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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Chook said:
No, it's happened to me before but never when I've been low carbing. I am getting very stressed over work and - unbelievably - the new dog, but I'm surprised I had a hypo. :(
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Thankfully I always have sugary sweets in the house due to the ever active grandsons.
 
Chook said:
No, it's happened to me before but never when I've been low carbing. I am getting very stressed over work and - unbelievably - the new dog, but I'm surprised I had a hypo. :(
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Did you feel poorly at that?

I'm not on any meds at all, and can quite happily go that low, with no ill-effects. Usually it'll be just before a meal, so I just get on with my meal, provided it's almost ready. Quite clearly if I felt off, I'd have something to eat or drink.
 
I felt very poorly at 3.2 - the shakes, tunnel vision, irritable, craving something sweet - the only difference was that this time it didn't start off with me crying (which previously was always my precursor). I'm left with a headache and feeling totally washed out.
 
Breakfast - linseed meal and oat porridge with Greek yoghurt, hazelnut butter & half small pear. Made with 50:50 full cream milk & water.

will update later in the day.

Updated to add:

Lunch: Pete Evan's Paleo bread (is made with seeds, almond flour, linseed meal, coconut flour, nuts and eggs) toasted with cheese. Couple of cherries.

Dinner (parents & sister over. My sister is an ironman multi sport athlete who eats LCHF) - Turkish red lentil soup, beetroot, feta & walnut salad, low carb crumble (berries + crumble made out of coconut chips, seeds, butter, nuts). Plus wine.

Dinner wasn't that low carb really. But for me I kept portions small. Will see what bg readings are. Feel good now though. It was a nice big dose of vegetables and fruit.
 
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B. Red berries with yoghurt

L. Camambert and walnuts

D. Bolognaise with courgetti. 4 strawberries with yoghurt.
3 or 4 fathead crackers. Yum :)
 
Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs
Lunch - homemade soup with grated cheese, homemade lemon cheesecake pudding (to make 6 portions it was half a pint of double cream, half a large tub of Philly, 2 x individual serving-sized jars homemade yog, 1.5 lemons, 3dsp Splenda, a lot of whisking, a few rasps - I was entertaining a client so pushed the boat out)
Tea - sausages, cauli-celeriac cheese, creamy leeks, a few carrots, a snifter of Mr S's gravy, homemade yog with sugar-free jelly and Splenda
Snacks - hardboiled eggs, pate

I LOVE my lower-carb life! 60g-ish CHO, utterly stuffed!
 
Breakfast ham and cheese omelette

Dinner. Gammon, 2 fried eggs with lovely runny yolks, broccoli with Seriously strong cheese spread made into sauce with double cream. Seriously yummy.

Saturday was clearly a ham day, to be carried on Sunday as it's full English morning! More yummy!
 
Snapsy said:
Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs
Lunch - homemade soup with grated cheese, homemade lemon cheesecake pudding (to make 6 portions it was half a pint of double cream, half a large tub of Philly, 2 x individual serving-sized jars homemade yog, 1.5 lemons, 3dsp Splenda, a lot of whisking, a few rasps - I was entertaining a client so pushed the boat out)
Tea - sausages, cauli-celeriac cheese, creamy leeks, a few carrots, a snifter of Mr S's gravy, homemade yog with sugar-free jelly and Splenda
Snacks - hardboiled eggs, pate

I LOVE my lower-carb life! 60g-ish CHO, utterly stuffed!
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Yummy menu
 
Today:

Breakfast: Not sure but probably 2 bacon and 1 egg
Lunch: Nothing
Dinner: Roast beef, carrots, sprouts, cauliflower and a small amount of roast parsnip and a spoonful of broad beans

Snack: Sugar free jelly and a G and T (but not at the same time).
 
:)@Lesleywo it is the same recipe from ditchthecarbs.com as the fathead pizza dough but made into smaller pieces , crackers
 
B: Fried Egg, 2 x Bacon & Tea
L: Smooth Pate and a picked egg
S: Pork Scratchings and a Bottle of Stella
D: Venison Steak with a Blackberry sauce, celeriac dauphinois, red cabbage and broccoli.
Blackberries with cream.

