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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Yesterday
B: Bulletproof coffee, 2 boiled eggs & almond/flax slices with butter
L: Stepped off the wagon to join my granddaughter for fish'n'chips on the beach. Only I had a quarter chicken with a dozen of the smallest (crispiest) chips. BS max rise 1.1 in three hours, so ok
D: Leftover spiced beef mince with salad

Today at breakfast I absent-mindedly broke an egg into my coffee. Gave it a whisk and warmed it up but can't recommend it for taste. If you're in a hurry and need nourishment there are better ways of downing a fairly raw egg I suppose.
 
southdenes said:
hello all ,im trying to low carb right now and checking out the carb contents on everything I eat , what would you say the figure should be (carb intake ) per day as a target , thanks
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I experimented a bit to begin with, gradually reducing the amount of carbs but I wasn’t getting anywhere so I went cold turkey and worked with 20-25g per day while I was losing weight. It took me less than 2 months to lose 30lbs. Now I am around 45-50g carbs per day and trying to maintain my weight. You have to try and find what suits you.
 
Yesterday:
B: Poached egg on flax bread with melted cheese
L: 97% sausages, bacon, avocado & broccoli fried in butter, blueberries & cream
S: Camembert & olives
D:Hot smoked salmon salad with mayonnaise, jelly & cream

Today:
B: Scrambled egg on flax bread toast
L: Avocado & salmon salad with garlic & oil dressing, blueberries & cream
D: Baked lemon sole with roasted kale & broccoli, cheddar chunks
 
Today's extravaganza

B - 2 bacon, grilled halloumi
L - Chicken & spinach with parmesan, avocado
S - babybel, macadamia nuts
D - 3 eggs scrambled with spring onion, cheddar and pancetta cubes

Dinner was going to include courgette spaghetti with my new spiraliser but the courgettes had gone bad and my wife threw them out.
 
B: feta omelette
L: blueberry chia pud, red bush and vanilla tea
D: cheeseburgers (1 Lidl roll, 2 quorn burgers, cheese, leaves, tomato and pickled jalapenos) with coleslaw
Snack: creamy decaf
 
rosserk said:
Hi all

I've been asked to post a recipe I tried which I found online

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I made something very similar to this on Sunday, for grown up offspring coming to dinner. I used raspberry sugar free jelly instead of lemons, and ricotta cheese instead of cream. Topped with fresh raspberries. I ate a small piece, and they very kindly took the rest home to save me from myself. Much the same reason why I used to help them by eating some of the many Easter eggs they were given when they were small.
 
B. 2 pieces of chicken roll, diet lemonade in the sun.
L. 2 small pieces of cheddar cheese and 2 handfuls of redskin peanuts and a boiled egg.
D. 4 pieces of small thin ham, pea and cheese omelette.
S. 4 savers beef burgers

Note: I must get more veg into my diet.
I wanted to add more words but my toddler is taking me to bed for a head stroke and D (his milk)
 
Mushroom omelette
Sausage made from my avatar's babies - most delicious!
Salad
Rasperries cream
 
B: Organic avocado, one half with Inverawe organic smoked salmon pate, the other with a home-made tahini dressing using organic lemon juice.
L (on the run, literally in the car) shell-on wild Atlantic prawns, Evian
Snack: Hogbites chilli pork scratchings
D: Wild Alaskan keto salmon fillet, pan-fried in organic unsalted butter, organic leeks, organic courgettes and my mother's neighbour's unsprayed home-grown runner beans all steamed plus a dollop of organic ghee to melt over them.
 
Yesterday:
B: almond and choc chip cake with cold custard (just back from holiday, had to raid freezer and back of cupboards!)
L: baked avocado with tuna mayo, cheese, rocket & tomato salad (went to the shops after breakfast)
D: salmon fillet, roast cauliflower, samphire; cream, lemon and dill sauce. Lemon tart with blueberries and clotted cream (friend round for dinner so thought I better make an effort)

Had a great holiday. Discovered that 3 cream teas in 1 day had no effect on my BS levels (just had the cream, no jam) but chips still a no no. Strangely was pleased to get back as had missed cauliflower. Was amazed at how big my courgettes in the garden were considering there were none before I went away - marrow sized! Am now doing a courgette cake & bread baking frenzy to fill the freezer. No point it going to waste!
 
Mine is starting to sound a bit boring,

B: 3 Tesco finest chipolatas, 2 fried eggs and a grilled portobello mushroom

L: tuna with a splodge of Hellmans, sliced olives and a bit of mixed salad

D: chicken/bacon/avocado/goats cheese salad

Pud: Greek yoghurt and blueberries

Glass of Oxford Landing Merlot
 
It ain't boring if it's working
 
Yesterday:
B: coffee and lactofree, 1 scrambled egg, 3 rashers of streaky bacon and sauteed mushrooms with a little HP
L: not necessary
S: Coffee
D: Poached salmon and steamed broccoli, cheese puffs, sugar free jelly.
S: a few slices of chorizo with brie
 
Sounds good to me, esp the merlot
 
Yesterday
B - choc pancake and sauce
Snack - small bag scratchings
L - friend took me out to a carvery, had 3 meats and sausages with lots of veg, no potatoes and small bit of gravy
D - hubby insisted we went to the pub so had a bacon/cheese burger, with no bun or chips and had seasonal greens with it instead
Back home had goats milk ice cream with choc sauce

Today
B - spinach pancakes with bacon, egg and syrup
Snack a few peanuts
L - another lunch out! Mixed grill at wether spoons with coleslaw instead of chips
D - making chilli at the moment for dinner, will have with sour cream and cheese
 
Haven't eaten much over last few days as been stressed/anxious and not wanting to eat "comfort" food like I want. I know I will feel worse, and sleep too much. So not able to eat a lot. Although, bulletproofs....

Started with coffee's and they taste the best, but heart palps is making coffee a no go at the moment

Tried dandelion coffee annnnd its ok. Kind of. Will use up jar, then won't buy again.

Today had my first bulletproof raw caco drink. Mmmm. Hot water, fat, 1 dsp of raw chocolate powder and BOOM. I am not hungry and energised for hours. Lactofree cream will work with that me thinks, ran out so on list.

Question I add 1tbs of coconut oil and 1 of butter. Tell me its enough, or is it more??cause I'm gonna have to invest in bulk coconut oil jars...
 
Today
B - McDonalds Double Sausage & Egg McMuffin without the muffin "Why no muffin?" - "I'm diabetic and on a low-carbohydrate regime" - "would you like an extra sausage patty instead of the muffin?" - "Oh go on, then"

L - Avocado, 2 babybel
D - Courgette spaghetti, 2 eggs, parmesan, crispy bacon.
S - some red wine because my wife's got a new job
 
Scrambled eggs & bacon--xtra strong cheddar and salad--salmon fillet blackened with pea purée.

Glass or two of rose.

Full up so will probably skip the yog & berries.
 
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