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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

*Runs in late...
Just back from a day at my parents on the south coast :)
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream (2 tsp) washed down with a black coffee.
Mid-morning: Americano coffee with a dash of milk and a smuggled in choc brownie phd bar at a New Forest coffee shop.
Lunch: cold meats, cheeses and salad followed by strawberries and cream
Dinner: Chinese takeaway, I had crispy duck, no pancakes and very little sauce, followed by Hartleys 10 cal jelly with cream and a couple more strawberries.
 
Sore throat started this afternoon. Hint of a drippy nose.
It has been blitzed with echinacea tea, vit C, zinc and Sambucol.
My Vit D levels are optimun (tested a month ago). No raised blood glucose (to my delight).
Will be very interested to see how this develops. It is my first proper virus since starting carnivory 5 months ago.
I did have one evening of a sore throat A few weeks ago, that disappeared by morning. This feels like a proper infection.

Breakfast: bacon, egg, a small mushroom.
4pm 2 chicken legs with butter
9pm a dab of Halo and cream

Torn between trying to fast, and eating well. Eating won out.
The chicken bones went straight into the Instant Pot, so chicken soup tomorrow! :D
 
Hope you are all having a lovely weekend.

Managed to catch my sugars yesterday at 9.2 which considering I ate a very large amount of wedding cake and risotto isn't too bad - previous carb tests have led to results in the 10s, so I am quite happy to peak at 9.2. Hoping this means progress is being made.

Fasting sugar high today at 7 but I am assuming that is because of the carb heavy day at the wedding.

L: low carb bagel with chicken and bacon mayonnaise, spinach, Mattesson's sausage
D: Went out tonight so had a quick meal straight from the fridge when we got back - another low carb bagel with smoked salmon pate, ham slices, turkey slices, brie, lettuce and cucumber
Snacks: Adonis blondie, 2 squares of Lindt 90%
 
DCUKMod said:
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Thanks for the link should prove very helpful. The learning curve is fine fits in with planned change through autumn/winter. Both purchased with big change in mind. If June's bloods confirm that i am finally getting a grip of bg the era of controlling diabetes can end. Next phase will be to develop a lifestyle where nourishing food compliments wider aims and diabetes management is a bonus side effect.
 
ianpspurs said:
Thanks for the link should prove very helpful. The learning curve is fine fits in with planned change through autumn/winter. Both purchased with big change in mind. If June's bloods confirm that i am finally getting a grip of bg the era of controlling diabetes can end. Next phase will be to develop a lifestyle where nourishing food compliments wider aims and diabetes management is a bonus side effect.
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Ian - Is your Pot a branded Instant Pot? The only reason I ask is there are a few Facebook closed groups (I'm not a Facebooker, aside from stalking family,......... ahem), for the Instant Pot, including LC and Keto groups but they can be a bit hissy about other brands. I've learned LOADS from there. I've just asked to join a Sous Vide group this morning, with about 30,000 members. I'll never be a hige contributor, but observing other's experiments can be useful.

My cauldron is used most days, although sometimes just to do veg.
 
DCUKMod said:
Ian - Is your Pot a branded Instant Pot? The only reason I ask is there are a few Facebook closed groups (I'm not a Facebooker, aside from stalking family,......... ahem), for the Instant Pot, including LC and Keto groups but they can be a bit hissy about other brands. I've learned LOADS from there. I've just asked to join a Sous Vide group this morning, with about 30,000 members. I'll never be a hige contributor, but observing other's experiments can be useful.

My cauldron is used most days, although sometimes just to do veg.
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Thanks for that and all the other help. Our instant pot is a Sage/Heston B one
 
Well, virus seems to have caused temporary insanity. Lol.

Woke up with cold symptoms and thought ‘hey, this is deteriorating, let’s walk dog before the imminent collapse happens.
So out I went, 8am, bright sun, brisk pace. Further than I was in any state to go, and stopped at a Costa for fortification.

Clearly delirious, because I had a choc babyccino (with flake) AND a brownie.

And it didn’t even occur to me that this was a BAD IDEA til 6 hrs later when I remembered that I have been Gluten Free for nearly 2 years.

Haha!

