What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[DJC3]

Black coffee then late breakfast of prawns and smoked salmon that I’d picked up earlier on the reduced aisle
Went to visit youngest daughter who is another one incapacitated with a bad back currently. She’s a carer so we assumed it was the lifting but osteopath said it’s more likely the 20+ times a day she is getting in and out of her car, and doing it all wrong. She should get in like a 1960s model - sitting down first then swinging legs in. I took her lunch of her favourite soup: https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/ethiopian-spicy-doro-wat-soup
Dinner was smoked haddock baked ( airfried) in a sauce made with sauteed red onion, red pepper, mushrooms spinach thyme, paprika and coriander, sour cream and cheese. Paul isn’t much given to superlatives but he pronounced it ‘exceptional’.

 

[LivingLightly]

The gym was pretty much hell, missing two once a week lessons apparently makes a big difference.
But the cold swim afterwards was absolute heaven, I feel better than I have felt in weeks!

Afraid I fell behind this week and have only just caught up with the many interesting posts on this busy thread.

Sending virtual hugs @Antje77 for all the stress. At least you're getting these annual medicals over together, all being well, for another 12 months.

If memory serves, there was one last appointment today. If so, this time tomorrow the agony will be over for another year and you can concentrate on enjoying a good square meal for supper.

 

[LivingLightly]

I can't really call it a proper meal, but some effort was put into it and it featured veggies as well, so I'd say it counts.
A low carb wrap with cheese and a couple of rashers of very thin bacon, fried before putting them on the wrap. Put into microwave to melt the cheese, and added a generous portion of raw endive before rolling up.
I dipped in a spicy mayo based sauce, not bad at all!

Car now works fine again, provided you turn on the ceiling light or it won't start and your dashboard and blinkers won't work. No problem as long as the ceiling light is on. )

Sounds like faulty connections in your car's electrics. A similar episode happened to a friend of mine. If she switched on the ceiling light, the car boot opened up and the windscreen wipers sprang into action.

It's all good fun.

 

[Annb]

Odd day today. Rushing as usual to get out in time to get my legs bandaged so I just had a few wafer thin slices of ham so that I could take my antibiotic. Cup of hot water, then a cup of black coffee.

Since then one cup of coffee and one cup of tea (had that with Em when she came in from school).

BG has remained at 8 and above all day though.

Didn't get a chance to eat before the surveyors for our conversion to air source and solar panels arrived. When they left, I said to Neil that we would have to start emptying the loft soon because it will need to be clear. So "Right," says he. "I'll make a start and Em can help me". Off they went to hunt to see what could be thrown out. They found an electric grill and a deep fat fryer which I didn't know I had (I had already given away one deep fat fryer and a couple of grills a couple of years ago). They also found 4 boxes of paperwork and I needed to sort through them to see what could be just put into the recycling, what would have to be burned and what would have to go into the bin. That's taken me until just before 1830.

I think I will now go and cook a couple of sausages with some quick vegetable dish - maybe tomato grilled alongside the sausages. Got to be quick or I won't bother.

 

[LivingLightly]

Evening all

Today:

B: Two poached eggs with a knob of butter, avocado and three crevettes, all seasoned with black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.

L: Mushroom and spinach frittata made with eggs, Cheddar cheese, onion, double cream and thyme.
Vegetable tray bake using broccoli, cauliflower, sweet red peppers and onions.
Skipped pudding.
Water to drink.

D: Seafood salad made with brown shrimps, king prawns, baby plum toms, celery, Halkidiki olives and salad onions dressed with home-made mayonnaise for dipping, topped with roasted macadamia nuts.
Water to swallow tablets.

 

[filly]

Coffee and cream x 2
Coffee and unsweetened almond milk
Corned Beef and tomato
Porchetta
Yogurt (too much)
Smoked salmon cheese and tomato

 

[Rachox]

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: cheese and mushroom omelette.

 

[maglil55]

It looked very colourful. I tried avocado once, smashed (bought that way) on toast. And I thought it was disgusting. But I've had a couple of whole avocados lately, and really liked them. Though I'm not quite sure what to do with them.

