What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[ianpspurs]

They were the days!

Ah yes. nostalgia is not what it used to be

 

[Debandez]

I feel for you and know that feeling well, you don’t want to be a party pooper but panic at the thought of high carb food. I think you did really well though, sometimes it’s just better to go with the flow and its probably just as well you forgot to test at 2hrs.
Sounds like you had a great day out and that’s the main thing.

I keep focusing on the fact it was the thinnest crust on a pizza I have even seen!!

 

[maglil55]

My mum used to make a fabulous sweet one, with bananas fried in butter and a very potent rum sauce. They were the days!

Mine made a sweet one with jam. Speaking of jam I also remember bakers trays full of all kinds of individual cakes that my Mum and Grandma would bake for the church Sale of Work. Any pastry scraps they would put a blob of jam in and bake for me. We children were not allowed to touch the Sale of Work cakes!

 

[maglil55]

Bed 5.9 FBG 6.9 but mean old DP put in an appearance today again kicking me up to 9.6. Taken a long time for the sun to break through today. Still woke early but it was nice to suit myself what to do today. Tomorrow I'm taking the boys out - will decide where once I see what the weather is like.
B. Tassimo Americano grande with a dash of cream.
Went fishy again but later. Tablespoon of prawn cocktail, lettuce, 4 mini plum tomatoes, fresh anchovies and a spoonful of M&S whipped cream cheese (love that stuff)
L. Adonis bar - the pecan, cocoa nutty one
D. Fillet steak, remains of the celeriac dauphinoise, fresh broad beans with spring onion and pancetta and mushroom with a Diane sauce.

@DJC3 & @jayney27 - my lo dough has been dispatched. Looking forward to a toastie!

 

[shelley262]

Hi all - still managing to keep a good level of ketones despite slowly increasing my carbs - mainly with veggies, seeds and nuts- to nearer 30g rather than below 20g per day. Ketones, which I only check weekly now, are still good at 2.6 - which is reassuring. Not keen to sacrifice my ketosis and low stable bgs to improve my cholesterol - I would just like to get a better balance - so I’m delighted.
Breakfast one boiled egg and slice low carb bread with coffee and inulin
Lunch four seeded LC crispbreads with chicken liver pate and some mixed nuts followed by slice low carb choc olive oil cake and Fage yoghurt
Afternoon two pots of green tea with mint
Dinner cold chicken with advocado, walnut and celery mixed with olive oil mayo, tomato salad ( mixed colour UK toms - purple tinged, Green, orange and yellow ) with basil and an acv and olive oil dressing and a green salad followed by strawberries and fage yoghurt ( think 2 more days of strawberry crop!)
Planning family outing tomorrow towards the welsh borders with a picnic to make the most of this non UK type weather! Already freezing the bottles of water ready.

 

[ianpspurs]

Another fine, hot, dry day here hope you all enjoyed the weather even if you were at work. I woke early but nothing to o with the weather just happened that way. Tried 3 meals today along with weighing/measuring everything and analysing diet. The final figures look ok Daily Calorie Composition: 4% from carbs, 80% from fat and 16% from protein but obviously the values may be wrong - did take them from labels/supermarket websites. Menu beow:~

6.25 - 2 pints Lemon Green tea
9.00 to 10.00 2 pints tea with almond milk
10.15 170 gms Fage 0%; 3 tbls mixed flaxseed and inulin; 2.5 desert spoons h/m strawberry coulis (attempted jelly but v tasty coulis)
13.40: Waitrose coffee with 30 mls double cream
14.30: 30 gms chia seeds with 1 tsp psyllium husk powder; 1 avocado; 40 gms watercress; 90 gms mackerel in 25 gms olive oil; acv 2 dessert spoons ACV; 2 pints Mango and Lychee green tea
16.00: Nothing
18.30: 150 gms grated Cheddar and 3 hard boiled eggs; salad ( egg and cheese salad is a family favourite from way back); acv, olive oil and dijon dressing with psyllium husk powder; water probably 3-4 pints during evening
Edit: I didn't set out with target percentages in mind but to me they seem ok. I think that was about 30 gms carb and nicely over 30 gms fibre. If my carb count seems way too low please let me know.