Pinot Noir
 
How do you feel today #Chook? I had a full day of 'green' meter readings which was most pleasing. Went to bed on a 5.6 and got up to a 6.6.
B. 3 cherry tomatoes, 2 chestnut mushrooms, 2 rashers crispy streaky bacon, 2 Heck Chicken Sausages, 50g Simon Howie wee black pudding and 1 fried egg that turned out to be a double yolker. It was yummy. Black Tea.
L. Will be Nothing as this is the annual Sunday Burns night dinner.
D. Smoked salmon and prawns with Marie rose sauce and probably salad. Haggis, Neeps but nae tatties. Instead I will have cauliflower mash. Will need to carefully measure the haggis as I need to be the carbs down. Cranachan - dessert of whipped cream, raspberries, whisky , toasted oats and honey. I always toast the oatmeal with Agave rather than use honey which gives you a kind of oats brittle when it cools. A quick pulse in a processor and we have the crunchy mix. I add before serving as it keeps the crunch then and I can limit how much goes in mine.
A prosecco and a Campari with soda.
A QUESTION - for all North Yorkshire residents. I'm organising our annual get together with my ex workmates and their wives/husbands in October. Favoured place is Harrogate. When I was in Harrogate for work I always stayed at the Balmoral but sadly it is no more. Currently looking at Majestic, Cedar Court and The Yorkshire. With my disabilities there needs to be a lift and a walk in shower as I can't handle a bath. They are all suitable for me and seem fairly central. Any opinions on what these hotels are like please.
 
maglil55 said:
How do you feel today #Chook? I had a full day of 'green' meter readings which was most pleasing. Went to bed on a 5.6 and got up to a 6.6.
B. 3 cherry tomatoes, 2 chestnut mushrooms, 2 rashers crispy streaky bacon, 2 Heck Chicken Sausages, 50g Simon Howie wee black pudding and 1 fried egg that turned out to be a double yolker. It was yummy. Black Tea.
L. Will be Nothing as this is the annual Sunday Burns night dinner.
D. Smoked salmon and prawns with Marie rose sauce and probably salad. Haggis, Neeps but nae tatties. Instead I will have cauliflower mash. Will need to carefully measure the haggis as I need to be the carbs down. Cranachan - dessert of whipped cream, raspberries, whisky , toasted oats and honey. I always toast the oatmeal with Agave rather than use honey which gives you a kind of oats brittle when it cools. A quick pulse in a processor and we have the crunchy mix. I add before serving as it keeps the crunch then and I can limit how much goes in mine.
A prosecco and a Campari with soda.
A QUESTION - for all North Yorkshire residents. I'm organising our annual get together with my ex workmates and their wives/husbands in October. Favoured place is Harrogate. When I was in Harrogate for work I always stayed at the Balmoral but sadly it is no more. Currently looking at Majestic, Cedar Court and The Yorkshire. With my disabilities there needs to be a lift and a walk in shower as I can't handle a bath. They are all suitable for me and seem fairly central. Any opinions on what these hotels are like please.
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I'm a lot better than yesterday but still headachey. I went to bed at 4.3 last night and woke up to as FBG of 7.3 this morning which has now risen to 8. Im testing every hour today because it doesn't seem right for me.

I've lived in Yorkshire for 18 years and only ever been to Harrogate twice both times to visit RHS Harlow Carr and leisurely stop off for a lovely cuppa and cake at Bettys.

I struggle with stairs and baths too due to arthritis.
 
Chook said:
I'm a lot better than yesterday but still headachey. I went to bed at 4.3 last night and woke up to as FBG of 7.3 this morning which has now risen to 8. Im testing every hour today because it doesn't seem right for me.

I've lived in Yorkshire for 18 years and only ever been to Harrogate twice both times to visit RHS Harlow Carr and leisurely stop off for a lovely cuppa and cake at Bettys.

I struggle with stairs and baths too due to arthritis.
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Could you have a bug working on you? I find my sugars rise before I feel unwell.
 
B: two boiled eggs, Serrano ham, olives, four cherry tomatoes and a couple of low-carb seed crackers with butter.

L: Vegetable soup with chunks of chorizo thrown in at the end

D: Roast shoulder of lamb with celeriac "roasties" (experimenting!) and steamed veg. A few berries with cream.
 
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