What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[Antje77]

I'll be eating out tonight for the first time in some two and a half years!
It's an all you can eat tapas thing, so lots of opportunity for low carb choices. But I expect I'll have some of the higher carb stuff as well, we'll see.

Had a lovely evening!

Some high carb stuff (won't elaborate on that on this thread), some low carb stuff, and things looked to be going great at first. We started at 5:30, to give me the rest of the evening to get my diabetes stable again, and things worked out fine until I got back home, at around 9.
But I guess choosing both the melon and the dates in bacon for the last round was a little too much, especially with all the fried stuff from earlier kicking in at about the same time...

Still, worth it as a one off, and as a perfect reminder why I choose to eat low carb as a rule!
Tomorrow will be a very safe cauliflower mash and endive again.

 

[Riva_Roxaban]

Three slices of middle bacon, three egg and cheese omellete, mushrooms. two slices normal carb toast and vegimite as I was hungry for breakfast.
Chicken pie without the lid, lemon cordial osmolax for smoko.
Rump steak, green veggies and gravy for lunch.
Cold chicken leg, and salad for supper at six.

 

[RosemaryJackson]

Hi all. Well, my low carb day turned magically into a very high carb day. I'm stressing a bit. Tomorrow it will be the first anniversary of my lovely daughter's passing and I miss her. I also go for a Covid test then isolate till Monday when I will be having a minor op on my hand, which Ive been told I must keep still for a week. So today I should have eaten cheese on toast for bf , smoked salmon and Philly on 2 Ryvitas for lunch and tonight egg mayo on Iceburg lettuce. It turned into 5 Ryvitas with butter and the last marmalade in my pantry, a whole bar of chocolate, and anything that wasn't nailed down! Feel awful that Ive let me down and you. Tomorrow's another day and hopefully, a better one.

 

[RosemaryJackson]

Forgot the 2 cheese on toasts and a full glass of milk to alleviate the heartburn caused by the marmalade and chocolate! I have an Hiatus Hernia so can't eat sweet stuff. You'd think I'd know better, wouldn't you !

 

[MrsA2]

Up early to take son to station
B: scrambled eggs with a little lc soda bread
Frustrating morning caused by computer issues so headed to supermarket 2 hours later than planned, hungry and with a headache. Did main shop all healthy low carb then spotted new coffee flavoured biscuits ."one won't hurt" said my inner temptress.
A whole packet later, added remorse and self loathing to my high bgs.
Made myself go to zumba, the morning will tell if that was a good decision for my back.
D: small potion hm lc meatloaf, one tablespoon carrots. 1 rum and soda (because if I opened a bottle of wine I wouldn't have stopped.
@RosemaryJackson let's start tomorrow as another day together

 

[Annb]

You do seem to be having a hard time of it @maglil55. I hope you soon get over this bout of illness - perhaps as the weather improves, you will too. I gather we are due to have something a bit better than recent gales and storms.

 

[Annb]

Breakfast: eggy bread, using 1 slice of wholemeal bread.
2nd meal will be a sausage casserole with a couple of pork sausages and lots of veggies.

Didn't quite work out as planned - Em came in the afternoon and was here until her dad came for her at about 6 pm. Too late by then to start making sausage casserole so just had the 2 sausages fried and some bacon. Quick and easy - laziness is still showing through despite feeling better. Very sore though - that's my excuse.

 

[RosemaryJackson]

Up early to take son to station
B: scrambled eggs with a little lc soda bread
Frustrating morning caused by computer issues so headed to supermarket 2 hours later than planned, hungry and with a headache. Did main shop all healthy low carb then spotted new coffee flavoured biscuits ."one won't hurt" said my inner temptress.
A whole packet later, added remorse and self loathing to my high bgs.
Made myself go to zumba, the morning will tell if that was a good decision for my back.
D: small potion hm lc meatloaf, one tablespoon carrots. 1 rum and soda (because if I opened a bottle of wine I wouldn't have stopped.
@RosemaryJackson let's start tomorrow as another day together

Good idea @MrsA2. ty

 

[RosemaryJackson]

Morning all. After a disastrous yesterday, it's a day to try to be good. I have just boiled 2 eggs and I have chicken drumsticks ready to go in the air fryer. So let's see what happens eh @MrsA2??

 

[Bildad]

Hi all. Well, my low carb day turned magically into a very high carb day. I'm stressing a bit. Tomorrow it will be the first anniversary of my lovely daughter's passing and I miss her. I also go for a Covid test then isolate till Monday when I will be having a minor op on my hand, which Ive been told I must keep still for a week. So today I should have eaten cheese on toast for bf , smoked salmon and Philly on 2 Ryvitas for lunch and tonight egg mayo on Iceburg lettuce. It turned into 5 Ryvitas with butter and the last marmalade in my pantry, a whole bar of chocolate, and anything that wasn't nailed down! Feel awful that Ive let me down and you. Tomorrow's another day and hopefully, a better one.

