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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

An hours fasted exercise then 90 second bread with cheese and 2 cherry tomatoes for early lunch.
2 hour walk
Lc hot chocolate made with cocoa and double cream
Pub dinner: cajun chicken breast, chips, coleslaw, side salad. 1 glass red wine. 1 after dinner chocolate.
Thought bg was OK only going to 7.7 then down to 6.5 at 2 hours, but then rose again to 8.1. Bit of a roller coaster
 
I have slipped by the wayside over the last two days, a bit of carby stuff eaten while on the train to Brisbane, I had some food I took with me but was still hungry on Monday.

Not much for breakfast as I slept in, and St John were picking me up from the Annexe Apartments. after my appointment I got the usual complimentary ham and cheese or cheese and ham sandwiches, no egg and lettuce left.

More carby stuff on the train coming home, what hot food they had on offer in the buffet car did not suit my tastes yesterday.

Got to make up for it in the next couple of days as I have to knock a couple of kilos off from all of the coffee I drank over my 1.5 ltrs a day ration restriction. :meh:
 
Thanks for everyone’s advice, hoping that they might be able to accommodate or I could sneak my own bread in!

Breakfast - the usual eggs.

Lunch - Boursin on M and S seeded crackers, some slices of pepperoni and a sugar free jelly.

Dinner - aubergine lasagne probably followed by a raspberry and coconut DGF bar which I finally got my hands on.
 
Onlinecaroline said:
@DJC3 thinking of you and hope you’re in the road to recovery.

Breakfast - the usual egg in a cup.
Lunch - M and S seed crackers with 2 portions of Boursin, pepperoni slices and a sugar free jelly.
Dinner - beef fajitas, one carb zone wrap, guacamole, cheese and sour cream. Followed by a fibre one bar and tea.

I’d really appreciate some advice - on Saturday I’m meeting my friends for the first time in almost 6 months. We are going to a nearby cafe for lunch and cocktails, but unfortunately the menu really is very carb based. Sandwiches, pancakes, sausage rolls etc. My plan would be to have their version of a ploughman’s as it’s served on malted bread with just cheese, ham and coleslaw. I haven’t had above 25g since January. I’m trying to take a balanced view that one sandwich in a year won’t kill me - as I’m going to have to live with this disease for hopefully 40 +years and don’t want to miss out on seeing my friends and going places we like. What do you all do in situations like this? Finding coming out of lockdown the most stressful part of being diabetic :bored:
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Do they do soups? Let's face it, it's been cold enough. Failing that I'm with @Goonergal, just ask. They'll have salad type stuff at least. Especially as you are going with a number of friends you usually find they are prepared to work with you if you speak to them in advance.
 
Sunday bed 6.4 FBG 6.6. Swimming lesson day. Freezer still being a nightmare. It's now producing loads of ice and is there anything such as "too frozen"? Believe me the contents are so frozen they could do you a serious injury and the fridge keeps dropping to -2°. Ho hum, at least the contents (such as they are) are cold.
B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with Dairylea and ox tongue.
L. Nothing at swimming.
D. Roast sirloin, GF yorkshire pudding, celeriac dauphinoise and peas. Usual campari and soda. Few cherries.

Monday bed 6.3 FBG 6.9 - a whole day off but, it's youngest grandson's birthday tomorrow so I have to go with son so we can both collect his birthday presents. Still, I got most of the day to myself.
B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with Dairylea and ox tongue.
L. Nothing
D. Cheese burger on a SLC roll with mustard and an applewood smoked cheese slice. Tomato, 1/2 avocado and coleslaw.
Few cherries.

Tuesday bed 6.4 FBG 5.4 - youngest's birthday. Mum & Dad had got him a giant badge as had we and he wore both to school. He was beaming as he pointed out Everyone was wishing him a happy birthday. Yes, that might be something to do with the two giant badges on your shirt.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with coronation chicken.
L. Nothing
D. Roast chicken with sage & onion, broccoli and I did have 1/2 a roast potato. One of these Lidl raspberry bars of chocolate.

Grandson was highly delighted with his presents. His favourite was the Pokemon school bag I got him as an extra which he tells me is the best school bag ever!
 
