finish with extra parmesan instead.)
Braised cavolo nero with garlic and toasted almonds.
Skipped pud.
Water to drink.

D: Seafood salad made with crevettes, brown shrimps, lettuce, baby plum toms, celery and salad onions dressed with olive oil and a squeeze of lemon juice, thyme and garlic, scattered with toasted sunflower and pumpkin seeds.
Water to swallow tablets.

Haven't posted meals for last few days, as had a bit of a dicky tum + bladder (dropping a sample to the gp in the morning). But been quite run of the mill fry ups in the mornings and meat and veg in the evenings as need to use stuff up and my ten year old has become quite a picky eater so of course wants something different. I was a vegetarian for years so sometimes I feel I'm eating too much meat.

That said made some kind of fake soya protein shawarma thing that was on clearance (less than 3g carbs for the pack), with some tomato and onion this evening and whipped up a bit of cream with dried mint, mixed herbs, garlic and onion powder. was surprisingly okay.

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 H&B protein bar.
Dinner: liver in onion gravy with runner beans and cauliflower.

ravensmitten said:

Haven't posted meals for last few days, as had a bit of a dicky tum + bladder (dropping a sample to the gp in the morning). But been quite run of the mill fry ups in the mornings and meat and veg in the evenings as need to use stuff up and my ten year old has become quite a picky eater so of course wants something different. I was a vegetarian for years so sometimes I feel I'm eating too much meat.

That said made some kind of fake soya protein shawarma thing that was on clearance (less than 3g carbs for the pack), with some tomato and onion this evening and whipped up a bit of cream with dried mint, mixed herbs, garlic and onion powder. was surprisingly okay.

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Evening @ravensmitten. We were vegetarian for some thirty years. Unfortunately, once diagnosed with type 2 and issued with a glucometer, I found it nigh on impossible to control my blood glucose levels solely on veggie meals, many of which relied heavily on beans, lentils and peas for protein. My solution was to introduce fish and other seafoods to my repertoire. We still enjoy some vegetarian meals in between.

Rachox said:

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 H&B protein bar.
Dinner: liver in onion gravy with runner beans and cauliflower.

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I haven't had liver in years! I used to like it. I must rectify that soon.

After reading about those household 'smart' devices I'm quite happy there is exactly nothing in my house that will listen to me if I talk to it, not even my dogs.

ravensmitten said:

That said made some kind of fake soya protein shawarma thing that was on clearance (less than 3g carbs for the pack), with some tomato and onion this evening and whipped up a bit of cream with dried mint, mixed herbs, garlic and onion powder. was surprisingly okay.

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I have good experiences with vegetarian shoarma as well.
That said, I used the real stuff today.

I called off the gym, couldn't face the thought of people and loud music, but I did go for groceries and even managed to cook!
My friend suggested told me to make tomato soup with pieces of jalapeno burger by way of small meatballs in the soup when I complained about having no idea what to cook. She knows me well, and also knows it usually works well if she tells me what to do if my brain gets stuck on making choices.

Burgers were sold out, but I spotted a pack of shawarma. Shawarma meat in a lazy tomato soup made with tinned tomatoes turns out to taste amazingly good. And enough left for tomorrow.

I also bought endive for the guinea pigs so I'll buy a pack of low carb wraps on friday to make wraps with shawarma meat, endive, onion and garlic sauce, so I should be good until the end of the weekend,

LivingLightly said:

Evening @ravensmitten. We were vegetarian for some thirty years. Unfortunately, once diagnosed with type 2 and issued with a glucometer, I found it nigh on impossible to control my blood glucose levels solely on veggie meals, many of which relied heavily on beans, lentils and peas for protein. My solution was to introduce fish and other seafoods to my repertoire. We still enjoy some vegetarian meals in between.