@RosemaryJackson As many have said on here we are in a marathon not a sprint. You have a stressful day looming so give yourself a break. One day from the rest of your life is not going to hurt too much. As you rightly say tomorrow is another day.
You have not let anyone on this forum down. We have all been in that situation where we have strayed from the low carb path to some degree and often with far less reason than you have. My prayers are with you as you struggle with today's anniversary.
To keep my post to the forum title and avoid incurring the wrath of any early rising mod. Yesterday's food was as most days Coffee for breakfast, cottage cheese for dinner and steak for tea. Many other coffees and water drunk throughout the day (I am northern so for those elsewhere substitute lunch for dinner and dinner for tea)

 

[RosemaryJackson]

@RosemaryJackson As many have said on here we are in a marathon not a sprint. You have a stressful day looming so give yourself a break. One day from the rest of your life is not going to hurt too much. As you rightly say tomorrow is another day.
You have not let anyone on this forum down. We have all been in that situation where we have strayed from the low carb path to some degree and often with far less reason than you have. My prayers are with you as you struggle with today's anniversary.
To keep my post to the forum title and avoid incurring the wrath of any early rising mod. Yesterday's food was as most days Coffee for breakfast, cottage cheese for dinner and steak for tea. Many other coffees and water drunk throughout the day (I am northern so for those elsewhere substitute lunch for dinner and dinner for tea)

Thank you. I'll take it one day at a time. I'm in Lincolnshire so it's dinner and tea for me too.

 

[finzi1966]

Hi all. Well, my low carb day turned magically into a very high carb day. I'm stressing a bit. Tomorrow it will be the first anniversary of my lovely daughter's passing and I miss her. I also go for a Covid test then isolate till Monday when I will be having a minor op on my hand, which Ive been told I must keep still for a week. So today I should have eaten cheese on toast for bf , smoked salmon and Philly on 2 Ryvitas for lunch and tonight egg mayo on Iceburg lettuce. It turned into 5 Ryvitas with butter and the last marmalade in my pantry, a whole bar of chocolate, and anything that wasn't nailed down! Feel awful that Ive let me down and you. Tomorrow's another day and hopefully, a better one.

Rosemary, you’ve not let anybody down! Certainly not us, and not you either.

I’ve never lost a child, I simply can’t imagine, but I do know that when I have lost loved ones, the run up to the first anniversary was always one of the hardest times.

 

[maglil55]

Hi all. Well, my low carb day turned magically into a very high carb day. I'm stressing a bit. Tomorrow it will be the first anniversary of my lovely daughter's passing and I miss her. I also go for a Covid test then isolate till Monday when I will be having a minor op on my hand, which Ive been told I must keep still for a week. So today I should have eaten cheese on toast for bf , smoked salmon and Philly on 2 Ryvitas for lunch and tonight egg mayo on Iceburg lettuce. It turned into 5 Ryvitas with butter and the last marmalade in my pantry, a whole bar of chocolate, and anything that wasn't nailed down! Feel awful that Ive let me down and you. Tomorrow's another day and hopefully, a better one.

You shouldn't feel you've let anyone down. Dealing with "firsts" as I call them affect everyone. Hugs for your approaching anniversary. You never forget but the time comes when you can look back on happier times xx

 

[maglil55]

You do seem to be having a hard time of it @maglil55. I hope you soon get over this bout of illness - perhaps as the weather improves, you will too. I gather we are due to have something a bit better than recent gales and storms.

Thanks. I just can't seem to shake this off. Having said that, it's not a week yet and it does seem to take longer to rid yourself of infections. I do feel slightly better than I was on Sunday/Monday.

 

[AndBreathe]

Hi all. Well, my low carb day turned magically into a very high carb day. I'm stressing a bit. Tomorrow it will be the first anniversary of my lovely daughter's passing and I miss her. I also go for a Covid test then isolate till Monday when I will be having a minor op on my hand, which Ive been told I must keep still for a week. So today I should have eaten cheese on toast for bf , smoked salmon and Philly on 2 Ryvitas for lunch and tonight egg mayo on Iceburg lettuce. It turned into 5 Ryvitas with butter and the last marmalade in my pantry, a whole bar of chocolate, and anything that wasn't nailed down! Feel awful that Ive let me down and you. Tomorrow's another day and hopefully, a better one.

Rosemary, I've been living this malarkey since 2013, and I can say with confidence there isn't one person around who has lived with this condition for a while who hasn't had a day they looked back on thinking, "what was I thinking?"

