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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

I'm very happy today. Off to bed on 5.7 which delighted me. FBG was 6.4 which also delighted me and pre breakfast was 7. To top it all I've also lost 5 lbs after sticking for weeks. Now I need to work out why.
B/L 3 rashers streaky crispy bacon, 3 cherry tomatoes, 2 chestnut mushrooms and a fried egg. Tassimo morning coffee with cream.
D. It's Sunday so usual campari and soda and a wee prosecco.
Prawn cocktail to start with bits of smoked salmon in it. I make my own Marie Rose sauce.
Battered free range chicken breast flat and I'm dressing in a mix of well seasoned ground pork scratchings , parmesan cheese, parsley and paprika. Roasted spiced cauliflower , a few fresh broad beans, mushrooms, green beans. The carb eaters have the ever lovely Jersey Royals.
I may have some Alpro coconut ice cream too.
And it's only 3 weeks to school holidays and a rest!
 
Brunch: Eggs, bacon, chipolatas, grilled tomatoes - and one of the Montezuma chocolates (its official - Christmas and birthdays are the only days you can have chocolate for breakfast!)

Dinner: Mr C is cooking - roast lamb, asparagus, home grown chard or broccoli, runner beans, two jersey royals with butter

Pudding/supper: fresh raspberries / some Alpro almond yoghurt - first time I've had Alpro yoghurt so looking forward to trying it

One of the Montezuma truffles

Prosecco and/or red wine
 
maglil55 said:
I'm very happy today. Off to bed on 5.7 which delighted me. FBG was 6.4 which also delighted me and pre breakfast was 7. To top it all I've also lost 5 lbs after sticking for weeks. Now I need to work out why.
B/L 3 rashers streaky crispy bacon, 3 cherry tomatoes, 2 chestnut mushrooms and a fried egg. Tassimo morning coffee with cream.
D. It's Sunday so usual campari and soda and a wee prosecco.
Prawn cocktail to start with bits of smoked salmon in it. I make my own Marie Rose sauce.
Battered free range chicken breast flat and I'm dressing in a mix of well seasoned ground pork scratchings , parmesan cheese, parsley and paprika. Roasted spiced cauliflower , a few fresh broad beans, mushrooms, green beans. The carb eaters have the ever lovely Jersey Royals.
I may have some Alpro coconut ice cream too.
And it's only 3 weeks to school holidays and a rest!
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Changed my veg. Still having spiced roasted cauliflower and broad beans but dropped the green beans and mushrooms and replaced it with cabbage! All that talk of our cabbage memories on the DD thread made me fancy buttered cabbage.
 
Chook said:
Brunch: Eggs, bacon, chipolatas, grilled tomatoes - and one of the Montezuma chocolates (its official - Christmas and birthdays are the only days you can have chocolate for breakfast!)

Dinner: Mr C is cooking - roast lamb, asparagus, home grown chard or broccoli, runner beans, two jersey royals with butter

Pudding/supper: fresh raspberries / some Alpro almond yoghurt - first time I've had Alpro yoghurt so looking forward to trying it

One of the Montezuma truffles

Prosecco and/or red wine
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Will need to go into reviewer mode and report on the taste and effect of Motezuma.
 
Hello
B. Raspberries and yoghurt

L. Carvery. Delicious! Pulled pork, diced carrots and swede, broccoli cheese, garden peas and gravy.

D. Bacon and eggs. Strawberries and Oppo icecream.
 
Those Montezuma chocs are the ones that had nil impact on my bg. zilch. zero. nada.
And they are delicious!
But too pricey to gorge on...
 
Brunneria said:
Those Montezuma chocs are the ones that had nil impact on my bg. zilch. zero. nada.
And they are delicious!
But too pricey to gorge on...
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Zakly right. (Two wine filled days speaking...) hic

They are totally delicious - very sweet and eye wateringly expensive. My two hours post brunch BG plus Montezuma truffle was exactly the same as my pre-brunch BG. I will sacrifice myself in the name of.... hmmmm ....SCIENCE and eat another one after Mr C's roast lamb dinner. I've hidden them as I will not be sharing them with our guests.

The only problem is they are very yummy but expensive so they will have to remain a birthday and Christmas extra extra special treat.

