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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

ziggy_w said:
Good morning all.

Monday ...

Breakfast: Two double espressos with cream and xylitol. Half a DD keto roll with chicken liver pate.

Lunch: Roasted vegetables (bellpepper, eggplant, zucchini, mushrooms and garlic with olive oil), a tablespoon of hummus, about 75g of Greek yoghurt and two scrambled eggs).

Dinner: A wiener sausage with low-carb ketchup, low-carb barbeque sauce, and mustard. A piece of low-carb cheesecake. Some more of the roasted vegetables.

@suehatton -- I gave up sugar and sweeteners for the first few months (as I don't like the taste of artificial sweeteners and didn't want to have sugar). Then I discovered xylitol, which is, like erythritol, a sugar alcohol. Since then I have been using a small teaspoon in my coffee and also use it in baking. Lately, I have been trying erythritol -- still trying to decide whether I like it better than xylitol. Good luck on your experiment.
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@ziggy...I have fallen at the very first hurdle after discovering I can't go cold turkey and stomach my favourite morning coffee without it. So plan B from now on is to stick to sweetened morning coffee then green or black tea for the rest of the day which I already know I like unsweetened. Then wean myself off.
 
suehatton said:
@ziggy...I have fallen at the very first hurdle after discovering I can't go cold turkey and stomach my favourite morning coffee without it. So plan B from now on is to stick to sweetened morning coffee then green or black tea for the rest of the day which I already know I like unsweetened. Then wean myself off.
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Needs to be liveable with sue good idea to look at other ways round it. I’m lucky as haven’t had sugar in coffee or tea for several years so that was one less hurdle. Hardest give up for me was diet tonic which drank every evening and with gin added at weekend! Started by adding cranberry bitters to my soda water and then got used to it. Soda water also brings out the gin flavours now I find so sometimes works out better than expected!
 
suehatton said:
@ziggy...I have fallen at the very first hurdle after discovering I can't go cold turkey and stomach my favourite morning coffee without it. So plan B from now on is to stick to sweetened morning coffee then green or black tea for the rest of the day which I already know I like unsweetened. Then wean myself off.
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I absolutely empathize. I have espresso with cream in the morning and it's absolutely not the same without at least a tiny bit of sweetener. Maybe you could reduce the amount in your coffee gradually. You will most likely get adjusted to foods tasting less sweet.
 
Hi all.

A hungry day today. No idea why, but went with it.

Breakfast - none

Lunch - salami and smoked cheese. Was still hungry a bit later so headed for the Coop only to find that they are no longer stocking 3 of my go-to top up items. Settled for a bag of pork scratchings, made by the same company that make the pork crunch I usually buy. Pretty good, but the bag has quite a large portion.

Dinner - smoked salmon and 2 poached eggs followed by raspberries and cream.

Currently enjoying the smell of a freshly made chocolate olive oil cake which can’t be eaten as it’s to take to a colleague’s place tomorrow night as my contribution to dinner.
 
Goonergal said:
Hi all.

A hungry day today. No idea why, but went with it.

Breakfast - none

Lunch - salami and smoked cheese. Was still hungry a bit later so headed for the Coop only to find that they are no longer stocking 3 of my go-to top up items. Settled for a bag of pork scratchings, made by the same company that make the pork crunch I usually buy. Pretty good, but the bag has quite a large portion.

Dinner - smoked salmon and 2 poached eggs followed by raspberries and cream.

Currently enjoying the smell of a freshly made chocolate olive oil cake which can’t be eaten as it’s to take to a colleague’s place tomorrow night as my contribution to dinner.
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It’s weird isn’t it about hunger when first did this woe i rarely felt hungry but had plenty of fat on my body for my body to snack on now I’m leaner it’s harder plus I think the cold weather affects things that wind today was cutting. Have fun out at your dinner party sure cake will go down well it has with my family.
 
shelley262 said:
It’s weird isn’t it about hunger when first did this woe i rarely felt hungry but had plenty of fat on my body for my body to snack on now I’m leaner it’s harder plus I think the cold weather affects things that wind today was cutting. Have fun out at your dinner party sure cake will go down well it has with my family.
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I had no dinner last night because of the experimentation but I suddenly was STARVING at quarter past midnight and has to have 2 crackers and cream cheese. Didnt eat again until about 12.30 this afty.

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Like yesterday got hungrier through the day
Breakfast flat white coffee and inulin
Lunch flat white and some truffle cheese my youngest son bought me from farmers market - lovely and very thoughtful
Dinner fat head pizza with bacon and mushroom topping with salad followed by lemon and lime jelly mousse and one square Lindt 95% choc
 
suehatton said:
I had no dinner last night because of the experimentation but I suddenly was STARVING at quarter past midnight and has to have 2 crackers and cream cheese. Didnt eat again until about 12.30 this afty.

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Well done on managing the fast you’d planned despite your snack - just shifting the time to restart eating to accommodate is a good way forward. Important thing is the time not eating rather than when it is.
 