Whether the food was good, bad or indifferent,, it's one of those days we move on from. You absolutely haven't let anyone down.

Sometimes we have a lot to cope with, and I can appreciate you have a couple of biggies at the moment. Loss is so very hard. Yes, it gets easier with time, but that doesn't mean we don't miss the person a lot, and there are days when they will be forever in our thoughts. Just take those days as a sign of how much love you felt for them. That can never be a bad thing.

I hope your op goes well on Monday. Undoubtedly you'll be glad to get it over with.

You're doing extremely well. Don't let a bump in the road hinder your progress.

In the spirit of the thread, I had my usual breakfast and lunch options yesterday, with a delish tray back at dinner.

We usually have some chorizo in the tray bake. It adds flavour, and gives off a lovely oil to coat the veggies to keep them soft. We tried a Fuet yesterday in chorizo's stead. That wasn't to our taste at all. It was hard, didn't give off any flavour or oil and tasted decidedly sweet to me. The remainder is not in the fridge. It's in the bin, which for us is unusual. We're pretty decent on food waste.

It's Lidl's Spanish week this week, in this area, so we have restocked the decent chorizo extra - not the little sausage size, but the 3" diameter beasties.

 

[Annb]

Breakfast: bacon, eggs and a slice of toast. BG pretty low to start off, rose a bit and then dropped back again to 5.9. That'll do me.

2nd meal: I have a choice - maybe mushrooms in a cream sauce (actually mascarpone because Neil couldn't get any double cream this week) or sausage and veg casserole - both currently in the oven. Neil bought the mushrooms last shopping day and they were out of date on 2nd March so he refused to use them. I don't have a problem with arbitrary use by, or best before dates. Also in the oven slices of butternut squash which was found lurking in the cupboard and the last 4 sausages from the packet. Just roasting them off to get them out of the cupboard/fridge - not sure when I'll use them.

 

[Tori71]

Breakfast; paleo granola, low carb toast and butter
mocha
Lunch; bacon and brie toastie (I know) out and about. Lots of tea......
salted popcorn
Dinner: strawberries and cream. 90% lindt

I'm looking for advice, does anyone take turmeric tablets and/ or vitamin A. I want to start taking these for eyesight and pain relief benefits. Of course there is a bewildering array of choice. Investigation on the on the internet shows that I need a product which states 'turmeric extract'. I don't need the ones with vitamin D3 as I already take this. Any ideas gratefully received !

 

[MrsA2]

A night of strange dreams followed a stressful and carb packed day yesterday, so wasn't surprised to wake feeling rough, but hungry.
Tried making a chocolate porridge with almond milk, milled seeds, ground almonds and coconut flour. Was more like a slightly thickened custard than porridge, but hit the comfort eating spot.
L was 2 ready cooked chicken thighs.
Fought a mild migraine all day until I had an hours nap which worked.
@Goonergal you'll laugh, I fell asleep listening to the Angela Stanton clubhouse on migraines! It cured mine !!
D will be a repeat of last nights meatloaf but with cabbage instead of carrots

 

[maglil55]

Breakfast; paleo granola, low carb toast and butter
mocha
Lunch; bacon and brie toastie (I know) out and about. Lots of tea......
salted popcorn
Dinner: strawberries and cream. 90% lindt

I'm looking for advice, does anyone take turmeric tablets and/ or vitamin A. I want to start taking these for eyesight and pain relief benefits. Of course there is a bewildering array of choice. Investigation on the on the internet shows that I need a product which states 'turmeric extract'. I don't need the ones with vitamin D3 as I already take this. Any ideas gratefully received !

I'll answer on the other parallel thread.

 

[shelley262]

@Tori71 replied here
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/th...ten-parallel-chat.177870/page-96#post-2492940
Strange start today after almost 5 years of low 30s hbaca1 - the DN said in my annual review - well as you’ve been in remission for almost 5 years I’m going to code you up as being in remission. It seems surgery has just adopted an in remission code as they are “getting more people doing this” Maybe there is some shift going on but she also said my cholesterol was abnormal and if I wouldn’t take statins I needed to reduce my fat consumption and she’d recommend a diabetic education programme to me to help..........wonder what I said? Find it kind of curious that with my normal bg, weight and blood pressure results and current excellent health that Im in need of re education! Needed the relaxation session at yoga after the telephone appt!
Food
First thing a few spoons of hm yoghurt with my supplements
Lunch mushrooms and two eggs fried in butter followed by hm yoghurt with a few berries and two squares of 100% choc with orange oil
Dinner salmon with lemon butter served with cauliflower mash and asparagus with glass of dry white followed by lc blondie with spoon of hm yoghurt.