What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Bit late posting today. Either my blood sugars have taken a sudden turn for the better or my latest pot of strips (same batch as have been using for a couple of months) is reading low - 3 days and barely even a 5 in sight. All 4s and even a couple of 3s. Let’s see if it lasts.

Fasting day today.

Breakfast - none
Lunch - none
Dinner - chicken leg with cauliflower cheese. I think this is my favourite meal of the moment. Dessert was chocolate chia pudding with a bit of cream.

B: coffeesubstitute
L: leftover chicken curry and veg from last night
S: 70% choc
D: Heck's chicken sausages, broccoli and a small blob of root veg mash that Mr B decided was indispensable. Followed two hours later by a choc chia pud.

Tues
B- last of my Paleo mix with M&S coconut cream +choc sauce!!
L- (cafe by sea!)vegi breakfast minus the toast which I have to Hubby!
D-(pub by sea!) smoked mackerel salad
Treat off my dad for us all!

Drank about 4L water
2x camomile tea and 1x berry infusion tea

Work yesterday so had to take b&l.
Breakfast ........a sausage and a boiled egg
Lunch ........... half a lidl roll with cheese and onion, 3 pickled quails eggs and 2 chilli peppers stuffed with cream cheese and feta
Dinner .......... salmon oven baked on a bed of spinach and a red pesto and cheese topping with cabbage and green beans and a small rosti, washed down with a lovely shiraz cabernet .

Tuesday.... one of those days when 'life' got in the way - so food didn't go quite to plan but I managed to stay within the 800 ND calorie limit

Breakfast: Black decaff coffee

Lunch: Black decaff coffee

Dinner: Toasted Lidl protein roll with melted cheese and baked beans, 50g Apro Chocolate and Hazelnut icecream

Drinks: Mainly sparkling mineral water

Well my intermittent fasting that started with an unintentional 24 hr fast on 23 September , that then became intentional 24 hr fasts (with a few 18 hr ones thrown in) continues.
Bed was 4.8 last night followed by FBG 5.6. The worst DP could throw at me with No breakfast continuing was 6.9 and 3 hrs later I was back at 4.6.
On the 24 hr days I've had a look and I'm eating around 1000 calories (or less on the MFP thinks I'm anorexic days) and carbs are mostly 20g or less. What I have noticed is I'm not hungry. I hit this point late afternoon where I need to drink something but otherwise I feel fine. I've also noticed that effort (be it exercise or heavy housework) raises the BG in the absence of food but only to around 5.6/5.8. Used to be a lot worse.
BGs seem pretty stable (touch wood) and the figs I quote on here are from my meter. Yes I use a Libre but it tends to measure under so I still do checks (especially with Libre flashing red low glucose warnings at me when it isn't). So , for now I'm going to stick with this
B. Nothing just water
L. Marigold Swiss bouillon and water
D. More leftovers - a fishy salad tonight, prawns , fresh anchovies, squid, lettuce, tomato, 1/2 avocado, bit cornish cove , boiled egg and Helmanns.
Couldn't eat all of last night's salad and still felt full at bedtime.

Another fasting day today.

Breakfast - none
Lunch - none
Dinner - pan fried sea bream fillet with lemon and chervil butter, sautéed courgette, onion & spinach, raspberries and cream, 20g Hema 85% chocolate

B: just coffeesubstitute
L: mozarella and beef tomato with olives and a sprinkle of chili oil
D: will be some pork ribs done in the Instant Pot with low carb rhubarb barbecue sauce, green salad and some green beans.

Mr B went to Sainsbury's earlier today, and came back burdened with 70% choc (Montezuma) and Gu miniature (they really are tiny!) mousse pots. Bad man! Apparently the mice have a layer of caramel in the bottom, but I figure if I leave that and just eat the mouse, it should be in the region of 10 g carbs per pud. They are labelled as 15g carbs including the caramel.

Hello

B - nothing
L - 1/2 buttered protein roll, 1 boiled egg, small slice frittata and small pkt salted nuts
D diet doctor club chicken with tender stem cauliflower and broccoli. Fingers crossed carb eaters enjoy this one.

Have a nice evening all xx

Milky coffee
B: Chia pudding mixed with SF banana milkshake mix then some scrambled eggs
Came home from work at 11am cos I wasn't feeling well so all I've had since then is some NAS digestive biscuits and 2 cups of tea.

Tuesday ...

Breakfast: Two double decaffeinated espressos with cream and xylitol.

Lunch: Leftovers -- a zucchini-onion-potato fiber fritter with a topping made of beef, bellpepper, onion, tomato and cheese.

Dinner: Two glasses of red wine, a plate of various low-carb starters including olives, some French high-fat runny cheese, hummus, pecan nuts, cornichons, half an avocado, half a low-carb roll with butter.

Wednesday
Breakfast - Coffee with milk
Mid morning - 8 pistachios
Lunch - small Falafel (4 KM power walk)
Dinner - not sure yet
Total number of carbs for the day so far approximately 40 grams
BG Levels - have tested myself 4 times today so far - BG high was 10 (2 hours after eating falafel) and BG low was 6.8.

I guess we all have different standards with diet and BG control - but in light of the many years I've been living with Type 1 - I'm pretty satisfied with those levels today - (this is in light that I'm just getting over a chest cold that seems to be going around the office)

Fun and Games - LOL

I've had a piece of Hovis low carb wholemeal toast with butter so I could take my metformin

Wednesday:

Breakfast: Two double espressos with cream and xylitol.

Lunch: Scrambled eggs with mushrooms, fennel and green onions.

Dinner: A pizza on a homemade low-carb crust with sour cream, cheddar, beef salami, onion and tomato. A cornsalad with Caesar's dressing, parmesan and fried mushrooms.

Snack: About 4 squares of 85% chocolate.

heh said:

I've had a piece of Hovis low carb wholemeal toast with butter so I could take my metformin

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Gee I thought that was all you were having until I realised it was an addition (lovely though Hovis toast and butter melting on it is!)

maglil55 said:

Gee I thought that was all you were having until I realised it was an addition (lovely though Hovis toast and butter melting on it is!)

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I couldn't live on just that for the day

Wednesday....

Breakfast: Black decaff coffee

Lunch: Black decaff coffee

Dinner: Bigos - someone on this forum said they'd made it and I googled it. It turned out to be a very easy to make, satisfyiing and totally scrumptious stew - this is the recipe I used http://www.hairybikers.com/recipes/view/bigos-stew#dKhjVk0hT9Iqk1YF.97 I made it with mutton that I had lurking at the bottom of my biggest freezer.

I also had (for dessert) 50g Alpro Chocolate and Hazelnut ice cream

Drinks (apart from the aforementioned coffee) was sparkling mineral water

Cheese omelette with mushrooms
6 pecans and 30g of cheddar
Chicken with broccoli
1/2 Lidl roll with butter and gorgonzola for liver block

A rare day in which I consumed 3 meals - my blood sugars are still staying low (have seen a number of 3s pre meal) and I seem to be more hungry.

Breakfast - pack of Awfully Posh pork crackling

Lunch - picked up from M&S during an all day meeting. Santini tomato side salad with corned beef - unfortunately they only had extra lean corned beef!

Dinner - small ribeye steak, tender stem broccoli and some Hema 85% chocolate

Hello
B. Blackberries and cream

L. Camambert and walnuts

D Cajun chicken with Greek salad. Strawberries and a squirt of cream.

Supper might be pomegranate and a bit of Stilton.