It happens.Think I'm just drained>bad sleep>pain>poor impulses leading to decision making down the drain.
It happens.
Cut yourself some slack and try to make the best decisions you can with a brain not fully functioning from lack of sleep and pain, and try to look at the good decisions as a win instead of letting the less sensible ones dragging you down!
I'm fully with you on that one, but you already know that.I tend to be quite pessimistically optimistic or something, probably quite absurdist in nature.
Well, maybe not compo, but at least some pocket money!Thanks mate. It's a tricky one as it was my elderly father taking off as thought I had cleared the vehicle, total accident, don't know whatever happened to mirror signal manoeuvre though. He felt awful about it and I didn't want to twist the knife.
Maybe get one of those robot hoovers. You can just sit back and watch the cat ride on it while it does the work! All the best with the rehab exercises.I'm hoping its not as bad as last year, I was out of action for 5 months, couldn't even push the hoover around the house for pain and it was a 14 week wait to get physio. I did ask them last time to send me some videos to carry on good form at home, so I've got a pile of rehab exercises to do which I think will help quicker. will just have to see if it improves with time, what else can you do.
Thank you. I'm not gonna worry about the results too much at the moment. I think my HbA1c will be a bit higher, but we'll see.I know I shouldn't be putting off my blood tests, but think it will even out the blip a little by kicking the can a little down the road. I do estimate it to be a lot lower than before as my readings got pretty consistent.
good luck with your blood tests though!
I have a book where I write all my foods but must admit, there are one or two gapsHave you tried keeping a food diary alongside your BG numbers @RosemaryJackson? It helped me no end.
Well, maybe not compo, but at least some pocket money!
Maybe get one of those robot hoovers. You can just sit back and watch the cat ride on it while it does the work! All the best with the rehab exercises.
Thank you. I'm not gonna worry about the results too much at the moment. I think my HbA1c will be a bit higher, but we'll see.
But at least my local Aldi has re-opened. They've installed self-service tills now. Which is good, because all the people with overflowing shopping carts (their weekly shop of ultra-processed "food") won't bother to use them, which means I get out of there quicker!
Take it easy. Don't worry too much about the numbers, just focus on improving the things that you can. All the best.
Chicken cacciatore is very different. Bone in chicken portions (I tend to use thighs, but legs are good too). Chopped onion, red & yellow peppers, garlic, mushrooms, black olives, crushed tomato, red wine, thyme, oregano, tomato puree, and I like a little chilli flakes in to too. Brown the chicken, then it's a slow cook job in a casserole. Wine needs reducing before it's added to the mix. Lovely with cauliflower rice.Is Hunter's chicken another name for chicken cacciatore @RosemaryJackson? If so, I reckon it's fairly low carb.
I lived and worked in the USA for a time before I was married; a wonderful experience which I wouldn't have missed for the world, but I was glad to come home to old Blighty.
It was Gareth Malone that got the Military Wives Choirs going. There was a wonderful TV series about it a while back. The climax was them performing at the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance. There was a song specially written for them - Wherever You Are. It brings tears to your eyes. I doubt it will still be on iPlayer (it was BBC it was on), but it might be on YouTube.@RosemaryJackson I didn’t know that about the Military Wives choirs, that’s really interesting, and such a good idea, it must get lonely for the wives.
@MrsA2 I also have a l/c Jaffa cake recipe - I made them once but as you say they are very messy and not really worth the faff I don’t think.
@LivingLightly - I always make mayo too. I use the 60 second method using a whole egg and stick blender. I also make butter mayo ( egg and hot butter) which is heavenly, and makes a good hollandaise sauce when still warm.
Back to todays food-
H/m yoghurt with seeds and coconut flakes
L/c sandwich using slices of Edam as the ‘bread’ filled with salami. 20g Hotel Chocolate 90% to follow.
Others had pizza so I nipped home for a l/c pizza base and made my own, topped with chorizo, mushrooms, jalapeños and olives. DGF raspberry crumble.
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I'm with you on them. Only in my case it has to be ketchup and mustard on them.A mid-morning snack. A couple of smoked frankfurters with fried onions and reduced sugar ketchup in some low carb hot dog rolls. Hardly elegant, but they were quite nice.
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Sorry to hear about your accident and hope you manage to keep some movement going despite your pain - it must be difficult. As you say earlier though trying to keep on track as much as possible with managing your carbs is even more important when struggling with other physical issues as well as type 2 diabetes. From various stuff I've read over the years keeping carbs and processed food low can also help lower inflammation and consequently pain management so you may get more improvements from keeping low carb.Hahaha, I 'owe' him far more, but appreciate the humor! I'll never let him hear the end of it though, in a playful way.
I have to keep moving, I really don't want to lose the range of motion this time, so going easy with tasks. Robot hoover is a good idea though as is a cat too, been playing with the idea for a few years of finding a rescue one, we do get lots of visits from the neighbours cat though I try not to encourage it too much. well maybe a little but am mindful that I don't want to confuse the poor thing. keeps coming over when I cook chicken but wont feed him, wil lsay hi and give a little fuss though.
Nice to know the Aldi's back in commission.
Thanks, of course, you've had a lot on your plate recently, so bound to skew things a bit, can only do what we can I guess.
bacon and eggs for me this morning!
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