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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Bed 6.7 FBG 6 - Getting a bit chilly out. Good day though. Eldest grandson is finally back in school full time.

B. TAG and since Hubby was soup making I settled for 30g of that LC granola, with coconut milk and a few raspberries.

L. Not usually a lunch person but I had the 2 rashers of back bacon and 2 eggs I'd been having for breakfast.

D. Nice pink rack of lamb with baked halloumi, wilted spinach and mint sauce.

@Antje77 - only thing worse than a molar extraction is an unexpected molar extraction! Paracetamol to the ready. Hope it heals quickly. @MrsA2 - I hope you recover quickly too xx
 
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Rather hungry again, so increased the protein, and ate 3 meals
Breakfast: full fat Fage yogurt, walnuts, decaff black coffee
Lunch: cold pork sausage, decaff black coffee
Afternoon: cappucino
Dinner: 2egg omelette with spinach, red pepper, onion, salmon with lemon mayonnaise, olives and cheddar cheese, sugar free tonic
 
Antje77 said:
To make up for the lack of food and because I'm feeling rather sorry for myself with the surprise tooth extraction, I added at least double the usual amount of cheese (both grated and cream) to the cauliflower puree I'll have later tonight with boef bourguignon from the freezer.
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Didn't feel like eating at all, very glad I forced myself to put a plate of food in the microwave though.
Once I started eating it tasted so good, feel a lot better too now, although the mouth is still sore, despite painkillers.

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Goonergal said:
but did snap this along the way.

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Love it, it's so ridiculous!
It also makes me think of a famous book character, will share in the parallel thread. :)
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/th...ten-parallel-chat.177870/page-84#post-2481511
 
Goonergal said:
Evening all.

Quite agree on the substitute foods @Bildad and @RosemaryJackson it must be the day for wandering off piste. My mitigating circumstances are that I was led astray by @DJC3

Very nice lunch at Nando’s. Was going to say we shared a whole chicken, but I had about three quarters of it! Added some Halloumi and their moreish nuts. Then what should have been a 4 mile round walk to the nearest Hotel Chocolat cafe turned into a 6.3 mile walk the ‘scenic’ way. An 85% hot chocolate and whip followed. BG spike limited by the walk either side. No photographic evidence, but did snap this along the way.

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Ace dog!

This is my avatar on another forum

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Antje77 said:
Not eaten much as of yet, as I had this surprise dentist appointment.
I have this one molar in the back which has been a bit loose for a while, dentist and I hoped it would settle again. It's been just so slightly botherig me, so I thought to give them a call to ask for an appointment to have it extracted sometime in the next months, no hurry.
This was at 1:10 pm, and I hadn't eaten yet. The assistent said someone had rang off so could I make it in 20 minutes?
It being a 15 minute drive, this left me 4 minutes to brush my teeth, so off I went but without having eaten anything yet!

It's 5:30 now, and the numbness is finally getting better. I did have some grated cheese (bad idea when your cheek, half your tongue and even part of your throat is numb, but that's just what you do without thinking when grating cheese) and I scooped some cream cheese from the package with my finger when making cauliflower puree (went a lot better than the grated cheese).

To make up for the lack of food and because I'm feeling rather sorry for myself with the surprise tooth extraction, I added at least double the usual amount of cheese (both grated and cream) to the cauliflower puree I'll have later tonight with boef bourguignon from the freezer.
I was going to make something with minced meat but it turned out I didn't have any. Not a bad thing at all, I doubt I'd be up to be cooking from scratch today.

For now, there is a saying that a beer is a cheese sandwich in the Netherlands.
Not counting the little bit of cheese I had while cooking, I guess we can say I'm having a well deserved cheese sandwich for breakfast right now... :bag::D
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I love that saying ‘a beer is a cheese sandwich!’ Really made me laugh but so sorry for your unexpected tooth extraction. It’s so traumatic even when you are prepared for it.
The silliest thing I ever did when my mouth was still numb after the dentist, was try to eat a fried egg. The texture of the egg white was indistinguishable from the inside of my cheek and lip and I made an even bloodier mess of my mouth chomping on bits of it.
 