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60 years ago, I started eating a vegetarian diet because I was marrying a man who was committed to vegetarianism. Food consisted of nuts, legumes, vegetables, fruit and grains with some cheese, butter, eggs and milk. 58 years ago I was pregnant with my first son and I, apparently, developed gestational diabetes which was not diagnosed and which did not go away. Eventually, we decided that a vegetarian diet was not suitable for our son (we eventually - 20 years later - discovered that he was allergic to many of the foods we had offered to him, including the fruits and vegetables our vegetarian allowed but also including the animal proteins we had thought were more suitable). Nevertheless, I still had the symptoms of diabetes (unrecognised) and a fairly high carbohydrate content in my diet. I think it may have been that early vegetarian diet that exacerbated my latent T2 - just because it was so carb dependent; and continuing with plenty of carbs in my diet until about 2 or 3 years ago. Currently having to cut out all but the bare minimum of carbs to keep BG under control.

NOTE: I did say earlier that I would avoid the spiced nuts but they taste so good. I've eaten far too many nuts this afternoon and evening. They just taste too good. Shouldn't have eaten them. I wasn't hungry - just greedy.

Was scheduled to bake John's sourdough loaf this morning after it had been in the fridge overnight. I've been reading a lot about Einkorn wheat flour, how it's packed with nutrients and is said to be lower on Glycaemic Index (not that it's a guarantee it won't spike BS so much).


A few days ago I bought 1kg bag of Einkorn flour, using the same recipe as my normal one to compare, also using Einkorn to feed the starter, I made a loaf of einkorn sourdough bread.

To try it out I had 2 slices (65g) sandwiched together with 2 rashers of bacon for breakfast. Can certainly recommend the taste, and it was rather filling. BG started off at 6.2, an hour and half after the bread BG was 9.2, three hours after eating the bread BG had gone back to 6.6. Obviously there's a lot of room for improvement with the recipe so I'm planning to experiment when baking the next one substituting some of the flour with low carb ingredients, there're lots to choose from such as vital wheat gluten, oat fibre, almond, coconut and lupin flours. There's also a new one that I've just ordered, sunflower seed flour. Plus I can add seeds to bulk the bread further and hopefully lower the carbs per slice. I'm nothing but determined. Aiming to make my diet sustainable and not be hankering over things that cause chaos with my BS.

Didn't have dinner, just grazed on different cheeses with a G&T.

Einkorn on the left, normal strong white flour on the right - same recipe but different flours.

Annb said:

NOTE: I did say earlier that I would avoid the spiced nuts but they taste so good. I've eaten far too many nuts this afternoon and evening. They just taste too good. Shouldn't have eaten them. I wasn't hungry - just greedy.

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I got the munchies earlier & attacked some macadamia with a grind of salt, my willpower faltered & I had a few more than I should have. They were good though!

@Antje77, the Echo Dot does have it's uses, would prefer a dog or three though. Today I found out how easy it is to make a call through it. My nephew did an impromptu visit this morning, which was very nice. I think, istigated by my sister, as it turned out she had been calling & messaging, with no answer from me. My phone battery has been having moments of drop off, 100% - 0% every now & then, that's what had happened, was as dead as a dodo. Chris said call through Alexa, it worked! No peace now though!

DJC3 said:

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 todayView attachment 65618

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I've just had breakfast here, but those chops look FAB!

Just about to have breakfast before attempting to get to Stornoway for my leg appointment. It will be more of the Cullen skink with a poached egg in it.

2nd meal will be lamb tagine.

I should be having guests on Saturday, but it may not happen if travel doesn't get easier by then. Nevertheless, I have started to prepare for them - last evening I made some coffee and cardamom cupcakes. Shan't finish them off until Saturday morning, and only if I know they will be coming. Already prepped some vegetables to mix with macaroni cheese, so I might finish that and put it in the freezer. Hot soup would be a good thing to have on hand, but I don't have enough vegetables left to make it (unless I can do something with Brussels sprouts, potatoes and onions) and might not get any if we do make it to town. Might have to dig out the emergency tins of tomato soup.

