What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[ianpspurs]

i really seriously don't deserve it. I think i read somewhere on this forum that you @ianpspurs are one of the people who gets a higher Hba1c than your BG finger prick tests suggest you should get - and mine seems to be the other way around. I fell off the keto wagon about a year ago and only started checking my BGs in November and they were seriously rubbish then. They are slowly improving now but not low enough yet for this result.

Pretty certain we get what we deserve. You clearly deserve yours and I obviously get my finger prick testing wrong. Like sport, its a results game - the table doesn't lie

 

[Tori71]

i had my appointment with the DN today. Yet another new one - I've never seen the same one twice. Got the results of my Hba1c - 31 - and all the other results were equally confusingly good. While its lovely to have some one give praise, i would have been far more enthusiastic if I thought I deserved it. Oh well.....

Anyway, today...

Breakfast: bacon and eggs, black coffee

Lunch: Black coffee

Dinner: Half of an M&S rack of lamb with a garlic and rosemary crust (reduced from £10 to £3!!!!!) with asparagus and broccoli drizzled with melted butter.

Pudding: One square of 85% and four strawberries with extra thick cream

Glass of celebratory red wine

BTW, those that are addicted to almond butter..... my local Aldi have got it on offer for £1.99.

I never see those bargains at M & S @Chook !

 

[PenguinMum]

Good evening All. @Chook congrats on your great results. I was surprised too recently and not taking anything away from your success but I do think some meters are quite inaccurate (I use the Codefree but when I use up my strips might change to the Tee2).
Anywaytodays food is
Breakfast: 1 slice HiLo toast and tea.
Lunch: half carton Covent Garden Classic Chicken soup watered down. Was leftover by son at Christmas. Small cheese salad.
Supper: Panfried Brill fillet with lemon butter, tenderstem brocolli (planned).
Friday so enjoying a G&T. Quiet weekend taking down decorations.
@ianpspurs what a lovely menu today. I cant waste food and you turned your leftovers into something special.

 

[Boo1979]

Breakfast - 2 x LC lemon shortbread
Lunch - 70g pot of mixed nuts from Lidl followed by an Americano coffee with lactofree cream
Dinner - 2 cold cooked skinless chicken thighs with a salad of rocket, lambs lettuce & pea shoots with 1/2 small avocado & 1 crisped rasher of nitrate free bacon. 20g Stokes garlic mayonnaise
1520 cals, 14g carbs, and another measly 11g fibre - must do better - Heba pap or Konjac noodles needs to feature in tomorrow’s plan

 

[Boo1979]

i had my appointment with the DN today. Yet another new one - I've never seen the same one twice. Got the results of my Hba1c - 31 - and all the other results were equally confusingly good. While its lovely to have some one give praise, i would have been far more enthusiastic if I thought I deserved it. Oh well.....

Anyway, today...

Breakfast: bacon and eggs, black coffee

Lunch: Black coffee

Dinner: Half of an M&S rack of lamb with a garlic and rosemary crust (reduced from £10 to £3!!!!!) with asparagus and broccoli drizzled with melted butter.

Pudding: One square of 85% and four strawberries with extra thick cream

Glass of celebratory red wine

BTW, those that are addicted to almond butter..... my local Aldi have got it on offer for £1.99.

Nice one - congrats

 

[shelley262]

Good evening all and congratulations to you @Chook you must be thrilled especially as your result is lower than your monitoring.
Breakfast sausage, bacon and egg
Lunch lc veggie soup and a few lc herb biscuits
Dinner spaghetti bolognese ( using bare naked spaghetti at 1.8g of carb per 100g and very good too!) even OH, who is very suspicious of any replacement pasta deemed this one a success so that’s great. He’s not keen on the dried bean pasta but likes this one. With small glass of red wine followed by spoonful of lc lemon and lime mousse and fage yoghurt.

 

[Boo1979]

Good evening All. @Chook congrats on your great results. I was surprised too recently and not taking anything away from your success but I do think some meters are quite inaccurate (I use the Codefree but when I use up my strips might change to the Tee2).
Anywaytodays food is
Breakfast: 1 slice HiLo toast and tea.
Lunch: half carton Covent Garden Classic Chicken soup watered down. Was leftover by son at Christmas. Small cheese salad.
Supper: Panfried Brill fillet with lemon butter, tenderstem brocolli (planned).
Friday so enjoying a G&T. Quiet weekend taking down decorations.
@ianpspurs what a lovely menu today. I cant waste food and you turned your leftovers into something special.