My favorite is avocado, prawns and a Marie Rose sauce. Many different recipes for Marie Rose. Mine is a mix of mayo, squeeze of tomato puree, touch of double cream, small dash of brandy, a drop or so of tabasco and paprika. It's a case of tasting it as you go.

 

[Annb]

My favorite is avocado, prawns and a Marie Rose sauce. Many different recipes for Marie Rose. Mine is a mix of mayo, squeeze of tomato puree, touch of double cream, small dash of brandy, a drop or so of tobacco and paprika. It's a case of tasting it as you go.

Gave it a like despite the tobacco, which I really don't like. Unlike our goats - they used to love my Dad smoking his pipe and kept trying to steal it from him as a titbit. Tabasco, on the other hand would be great.

 

[maglil55]

Gave it a like despite the tobacco, which I really don't like. Unlike our goats - they used to love my Dad smoking his pipe and kept trying to steal it from him as a titbit. Tabasco, on the other hand would be great.

I have a feeling my autocorrect has done this before! My brain is addled with moving furniture about, getting tax returns completed on time for DIL, still running about daft, attending school meeting to bat for grandson's course selections, and generally try to restore order in atrocious weather.

 

[Antje77]

Afraid I fell behind this week and have only just caught up with the many interesting posts on this busy thread.

Sending virtual hugs @Antje77 for all the stress. At least you're getting these annual medicals over together, all being well, for another 12 months.

If memory serves, there was one last appointment today. If so, this time tomorrow the agony will be over for another year and you can concentrate on enjoying a good square meal for supper.

Today was the last of it, an appointment with the GP who initially wanted me to have the MRI a while back, to talk over the hernia and what else to do about the lower back pain now there are no signs of inflammation and the rheumatologist has referred me back to the GP.
Only the second time I saw this GP (the owners of the practice aren't very nice people so the good ones don't stick around and you always see a new GP there).

This one happens to be absolutely brilliant, hope he'll stay!
We decided there's not much to be done about it at the moment, and he still managed to have me leave feeling very good about this, no mean feat!

After going through the results and both our thoughts on that, we spent almost half an hour talking about all kinds of stuff, ranging from what types of patients he likes best to work with and what a good HCP is from my pov, to insulin management (and how HCP's should empower patients to be confident in working it out themselves and making bold decisions, working with them, not for them), cold water swimming, and some other stuff.
We both felt we would have talked longer if not for the waiting room, and he thanked me for the enjoyable conversation being a welcome break in his day.
I will see a physio to see if something is to be gained there.

After the appointment I went for a quick swim with my friend, and upon getting home I finally found the courage to cook a proper meal again.
Only to find that the cauliflower I had thawed two days ago but didn't use had gone off.

And still found the courage to improvise a meal! You're right @LivingLightly the relief of having those appointments over seems to have freed a lot of space in my head. Plus it was a beautiful spring like day, which helps as well.

A large salad of endive, half a bloody onion (no expletive, cut my thumb and only noticed I was leaking when it was too late), cucumber, two boiled eggs and two thin rashers of bacon, with 3 fishfingers, stolen from my neighbour.

 

[Annb]

Today was the last of it, an appointment with the GP who initially wanted me to have the MRI a while back, to talk over the hernia and what else to do about the lower back pain now there are no signs of inflammation and the rheumatologist has referred me back to the GP.
Only the second time I saw this GP (the owners of the practice aren't very nice people so the good ones don't stick around and you always see a new GP there).

This one happens to be absolutely brilliant, hope he'll stay!
We decided there's not much to be done about it at the moment, and he still managed to have me leave feeling very good about this, no mean feat!

After going through the results and both our thoughts on that, we spent almost half an hour talking about all kinds of stuff, ranging from what types of patients he likes best to work with and what a good HCP is from my pov, to insulin management (and how HCP's should empower patients to be confident in working it out themselves and making bold decisions, working with them, not for them), cold water swimming, and some other stuff.
We both felt we would have talked longer if not for the waiting room, and he thanked me for the enjoyable conversation being a welcome break in his day.
I will see a physio to see if something is to be gained there.

