What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[Goonergal]

Last one of the year bed 5.6 FBG 6.1. To think a year ago I was struggling with 19.7.

Wow! I had no idea (this time last year I didn’t even know about this forum). Congrats on your progress - and happy new year!

 

[Goonergal]

I mix this
https://www.kokodairyfree.com/product_specifications/unsweetened_calcium_chilled_/ and this
https://www.ocado.com/webshop/produ...gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CMW1tIPotNgCFYcC0wodOKAANQ
50:50 ish with 1 heaped tsp cocoa powder, erythritol 1 drop liquid stevia and heat in a pan, I beat it with a balloon whisk to get it well mixed and frothy
If I want it more choclaty, I grate in some of this
https://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Willies-Cacao-100-Carenero-Cacao/39350011 Which also makes it somewhat thicker
If i want it creamier, then I replace some of the Koko milk with some of this,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grace-Premium-Coconut-Milk-Litre/dp/B00CPMJCAK

Thanks. I like the look of the cacao - noticed it in Waitrose earlier this week but didn’t take the plunge. Maybe I will now. Not keen on coconut, however, so still working on the hot chocolate recipe. Might just add a lot more cream!

 

[Goonergal]

Evening. Another fasting day today so no breakfast or lunch, but I did make it to the gym this morning.

Dinner was pan fried sea bream fillet with lemon chervil butter with a side of cauliflower cheese. Followed up with some more of my chocolate cake and cream and 20g Lindt 90%.

Wishing everyone a very happy new year.

 

[Boo1979]

Thanks. I like the look of the cacao - noticed it in Waitrose earlier this week but didn’t take the plunge. Maybe I will now. Not keen on coconut, however, so still working on the hot chocolate recipe. Might just add a lot more cream!

A little goes a long way with the cacoa. Sometimes I use that on its own rather than any cocoa powder and it gives a nicer result - only problen is that i started off shaving shards the cacao with a y shaped peeler and twice managed to shave chunks off my fingers - I use a mini grater now!

 

[Boo1979]

B - 30g Aldi Paleo muesli with coconut milk
L- 1/2 portion homemade lamb and spinach curry with 1/2 Low carb Lavash bread and rocket
D - fried some raw king prawns in butter with asparagus tips and lemon juice, added 1 tbsp chinese garlic and chilli sauce, served with rocket
Drinks - 2 x dairy free cocoa, 2 litres sparkly water
Snack - 15g wasabi almonds
980 cals 22g carbs

 

[heh]

Milky coffee
B: Bacon & egg butty on co-op wholemeal seeded bread, tea.
L: Turkey & veg soup in Debenhams
T: Tesco finest party food, prosecco, prosecco, prosecco

Happy New Year everyone, all the best for 2018

 

[maglil55]

Wow! I had no idea (this time last year I didn’t even know about this forum). Congrats on your progress - and happy new year!

I'd been a member of the forum for years but stopped posting. I was well controlled until I went into 18 months of extreme stress which was probably more than most people would endure in a lifetime. I ended up ignoring my own health and focusing on everyone else. 19.7 was the wake-up I needed. In less than a week I got to 9.8 but it was a lot of hard work after that to get back into normal range again.
I'm starting next year in much better shape than last year but still a way to go.
Happy New Year everyone.

PS Fathead sausage rolls are pretty good. I sprinkled sesame seeds on them.
https://www.ditchthecarbs.com/fat-head-sausage-rolls/

 

[Brunneria]

Due to tummy upsets over the last couple of weeks, i’m entering a few days of just protein (since it seems to be the only thing i’m digesting at the mo)

So yesterday
B: a scrambled egg and a rasher of bacon
D: small bowl of homemade chicken soup and one Godiva choc

Today
B: none
L: bowl homemade chicken soup and one Godiva choc
D: a slow cooked lamb shank and one Godiva choc

 

[heh]

Due to tummy upsets over the last couple of weeks, i’m entering a few days of just protein (since it seems to be the only thing i’m digesting at the mo)

So yesterday
B: a scrambled egg and a rasher of bacon
D: small bowl of homemade chicken soup and one Godiva choc

Today
B: none
L: bowl homemade chicken soup and one Godiva choc
D: a slow cooked lamb shank and one Godiva choc

Hope your tummy settles down

 

[maglil55]

Due to tummy upsets over the last couple of weeks, i’m entering a few days of just protein (since it seems to be the only thing i’m digesting at the mo)

So yesterday
B: a scrambled egg and a rasher of bacon
D: small bowl of homemade chicken soup and one Godiva choc

Today
B: none
L: bowl homemade chicken soup and one Godiva choc
D: a slow cooked lamb shank and one Godiva choc

We were on the chicken soup last week. Hubby has made broth for today. Bit more carby but still good.

 

[Brunneria]

Hope your tummy settles down

Thanks So do I!

 

[ziggy_w]

Happy New Year to you all.

@maglil55 -- Great achievement getting your blood sugars in range. It must have been quite scary to see 19.7. (Though mine were probably similarly high when first diagnosed).
@Brunneria -- Hope you feel better soon.

Sunday ...

Breakfast: Two double decaffeinated espressos with cream and xylitol.

