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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

1pm half an ox cheek cooked in guinness and onion, but left the gravy and onion.
6pm goatsmilk yog with a teasp of strawberry jam stirred in.

Something upset my tum yesterday. I am not ruling out that indulgent icecream thing.
 
B. Coffee with cream
L. Mature cheddar, butter and a few olives
D. Cheese burger minus the bun

My treat today was a Twinings Nutty Chocolate Assam Tea.....they claim it tastes like Praline......my verdict....definitely taste the nuts and there is a nice cocoa hit....it was lovely with a drop of cream in it. Cheaper alternative to Hotel Chocolat's teaolat too....under £2 for 12 bags!
 
Mufflana said:
My treat today was a Twinings Nutty Chocolate Assam Tea.....they claim it tastes like Praline......my verdict....definitely taste the nuts and there is a nice cocoa hit....it was lovely with a drop of cream in it. Cheaper alternative to Hotel Chocolat's teaolat too....under £2 for 12 bags!
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Will have to give that a go. Love the Teaolat.
 
B: Coffee with cream then coconut porridge with a few raspberries

L:bacon mushrooms and wilted spinach topped with poached egg. Sugar free jelly and cream

D: Roast beef, roast celeriac, broccolli and buttery greens.
Tried to make a low carb gravy using coconut flour - won’t be trying that again: truly terrible!!!

Snack mid afternoon as we ate late, few almonds and celery with cream cheese

@Mufflana I’m definitely going to hunt out that Twinings tea, thanks for the recommendation
 
Goonergal said:
Will have to give that a go. Love the Teaolat.
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@Goonergal , I’m really not a tea drinker, but am attracted by these tea bags made with cream. How ‘teay’ do they taste, and how chocolatey? They would be an expensive experiment for me? o_O
 
Rachox said:
@Goonergal , I’m really not a tea drinker, but am attracted by these tea bags made with cream. How ‘teay’ do they taste, and how chocolatey? They would be an expensive experiment for me? o_O
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Hi @Rachox they don’t taste like tea. The chocolate taste is distinct but subtle and with a bit of double cream added a bit like a weak hot chocolate. Better if you let it brew for a while. You can buy single bags (individually wrapped) for 75p in Hotel Chocolat. Expensive for 1 teabag, but more doable as an experiment than buying the whole box.
 
Goonergal said:
Hi @Rachox they don’t taste like tea. The chocolate taste is distinct but subtle and with a bit of double cream added a bit like a weak hot chocolate. Better if you let it brew for a while. You can buy single bags (individually wrapped) for 75p in Hotel Chocolat. Expensive for 1 teabag, but more doable as an experiment than buying the whole box.
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Thanks. That sounds promising, we have a new branch of Hotel Chocolate opened recently, will see if I can get the individual one when I next go into the city centre.
 
Today
Breakfast: two eggs two bacon a handful if mini tomatoes.

Lunch fish and chips would like to add only Ate white fish and a few chips and few baked beans. Followed by diet coke. Tonight two egg omelette one slice of bacon and few tiny tomatoes.
Trying to get to 20 carbs or below.
 
Hi all.

A lot of eating going on today. Just as well I went to the gym before work.

Breakfast - none

Mid-morning. Had our monthly all day departmental managers meeting today. Took one of my chocolate olive oil cakes along (and a pot of cream). It was decided we should eat some of it around 10.30!

Lunch - tin of wild Alaskan salmon with baby leaf salad, a few baby plum tomatoes and mayonnaise. Oh and another slice of chocolate olive oil cake with cream.

Dinner - decided to ditch the planned chia pudding due to chocolate cake consumption so just a pan fried sea bass fillet with broccoli and 5 Hotel Chocolat 100% buttons.
 
Goonergal said:
Hi all.

A lot of eating going on today. Just as well I went to the gym before work.

Breakfast - none

Mid-morning. Had our monthly all day departmental managers meeting today. Took one of my chocolate olive oil cakes along (and a pot of cream). It was decided we should eat some of it around 10.30!