I just found out its Archie' s birthday too so he's having the lamb bone.
 
Evening.

1.5 hours walking football today, which was the most strenuous session so far. Partly because I was pushing myself more and partly because the guy running it forgot about our breaks. Didn't test my blood straight after, but an hour later before lunch it was 7.6 - haven't seen one of those in ages. Two hours after lunch it was back down to 5.8.

Breakfast - skipped

Lunch - Shake Shack. Bunless cheeseburger with mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion

Dinner - remainder of home made burgers with feta, spinach, tomato and onion. Had intended to save them for tomorrow but forgot to take today's planned chicken out of the freezer. Served with buttered cauliflower and finished off with sugar free jelly with cream
 
Breakfast: 2 egg omelette with two little slices of smoked salmon

Lunch: A few nuts - around 4 walnuts and 4 brazil nuts

Dinner: Roast garlic chicken, sour cream dip and baby chard leaves (raw) / cherry tomatoes / red onion / radishes

Snack / supper: One Montezuma truffle and - separately - 100g Alpro almond yoghurt
 
Anyone else ever get a longing for something they know they shouldn't eat? Ever since we walked past one of those ring doughnut stalls (at the seaside on Saturday) I've not been able to stop thinking about them. I can almost taste them. I even dreamed about them. Its strange really as I never was that keen on them when I did used to eat carbs. :banghead:
 
Chook said:
Anyone else ever get a longing for something they know they shouldn't eat? Ever since we walked past one of those ring doughnut stalls (at the seaside on Saturday) I've not been able to stop thinking about them. I can almost taste them. I even dreamed about them. Its strange really as I never was that keen on them when I did used to eat carbs. :banghead:
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Fortunately I have never liked doughnuts but my one is a Scotch Pie now long out of the oven and still warm. Morrisons do a really nice one and it was a lovely quick bite on busy Saturdays when there was no time for a proper meal. What it would do to my BG is enough to leave it as a fond memory of Saturday's gone by.
Another is afternoon tea at Betty's . Wonder if they could be persuaded to do a low carb version before I'm next there later this year?
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maglil55 said:
Fortunately I have never liked doughnuts but my one is a Scotch Pie now long out of the oven and still warm. Morrisons do a really nice one and it was a lovely quick bite on busy Saturdays when there was no time for a proper meal. What it would do to my BG is enough to leave it as a fond memory of Saturday's gone by.
Another is afternoon tea at Betty's . Wonder if they could be persuaded to do a low carb version before I'm next there later this year?
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OMG - Betty's - we were in Harrogate last week and I couldn't even walk past it. I had to cross the road and look from the other side. I didn't even feel capable of going in for a cup of tea because of the temptation.

Afternoon teas are a big of a problem for me at the moment. I keep getting asked by my old workmates to go for one and haven't yet felt able to go. We have a restaurant near us that does a fabulous afternoon tea with a four tierred cake stand per person with beautifully cut sandwiches, individual gorgeous savouries and to die for cakes and scones. I've looked at the menu and there is absolutely nothing I could have at that time of the day as a substitute. Odd really because it is a fairly rubbish evening restaurant but brilliant for afternoon teas.
 
Must say I love Betty's too but thankfully too far from me for it to be a habit lol

Lunch was supposed to be hamburger Patti Diet Doctor but didn't get to make yesterday ( family around) so subbed in an omelette...with salad
 
Chook said:
OMG - Betty's - we were in Harrogate last week and I couldn't even walk past it. I had to cross the road and look from the other side. I didn't even feel capable of going in for a cup of tea because of the temptation.

Afternoon teas are a big of a problem for me at the moment. I keep getting asked by my old workmates to go for one and haven't yet felt able to go. We have a restaurant near us that does a fabulous afternoon tea with a four tierred cake stand per person with beautifully cut sandwiches, individual gorgeous savouries and to die for cakes and scones. I've looked at the menu and there is absolutely nothing I could have at that time of the day as a substitute. Odd really because it is a fairly rubbish evening restaurant but brilliant for afternoon teas.
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You need to get there early as the queues are horrendous. Love their fat rascals, unfortunately it whacks my sugar levels. It's a treat I have very rarely
 
I always went to Betty's when we were up that way. Love their curd tarts..... and they make the best proper cup of tea.
 
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