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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Twoplayer said:
I'm surprised, I wouldn't be able to eat most of the above and stay so low. Are your portions really small? 30g for a box of fries, 30g for 100g of Bombay mix, 10g for 100g of mixed nuts, 5g for the roll. "Diabetic" marmalade is 60g per 100g.
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I only have about 30g of Bombay mix, 30g of nuts, so was a 60-80 gram day. If I can avoid the microchips, then usually stay under 50 grams. The diabetic jam/marmalade is Shute. which only has Sorbitol, not brilliant for you, as I believe it is converted to Fructose in the body, but doesn't directly raise my BG.
 
Twoplayer said:
I'm surprised, I wouldn't be able to eat most of the above and stay so low. Are your portions really small? 30g for a box of fries, 30g for 100g of Bombay mix, 10g for 100g of mixed nuts, 5g for the roll. "Diabetic" marmalade is 60g per 100g.
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But one doesn't normally eat 100g of marmelade - that's around 5 tsp.
 
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Twoplayer said:
Only raising it because I think it's surprising to see these things in a low carb diet forum. Anyone newly diagnosed could be easily confused reading some of the posts on here. Nothing personal @Jasperville, you should eat what you want.
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But low carbing is generally considered to cover the 0-130g carbs a day range.
 
B: bacon, egg, sausage, mushroom, coffee substitute and cream.
L: not needed
D: pulled pork, green beans, baby corn and carrots, masses of broccoli. No pud.

And somewhat annoyed. Usually my pulled pork is a carefully crafted taste blend of herbs, spices and low carb options.
But this time i used a packet mix Mr B bought a while back. Only used it to clear the cupboard. It also asked for cider vinegar and (prepare yourselves) 125 ml of tomato sauce (to make at least 6 portions). And sugar. I used the tomato sauce, but not the sugar.

And it was FAR nicer than my home made efforts.

Humph!!!
 
My man and I just had Portabella "Toast" for the first time. Neither one of use ate a portabella before.

Sprinkled salt and drizzled on ample olive oil and broiled/grilled the portabellas upside down , for 3 mins.

Put some feta and pistachio nuts on top and broiled for 3 more mins.

Drizzled on some more olive oil and topped with thinly sliced scallions.

Heavenly! Will be having this often!
 
B: Coffee with cream
L: Turkey wrapped in Romaine lettuce leaves with goat's cheese, cherry tomatoes; raspberries and cream
D: Slow-roasted pork, cauliflower, peas, cabbage and creamed spinach

I think I'm pretty much creamed out today!
 
debrasue said:
B: Coffee with cream
L: Turkey wrapped in Romaine lettuce leaves with goat's cheese, cherry tomatoes; raspberries and cream
D: Slow-roasted pork, cauliflower, peas, cabbage and creamed spinach

I think I'm pretty much creamed out today!
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Oh my delish! Care to share your creamed spinach recipe ?
 
I had fish and chips tonight ... we were in Bournemouth, we had to visit Chez Fred. I chose a small fish, around 15 chips - back in the day it would be a large fish, large chips and mushies

9.2 one hour after (bad!) then now around 6.0 after 2 hours. Tomorrow's readings will tell the full story but wondering if I can have this once in a while (like twice a year!) and the odd spike won't lead to complications as I usually have really good control?
 
Just a while ago, some fried wild caught salmon filets fried in olive oil, with salt, pepper, butter & lemon juice. Along with a side of spinach salad greens w/ scallions, roma tomato, feta cheese, kalamata olives, olive oil, vinegar, freshly ground flax seed & salt & pepper.

Kind of having a Mediterranean day today.. Earlier it was stuffed portabella mushrooms (with feta, pistachios, olive oil and green scallion garnish.)
 
With my intermittent fasting, I've rid myself of the feeling that I need to eat, even when I'm not really hungry. So today was an unplanned fast.

B - coffee
Later - avocado
 
 
JenniferG said:
Oh my delish! Care to share your creamed spinach recipe ?
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Easy-peasey! Microwave some raw baby spinach in a clingfilm-covered bowl on full for 2 minutes. Transfer it to an ovenproof dish, drizzle a little melted butter and double cream over it, top with grated parmesan and cheddar and bake in a medium oven until the cheese browns (probably around 15-20 minutes).
I can highly recommend this recipe, too...
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/easy-cheesy-courgettes.99011/
Enjoy!
 
B: Chocolate chia pudding and raspberries
L: Ham & cherry tomatoes; low-carb chocolate & black cherry cookies (Meh.... not going to bother writing up a recipe - they weren't great)
D (will be): Pulled pork, 125g brown & wild basmati rice, dressed mixed salad leaves; strawberries & cream
 
Fasting day, so just coffeesubstitute, broth and herb teas til dinner.

D: chicken curry with sugarsnaps and cauli rice. May have berriesncream later
 
Fasted

D salmon, avacado salad.

Was full after just having a quarter of it. Shocking how much little I need now to be full up. Eyes are still too big for my stomach....



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Borderline T2, serial yo-yo dieter but firmly sticking to LCHF with IF
 
Fasting day, so just coffee substitute, broth and herb tea til dinner.

D: 3 x Lamb kebabs (2g carb ea) with cauli cheese. Another coffeesub
 
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