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Right, cleaner has gone. 2nd meal today will be some turkey meatballs in tomato sauce which I put into the freezer a few weeks ago. Right now I'm feeling a bit queasy but I don't think it was the watermelon - it felt more like the cold sausage. Still, just had some water, which might calm it all down and then I'll have a cup of tea. It is putting me off the idea of meatballs though. Might just blitz the lot and make it into a kind of turkey mince soup.
 
Hi All gosh its easy to get behind here forum switched on or not.
Thursday supper was my usual chunky codfingers with broccoli.
Usual brekkie Hilo toast and tea. Yesterday we went out for the day so packed a picnic lunch for three of us and my friend’s dog. They had a selection of sandwiches, crisps and strawberries. I just had rollitos. The dog had ‘posh dogs’ from M&S. lots of slow walking interspersed with climbing lots of steps so all good.
Last night I had my first LoDough pizza to which I layered red pesto, goats cheese, cherry tomatoes and basil. It was very successful as a pizza though the cheese gave me digestive issues later.
Today usual brekkie. Lunch small plate of a little Emmenthal coleslaw, cucumber, 3 cherry toms and 6 pickled silverskin onions.
Indian t/a later so Tandoori King Prawns and cauli bhajee. Defo a white peach gin & soda or two before.
@Goonergal thanks for the Ketchup link. In my C&C from Sainsburys on zthurs I added Heinz No Added Salt or Sugar version which is even lower in carbs. I think it will be all about a serving size!
 
Been super good for last 2 weeks. BG’s in the morning between 4 & 5. Never rises above 8 even after food. But today we visited Sidmouth in Devon and ended up in a chippy where I had s& k pie chips and b beans followed by a chocolate ice cream then my meds. 1 hour later and I’m on 19.1 !!! Will hopefully normalise over next few hours. Have been shopping at Tesco and bought a lot of “good” stuff. Not even any treats for the England v Ukraine match.
 
SlimLizzy said:
handful of cashews doused in marmite and water mixture in the bottom of the oven to cook at the same time.
Too delicious to resist. Ate them all once they had cooled.
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I did warn you! Totally irresistible
 
My mouth is watering at the thought of those marmite cashews. I daren’t try.
I agree @SlimLizzy canned sardines are much more user friendly than fresh.
Today I had 2 meals interspersed with gallons of coffee and tea
Lunch was SLC roll filled with tuna salad
Dinner was stir fry made with steak, mushrooms, red pepper, shredded sprouts, courgette and spring onion. Bare Naked protein noodles with it, then choc chia pudding.
Glad you liked the LoDough pizza @PenguinMum it sounds great, but what a shame about the cheese reaction.
 
b: 2 cold chicken drumsticks sticks
L: tuna melt 90 sec bread thingy. Used to make these when first diagnosed. Forgot exactly how so blitzed small can tuna, quarter teaspoon baking powder, tablespoon milled seeds and an egg in blender, then cooked in microwave for about 90 seconds. ate with 30g manchego
D:2 lidl 95% sausages with veg mix of cabbage courgette and green beans fried in butter and olive oil with a teaspoon taste al hanout spice. 2 strawberries with cream.
Then a mocha mug cake to eat watching the footy

Actually walked nearly 30 minutes today without needing a break or sparking great pain, yay! Think I'm finally on the mend 5 weeks after injury
 
MrsA2 said:
b: 2 cold chicken drumsticks sticks
L: tuna melt 90 sec bread thingy. Used to make these when first diagnosed. Forgot exactly how so blitzed small can tuna, quarter teaspoon baking powder, tablespoon milled seeds and an egg in blender, then cooked in microwave for about 90 seconds. ate with 30g manchego
D:2 lidl 95% sausages with veg mix of cabbage courgette and green beans fried in butter and olive oil with a teaspoon taste al hanout spice. 2 strawberries with cream.
Then a mocha mug cake to eat watching the footy

Actually walked nearly 30 minutes today without needing a break or sparking great pain, yay! Think I'm finally on the mend 5 weeks after injury
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So glad you are recovering, must try your version of tuna melt, so much quicker than the recipe I currently use. Mocha mug cake sounds good too... ?
 
6th day of holibobs!
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Lunch: chicken wings, leafy salad and coleslaw followed by SF orange jelly with cream and LC chocolate and ginger granola.
Mid afternoon: coconut cappuccino with an Atkins bar.
Dinner at an Indian restaurant, with another helpful chef: lamb bhuna (no ‘naughty’ ingredients) with a side of sautéed mushrooms not on the menu but cooked especially for me and a very small piece of hubby’s peshwari naan, followed by coffee and cream.
 
Bacon, cheese omelette, mushrooms (yay!), tomatoes for breakfast, black coffee.
Tiger prawns and salad low carb wraps for lunch, scoop full of Osmolax mixed in a pot glass (285 mi) of lemon cordial.
Lamb bbq chops, green veggies, gravy for dinner,
 
03.07
Non standard day
Breakfast: Half a cup of coffee
Lunch. None
Sugar free squash
Cup of coffee and a chocolate biscuit
Another chocolate biscuit
Dinner. BBQ Lamb leg steak, pepper, courgette and mushrooms, piece of gateau? Cake? Pudding? Delicious whatever it was. 2 glasses of fizz
Couple more choc biscuits
Lemon tea
 
I was not the best yesterday - we were out for the day/night (cancelled music festival).