Lunch: Half a low-carb roll with butter and some beef salami.

Dinner: Cornsalad with Caesar's dressing and parmesan. two small pieces of homemade low-carb flatbread topped with spinach, garlic, onion and sour cream and cheese and put under the broiler. Four small lamb cutlets. A small piece of homemade low-carb sacher torte.

Also had two glasses of dry red wine today -- first after after abstaining the entire week. I really enjoyed the wine. Let's see what my fasting levels will be tomorrow.

Hope you all have fun celebrating and welcoming the New Year tonight.

 

[Goonergal]

Evening. Another fasting day and another gym day.

No breakfast or lunch. Dinner was Diet Doctor salmon zoodles followed by an indulgent dessert of chocolate chia pudding and a portion of my chocolate cake with cream, I didn’t plan my dessert making too well so as of today had 3 portions of chocolate chia pudding and 4 portions of cake left!

 

[maglil55]

Happy New Year everyone. Got to be honest, I prefer Christmas to New Year. There is something very sad about the passing of a year. @ziggy_w yes , correct 19.7 is scary but serious low carbing got it to single figures in under a week plus at the time I believe a lot of it was stress related due to family illnesses. Anyway, as I said I start this year in better shape than last. I still get occasional blips but nothing I can't control. I'm 1st lighter than this time last year - still a way to go but apart from 3lbs gained when I was away in October 2017 (which I lost again) I don't put weight on - it is just really slow to come off. One of these days......
Bed 6.7 FBG 7.1 - off the Baileys now so that should improve again.
B. Was heading into the 8's with DP so I had a cooked breakfast that restored normal order. 2 turkey rashers, fried egg, mushrooms and 3 cherry tomatoes.
L. Tassimo Americano grande with a dash of cream
D. 2 thin Slices roast pork leg, 6 mini chicken skewers, 3 oz Bavarian smoked cheese.
I have strawberry chia pudding in the fridge so might have some later.
Time to get organised with meals again I think.

 

[Boo1979]

B- 40g Aldi paleo muesli with unsweetened almond milk
L - 1/2 portion homemade lamb and spinach curry with 1/2 low carb Lavash bread
D - homemade prawn and vegetable stirfry
Snacks - 15g wasabi almonds, 1 tsp peanut butter, 5g dark chocolate
Drinks - 2 unsweetened almond and Koko milk cocoa, sparkly water
885 cal 24g carbs
Today is day 1 of wearing my first libre sensor - interesting. The days readings have all been in the 5.5- 7.7range which is ok but the strange bit was a 1.8mmol jump after a tiny piece of choc - Ill have to experriment with that one again me thinks!

 

[heh]

Tea
B: Out. 2 bacon, 2 sausage, 2 eggs, beans, tinned tom, fried slice & tea
No lunch
T: Small sherry. Slow cooker roast beef, 3 small roasties, carrots, cabbage, 2 yorkies, gravy & as I've got my mojo back 3 glasses of vin rouge

 

[Brunneria]

Day 3 of this (almost) zero carbing thing - which seems to be helping my tummy tremendously!

B: 2 egg omelette with a mushroom
L: small bowl homemade chicken soup
D: lamb shank
Supper: a chunk of corned beef and a slice of the most amazing mature Gruyere. What flavour layers!

You may have noticed that my appetite is coming back.

 

[heh]

You may have noticed that my appetite is coming back.

Glad to hear it

 

[maglil55]

B- 40g Aldi paleo muesli with unsweetened almond milk
L - 1/2 portion homemade lamb and spinach curry with 1/2 low carb Lavash bread
D - homemade prawn and vegetable stirfry
Snacks - 15g wasabi almonds, 1 tsp peanut butter, 5g dark chocolate
Drinks - 2 unsweetened almond and Koko milk cocoa, sparkly water
885 cal 24g carbs
Today is day 1 of wearing my first libre sensor - interesting. The days readings have all been in the 5.5- 7.7range which is ok but the strange bit was a 1.8mmol jump after a tiny piece of choc - Ill have to experriment with that one again me thinks!

Have you done a check against your meter? Also did you give the sensor time to settle before activating it? I've been using Libre for almost a year now and one of the first things I found out was for me it was best to give it a couple of days to bed in before activating it. My last sensor I was late putting it on and the first 24 hrs it was out by 4 mmol. Thankfully it settled. Wouldn't be without it though. It is great for seeing what foods do to you.

 

[Boo1979]

Have you done a check against your meter? Also did you give the sensor time to settle before activating it? I've been using Libre for almost a year now and one of the first things I found out was for me it was best to give it a couple of days to bed in before activating it. My last sensor I was late putting it on and the first 24 hrs it was out by 4 mmol. Thankfully it settled. Wouldn't be without it though. It is great for seeing what foods do to you.

Thanks
Yes I left it in for 24 hrs before activating it.
Ive been checking how well it corresponds with finger prick tests and its pretty well bang on - within 0.1-0.2 mmol each time. The only time it wasnt, the finger prick test was 4 mmol higher - my initial reacction was to think “ what the F...!” , then I calmed down, washed my hand and redid the finger prick test and then it was again identical to the libre reading