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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

B: full fat greek with berries and seeds
L: hm lc broccoli soup with added cream, gouda and half a sad looking avocado.
3 sqs berry cake
Mid afternoon walk to deliver something to the other end of the village. It's about 20 minutes there and 20 minutes back but was straight into a very bitter wind so very fast walking indeed.
Lc hot chocolate and a packet of Cheesies
Which seems to have taken edge off appetite so no dinner, yet.
Off to a "social" tonight, not expecting anything low carb. Will i be able to resist I wonder?
 
@Antje77 I’ve never cooked artichokes either, I’m looking forward to your verdict.
@Goonergal wow! Cake looks fab. How many carbs per slice was it? And did it affect your BG?

Very busy day today, food was-
B- cheese omelette ( should have had ham too but I didn’t have any)
Mid morning - Postie delivered a parcel containing Lindt 90% choc. A lovely surprise gift, so had a small square with my coffee.
L- didn’t have time.
D- sirloin steak, mushrooms and creamed spinach. Followed a bit later by DGF cake &cream which wasn’t part of the plan but I made a conscious decision to have a treat and not stress about it.
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and an Atkins bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and a DGF lemon and blueberry cake.
Dinner: Brie and cranberry roll (made with Low Carb Food Company roll and just a very thin spreading of cranberry) with leafy salad and coleslaw followed by SF cherry jelly and cream.
 
@Antje77 Just spotted this. Cut-off the very tough leaves at the base then remove the stalk so they sit flat in the pot. Pop them into plenty salted, boiling water with a slice of lemon if you have it. Depending on the size and how fresh the artichoke it, it can take anything from 15 to 30 mins to cook.
The easy check is, from about 15mins, lift the artichoke out on a spoon and, if a central leaf comes out easily it's ready.

Once cooked you have to get into the centre to remove the choke. There's no mistaking it - it's rather "hairy"! Comes out easily with a spoon.

I always liked them just with hollandaise. Remember with the outer leaves just to pull them off and use your teeth to "scrape" off the soft bottom bit DO NOT eat the tops as they'll make a heck of a mess of your mouth.
 
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DJC3 said:
@Goonergal wow! Cake looks fab. How many carbs per slice was it? And did it affect your BG?
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It didn’t say, but was described as keto, so I’d guess 5 or less. No discernible impact on BG - peaked at an 0.9mmol rise at the 2 hour mark and below that before and after the 2 hour mark.
 
Now I have the important reply on artichokes out of the way. Can I add, to drain them when cooked, stand them upside down.

Another way I liked artichoke (stripped down to the hearts and No choke, was with spaghetti & anchovies (but obviously pasta is a no no).
You can have the cooked hearts with burrata (a very creamy mozzarella). You can make a dressing with olive oil, balsamic, lemon juice and a tiny amount of honey. Add chopped anchovies & capers and toasted pine nuts on the burrata & artichoke. It's cold dish obviously.
 
Annb said:
It's almost 5.30 pm. Em has gone home with her dad and I'm thinking about making something to eat - it's been all tea today and nothing solid so far. Probably something with eggs will fit the bill. Maybe a couple of fried eggs and that will do me.

BG ridiculously high again, despite a correction dose. Must admit the correction dose did help - dropped it from 18.4 to 11.1 around 5 pm. Been feeling a bit odd with tight chest and a bit wonky when I move around, so maybe that's something to do with the high BG. The lump in my breast is growing fairly fast - I can actually see it now in the right light and it's getting to be a bit uncomfortable - letting me know it's there anyway. Couldn't sleep in bed at all last night - that might be making BG worse.
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How long to your pre op @Annb ?
 
Bed 6.5 FBG 6.7. Once again I've made minor change/swaps to the DD reset plan. First was on breakfast.

B. TAG and a little later smoked salmon but with scrambled egg rather than avocado & watercress.
L. Nothing but I did have another TAG and a DGF lemon cookie late afternoon as BGs were at 5 and still going down.
D. The DD pork chop with asparagus. (This is the Sunday dinner @DJC3 but I switched it to today as it's haggis on Sunday). I altered the recipe a little too. The "sauce" rather than boil like mad to thicken, I added a little cream and 3 mini mozzarella balls. Thickened very quickly. Had tenderstem broccoli with it.

Currently on a vodka and diet coke to celebrate Friday!20220121_185441.jpg
 
Brunch - 2 slices slc toasted and buttered and filled with corned beef & a little tomato. Mug of earl grey. 2 squares 90% Lindtt

Dinner - Large mushroom & onion omlette with side salad
 
DJC3 said:
@Antje77 I’ve never cooked artichokes either, I’m looking forward to your verdict.
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Can recommend, very tasty, and because of the way you eat it it feels like something special too!
Also, it's the only food I can think of where your plate is fuller after eating than before! :hilarious:

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Breakfast: black coffee, full fat Fage yogurt, walnuts.
No time for lunch. Working out at swimming pool
Mid afternoon: black coffee x2, small piece of cheddar
Dinner: Barnsley lamb chop, brussells sprouts fried in marmite butter, with 3 chestnuts and shallot, sugar free tonic water.
 
Goonergal said:
Evening all. Don’t think I remembered to post yesterday. Busy afternoon/evening.

Two OMAD days to report on.

Yesterday was slow cooked lamb breast. No pic - demolished too quickly. Felt hungry afterwards but was distracted by a long medical appointment and then Clubhouse.

Today was 2 courses - air fried pork belly pieces (coated in chilli oil) followed by air fried lamb ribs.

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That belly pork looks wonderful. It's ages since we've had belly...........
 
Riva_Roxaban said:
Never go to Christmas Island then when the red crabs are migrating, they will turn up every in your home including the toilet.

https://www.christmas.net.au/experiences/red-crab-migration/
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Perish the thought! Closest I came to such an idea was on my honeymoon in Guernsey in 1964. We drove to the beach one evening but stepped out of the car onto a carpet of woodlice! I got back into the car pretty rapidly, shuddering. I really don't like insects or other alien creatures with more than 4 legs. "Don't like" = phobic! That includes cooking and eating them.
 
Well, I thought I'd prepare for going out by eating a little cheese and 3 seedy crackers so I wouldn't pick at the buffet...
2 chicken wings in some sticky spicy sauce, half a scotch egg, a glass of wine and 1 soda water later , I came home with the munchies and scoffed some ice cream.:bigtears::banghead::facepalm:
 
Middle bacon, two egg and cheese omelette, small portion of baked beans for breakfast.
Cold chicken legs, lemon cordial / osmolax mix for smoko.
Lamb forequarter chops, green veggies, mushroom gravy for lunch.
Cheese on low carb toast, small portion of lemon sorbet for supper at six.

KI blue cheese and crackers watching the final couple of episodes of Mentalist on Prime Video.
 
Hello everybody. Like Coby, I was a bit hesitant of joining in. You all seem to be a group of friends who know each other well and I didn't want to intrude. My name is Rosemary, I am 83 and was diagnosed in 2009. I didn't believe I was diabetic and ignored it. I didn't realise that an A1c of 88 was bad. Now I have seen the light! I have been reading your comments for quite a while and got a good few ideas on what was best for me. So thank you all for that. So today I have had 2 Bratwurst sausages and a fried egg. Lunch will be the remains of the chicken and veg soup I made yesterday and tea will be 2 Ryvitas with soft cheese and slices of strawberries on top.
 
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