Didn’t follow the DD meal plan today as I’ve felt a bit off colour still. Just coffee, tea and soda water until around 4 pm when I was suddenly hungry.
Quick and easy romaine lettuce leaves topped with a dollop of h/m Mayo, salami and slices of Jarlsberg, eaten like open sandwiches.
2 squares Montezuma’s absolute black with almonds.
Feeling rubbish again now so an early night for me.
@maglil55 good to hear your grandson’s birthday went well and your present was such a success. The bit about his 2 giant badges made me smile bless him.
 
Everything delivered today so:-

Brunch - 1 dgf coconut raspberry bar washed down with mug of earl grey tea

Dinner - 1 slc hot dog roll (long roll but a bit mis-shapen was it just mine?) filled with hot dogs, grated cheese and garlic mayo, oh and I nearly forgot I had 1 not cross bun toasted and slathered with butter and a cup of earl grey while I was waiting on the hot dogs heating up and then for afters another 1 dgf coconut raspberry bar half with my cuppa and the other half heated up in the microwave with double cream poured over the top

@maglil55 your grandsons birthday sounds like a good time all round - happy days!
 
Bacon and a three egg cheese omelette, mushrooms, tomatoes for breakfast.
Lunch was 2 x 450 ml Readi-Cat barium meal, with a side of green staining dye at I-Med Radiology.
Dinner was a peppered T bone steak, green veggies gravy.

Had another specialist appointment at the local hospital with the results of the colonoscopy from a week or so ago., not good news as a 50 mm polyp near my colon they found is malignant. So off for more blood tests, and a CT scan that they could not give me at the base hospital as they were booked out for the day. So they farmed me out to the private hospital and the radiology place there.

I have a appointment next Tuesday for the scan results and decision making time on what Plan A to do.

The barium meal helped my bgl though. :D
 
11:00 2 scrambled eggs with ham, 1 ketonut

15:00 for some unknown mad moment I bought and ate a whole 100g bar of milk chocolate. Why? No idea. But at least because i have a libre this week I saw the instant and prolonged spike. Keep staring at the graph to burn it into my memory.

18:30 we were all treated to a meal out by the neighbours we were feeding through lockdown. Lovely company. I had salad bowl which had a wide variety of ingredients so was expecting a rise, but no stayed steady level under 5!. Salmon, lentils, quinoa, chickpeas, avocado, coleslaw, some unidentified but very tasty green sauce. One glass white wine.
Still hungry when home so packet of Cheesies and a ketonut with cream.
Libre still flatlining.
 
Mrs T 123 said:
Everything delivered today so:-

Brunch - 1 dgf coconut raspberry bar washed down with mug of earl grey tea

Dinner - 1 slc hot dog roll (long roll but a bit mis-shapen was it just mine?) filled with hot dogs, grated cheese and garlic mayo, oh and I nearly forgot I had 1 not cross bun toasted and slathered with butter and a cup of earl grey while I was waiting on the hot dogs heating up and then for afters another 1 dgf coconut raspberry bar half with my cuppa and the other half heated up in the microwave with double cream poured over the top

@maglil55 your grandsons birthday sounds like a good time all round - happy days!
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What are the hot dog rolls like? I noticed they had a piece on a new recipe or are they the same as the other rolls but just a different shape?
I love a hot dog with mustard, ketchup, onions and crispy onions!
 
That is upsetting news, @Riva_Roxaban . I'll have my fingers crossed on plan A proving to be relatively easy and painless, and turning out to be the only plan needed to have you as good as new!
Good thoughts sent your way!
 
Wednesday bed 6.1 FBG 6.4. @DJC3 - I do hope you are feeling better today. @Riva_Roxaban- horrible news. Glad to see they are getting a move on. It's so important in these cases. Stay positive. xx

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with coronation chicken.
L. Nothing - busy with home school and the back & forward. I was quite annoyed yesterday. Grandson wanted to increase his afternoon time by 10 mins per day but Dep. Head said No until his teacher comes back from sick leave. Even grandson is saying that he is trying to get back full time but school isn't helping.
D. GF sausage casserole with peas and cheesy cauliflower mash. A bar of one of these small bars of raspberry chocolate that Lidl was selling. A few cherries.