 

[jayney27]

Another fine, hot, dry day here hope you all enjoyed the weather even if you were at work. I woke early but nothing to o with the weather just happened that way. Tried 3 meals today along with weighing/measuring everything and analysing diet. The final figures look ok Daily Calorie Composition: 4% from carbs, 80% from fat and 16% from protein but obviously the values may be wrong - did take them from labels/supermarket websites. Menu beow:~

6.25 - 2 pints Lemon Green tea
9.00 to 10.00 2 pints tea with almond milk
10.15 170 gms Fage 0%; 3 tbls mixed flaxseed and inulin; 2.5 desert spoons h/m strawberry coulis (attempted jelly but v tasty coulis)
13.40: Waitrose coffee with 30 mls double cream
14.30: 30 gms chia seeds with 1 tsp psyllium husk powder; 1 avocado; 40 gms watercress; 90 gms mackerel in 25 gms olive oil; acv 2 dessert spoons ACV; 2 pints Mango and Lychee green tea
16.00: Nothing
18.30: 150 gms grated Cheddar and 3 hard boiled eggs; salad ( egg and cheese salad is a family favourite from way back); acv, olive oil and dijon dressing with psyllium husk powder; water probably 3-4 pints during evening
Edit: I didn't set out with target percentages in mind but to me they seem ok. I think that was about 30 gms carb and nicely over 30 gms fibre. If my carb count seems way too low please let me know.

@ianpspurs you can’t beat classic egg and cheese combo reminds me of salads in the summer at my nans house when I was little

 

[jayney27]

As predicted the weather returned to being hot dry and sunny in time for work haha, most of the day unfortunately inside I was training staff based in Ireland today. Did however take the pooch for a nice stroll through the woods after work, lovely and cool and shady so good for both of us.
Breakfast was ham with cheese, mozzarella inside 2 slices and a strange but tasty cheddar I bought at Morrison’s, Black Cheddar, very tasty, quite strong.
Lunch was a tuna mayo salad
Dinner more salad with 2 stuffed mushrooms, Spanish chorizo and smoked cheddar, bowl of mixed berries with cream

I have some salami crisps to nibble on later, maybe, and halloumi thingies are cooling ready for tomorrow, haven’t decided if they will be breakfast or lunch, I’ve already prepared a salad for tomorrow lunchtime

The picture of the ham just captured a little edge of the black cheddar, it looks like black pudding!

 

[ianpspurs]

@ianpspurs you can’t beat classic egg and cheese combo reminds me of salads in the summer at my nans house when I was little

@jayney27 your nan's salads sound just the ticket for summer. We get 9 eggs a day so using them is sometimes a problem even giving the dogs 2 each every day. This hot weather is perfect cheese and egg salad weather and puts them to good use.

 

[jayney27]

@jayney27 your nan's salads sound just the ticket for summer. We get 9 eggs a day so using them is sometimes a problem even giving the dogs 2 each every day. This hot weather is perfect cheese and egg salad weather and puts the to good use.

You can’t beat fresh eggs either, you are lucky having your own chicks. When my girls were small we had 2 ducks, as pets, they produced beautiful eggs. My ex mother in law used to keep chickens too, so we used to get eggs from her, they were extremely pampered and very tame as were my ducks, I’m sure they rewarded us with extra delicious eggs

 

[DJC3]

Mine made a sweet one with jam. Speaking of jam I also remember bakers trays full of all kinds of individual cakes that my Mum and Grandma would bake for the church Sale of Work. Any pastry scraps they would put a blob of jam in and bake for me. We children were not allowed to touch the Sale of Work cakes!

Haha I well remember pastry scraps with a blob of jam on - optimistically called jam tarts.
We’d present my dad with a plateful when he got in from work - all mishapen and grey where we’d played with the pastry like plasticine for a couple of hours first. Bless him he always ate them.

 

[Rachox]

Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Lunch: smoked ham and egg omelette wrap, a new grab and go food from Tesco 4.2g carbs for two wraps (pictured) followed by Greek yoghurt and raspberries.
Mid afternoon at Neros: cappuccino and smuggled in Adonis bar.
Dinner: cheese and mushroom omelette with cauliflower, broccoli and yellow tomato salad followed by strawberries and phd bar.

 

[DJC3]

B: scrambled egg on marmite toast made from a DD keto bread roll halved. Coffee and cream.

L:salmon fillet with salad of rocket, avocado, green beans in olive oil and ACV dressing, walnuts 25g and 20g milled linseed. Home made mayo.
A few raspberries from the garden afterwards.

Late home after yoga and too hot to cook so just nibbling now....
D: cheese ( gorganzola, feta and emmental) olives and 3 of the sesame crackers with a glass of red. Lovely

@shelley262 I am trying to follow your lead with a more Mediterranean style as my last lipid screen wasn’t as good as the previous one. Ive also found in the last couple of weeks my HbA1c average is dropping quite quickly according to MySugr but I have put on 1-2kg, my weight has been stable for at least the past 6 months so I ‘m quite confused by all this.
I’m going to try to cut down on cream and see what happens, however I did stop taking statins a few weeks back, I wonder if that’s relevant? There are so many things that have an effect it gets v confusing.

 

[shelley262]

B: scrambled egg on marmite toast made from a DD keto bread roll halved. Coffee and cream.