Started off with hemp heart faux-oats, a handful of pecans plus the remaining raspberries and blackberries from my fridge for breakfast. As we were out, it was a Wetherspoons mixed grill (minus the chips - the others in my group were very grateful).

As we were out for the football, I managed to get a portion of Southern Fried Chicken Strips with some coleslaw for dinner, washed down with water and a celebratory Vodka, soda and lime.

I don't feel like I've really been very good, but my readings this morning were around normal (especially given that I don't feel that good with this cold), and I helped mitigate my feelings with the nearly 12 miles of walking yesterday!
 
Breakfast: bacon and eggs - dry fried.

Up and down most of the night and by morning felt awful - BG high and I was hungry and thirsty, so breakfast was a bit earlier than usual. I was supposed to be joining a Zoom conference at 10 am, but I was nowhere near ready so left it a while and joined about 11 instead. But I just couldn't stay awake and had to pull out again.

About to have some coffee and see if that helps. If not, I'll go back to bed for a while.

2nd meal: possibly something with ham and mushrooms - they both have to be used up. I would normally have made something creamy, but I've gone off cream, for some reason - makes me feel nauseous although yoghurt is still OK but I'm not sure that yoghurt goes very well with ham and mushrooms. Whatever it is, it will be quick because I'm not much in the mood for either food prep or consuming.
 
SlimLizzy said:
So glad you are recovering, must try your version of tuna melt, so much quicker than the recipe I currently use. Mocha mug cake sounds good too... ?
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Would you post the recipe for that mocha mug cake please? Am craving sweet stuff at the moment, a LC cake would be really useful.
 
garyclark82 said:
I was not the best yesterday - we were out for the day/night (cancelled music festival).

Started off with hemp heart faux-oats, a handful of pecans plus the remaining raspberries and blackberries from my fridge for breakfast. As we were out, it was a Wetherspoons mixed grill (minus the chips - the others in my group were very grateful).

As we were out for the football, I managed to get a portion of Southern Fried Chicken Strips with some coleslaw for dinner, washed down with water and a celebratory Vodka, soda and lime.

I don't feel like I've really been very good, but my readings this morning were around normal (especially given that I don't feel that good with this cold), and I helped mitigate my feelings with the nearly 12 miles of walking yesterday!
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I don’t think your food day sounds that bad at all, don’t be so hard on yourself. The walking always seems to help if things go off piste anyway. Hope the cold clears up soon.
 
Hopefully finished eating today:
Started with blue muffins for breakfast- we are joining this https://joinzoe.com/bluepoop/bake-blue-muffins @maglil55 did you see the link on the Zoe app? They are now doing research into gut biome and the relationship with metabolic disorders which have plagued us in the last 50 yrs or so. You eat muffins ( I made l/c ones obvs) add blue food colouring and time the transit! I just found the lowest carb cupcake recipe I could (1g carb each cake) and made those. Surprisingly lovely.
Dinner/lunch (3-5 while listening to Sounds of the 70s as always) slow roast belly pork joint, roast sprouts, broccoli and buttered cabbage.
I’m getting a dab hand at James Martin’s Yorkshire pud recipe for the rest of the family - they are fab but I’m not really tempted to taste them, I just like the satisfaction of making them and seeing them rise so well.
25g hazelnuts at some point in the day too
 
I'm in a bit of a quandry. Had a very lazy afternoon but still feeling tired and definitely not hungry. The way I am eating should be good for both my BG and my weight. BG is improving slightly and I think that is due to taking my basal insulin in the mornings. However, when I don't have breakfast very early, my BG goes high (sometimes ridiculously so). This has been made clear by my Libre with consistent high readings before noon. So I have had a thought that, if I have my breakfast (and insulin) early, I could get that early BG under control. But it occurs to me that then, if I have breakfast and my 2nd meal earlier in the day, my BG might go high in the evening and night.

So - I have to think this through. Whatever I decide, I'll have no more than a snack tonight and forget the ham and mushrooms.
 
SlimLizzy said:
Mocha mug cake sounds good too...
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Just a standard lc mug cake but with less cocoa and adding half a teaspoon instant coffee
15-20g cocoa, 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee (optional) 10g sweetener, half a teaspoon baking powder, splash of cream or almond milk, an egg. Blitz together or stir with a fork, microwave for 1 minute, longer if middle still too runny.
To make it stretch to 2 hungry people I add 2 tablespoons ground almond and another egg and cook it in a bigger container
 
Tmad today!
Brunch of 4 rashers bacon (so crispy aka nearly burnt), 1 sausage and 2 scrambled eggs, half an avocado (didnt need the latter but ot was ripe, never happens when you want one)
D: stir fry of cabbage, green beans and courgette with precooked chicken and sausage, livened up with some cumin, coriander, ginger and garam massage
One proper choclate éclair, at 12g carbs, hopefully not too bad on the bg
 
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