What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[jayney27]

I usually eat dinner around 7.30-8.00 and post afterwards, but I’m of out to see Jason Manford at the theatre tonight, so I’ll have to eat earlier. Therefore I’ll post what I’ve had so far and what I’m planning for dinner.
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream (2 tsp) washed down with a black coffee.
Lunch: homemade cream of mushroom soup with a Joseph’s low carb pitta followed by Greek yoghurt and raspberries.
Mid afternoon: Hartleys 10cal jelly and black coffee.
Dinner will be mature cheddar and mushroom omelette with salad of some kind, followed by strawberries and cream.

Hope you have a lovely time, enjoy

 

[jayney27]

@Brunneria you are a total star your microwave tip is a winner. Just got in from work and fancied something as a snack so tried your tip, wow

 

[Mongolia]

An unplanned 24 hour food fast has just been broken with a salad of rocket, mushroom, olives, avocado, pine nuts and trout fillet. Very satisfactory

 

[shelley262]

Evening all my fave day of the week with my Pilates class
No breakfast as usual on Pilates day
Lunch cheese and celery and 5 100% cocoa buttons
Dinner bolognese sauce served with slice of low carb livlife bread fried in coconut oil followed by last slice of coffee and walnut cake served with cream
@ziggy_w thanks for holiday good wishes but not going until a couple of weeks from now. I’ve got my bloods and review with diabetic nurse before then and a fair bit of work to do. It’s a funny holiday too as it’s a family holiday taking my 87 year old mum and her elderly sister - both diabetic with extra health issues - on holiday to Spain for them to get some sun so it may be interesting! Still it’s just a week .........

 

[jayney27]

Hello everyone,
Another busy day trying to get things done before finishing up at work to go on holiday.
Also another day where I haven’t stopped to check my levels as often as I should, however they are nice and low again today, 4.9 after breakfast which was rather late as I had an early start at work, 20g portion of cheddar cheese and 18g pack of pork scratchings, the weird things I eat now but accept as “normal”
Lunch was a little bit of salad and some cold roast chicken followed later by a nice cup of coffee and one of my lemon cake bars, took a reading at 2 hrs after first bite, 5.1
Had 4 salami slices and another cheddar cheese portion a little over 2 hrs ago and I’m 5.6
Evening meal will be a bit later than normal as I’ve just come back from having a massage, I will be having a couple of pork chops, cauliflower rice and a little bit of roasted beetroot.

 

[Goonergal]

Hi all. Checking in after ending my fast after 48 hours. Enjoyed catching up with all of your posts.

@ziggy_w you’ve been working a lot recently. I hope it’s appreciated.

@maglil55 hope the gym visit went well

@DJC3 your doctors visit sounds surreal

@shelley262 what is your bolognese recipe? I’ve stopped doing mine as the tomatoes made it way too sweet, but miss a good bolognese

Broke fast in stages to be gentle on my stomach.

Started with 25g almonds while dinner finished cooking; followed by Waitrose lamb kleftico. Then baked a chocolate olive oil cake - my dad and his wife are visiting tomorrow and I promised them one. Have just eaten a warm slice with cream.

 

[Stronggirlsclub]

How are you feeling after your fast @Goonergal?

I’ve not been too happy with my numbers today. My out of bed reading was higher than normal and took a long time to come down. I had a choc chia pudding for breakfast and wonder if there was too many carbs in when I’m already tackling liver dump?

Wake up; 10.1

Breakfast; chia pudding (before 10.2, after 9.2)

Lunch; left over meatballs with lettuce and caeser dressing (before 7.4 after 8.9)

Dinner; omelette with cheese, onion and mushroom and a waitrose sausage (before 7.6 after 7.0)

I’ve currently got some keto brownies baking in the oven. Fingers crossed they taste good....I’ll keep you posted.

 

[Brunneria]

1pm last of the lamb henry
3pm the smallest hot choc that Costa do (about 100ml)
7pm pork ribs

Ma6be goatsmilk yog and cream, later.

 

[Goonergal]

How are you feeling after your fast @Goonergal?