Scanning with the Libre reveals an up/down spike so sharp it looks like a spearhead, with a peak at 11.2 mmol/l

Just eaten some egg mayo to try and stop the rebound instability. :D

Will take it easy for rest of day, and resist all those exciting investment opportunities in my SPAM email folder... ;)
 
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Evening all - my first full day at home and back in charge and much needed - my bgs have been all up a bit over last week due to mix of stress and poor food options on offer at hotel. Grills or roasts were not on offer at all meals so had to risk meat/fish in sauce a few times. This added to stress. Don’t think will take my bg kit with me next time on hols as wasn’t able to change my choices and know did my best - think it just added to the stress! I’m well aware that stress is a major for me in raising my bgs so taking my caring responsibilities overseas was always going to be a bg raising week! Did mindfulness twice today in attempt to get back into balance.
Breakfast one rasher bacon, egg and mushroom.
Lunch celery,10 walnut halves, cheese selection
Mid pm slice of lowcarb lemon cake in the garden with pot of tea.
Dinner M and S Italian hog roast ( half pack 0.8 carbs) would really recommend this it’s delicious really tender - I served it with Worcestershire(ie local) asparagus with butter. Planning a couple of strawberries with oppo ice cream and cream later.currently enjoying glass of Rioja after a day of catching up with gardening.
 
@Brunneria I’ve never seen you post food like this! Hope you are feeling a bit better and your cold doesn’t become one of those really horrid ones that knock you out.

1st thing: coffee and cream.

Brunch today at a local greasy spoon cafe, as we had to pop into town - 2 fried bacon, 1 egg, 1 sausage 1/2 fried tomato and some mushrooms. Coffee with cream. I don’t think it was a particularly high quality sausage, but I’d already given away my beans and fried bread so felt protective of the rest of my plateful.

Mid aft: 1 oz brazil nuts.

Dinner: I copied a M&S chicken dish I’d seen - chicken breast stuffed with cream cheese and parmesan. A herb and lemon crumb ( which in my case was almond flour and lemon zest) cooked on a bed of spinach with bacon lardons and a couple of cherry toms. Served with chopped salad.
Strawberries and cream - too many strawberries I think (2oz) will see what later bs shows.

@Rachox how do the phd bars compare with Adonis bars?
 
shelley262 said:
Evening all - my first full day at home and back in charge and much needed - my bgs have been all up a bit over last week due to mix of stress and poor food options on offer at hotel. Grills or roasts were not on offer at all meals so had to risk meat/fish in sauce a few times. This added to stress. Don’t think will take my bg kit with me next time on hols as wasn’t able to change my choices and know did my best - think it just added to the stress! I’m well aware that stress is a major for me in raising my bgs so taking my caring responsibilities overseas was always going to be a bg raising week! Did mindfulness twice today in attempt to get back into balance.
Breakfast one rasher bacon, egg and mushroom.
Lunch celery,10 walnut halves, cheese selection
Mid pm slice of lowcarb lemon cake in the garden with pot of tea.
Dinner M and S Italian hog roast ( half pack 0.8 carbs) would really recommend this it’s delicious really tender - I served it with Worcestershire(ie local) asparagus with butter. Planning a couple of strawberries with oppo ice cream and cream later.currently enjoying glass of Rioja after a day of catching up with gardening.
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Good to see you back, I’m sure you’ll be back in control in no time.
It’s so hard when there isn’t a carb friendly choice isn’t it?
I hope your mum enjoyed the break though.
 
Brunneria said:
Sore throat started this afternoon. Hint of a drippy nose.
It has been blitzed with echinacea tea, vit C, zinc and Sambucol.
My Vit D levels are optimun (tested a month ago). No raised blood glucose (to my delight).
Will be very interested to see how this develops. It is my first proper virus since starting carnivory 5 months ago.
I did have one evening of a sore throat A few weeks ago, that disappeared by morning. This feels like a proper infection.

Breakfast: bacon, egg, a small mushroom.
4pm 2 chicken legs with butter
9pm a dab of Halo and cream

Torn between trying to fast, and eating well. Eating won out.
The chicken bones went straight into the Instant Pot, so chicken soup tomorrow! :D
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I hope you manage to stop the sore throat in its tracks, that’s how my cold started. I haven’t had a day of feeling under the weather at all since diagnosis and starting my low carb eating regime, so this has been a shock to my system. Sore throat for 2 days which turned into a cold that if I’m honest has knocked the wind out of my sails, I’ve felt hungry which is unusual since low carb eating too. I think, fingers crossed, it’s beginning to show signs of wearing off, a bit more than nerdy today and not feeling like I want to eat everything in sight.

