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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Many of my posts were recently moved and appeared in:

"What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)"​

In case anyone is wondering where I am disappearing to, it is there. I think it is useful to post test results along with what I actually ate, so I guess I will be posting my food journal and test results in future on that thread. IMHO I would have thought this thread was more appropriate, but posting there means my daily data will stay in one place. I hope many of you who post your daily food and test results join me over there.
Big blow out this evening with surprisingly good results!!! :happy: :happy: :happy:
 
Stephen Bond said:
Many of my posts were recently moved and appeared in:

"What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)"​

In case anyone is wondering where I am disappearing to, it is there. I think it is useful to post test results along with what I actually ate, so I guess I will be posting my food journal and test results in future on that thread. IMHO I would have thought this thread was more appropriate, but posting there means my daily data will stay in one place. I hope many of you who post your daily food and test results join me over there.
Big blow out this evening with surprisingly good results!!! :happy: :happy: :happy:
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Both this thread (What have you eaten today) and the full on chat FBG thread are perfectly fine for recording both food and BG.

This one needs to stay mostly on topic but allows for additions to what you've eaten (like my Poes), and the occasional post as a reaction without mentioning what you have eaten.
The full on chat one is exactly that, anything goes!

And to be clear, there were no posts moved from this thread lately, we did some moving from FBG threads, not from here.
 
Antje77 said:
Both this thread (What have you eaten today) and the full on chat FBG thread are perfectly fine for recording both food and BG.

This one needs to stay mostly on topic but allows for additions to what you've eaten (like my Poes), and the occasional post as a reaction without mentioning what you have eaten.
The full on chat one is exactly that, anything goes!

And to be clear, there were no posts moved from this thread lately, we did some moving from FBG threads, not from here.
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Thank you for the explanation, I was just very surprised that so many posts were moved, as the only thing off topic was my one reply to someone's informative post, which was one word.... "Wow!".....Anyway, I am there now. I will stop now, as this is really too much off topic, and a lot more than one word.
I appreciate it cannot be easy for the mods keeping these threads on topic, as that ultimately, is what we all want.
 
Antje77 said:
Both this thread (What have you eaten today) and the full on chat FBG thread are perfectly fine for recording both food and BG.

This one needs to stay mostly on topic but allows for additions to what you've eaten (like my Poes), and the occasional post as a reaction without mentioning what you have eaten.
The full on chat one is exactly that, anything goes!

And to be clear, there were no posts moved from this thread lately, we did some moving from FBG threads, not from here.
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Well that saved me from putting on my mod hat to remind folks of the purpose of this thread. ;):)
Hint, to all… There is a thread for any further chat rather than just your food and drink.. It is this one.. https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/what-have-you-eaten-parallel-chat.177870/

I will continue to chat in that one..
 
Monday 7 November - bed 7.8 FBG 7.9. Back on the school runs again and back to Aquafit. Managed to get through it without vertigo bothering me. I did feel better for it.

B. TAG and a bit crustless quiche.

L. SLC sandwich with ox tongue and coleslaw.

D. Leftover cold cuts. Ham, pork and egg, ox tongue, mortadella and coleslaw.
CC little chocolate pot.
 
DJC3 said:
I do remember you saying that, I love the thought of drinking it in a glass with a holder too.
Someone in a FB group said they can drink black tea if they can’t actually see what it looks like so they’ve started having it in a travel mug so they can’t see it. I tried it and surprisingly it works. ( but I must get a tea travel mug, my old one has a definite coffee patina)
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I was looking at this one on Amazon which is quite pretty.

 
B - Slice of salami and slice of roast beef straight from the fridge. 1 cup of tea and 1 decaff coffee

Late lunch an hour and a half (Post work out) Mashed avocado with scrambled eggs and a dash of olive oil

D - Courgette spaghetti bolognaise without the tomato (just a smidgen of puree), parmesan cheese and a small portion of salted peanuts. 1 cup of tea with almond milk and a little lactose fee milk.

I have started to limit my tea and coffee again as I think the lactose free milk is raising my levels.
If I do end up hungry it will be sticks of celery, green tea and water
 
Stephen Bond said:
Thank you for the explanation, I was just very surprised that so many posts were moved, as the only thing off topic was my one reply to someone's informative post, which was one word.... "Wow!".....Anyway, I am there now. I will stop now, as this is really too much off topic, and a lot more than one word.
I appreciate it cannot be easy for the mods keeping these threads on topic, as that ultimately, is what we all want.
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I put my BGs on this thread with my food. As you say, it helps to connect BGs with what went before.
 
Annb said:
No breakfast because my Welsh friend was visiting and I had made a cake (traybake) to offer her, so I knew I would have a small piece, just to check that it was OK. It was.

Lunchtime shortly so will probably have egg mayo.

2nd meal will be a kind of mince hash - as long as Neil gets some beef mince for me in the shopping, otherwise it will have to be fish from the freezer.

@Lainie71, just noticed your dislike of the term "big boned" - I was always told that as well. I was heavy as a teenager (101/2 stone) but I was skinny with big elbows and knees jutting out. So I believed it. Now those bones are not visible under all the fat, so I can't use that as an excuse any more.
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Thing was I didn't realise what the term "big boned" was until I commented on my husband being "big boned" my meaning was that he was tall with muscles. He was horrified and then told me what the term "big boned" meant! I was mortified. I know now what it means and detest the term as it was drummed into me growing up. "Bonnie lass" would have gone down better for me.
 
Tuesday 8 November - bed 7 7 FBG 7.2 Another busy day. School runs, straight to Physio and had to squeeze in a trip to the butcher on the way back. Hubby was going to football at night so food was a mix of bits and bobs.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with egg mayo.

L. Slice of pork and a DGF coconut square.

D. I found 2 of these Mexican rissoles things in my freezer (you'll remember them @DJC3. The rissoles with the hot Mexican cheese in the middle?) I had them in the gap while waiting to go back to pick Hubby up again.
.CC little chocolate pot.
 
Antje77 said:
Both this thread (What have you eaten today) and the full on chat FBG thread are perfectly fine for recording both food and BG.

This one needs to stay mostly on topic but allows for additions to what you've eaten (like my Poes), and the occasional post as a reaction without mentioning what you have eaten.
The full on chat one is exactly that, anything goes!

And to be clear, there were no posts moved from this thread lately, we did some moving from FBG threads, not from here.
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Good to know. I love this thread and was not happy about not contributing to it anymore. I will take your post as the definitive of what is allowed in this thread. :happy:
 
For the neat black tea (and green tea) drinkers, I've read somewhere that they aren’t so bitter tasting if the water is kept below boiling, a bit like coffee.

I drink loads of herbal teas and find some green tea too strong/bitter so I'm going to try this.
I still reckon I can taste black tea if it is any mix at all, even a tiny bit. Just too bitter for me.
 
Morning BST 5.7, then dropped during the day
Breakfast skipped
Lunch skipped
3 cups of tea with a splash of milk and a Canderel.
Dinner… snack of 5 small discs of Fellini salami, 2 forks of Spag Bol,1 stick of Pinchos, salad, Irish coffee with Kaluha. 4.7mmol before dinner. 1/2 hour after eating 5.5 mmol, 1hour after dinner and during coffee down to 4.83, then jumped up to 6.3 about ½ an hour later, and then at around 2 hours, back down to 4.9...... Final bedtime reading about 2 hours later than last reading...4.8mmol
 
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Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a phd bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and a carb killa bar.
Dinner: LC fish pie with Brussels and broccoli followed by SF cherry jelly and cream.

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