Bildad said:
I had my first lo dough wrap today made a "pizza" with it and I was very underwhelmed with the outcome.
It is unfortunate that they come in packs of 2 as I have no idea what to do with the other one. Needless to say I will not be buying them again.
I must learn that things masquerading as "normal" food rarely are worth the money or the time.
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Agree with @shelley262 that making a quiche base with the LoDough works well. Then again I quite like LoDough pizza so it might not suit you. They are pretty expensive though aren’t they?
 
Didn’t bother with hotel breakfast today, instead I popped out to Waitrose and got cold meat, salami and cheese. Very much nicer.

Lunch at Nando’s - really enjoyed the food and the company, I’ve missed both. Lovely hotel chocolate mocha and whipped 85% chocolate cream after the ‘scenic route’ stroll there.
Later on a few more slices of salami and cheese.
@Goonergal I have photographic evidence! Could have eaten an awful lot more of the chocolate whip! IMG_1643234784.122499.jpg
 
Riva_Roxaban said:
My dentist prescribed single malt whisky when I had a couple of teeth removed years ago, and eat softish food for a few days.
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Mine asked me if I knew what to expect. So I replied with: "I guess you'll pull the thing and then tell me I'm not to smoke for at least 24 hours, which we both know won't happen".
I'll ask about the single malt next time I see him, sounds just like the advice for me!
Think wodka will work too?
DJC3 said:
Could have eaten an awful lot more of the chocolate whip!
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I WANT THAT!
 
Still on my holibobs!
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Lunch: M&S cold Mexican chicken with leafy salad, coleslaw and one tomato followed by DGF lemon and blueberry cake with cream.
Mid afternoon at Starbucks: white choc phd bar and a coconut cappuccino.
Dinner at Bella Italia: chicken wrapped in proscuitto in masala sauce with brocolli and two tiny roasted new potatos
 
It's 2.30 am. I've been up for about an hour. Couldn't sleep for stomach complaining that my throat must have been cut! BG just before bed at 12.30 was 17.9 and I took a correction dose of insulin because there was no way it was coming down by itself. So eating early and hoping for OMAD didn't work. New strategy required.
 
Started the day with a cup of black tea, 6 half rashers of bacon wrapped in a Staffordshire oatcake. I'm now on the first cup of coffee (there'll be another 3 or 4 later). Lunch will probably be a couple of rounds of cheese on rye bread and later I'll have whatever my wife will dream up - likely to be a fish dish with some green vegetables, cauliflower, etc. I MAY have a small piece of cake, or something similar, afterwards. I had my regular blood glucose test an hour ago and will get the news over the 'phone in a week's time. I'm not hopeful this time. Covid and Christmas have taken their toll and my resolve to eat really well as a diabetic has been sorely tested and I have to admit to myself that I did fail, miserably, on a few occasions. (sigh)
 
Hello Peeps, my first post :) and no doubt I shall be shot down .......
Being new I've had a poke around the site and being a home baker I was intrigued with the book or should that be booklet " Low Carb Bread Cookbook: 23 Tasty and Easy Low Carb Breads" that is for sale at only £15.99, so I left a review .....
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"As there are no reviews I guess not too many have bought this book.
It seems a lot of money (£15.99) for 23 recipes that can easily be found on the internet,
I thought you were here to help people with diabetes
Feeling deflated"
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I bake normal bread but I'm careful about how much I eat, Low carb bread taste like blotting paper so not for me, my bread has none of the nasties that 'Industrial bread' has added to it, to make it last forever and to make it palatable
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Started the day really early because my cleaner was coming and I needed to get the house organised ready for her. Breakfast was 2 slices wholemeal toast (approx 30 g carbs). BG was around 8 and remained there.

It's a 3MAD day today and I have just had a can of sardines in olive oil for my lunch.

Evening meal will be cheese and I think I will break out the piccalilli even though it's only 2 days old.

Edit quite a lot later: BG has dropped to 3.8 now - that's despite 3 meals. But still only about 30 g carbs.
 
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