Never been a gin drinker myself, but it was a real revelation to be introduced to the weirdness of flavoured gin at christmas although I didnt partake. Now Sloe Gin Ive heard of at it makes perfect sense, but Parma violet gin, Rhubarb and custard gin, lavender gin, bakewell pie gin and strawberry with black pepper gin are just too weird! - says the woman who regularly sampled Thunderbird (AKA rocket fuel) in her youth!

 

[Emma_369]

Evening all. Some wonderful sounding foods on her today!
Breakfast - a cup of tea with 1 slice of Morrison’s whole meal protein toast - which On previous 4 occasions s I’ve been fine with. Today my BG didn’t like it so think I’ll give it a miss for a few weeks then try again
Lunch - lettuce, cucumber, 2 cherry tomatoes, a spoon of coleslaw, 3 slices chicken, 3 slices ham & 50g extra mature cheese
Dinner - king prawns with stir fry of mushrooms, peppers, cabbage, a few beansprouts and some Nando’s sauce
Snacks - 20g salted peanuts mid afternoon with a cappuccino

 

[PenguinMum]

Never been a gin drinker myself, but it was a real revelation to be introduced to the weirdness of flavoured gin at christmas although I didnt partake. Now Sloe Gin Ive heard of at it makes perfect sense, but Parma violet gin, Rhubarb and custard gin, lavender gin, bakewell pie gin and strawberry with black pepper gin are just too weird! - says the woman who regularly sampled Thunderbird (AKA rocket fuel) in her youth!

Lol I’m not a fan of flavoured gin but there is an explosion of niche gins at the moment. Bombay Sapphire is our “house” gin but someone gave us a bottle of Blooms dry gin for Christmas and it tastes so pure. Another thoughtful gift was a visit to the Bombay Sapphire plant which is just over the border. Lush!

 

[Emma_369]

Lol I’m not a fan of flavoured gin but there is an explosion of niche gins at the moment. Bombay Sapphire is our “house” gin but someone gave us a bottle of Blooms dry gin for Christmas and it tastes so pure. Another thoughtful gift was a visit to the Bombay Sapphire plant which is just over the border. Lush!

I’ve never been a gin drinker - always been scared of ‘the hard stuff’ and stuck to lager. As soon as diagnosed diabetic and realised lager is bad and the spirits are good for me, gin is my new friend

 

[ziggy_w]

Hello all,

Just got back from a night out at our new favorite French tapas place.

@Chook -- Wonderful HbA1c results. You definitely deserve a celebration. Well done.
@purplepenguin -- Congrats on the blood pressure results. I remember wearing this 24h-blood pressure monitor once about three years ago and didn't get any sleep that night. Definitely worth the results though for you.

Today...

Breakfast: Two double decaffeinated espressos with cream and erythritol.

Lunch: Filet of lamb with sauce Bearnaise, braised and spiced red cabbage (very small portion) and homemade pumpkin gnocchi, which tbh didn't turn out to be very good.

Dinner: A small serving of spiced pumpkin, a serving of goat cream cheese with walnut (asked for the honey to left off), mussels in white wine sauce. Two glasses of red wine.

Now off to one hour on the ellipsis machine (read somewhere that half an hour burns off the effect of half a glass of wine on the liver).

 

[DJC3]

Breakfast: 2 x 1.5 pints mug of tea; Dockey: Morrisons coffee; Lunch: Dog walk then 2 x 1.5 pints tea by then it was 15.30 hrs Afternoon: Nothing
Evening meal 17.15: Cottage pie (celeriac, swede , butter and cheese topping); 20% mince; IP beef stock; ‘nduja; braised red cabbage (used up some of the opened wine I won’t drink), cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg; Have to honest, that was an LC meal I really enjoyed much more than traditional version
I am never going to like winter anymore than I will ever like The Beatles or Elvis. The difference is I can’t ignore winter for the rest of my life.
@Tori71 I really like the Black Bread mix (and port) and I seem to recall @DJC3 did as well but she may prove me wrong.
Edit/Update: Will have almond milk and cream cocoa later while watching football near the woodburner. Gym is just too cold tonight.