After the appointment I went for a quick swim with my friend, and upon getting home I finally found the courage to cook a proper meal again.
Only to find that the cauliflower I had thawed two days ago but didn't use had gone off.

And still found the courage to improvise a meal! You're right @LivingLightly the relief of having those appointments over seems to have freed a lot of space in my head. Plus it was a beautiful spring like day, which helps as well.

A large salad of endive, half a bloody onion (no expletive, cut my thumb and only noticed I was leaking when it was too late), cucumber, two boiled eggs and two thin rashers of bacon, with 3 fishfingers, stolen from my neighbour.

Glad all your stressors are past now, Antje and that you are already feeling the benefit. Hope our recent storm doesn't head in your direction to make you feel low again. Bright, spring-like weather is always good for the spirit.

 

[maglil55]

Thursday 25 January bed 8 FBG 7.6 - Decided I'd better catch up a bit more with 200 posts still to get through!
This was not a good day. I decided to go to Aqua to get a break from gutting. Little did I know they had moved the road works to the most atrocious place. I spent 30 mins not moving!! I ended up phoning the club as I was going to miss at least half the class. I couldn't even turn and go home. Much later I ended up back where I started.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SRSLY toast with wafer thin ham and a cheese triangle. Benecol dairy free.

L. 2 M&S crackers with wensleydale.

D. A concoction with corn fed chicken thighs & drumsticks - mushrooms, onion, sliced peppers, chicken stock, tomato & chilli. Had it with cauliflower fried rice with peas & tomato. CC little chocolate pot.
2 gin & soda to lift my mood again!

I went back to gutting in prep for furniture movement.

Friday 26 January - bed & FBG Both 7.9

B. TAG and 2 slices of SRSLY toast with wafer thin ham and a cheese triangle. Benecol dairy free.

L. M&S cheese crackers with wensleydale and port salut.

D. I was heading along to son & DIL to sit with the boys so they could go to a Burns Supper (yes, the date was wrong). I had exactly the same as yesterday. The leftover chicken concoction and I made more cauliflower fried rice. Out until midnight, but eldest grandson actually did some homework with me without moaning!

 

[shelley262]

Today was the last of it, an appointment with the GP who initially wanted me to have the MRI a while back, to talk over the hernia and what else to do about the lower back pain now there are no signs of inflammation and the rheumatologist has referred me back to the GP.
Only the second time I saw this GP (the owners of the practice aren't very nice people so the good ones don't stick around and you always see a new GP there).

This one happens to be absolutely brilliant, hope he'll stay!
We decided there's not much to be done about it at the moment, and he still managed to have me leave feeling very good about this, no mean feat!

After going through the results and both our thoughts on that, we spent almost half an hour talking about all kinds of stuff, ranging from what types of patients he likes best to work with and what a good HCP is from my pov, to insulin management (and how HCP's should empower patients to be confident in working it out themselves and making bold decisions, working with them, not for them), cold water swimming, and some other stuff.
We both felt we would have talked longer if not for the waiting room, and he thanked me for the enjoyable conversation being a welcome break in his day.
I will see a physio to see if something is to be gained there.

After the appointment I went for a quick swim with my friend, and upon getting home I finally found the courage to cook a proper meal again.
Only to find that the cauliflower I had thawed two days ago but didn't use had gone off.

And still found the courage to improvise a meal! You're right @LivingLightly the relief of having those appointments over seems to have freed a lot of space in my head. Plus it was a beautiful spring like day, which helps as well.

A large salad of endive, half a bloody onion (no expletive, cut my thumb and only noticed I was leaking when it was too late), cucumber, two boiled eggs and two thin rashers of bacon, with 3 fishfingers, stolen from my neighbour.

So pleased you've emerged from your marathon of medical appointments and that today sounds like you managed to talk things through and left feeling strong. Well done you and hope your physiotherapist idea produces a way forward.