Morning all, hope everyone keeping warm.
Yesterday
B Yog raspberries,seeds
L Last of leek and courgette soup.Poached egg, mushrooms and spinach on livlife toast
D Quorn bolognese,courgetti, then cheese, olinas crackers and nuts

Brekkie-90g almonds, winter melon juice, almond milk coffee
Lunch- egg whites,green fry, mushroom fry, broccoli soup, beans
Snack- 90 g almonds , green tea
Dinner - egg whites, broccoli soup, greenhouse fry , brinjal chutney
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Coffee and cream x 2
Tea x 2
Coffee and unsweetened almond milk
Chicken and tomatoes
Corned Beef
Smoked salmon and tomato

Mid morning small kefir and supplements
Lunch hm soup then kimchi and comte cheese with three LC seeded crackers
Bought some pork saltimboca (pork loin wrapped in prosciutto) ready prepared to cook from M and S on a 3 for 2 deal and put straight in freezer. Defrosted one pack and cooked today really enjoyed and nice and easy!
Dinner pork saltimboca with sprouts and mushrooms in a hm sauce( cooked mushrooms in olive oil and bit of butter then added a few spoons of hm soup and dash of cream and lots of pepper.)

Pudding of a few berries and yoghurt followed by black decaffeinated coffee and two squares of 90% chocolate.

LivingLightly said:

Evening @ravensmitten. We were vegetarian for some thirty years. Unfortunately, once diagnosed with type 2 and issued with a glucometer, I found it nigh on impossible to control my blood glucose levels solely on veggie meals, many of which relied heavily on beans, lentils and peas for protein. My solution was to introduce fish and other seafoods to my repertoire. We still enjoy some vegetarian meals in between.

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Can understand that, it's probably doable, just a lot of knowing where you get the nutrients from to stay healthy I guess.

I'm adjusting to this, I like meat, and we do have it but usually better quality and lesser of it. I've found myself back on LC having far more of meat than I'm used to though, even only after a week or so!

I was on a pretty restricted oligoantigenic diet when I was a child and then moved to a (in hindsight probably quite unhelpful) vegetarian diet after that for a long time, but never really considered what a carb or protein was until around 10 years ago. Interesting @Annb. I see there's def a lot more options now than there were even 20-30 years ago. Funnily, I can remember getting vege pies and stuff from the little health food shop on the corner and it cost a fortune as opposed to the choice we have these days.

Saying that

@Antje77 - Me talking about being fed up with meat after a week, I do feel need to get some lamb and make some kofta on a bed of lettuce leaves

Felt v cold all day so ended up snacking too much. I was looking forward to Cullen Skink for dinner after @Annb ‘s post yesterday but local Co op didn’t have smoked haddock.
Paul has broken his finger so is off work currently so we had breakfast of Bacon and eggs together while we watched the snow outside.
There were various eating occasions which included nuts and a DGF cookie amongst other things I can’t even remember now.
Dinner was pizza using Low Carb Food Co base. I wasn’t keen though, the best I’ve tried so far has been the Keto Chefs base. Topped the base with sour cream ( don’t like tomato sauce) salami, nduja & mozarella.

Yesterday
Early lunch of 2 scrambled eggs with half a rare perfect avocado on top.

Ooh.. before I forget! this box of 12 large eggs have ALL been double yolkers!

Then a trip up to London as part of hubbys birthday. So walked to West End from Victoria, walked around a gallery, had a tea. Walked to supper.
D: half a grilled chicken with rocket and a French fries. Did eat the whole lot of fries, with mayo. 1 glass sparking, 1 plain wine.
1 mouthful huubys sausage start and 1 of his frangipan pudding.
Walk to theatre.
Mousetrap still going strong after 72 years.
1 interval wine
Walk back to Victoria , 25 minutes fast!

Not much sleep, active legs after all that walking and active head after my 3rd bereavement in 22 days.

Today
Forgot all about breakfast
Dance class
Tea with friends
60g nuts and 2 hard boiled eggs

Afternoon nap, brain just needs to shut down in all this stress. 4 sqs 70% chocolate (note to self watch the comfort carbs creeping in)

D: bowl stilton and broccoli soup. Ie, the stalk of a broccoli, quarter an Onion softened in butter, add water. Cook until soft. Blitz. Add milk and cream and stilton until it tastes right. Eat.
Hubby had omelette with the last of the double yolkers

A large brandy