Late breakfast of ham and cheese with a cappuccino
Evening meal mixed salad and oven cooked sausages followed by strawberries and cream

Happy to report BG levels are down and more like my normal mid 5’s
 
DJC3 said:
@Rachox how do the phd bars compare with Adonis bars?
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I prefer them! They are more like high carb chocolate bars like Mars and Marathon as in they are soft and chewy. They are bigger so more calories but very filling! They are VERY expensive, normally £2.50 each, but on offer at Tesco 2 for £4 now so stocking up I’m my weekly shop tomorrow! They are twice the size of Adonis so you could cut them in half...... could but I haven’t! :joyful:
 
DJC3 said:
@Brunneria I’ve never seen you post food like this! Hope you are feeling a bit better and your cold doesn’t become one of those really horrid ones that knock you out.

1st thing: coffee and cream.

Brunch today at a local greasy spoon cafe, as we had to pop into town - 2 fried bacon, 1 egg, 1 sausage 1/2 fried tomato and some mushrooms. Coffee with cream. I don’t think it was a particularly high quality sausage, but I’d already given away my beans and fried bread so felt protective of the rest of my plateful.

Mid aft: 1 oz brazil nuts.

Dinner: I copied a M&S chicken dish I’d seen - chicken breast stuffed with cream cheese and parmesan. A herb and lemon crumb ( which in my case was almond flour and lemon zest) cooked on a bed of spinach with bacon lardons and a couple of cherry toms. Served with chopped salad.
Strawberries and cream - too many strawberries I think (2oz) will see what later bs shows.

@Rachox how do the phd bars compare with Adonis bars?
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Your M&S recipe sounds lovely :)
 
Rachox said:
I prefer them! They are more like high carb chocolate bars like Mars and Marathon as in they are soft and chewy. They are bigger so more calories but very filling! They are VERY expensive, normally £2.50 each, but on offer at Tesco 2 for £4 now so stocking up I’m my weekly shop tomorrow! They are twice the size of Adonis so you could cut them in half...... could but I haven’t! :joyful:
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Thanks, a trip to Tesco for me tomorrow then!
 
DJC3 said:
Good to see you back, I’m sure you’ll be back in control in no time.
It’s so hard when there isn’t a carb friendly choice isn’t it?
I hope your mum enjoyed the break though.
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Thank you yes mum and aunt loved the break and as she’s 87 times like this are precious it’s just so stressful trying to make it all work out! Left her at home all rested and happy hopefully will be able to not go up again for a few weeks! I’ve got a fair bit
of paid work over June so will be good if don’t have to rush up especially as need to care for autistic son too. I’m not complaining I don’t think! I’m very lucky to have such a lovely family. I’ve also got puppy caring duties in a few weeks as youngest son and partner have adopted a puppy!
 
Brunneria said:
Well, virus seems to have caused temporary insanity. Lol.

Woke up with cold symptoms and thought ‘hey, this is deteriorating, let’s walk dog before the imminent collapse happens.
So out I went, 8am, bright sun, brisk pace. Further than I was in any state to go, and stopped at a Costa for fortification.

Clearly delirious, because I had a choc babyccino (with flake) AND a brownie.

And it didn’t even occur to me that this was a BAD IDEA til 6 hrs later when I remembered that I have been Gluten Free for nearly 2 years.

Haha!

Scanning with the Libre reveals an up/down spike so sharp it looks like a spearhead, with a peak at 11.2 mmol/l

Just eaten some egg mayo to try and stop the rebound instability. :D

Will take it easy for rest of day, and resist all those exciting investment opportunities in my SPAM email folder... ;)
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Wow! That lapse of memory is the sort of thing I could do, @Brunneria . Aside from your mega-spike, which probably knocks you a bit, do you experience any other symptoms immediately when you gluten yourself? These days in addition to the fatigue etc, I get a splitting headache. I feel your pain, with that to get over, as well as your virus.
 
Rachox said:
I prefer them! They are more like high carb chocolate bars like Mars and Marathon as in they are soft and chewy. They are bigger so more calories but very filling! They are VERY expensive, normally £2.50 each, but on offer at Tesco 2 for £4 now so stocking up I’m my weekly shop tomorrow! They are twice the size of Adonis so you could cut them in half...... could but I haven’t! :joyful:
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I happen to be passing Tesco tomorrow!
 
This evening I had a sous vide duck breast with various greenery yummyiness, but it was only when I say Shelley's report of asparagus that I remembered I had bagged and vacuumed some asparagus with garlic and butter, to throw into the sous vide, part way throught the duck breast cooking process, but I've forgotten!

Sounds like I'll throw it onto the BBQ tomorrow, although the vacuum packing means it keeps much, much longer than usual, so no crisis just yet.
 
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