 

[MrsA2]

Tea
cwc
11:00 a little cheese and ham with 2 slices hi lo bread
Dancing.
Was pleased I'd remembered to eat first. Concentrated much better, and it was easier to refuse cake when my friends indulged afterwards.
Back home made a lc chocolate mug cake which I had with cream and called it lunch.

17:45 2 scrambled eggs with ham and a little cheese. 1 finger of hubbys pizza. Coffee ice cream

 

[ravensmitten]

Some bizarre fry up of cold turkey cuts, wholegrain mustard, mushrooms & cherry tomatoes in butter.

Dinner, Piece of cod, some peas with a few sprigs of mint in them, (testing these as they are higher in carb than the alternatives, but wanting to gain some freezer space so small portion and test, I've not eaten much at all today though so fingers crossed.) and a fake homemade sort of, caperless, tartar sauce.

My goodness, my ankle was feeling sprained today, hobbling about, and my whole upper torso is sharply aching like I've pulled various muscles, I think I needed to have gotten back into walking at a much slower pace than I was going yesterday, now I can walk distance again. and maybe factor an extra half an hour to fourty five minutes to get to appointments so I don't have to rush in future.

 

[MommaE]

Odd day today. Rushing as usual to get out in time to get my legs bandaged so I just had a few wafer thin slices of ham so that I could take my antibiotic. Cup of hot water, then a cup of black coffee.

Since then one cup of coffee and one cup of tea (had that with Em when she came in from school).

BG has remained at 8 and above all day though.

Didn't get a chance to eat before the surveyors for our conversion to air source and solar panels arrived. When they left, I said to Neil that we would have to start emptying the loft soon because it will need to be clear. So "Right," says he. "I'll make a start and Em can help me". Off they went to hunt to see what could be thrown out. They found an electric grill and a deep fat fryer which I didn't know I had (I had already given away one deep fat fryer and a couple of grills a couple of years ago). They also found 4 boxes of paperwork and I needed to sort through them to see what could be just put into the recycling, what would have to be burned and what would have to go into the bin. That's taken me until just before 1830.

I think I will now go and cook a couple of sausages with some quick vegetable dish - maybe tomato grilled alongside the sausages. Got to be quick or I won't bother.

I find a good clear out is always satisfying

 

[ravensmitten]

@Antje77 Always nice to get a GP like that, who listens and is personable. Also glad to hear you are having some resolve at least.

Think the peas are out for me, wasn't a massive rise, 2 and a bit and not gone back down yet, didn't enjoy them that much not to have returned to baseline a few hours later. Would never have thought before that peas could affect me like that but there you go, seem so innocuous. This is why testing is important for me with "new" meals.

 

[MommaE]

Well after all of this time I finally realized that I log in here regularly to read how you are all doing, get meal inspiration and some excellent advice on living with this pain of a disease but I’ve never actually contributed my “ what have you eaten today ( low carb).”
So, breakfast was a couple of good sausages with an egg on L/c bread with lots of salt. The lots of salt is another medical issue. Lunch was nuts, L/c crackers and cheese followed by lemon chia pudding with five blackberries. Dinner is about to be sardines on L/c toast with a slice of tomato, feta and again, plenty of salt. Plenty of exercise today, biking, pickleball and long beach walk on the most glorious sunny evening have kept b/s in good range. Treating myself to a glass of red.

 

[sueh21]

Morning all, must have been a good day for GP’s yesterday @Antje77, glad you are feeling a bit better,spoke to mine re my itchy skin rash issues. He congratulated me on my last two Hba1c, asked how I had done it, we had a quick dicussion on low carb! He is the head at the practise so you never know,it may have planted a little seed in his head! Having the full works of blood tests next Friday,oh and he was happy for me to stay off Metformin!
B Yog, raspberries, flaked coconut
L Cheese and ham salad
D Beef casserole, shredded cabbage and green beans and half a packet of H& B dark choc hazelnuts