Started grandson on a large list of words to learn the spelling. We did four yesterday using good old repetition, writing them down and making sentences up including the words. The words were embarrass, soldier, queue and yacht. He was joking with a teacher this morning telling her Nana makes me laugh spelling embarrass - listen and he said e-m-b-a-r-r and I said donkey to hoots of laughter. She does that because the end is Ass you know. Ah but, he remembers how to spell it.
 
Riva_Roxaban said:
Bacon and a three egg cheese omelette, mushrooms, tomatoes for breakfast.
Lunch was 2 x 450 ml Readi-Cat barium meal, with a side of green staining dye at I-Med Radiology.
Dinner was a peppered T bone steak, green veggies gravy.

Had another specialist appointment at the local hospital with the results of the colonoscopy from a week or so ago., not good news as a 50 mm polyp near my colon they found is malignant. So off for more blood tests, and a CT scan that they could not give me at the base hospital as they were booked out for the day. So they farmed me out to the private hospital and the radiology place there.

I have a appointment next Tuesday for the scan results and decision making time on what Plan A to do.

The barium meal helped my bgl though. :D
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Good luck for Tuesday, what a horrible shock for you. Keeping everything crossed it can be treated quickly and easily.
Winner for your sense of humour coming through at the end!
 
Yesterday (May 26th)

Breakfast (9am): 0% greek yogurt and strawberries, black coffee
Snack (10:30am): Atkins protein bar
Lunch (12pm): Slow cooker shredded chicken with salsa and cheese
Snack (3pm): None
Dinner (8pm): BBQ burger patties with pickles
Evening Snack (10pm) - No food, but some beer

I had a few "off days" over the past week due to my COVID vaccine followed by an overnight trip with my wife for some sightseeing and hiking, didn't eat awful by any means but didn't write it down.

Walked 3.56km last night to bring my YTD total to 657.41km.
 
Riva_Roxaban said:
Bacon and a three egg cheese omelette, mushrooms, tomatoes for breakfast.
Lunch was 2 x 450 ml Readi-Cat barium meal, with a side of green staining dye at I-Med Radiology.
Dinner was a peppered T bone steak, green veggies gravy.

Had another specialist appointment at the local hospital with the results of the colonoscopy from a week or so ago., not good news as a 50 mm polyp near my colon they found is malignant. So off for more blood tests, and a CT scan that they could not give me at the base hospital as they were booked out for the day. So they farmed me out to the private hospital and the radiology place there.

I have a appointment next Tuesday for the scan results and decision making time on what Plan A to do.

The barium meal helped my bgl though. :D
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That's horrible news @Riva_Roxaban. Luckily for me, when the surgeon found malignant polyps in my bowel, he just cut them straight out. Then the same with the second lot he found a couple of years later, but they turned out to be pre-malignant anyway. Is it the position your polyp is in that makes it difficult to deal with, or the size. 50 mm sounds to be a lot bigger than mine were (about 5 & 10 mm each). I do hope and pray that all goes well and that your hospital can deal with this soon and ease your mind.

Edited to correct polyp size.
 
Breakfast: it was a bad idea. Em keeps telling me that she and her brother "love" turkey twizzlers and that her Dad often buys them for all of the family. So I was curious and asked her Dad about them, since they have had such a bad press in the past. Yesterday evening he brought me a bowl of pullets eggs and some turkey twizzlers to try. This morning I tried them with some of the pullets eggs for my breakfast. Eating strips of rubber would have been preferable! Tasteless, rubbery concoctions and the only flavour on the plate was from the delicious eggs. Actually a waste of such good eggs. That'll larn me! But I can't imagine why my usually sensible son buys this junk for his kids. I'll be having words with him about feeding my grandchildren these things.

2nd meal today will be salmon with some salad. At least that is all real food.
 
Hi All
I think I need to go back to Monday. Breakfast each day my usual slice HiLo toast lots of tea. Lunches were all mixed salad with variously cold meats or cheese. Today I was thin roast beef from Sainsbury Taste the Difference, really good with a dab of horseradish mustard. Suppers were
Monday; Chilli mini matballs with courgetti.
Tuesday: Chorizo & red pepper omelette.
Wednesday: Roasted chicken breast with roasted Med veg.
Tonight is oc Fish Finger Firsday with broccoli.
@Riva_Roxaban sorry to hear your news and wishing you all the very best for next week.
 
sorry to hear your going through this what shocking news good luck on Tuesday @Riva_Roxaban do take care
 
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