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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Chook said:
Thanks for the suggestion. :). I'm away on holiday at the moment so can't have an earlier meal but I will when we get home and my husband goes back to work (he works afternoon/evening shift so I could then have it any time I want).

Are the lovely dogs in your avatar Labradoodles?
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Yes they are littermates (brothers) one is very lab and the other very poodle. Both of them are lab in the way they eat anything they find!

I am OMAD today - pulled pork. Smells good just waiting for it to finish cooking in the slow cooker.
 
zauberflote said:
@Annb that's the first time I've heard someone being positive about a colonoscopy! I hope that only good will come of it.
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I've had a few colonoscopies over the last years and am quite used to the process. Although, last time I had an endoscopy as well. They gave me enough sedative to put me out, unusually. When I woke up, I was still in the operating theatre and in the middle of the colonoscopy part of the procedure. Everyone was having a laugh because there had been a fire alarm in the middle of the procedure and the theatre had to be evacuated. (Small fire in the hospital kitchen.) The worst part is beforehand, in the day leading up to the op. The best part is when they tell you that either they have found nothing suspicious or they found some small problem and have cut it out! Not sure how happy I'd be if they found it had gone too far. Better to know, anyway.
 
Evening all.

Woke feeling a bit under the weather so haven’t done much today aside from pick up a few bits and pieces in the small local Asda and some excellent looking cuts from the butcher.

Lunch was air fried pork belly pieces coated in chilli oil and air fried chicken wings. Both delicious.
Dinner was beef short ribs cooked in the Instant Pot and beautifully tender.

@ziggy_w BG is still off. Better today than yesterday when it went through the roof in the morning despite zero carb OMAD the previous day and having water fasted for 18 hours. Hopefully it will settle down soon.

Question for those with IPs, how long would you pressure cook brisket for? Noticed a piece lurking in the freezer and find it a bit dry when slow cooked, so wondering if using the pressure setting would be better. It’s probably about half a kilo in weight.

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Hugs to all who need them for whatever reason:(

Well ... I received my delivery from seriously low carb this morning ...:D:D:D

Brunch - 2 slices of seriously low carb bread toasted with lots of butter and mug of earl grey tea with double cream.

Dinner - 2 :hungry: Burger Rolls - one with onions, a teeny bit of heinz 50% less sugar ketchup and cheese on top and on the other I had salad - both were delicious and well ... today is the first day in over 3 years (since the big D) I had have a roll but won't be the last - happy days are here again! and oh (in line with the fast food) washed all down with large glass of pepsi max - lovely jubbly. SF jelly and clotted cream.:happy:
 
Goonergal said:
Evening all.

Woke feeling a bit under the weather so haven’t done much today aside from pick up a few bits and pieces in the small local Asda and some excellent looking cuts from the butcher.

Lunch was air fried pork belly pieces coated in chilli oil and air fried chicken wings. Both delicious.
Dinner was beef short ribs cooked in the Instant Pot and beautifully tender.

@ziggy_w BG is still off. Better today than yesterday when it went through the roof in the morning despite zero carb OMAD the previous day and having water fasted for 18 hours. Hopefully it will settle down soon.

Question for those with IPs, how long would you pressure cook brisket for? Noticed a piece lurking in the freezer and find it a bit dry when slow cooked, so wondering if using the pressure setting would be better. It’s probably about half a kilo in weight.

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Goonergal - I've never done brisket in the IP. In fact, I don't think I have knowingly eaten brisket for a few years.

I had a quick search in the FP IP group and there are lots of comments on there. Many have great success cooking it under pressure, but the timings vary enormously. On that basis, we I doing it, I might go for quite a long (for IP under pressure) cook, and be prepared to have pulled beef.

I'll be interested to hear how you do it, and your results.

I wonder if that oracle of all things cooking, @maglil55 has any experience to offer.
 
DCUKMod said:
I had a quick search in the FP IP group and there are lots of comments on there. Many have great success cooking it under pressure, but the timings vary enormously. On that basis, we I doing it, I might go for quite a long (for IP under pressure) cook, and be prepared to have pulled beef.
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Thanks. Should have thought of looking there.
Brunneria said:
I’ve done brisket in the instant pot. It was glorious, but yes, I ended up virtually pulling it.
‘Fraid it was so long ago that I can’t remember the timings.

this looks a good recipe though.

https://www.pressurecookrecipes.com/instant-pot-brisket/

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That meat looks delicious.

I’ll be giving it a shot some time next week.
 
Antje77 said:
Rookworst! Sold cold to warm at home but also sold as 'halve warme' to eat while walking outside the store. Salty, smoky and fatty with a wonderful popping sound when you bite through the thin skin and the juices fly out!