L:salmon fillet with salad of rocket, avocado, green beans in olive oil and ACV dressing, walnuts 25g and 20g milled linseed. Home made mayo.
A few raspberries from the garden afterwards.

Late home after yoga and too hot to cook so just nibbling now....
D: cheese ( gorganzola, feta and emmental) olives and 3 of the sesame crackers with a glass of red. Lovely

@shelley262 I am trying to follow your lead with a more Mediterranean style as my last lipid screen wasn’t as good as the previous one. Ive also found in the last couple of weeks my HbA1c average is dropping quite quickly according to MySugr but I have put on 1-2kg, my weight has been stable for at least the past 6 months so I ‘m quite confused by all this.
I’m going to try to cut down on cream and see what happens, however I did stop taking statins a few weeks back, I wonder if that’s relevant? There are so many things that have an effect it gets v confusing.

Hi @DJC3 good news on your sugars and sure losing the statins will help with that too - as I gather a side effect is raising your sugars! Not sure about the weight it could just be things settling think you were quite a low weight? Difficult to drop your fats too much if you don’t have much fat on your body. I’ve reduced cream but still eat plenty of med type fats. Could it be muscle build up - are you doing significantly more exercise? Have you checked your waist measurements as if they are the same as before don’t think it’s anything to fret over it is putting weight on on your middle that’s the issue and it’s less likely if your bgs coming down I think. This is all just my conjecture of course but my overall opinion is that you’re getting healthier especially after your cancer recovery and your body is settling down. Check your waist to height ratio bet it’s still healthy.

 

[jayney27]

View attachment 27407 Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Lunch: smoked ham and egg omelette wrap, a new grab and go food from Tesco 4.2g carbs for two wraps (pictured) followed by Greek yoghurt and raspberries.
Mid afternoon at Neros: cappuccino and smuggled in Adonis bar.
Dinner: cheese and mushroom omelette with cauliflower, broccoli and yellow tomato salad followed by strawberries and phd bar.

These look good I wonder if my local Tesco will stock them?

 

[shelley262]

View attachment 27407 Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Lunch: smoked ham and egg omelette wrap, a new grab and go food from Tesco 4.2g carbs for two wraps (pictured) followed by Greek yoghurt and raspberries.
Mid afternoon at Neros: cappuccino and smuggled in Adonis bar.
Dinner: cheese and mushroom omelette with cauliflower, broccoli and yellow tomato salad followed by strawberries and phd bar.

Makes me want to try making my own thin omlette wrap for a picnic or work day good idea thank you @Rachox

 

[DJC3]

Hi @DJC3 good news on your sugars and sure losing the statins will help with that too - as I gather a side effect is raising your sugars! Not sure about the weight it could just be things settling think you were quite a low weight? Difficult to drop your fats too much if you don’t have much fat on your body. I’ve reduced cream but still eat plenty of med type fats. Could it be muscle build up - are you doing significantly more exercise? Have you checked your waist measurements as if they are the same as before don’t think it’s anything to fret over it is putting weight on on your middle that’s the issue and it’s less likely if your bgs coming down I think. This is all just my conjecture of course but my overall opinion is that you’re getting healthier especially after your cancer recovery and your body is settling down. Check your waist to height ratio bet it’s still healthy.

Thank you, I think I have a bit more muscle - certainly my legs aren’t as scrawney so that could be it I guess.
I think the Med style of eating suits me. I tried a black coffee today but only managed half, I will persevere or try your whipped cream/ water combo again. I think Ive just been getting a bit gung- ho with the cream pot!
Waist measurement is hard as I have a big hernia type lump on one side where a kidney was yanked out, it could be that which is getting bigger too I suppose.
Thanks for the reassurance anyway, and sorry for going off topic a bit.

 

[shelley262]

Thank you, I think I have a bit more muscle - certainly my legs aren’t as scrawney so that could be it I guess.
I think the Med style of eating suits me. I tried a black coffee today but only managed half, I will persevere or try your whipped cream/ water combo again. I think Ive just been getting a bit gung- ho with the cream pot!
Waist measurement is hard as I have a big hernia type lump on one side where a kidney was yanked out, it could be that which is getting bigger too I suppose.
Thanks for the reassurance anyway, and sorry for going off topic a bit.

I can’t do black coffee either I just water down double cream and then froth it much more palatable and love black tea so have less coffee and more tea! Can see that hernia type lump would make measurements difficult hug coming your way and I’m certain all is good.

 

[Brunneria]

Hi All,

Today was more cheese mince at 1pm, and then tagine at 6pm. followed by a single spoon of Halo peanut butter cup icecream. It will be good when that is gone. No strawberries for a couple of days - they are sitting in the fridge winking at me whenever I open the door though, and they smell exquisite.

 

[Brunneria]

@Rachox
those wraps look delicious. Tescos, here I come!