I loved the black bread mix. ( but I also like the Beatles and Elvis)

 

[ianpspurs]

I loved the black bread mix. ( but I also like the Beatles and Elvis)

To paraphrase Meatloaf - 1 out of 2 ain't bad

 

[Chook]

I never see those bargains at M & S @Chook !

No, I don't normally but there was a lot of reduced today - so my freezer is nicely topped up.

(Did the same in Morrisons.)

 

[maglil55]

No, I don't normally but there was a lot of reduced today - so my freezer is nicely topped up.

(Did the same in Morrisons.)

I got 2 venison racks for £10. You usually get the good bargains right after Christmas and New Year closed days. I would have got more if I'd had the freezer space.

 

[DJC3]

Evening all. Late today as I’ve been to the Heligan at Night event - the gardens lit up by lights, it was magical.
First my food-
B: DD breakfast sandwich with 1 egg. Coffee&cream
L: At a pub, mostly carb heavy stuff on the menu but I had slow braised lamb shank in red wine. I had broccoli instead of the mash, it was nice but sauce tasted a little sweet. I tried to scrape most of it off but still saw bg of 6.9 afterwards. Not terrible but not brilliant either. Had 2 HC 100% batons when I got in.
D: later than I like, cheese, chorizo and lc seedy crackers with 2 glasses red

Looking back over loads of posts - what a busy day and what nice menus, to mention a few ( although I’ve enjoyed them all)

@ziggy_w I’d definitely keep the coffee machine over the rest too. Morning coffee is the most important part of the day.
@Tori71 don’t bother with the Dr Almond white toasting loaf
@Chook great HbA1c whether or not you think it’s deserved. I might well head off to Aldi for a year’s supply of almond butter - the question is, will it take me a year to eat, or just a month?
@shelley262 I’ve enjoyed the Bare Naked range too, I don’t miss pasta that much but this really fills the gap if I do.
@PenguinMum and @Boo1979 I love gin. @shelley262 put me onto having it with soda rather than tonic which I really like now. I discovered Elemental raspberry gin this year though which is fab and not at all sweet - made originally for one of the founder’s dad who is diabetic and used to love sweet sloe gin.

 

[zauberflote]

@Chook congratulations!!!!
@purplepenguin thT contraption must have driven you up the wall.. glad your results were good!
Oh my gosh @Boo1979 Thunderbird!! I’d forgotten that one. I was a Mateus gal... hubby and I outgrew that one

 

[Rachox]

Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Lunch out with my daughter at Patisserie Valerie: eggs royal with mushrooms instead of brioche.
Mid afternoon: raspberry phd bar and black coffee.
Dinner celebrating hubby’s birthday at Hungry Horse: chicken skewers with side salad and coleslaw followed at home by SF jelly, cream and LC chocolate granola.

 

[maglil55]

Very late tonight - will catch up tomorrow. Bed 6.9 FBG 7.1. Thought I was returning to some kind of normality today when I finally returned to the 5's - no such luck. Shot up to 9.1 about 20 mins ago but now on rapid descent. Just sitting getting some water down as I've not drunk as much water today.
B. Very late. 2 GF pork chipolatos, 2 rashers crispy bacon, fried egg, bit of the wee black pudding , 1 mushroom and a Tassimo Americano grande with a dash of cream.
L. 1/2 a grenade bar and a Tassimo Americano grande with a dash of cream.
D. Cod loin dressed in my sesame crumb mix (added parsley and lemon rind to the basic mix), vegetable chips and the curry tartare sauce.
Scoop of halo top and 4 raspberries.
Trip to recycling today - not as busy as post Christmas. After took the boys to the library. No 1 decided a book was wrong as he knew it was Roald Dahl but book said the GFG? Turned out it had been rewritten in a Scottish accent which he found highly amusing. No 2 could not be persuaded that a Gaelic story book was not the best idea either? Still 5 books each we eventually got sorted and home again. They are bemoaning the fact that school starts again Monday.
Ah well, BGs dropping nicely so a bit more water then bed it is.

 

[Goonergal]

but I also like the Beatles and Elvis)

Me too!