You only need to warm them in hot (but not boiling!) water. Bought hot they always taste better because they're kept in the hot water until sold, making the fats melt inside. So when warming at home, do so for at least 20 minutes and they'll be devine!

Zero carbs! (Well, 0,2 per 100 gr :))

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I didn’t get to Hema, but a google search seems to indicate they don’t do these in the UK.
 
@Chook When I’ve done OMAD like @Goonergal I’ve had my one meal early teatime and it worked well for me BUT I did have higher bgs throughout morning - they tended to go down by mid pm. I was listening to a podcast from the American dr Brian Mowll episode 29 mastering blood sugars benefits of TRE found on Spotify a few days ago but can’t find a link to this podcast on his site or YouTube Ito share I did try! It’s about time restricted eating and covers time of eating with claims that his diabetic patients do better eating in an earlier window rather than a later one. He suggests a 18/6 pattern with eating in 6 hours ideally breakfast and lunchtime this seems to show lower bgs for his patients.
Link on Spotify if you have Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/episode/16r3WSM4rxppfLTa9iYhWZ?si=Ma4OhS1wRXSh65RtL-_QNA&nd=1&nd=1


I have now been eating 18/6 again consistently for about a month starting the day with some exercise and then eating at around 1 and finishing by 6 pm and it’s working well for me but as @Goonergal says you need to try things for a while to see if results. I get low fbgs but goes up after exercise for a short while. Not easy finding what works best for us - good luck with whatever you try. I’ll be varying it though while away at mums...
Breakfast exercise as usual
Lunch two boiled eggs with LC seeded crackers followed by two montezumas 100% mini eggs
Dinner lc seeded crackers with salsa and raita and hm chicken curry followed by DGF brownie with a few berries from garden and extra thick cream.
Off first thing in am to Yorks to help mum with stuff so will probably be Wednesday before catch up when back.
 
DJC3 said:
Promise to try one as soon as they arrive! They sell out of these new flavours so quickly don’t they? I’m worried about missing them
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That’s why I ordered them I was listening to Basmas live feed when they launched and she mentioned that they are meant to be like old fashioned ginger cake like the ‘Jamaican ginger cake’ which I remember well! Used to love it! Promise will try when arrive
 
Hi everyone.

@Goonergal -- Drads, very frustrating.Are you sure you are not brewing something?
@DJC3 -- So glad you enjoyed your anniversary breakfast and it did sound like a fab day.

Better start posting, before I forget everything I had today ...

Breakfast: A double decaffeinated espresso with cream and erythritol.

Lunch: 85g of tuna sashimi with a soy-horseradish dip. A small portion of cauliflour mashed with butter and potato fiber. Radishes. Half a DD keto roll with mayonnaise and shrimps. Also a cactus pear, which didn't do my blood sugars too much of a favor, though the rise was still acceptable.

Dinner: Three eggs scrambled with spring onion and manchego cheese. Chia pudding made with a bit of cream, butter, vanilla, and erythritol. Dry red wine.
 
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@Goonergal before I forget I’ve made this https://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/keto-beef-brisket-instant-pot-low-carb/ a while ago, but like others have said it was more pulled beef. Still good though. Sorry to hear about the mid morning rise in bg still going on.
Today after boot camp I had a bacon sandwich!!! Using the new Keeto bread and it was wonderful. It was so nice to be able to have the same as everyone else ( I always make bacon butties for the girls afterwards) I wish Id taken a photo but I was too keen to get stuck in.
Lunch was late - a Hb egg, 1/2 tin tuna and h/m mayo
Dinner some fish - monkfish and something we think was pollack both found in the bottom of the freezer yesterday. Served with lemon butter, roast cauli and mushrooms. 2 glasses dry white wine and a Montezuma’s peanut butter chocolate mini egg.
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and raspberry phd bar
Late Lunch: pistachios followed by Greek yoghurt, raspberries and vanilla and raspberry LC granola.
Dinner: Chinese takeaway, crispy duck, two small pancakes, a smidge of sauce and veggies followed by SF jelly, cream and LC chocolate granola
 
Put 2/3 of the oxtail and veggie stew in the freezer and used the rest to make a delicious sauerkraut and cream dish, enough to last me 4 days :hungry:

And then I broke a molar on my third bite. One of the boney caps from between the oxtails vertebrae had escaped my cleaning.
No pain, thankfully (I guess it has had a root canal treatment in the past already), but it's the middle of the three molars on the lower left side so I kind of need it. Especially as on the right I only have one molar left, then two empty spots and then everything on the front intact, perfect for biting and appearance but completely useless for chewing.
Top is all plastic already, but I really don't want to have bottom dentures as well.
 
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