11am leftover mince from yesterday,
5pm sliced beef
Also rather too much green n blacks, raspberry and hazelnut.
sml glass kefir later

The house is full of food. I have to curb my cooking and eat the leftovers of previous cooking!
 
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shelley262 said:
It’s weird isn’t it about hunger when first did this woe i rarely felt hungry but had plenty of fat on my body for my body to snack on now I’m leaner it’s harder plus I think the cold weather affects things that wind today was cutting. Have fun out at your dinner party sure cake will go down well it has with my family.
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Agree. And seems to be no pattern. On Saturday and Sunday I barely felt a pang of hunger all day and didn’t eat until dinner either day. Ate plenty yesterday and then was hungry almost from when I got up this morning.

So wanted to eat the cake tonight - smells delicious! It’s just me and one other colleague. She’s been busy checking what I do and do not eat, so thought I should offer to take dessert.
 
Goonergal said:
Agree. And seems to be no pattern. On Saturday and Sunday I barely felt a pang of hunger all day and didn’t eat until dinner either day. Ate plenty yesterday and then was hungry almost from when I got up this morning.

So wanted to eat the cake tonight - smells delicious! It’s just me and one other colleague. She’s been busy checking what I do and do not eat, so thought I should offer to take dessert.
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Maybe by fasting at weekend your body is losing more fat and wants to claw it back - think we do have a battle with body wanting to hang on to it’s new set point?
Really great that your colleague is taking care to cook what you can eat at least you should be able to relax about it as eating at someone else’s house can be a real minefield not knowing what’s in stuff and appearing impolite when you refuse. In the early days at a friends she told me she’d done a healthy low cal desert and yes you’ve guessed low fat and just a #mall amount of sugar that won’t hurt you - it did highest blood glucose reading ever! Now I’d politely decline but it’s a steep learning curve.
 
shelley262 said:
Maybe by fasting at weekend your body is losing more fat and wants to claw it back - think we do have a battle with body wanting to hang on to it’s new set point?
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Yes, it’s quite a battle getting the balance right. Seem to be losing and gaining the same kilo at the moment.

shelley262 said:
Really great that your colleague is taking care to cook what you can eat at least you should be able to relax about it as eating at someone else’s house can be a real minefield not knowing what’s in stuff and appearing impolite when you refuse.
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Aside from visiting my Dad, where I get to be a bit in control by offering to shop and cook, this is my first meal at someone else’s house - usually I eat out with friends and it’s a lot easier to be “fussy” in a restaurant than when someone has gone to the trouble of cooking for you. This colleague lost a couple of stone with Slimming World over the past year, so we’re on quite different eating plans. She said she’d do protein and salad, so I’m guessing we’re on for a low fat main course and my high fat dessert (taking double cream to go with the cake)!

shelley262 said:
In the early days at a friends she told me she’d done a healthy low cal desert and yes you’ve guessed low fat and just a #mall amount of sugar that won’t hurt you - it did highest blood glucose reading ever! Now I’d politely decline but it’s a steep learning curve.
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My boss made me a fruit tart for my birthday last year - not too long after diagnosis. Her husband is type 2 and seems to eat all manner of carbs. I just thanked her and disposed of the tart at home.
 
Goonergal said:
Yes, it’s quite a battle getting the balance right. Seem to be losing and gaining the same kilo at the moment.



Aside from visiting my Dad, where I get to be a bit in control by offering to shop and cook, this is my first meal at someone else’s house - usually I eat out with friends and it’s a lot easier to be “fussy” in a restaurant than when someone has gone to the trouble of cooking for you. This colleague lost a couple of stone with Slimming World over the past year, so we’re on quite different eating plans. She said she’d do protein and salad, so I’m guessing we’re on for a low fat main course and my high fat dessert (taking double cream to go with the cake)!



My boss made me a fruit tart for my birthday last year - not too long after diagnosis. Her husband is type 2 and seems to eat all manner of carbs. I just thanked her and disposed of the tart at home.
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Well done on fruit tart disposal think unconverted diabetics - like your bosses husband and my mum - can be the worse !
 
Goonergal said:
Yes, it’s quite a battle getting the balance right. Seem to be losing and gaining the same kilo at the moment.



Aside from visiting my Dad, where I get to be a bit in control by offering to shop and cook, this is my first meal at someone else’s house - usually I eat out with friends and it’s a lot easier to be “fussy” in a restaurant than when someone has gone to the trouble of cooking for you. This colleague lost a couple of stone with Slimming World over the past year, so we’re on quite different eating plans. She said she’d do protein and salad, so I’m guessing we’re on for a low fat main course and my high fat dessert (taking double cream to go with the cake)!



My boss made me a fruit tart for my birthday last year - not too long after diagnosis. Her husband is type 2 and seems to eat all manner of carbs. I just thanked her and disposed of the tart at home.
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My lot have no regard for the fact that food is a daily battle for me. I'm either eating whst I like and getting fatter or trying to lose weight - theres no inbetween. This WOE is my go to for the last 3 years and Ive been losing the same stone over and over. When will it end??

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