Lunch - tin of wild Alaskan salmon with baby leaf salad, a few baby plum tomatoes and mayonnaise. Oh and another slice of chocolate olive oil cake with cream.

Dinner - decided to ditch the planned chia pudding due to chocolate cake consumption so just a pan fried sea bass fillet with broccoli and 5 Hotel Chocolat 100% buttons.
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Chocolate olive oil cake sounds delicious - did your colleagues know it was low carb?

My HC 100% choc buttons arrived today so lloking forward to a treat later. Haven’t worked out carbs per button or per 5 yet - do you have the figure at your fingertips?
 
DJC3 said:
Chocolate olive oil cake sounds delicious - did your colleagues know it was low carb?

My HC 100% choc buttons arrived today so lloking forward to a treat later. Haven’t worked out carbs per button or per 5 yet - do you have the figure at your fingertips?
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Yes - they’re probably bored to tears of me talking about that! Bonus is that my boss is gluten intolerant so the almond flour suits her well!

5 Hotel Chocolat buttons = 1g carbs (0.2 per button).
 
Goonergal said:
5 Hotel Chocolat buttons = 1g carbs (0.2 per button).
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Thanks very much.

By the way good luck with your HbA1c tomorrow: I’m sure it’ll be a great result, you seem to have such good control and your posts are inspirational.
 
B: coffee, cream
Halloumi, mushrooms, spinach and poached egg

L: crayfish tails and avocado with a big blob of mayo. Sugar free jelly

D: smoked haddock, mashed celeriac ( never had this before- loved it) spinach and poached egg

Few cups of tea and a coffee with milk

Will have some posh coc buttons in a bit
 
Hi all hope having good evening
Breakfast coffee and cream
Then did Pilates after which I was crazy hungry I’m finding my increasing hunger in the morning a problem - didn’t used to have it - will see how friday weigh in goes in am and see if I can afford to introduce a breakfast or mid morning snack. I’m normally quite equable but lost my rag just before lunch very irritable didn’t check my sugars as don’t normally check before lunch but they were low first thing! Prob dropped after exercise too.
Lunch scrambled eggs with salmon and advocado and half a slice of low carb bread followed by 2 pieces of 90% choc
Dinner bean pasta with bolognese sauce followed by chocolate olive oil cake and cream
@Goonergal how exciting about getting test results soon - hope it goes well I’d be very surprised if it didn’t I can feel a success post on the way?
 
DJC3 said:
B: coffee, cream
Halloumi, mushrooms, spinach and poached egg

L: crayfish tails and avocado with a big blob of mayo. Sugar free jelly

D: smoked haddock, mashed celeriac ( never had this before- loved it) spinach and poached egg

Few cups of tea and a coffee with milk

Will have some posh coc buttons in a bit
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I love celeriac and think it tastes mashed very similar to potatoes also love celeriac roasties or chips not had it recently as had it too often but must schedule it in again.
@Goonergal I think it dosent taste like celery but I do like celery too so I may not be best person to give an opinion!
 
Hi all - been a while!
B - nitrate free bacon with 1/2 avocado
L- vegan strawberry chia pudding
D - 1/2 a pot of aduki and edemmame bean salad, 2 MOR chicken sausages, 1/2 avocado, rocket & cucumber
Snack- Adonis bar
828 cals, 33g carbs, 23g fibre
 
shelley262 said:
Then did Pilates after which I was crazy hungry I’m finding my increasing hunger in the morning a problem - didn’t used to have it - will see how friday weigh in goes in am and see if I can afford to introduce a breakfast or mid morning snack. I’m normally quite equable but lost my rag just before lunch very irritable didn’t check my sugars as don’t normally check before lunch but they were low first thing! Prob dropped after exercise too
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I can usually include a gym visit in a fasting day, but then have a lot of hunger the day after. Also finding that bloods shoot up after a morning workout and take a while to come down, but then come right down, so you could well have dropped sharply.

shelley262 said:
@Goonergal how exciting about getting test results soon - hope it goes well I’d be very surprised if it didn’t I can feel a success post on the way?
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Don’t want to count my chickens!

@shelley262 and @DJC3 you’re not selling the celeriac!
 
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