I’ve not been too happy with my numbers today. My out of bed reading was higher than normal and took a long time to come down. I had a choc chia pudding for breakfast and wonder if there was too many carbs in when I’m already tackling liver dump?

Wake up; 10.1

Breakfast; chia pudding (before 10.2, after 9.2)

Lunch; left over meatballs with lettuce and caeser dressing (before 7.4 after 8.9)

Dinner; omelette with cheese, onion and mushroom and a waitrose sausage (before 7.6 after 7.0)

I’ve currently got some keto brownies baking in the oven. Fingers crossed they taste good....I’ll keep you posted.

Feeling fine. Got very hungry in the end but it’s the longest I’ve managed so far.

You might well find that carbs are dealt with better in the day. Looking forward to the update on the brownies.

 

[jayney27]

Hi all. Checking in after ending my fast after 48 hours. Enjoyed catching up with all of your posts.

@ziggy_w you’ve been working a lot recently. I hope it’s appreciated.

@maglil55 hope the gym visit went well

@DJC3 your doctors visit sounds surreal

@shelley262 what is your bolognese recipe? I’ve stopped doing mine as the tomatoes made it way too sweet, but miss a good bolognese

Broke fast in stages to be gentle on my stomach.

Started with 25g almonds while dinner finished cooking; followed by Waitrose lamb kleftico. Then baked a chocolate olive oil cake - my dad and his wife are visiting tomorrow and I promised them one. Have just eaten a warm slice with cream.

Well done @Goonergal welcome back

 

[jayney27]

1pm last of the lamb henry
3pm the smallest hot choc that Costa do (about 100ml)
7pm pork ribs

Ma6be goatsmilk yog and cream, later.

The microwave tip for salami crisps is a winner, I tried it this evening, amazing, thank you for discovering this and sharing with us all

 

[shelley262]

Hi @Goonergal congrats on the fast - Friday weigh in should be good for you.
My bolognese recipe - I soak about 6 sun dried tomatoes - in boiling water for at least 30 mins and overnight if remember. I Buy frozen Mediterranean veg from Waitrose which I use a lot in casseroles and fry a small amount in oil, add dried garlic and onion granules and dried basil then add the soaked and chopped dried toms and water. I then cook in my slow cooker for a couple of hours fry the mince and add to sauce and cook for another hour. I use half for bolognese and the heat up other half the following day with a few dried chillies, and a few mushrooms fried in butter and black olives to replace the beans! It’s not at all sweet I don’t think.
Enjoy your day with your Dad and his wife and eating again!

 

[DJC3]

Evening all
@ziggy_w shame the red wine didn’t work for you, maybe its because your levels are good to start with? Mine still have a fair way to come down. At least it was good fun trying I hope.

@Rachox hope Jason Manford was good tonight.

@shelley262 I love your new avatar you look so trim and cheerful.

@Goonergal wow! Well done, hope you sleep better tonight.

@jayney27 when are you going on hols? Hope you have a great time.

B: a sausage and fried egg

Went to see a friend this morning, she’d made Mary Berry cookies. I felt so guilty saying I couldn’t have one, but really wasn’t tempted.

L: tin of mackerel fillets in olive oil, with 1/2 avocado and apple cider vinegar dressing. Adonis blondie bar

D: ‘meatza’ pizza made with a rolled out 100% beefburger as a base and topped with sour cream ( much prefer this to tom puree, thanks @ziggy_w) plus mozzarella, mushrooms chorizo and spinach. It was great, took just seconds to prepare and was really filling and satisfying.
Large glass of dry white wine.

 

[jayney27]

Evening all
@ziggy_w shame the red wine didn’t work for you, maybe its because your levels are good to start with? Mine still have a fair way to come down. At least it was good fun trying I hope.

@Rachox hope Jason Manford was good tonight.

@shelley262 I love your new avatar you look so trim and cheerful.

@Goonergal wow! Well done, hope you sleep better tonight.

@jayney27 when are you going on hols? Hope you have a great time.

B: a sausage and fried egg

Went to see a friend this morning, she’d made Mary Berry cookies. I felt so guilty saying I couldn’t have one, but really wasn’t tempted.

