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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream (2 tsp) washed down with a black coffee.
Lunch: 2 scrambled eggs with one slice of HiLo toast and Marmite followed by Greek yoghurt and raspberries.
Mid-afternoon: Hartleys 10cal jelly and black coffee.
Dinner: roast chicken, a tiny roast spud and mixed veggies followed by strawberries and a small scoop of choc and hazelnut Oppo.
 
shelley262 said:
Why not change to low carb bread? Livlife is only 3.8g of carb per slice and would bring it down a lot? I get it from Waitrose and really like it.
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I will defo look out for it next time I’m in that’s good burgen is 9. Es I have a problem with bread. Was tryin to keep under 100 gr a day but reading here see that it needs to be lower thanks for the tip been looking for low carb bread or crackers for ages . Goin to the docs on Tuesday and the diabetic education thing on Wednesday for the first time .. hope to find out what my readings were on diagnosis and what they are now 3 weeks in hoping they are down so can stay on 1 Met a day . Then try to get them down low enough to be meds free . But I think I will need to go lower than I have been . It’s a learning curve . But I will get there
 
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@DJC3

I used to be such a Costa fan, but I’ve boycotted them now. They did salads for about six weeks in the summer but now as you say there’s no low carb options for lunch. I’ve defected to Prèt a Manger, they have salads and some soups that are suitable, plus they do a chocolate chia pudding and a vegan coconut bar which are also low carb. Their nutritional info on their website is brilliant and they also have the carb counts on the shelf edge labels.
 
Rachox said:
@DJC3

I used to be such a Costa fan, but I’ve boycotted them now. They did salads for about six weeks in the summer but now as you say there’s no low carb options for lunch. I’ve defected to Prèt a Manger, they have salads and some soups that are suitable, plus they do a chocolate chia pudding and a vegan coconut bar which are also low carb. Their nutritional info on their website is brilliant and they also have the carb counts on the shelf edge labels.
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Ha! This is exactly what I’ve done!
A new Pret opened near me last week and I couldn’t be happier. I hadn’t clocked their puds though - even better.

Another bonus with Pret is that their filter coffee is 99p AND you get 50p off if you take a reusable cup - only 25p off at Costa and its more expensive to begin with - oh and they’re happy to give me cream in the coffee too.
Great place.
 
DJC3 said:
Ha! This is exactly what I’ve done!
A new Pret opened near me last week and I couldn’t be happier. I hadn’t clocked their puds though - even better.

Another bonus with Pret is that their filter coffee is 99p AND you get 50p off if you take a reusable cup - only 25p off at Costa and its more expensive to begin with - oh and they’re happy to give me cream in the coffee too.
Great place.
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GMTA! Patisserie Valerie is doable too, bit of a French theme going on here!) I’ve asked for eggs Royal or Benedict, with mushrooms in place of the muffins. They’ve done it at a couple of branches I’ve been to without quibbling.
 
@ziggy_w glad you are feeling better

@shelley262 and @maglil55 in the M&S near me (admittedly a very large one), while the main cafe is very carb heavy, they have a hot food counter in the food hall serving rotisserie chicken, veg and salad (among other things). There are tables where you can sit and eat. Haven’t tried it yet, ut on my list of possibles for when I’m out and about.

Still sticking to zero carb. Today’s menu was:

Breakfast - none

Lunch - one boiled egg, 20g Double Gloucester cheese and a small tin of wild Alaskan salmon with mayonnaise.

Dinner - chicken wings coated in Parmesan. Managed to get more cheese on this time and added some garlic salt to increase crispness and flavour. Probably still need a bit more of each. Also prepared a small lamb chop found at the bottom of the freezer, but didn’t need more than a mouthful of that. Finished with 5 Hotel Chocolat 100% buttons.

Flat is now full of a delicious chocolate smell as I’ve made 2 chocolate olive oil cakes to take to work for my department as an early Easter gift.
 
Rachox said:
GMTA! Patisserie Valerie is doable too, bit of a French theme going on here!) I’ve asked for eggs Royal or Benedict, with mushrooms in place of the muffins. They’ve done it at a couple of branches I’ve been to without quibbling.
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Alas! no Patisserie Valerie near me sadly, but good to know for when I’m in town.
 
B. nothing as not hungry
2pm . Gouda, butter and marmite
D. Bunless cheese, bacon and sausage patties.2 patties were more than enough with some melted cheese and one rasher of streaky bacon, added a little butter to up the good fats.
Finished with one square of 85% choc melted into a little cream.....so stuffed right now!

The bad news is that the xrays etc came back and the arthritis is in both hips...so young and too weighty for surgery even though right one is grinding....so I need to KCKO and get older!
 
Peadair O Brionn said:
I will defo look out for it next time I’m in that’s good burgen is 9. Es I have a problem with bread. Was tryin to keep under 100 gr a day but reading here see that it needs to be lower thanks for the tip been looking for low carb bread or crackers for ages . Goin to the docs on Tuesday and the diabetic education thing on Wednesday for the first time .. hope to find out what my readings were on diagnosis and what they are now 3 weeks in hoping they are down so can stay on 1 Met a day . Then try to get them down low enough to be meds free . But I think I will need to go lower than I have been . It’s a learning curve . But I will get there
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Good luck on Tuesday let us know how you get on.
 
Snack- woke at 1 am and was hungry 1 hr later so had a piece of avocado lime cheesecake (not great but it's got to go)
B- coffee w/cream, 2 egg cheese ham mushroom omelette, 1 cocktail tomato.
L- ham sandwich on LC roll, coleslaw
D- out for dinner at Famous Dave's (ribs, chicken, pulled pork, coleslaw, 1/2 cob of corn)

Lots of food but my daily total is at 40g net carbs so pretty good.
 
SueJB said:
Lovely day
Breakfast: slice of cold gammon
Lunch: Small Thali and only ate half the rice
Supper: cold gammon and salad, Oppo vanilla and a bite of Llokum which I spat out
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What is Llokum?

For your gift voucher, Waitrose also stock Willie’s Pure Gold 100% Cacao which is pretty tasty. Quite often on offer.
 
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