L: tin of mackerel fillets in olive oil, with 1/2 avocado and apple cider vinegar dressing. Adonis blondie bar

D: ‘meatza’ pizza made with a rolled out 100% beefburger as a base and topped with sour cream ( much prefer this to tom puree, thanks @ziggy_w) plus mozzarella, mushrooms chorizo and spinach. It was great, took just seconds to prepare and was really filling and satisfying.
Large glass of dry white wine.

Your pizza sounds amazing. I finish work tomorrow lunch time, taking half day as it’s my birthday, we fly to Crete on Tuesday, really looking forward to it but am also slightly nervous as this will be my first trip abroad since diagnosis. My second HbA1c test is end of May so the holiday period will be included in my blood test.

 

[DJC3]

Your pizza sounds amazing. I finish work tomorrow lunch time, taking half day as it’s my birthday, we fly to Crete on Tuesday, really looking forward to it but am also slightly nervous as this will be my first trip abroad since diagnosis. My second HbA1c test is end of May so the holiday period will be included in my blood test.

How exciting! I can understand the nervousness over holidaying before the HbA1c but I hope it doesn’t rule your holiday or spoil the enjoyment. You seem to be doing really well and have good control. I’m sure you’ll find a lot of lovely fresh food to enjoy.
Have a great birthday tomorrow.

 

[jayney27]

How exciting! I can understand the nervousness over holidaying before the HbA1c but I hope it doesn’t rule your holiday or spoil the enjoyment. You seem to be doing really well and have good control. I’m sure you’ll find a lot of lovely fresh food to enjoy.
Have a great birthday tomorrow.

Thank you DJC3
I have always been relatively lucky and not put on weight when on holidays, never understood why until I consciously followed low carb diet, it turns out that lots of my choices now were what I used to eat when on holiday, omelettes for breakfast, salads and meat or fish, lighter food due to the warmer weather. I will miss the bread rolls and fruit though.

 

[maglil55]

Bed 6.3 FBG was also 6.3 but the DP was back at 9.2
Rest of the day was pretty normal though.
B. A very rushed couple of scrambled eggs and a Tassimo Americano grande with a dash of cream.
L. Very late 1/2 Mattesons smoked sausage.
D. An old favourite the DD trout fillet (they use salmon) coated with a mix of mayo, parmesan and chilli paste and oven baked. Served with wilted spinach. Last of the Halo Top.

The new gym is very nice. I wasn't wrong in my assumption that it is a similar mix to my current gym. The equipment is more modern than the gym I'm in but it didn't take long to familiarise myself although I'll need someone to take me through some of the weights another day. I'm sure I'll settle in. Trainers are happy I know what I'm doing and don't need someone standing over me. My last Aqua class at my current gym tomorrow. Sad!

 

[vanillapie]

Hello all, hope you've had a lovely day!

Had my first delivery from lowcarbmegastore today so have been indulging without too much of the guilt. I am particularly enjoying CiaoCarb's "breadsticks" as I have been sorely missing crunchy snacks!

B: Decaf coffee, Cadbury's Highlight sachet and cream
L: Two low carb bagels (2g carbs each) with turkey, emmental and spinach
D: Didn't feel like cooking so just had a mishmash of things in the fridge - Pepperoni crisps (Thanks @Brunneria for the idea!), ham slices, brie, chicken and bacon mayonnaise, low carb breadsticks, lettuce, cucumber.

 

[vanillapie]

I use it too it’s quite motivating

Another MySugr user here! Find it so useful to keep track of everything!

 

[Goonergal]

Hi @Goonergal congrats on the fast - Friday weigh in should be good for you.
My bolognese recipe - I soak about 6 sun dried tomatoes - in boiling water for at least 30 mins and overnight if remember. I Buy frozen Mediterranean veg from Waitrose which I use a lot in casseroles and fry a small amount in oil, add dried garlic and onion granules and dried basil then add the soaked and chopped dried toms and water. I then cook in my slow cooker for a couple of hours fry the mince and add to sauce and cook for another hour. I use half for bolognese and the heat up other half the following day with a few dried chillies, and a few mushrooms fried in butter and black olives to replace the beans! It’s not at all sweet I don’t think.
Enjoy your day with your Dad and his wife and eating again!

Thanks!