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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Morning all. Shopping today so am going for a piece of salmon and some salad to go with it. Yesterday, I cooked some red cabbage with onion, small cooking apple, cider vinegar, spoonful of Erythritol and stock cube to have with my bratwurst and I had a bowlful at lunchtime and my Omad later. Can't say I'm feeling any better but my levels are coming down gradually and I'm losing a bit of weight. Have a good weekend everyone.
 
From the blog below, it looks as though lentils are not so bad in moderation.

wellversed.in/blogs/articles/are-lentils-considered-to-be-keto-friendly

CARB CONTENT IN LENTILS​


If we talk of the carb content in Lentils, we see that 1 cup of cooked lentils (approximately 180 grams) provides the following : 36 GRAMS OF CARBS and 14 GRAMS OF FIBER. Here, if we subtract the fiber content from the carbs, we gain 22 GRAMS OF NET CARBS. As a matter of fact, an ideal Keto diet restricts the total carb intake to 20-50 grams a day (not more than 50 grams of net carbs and not less than 20 grams). Hence, lentils would count upto 50% of your total carb intake in a day and can be taken in small quantities without any tension of hindrances in the process of Ketosis.

I only had about half a cup of actual lentils - the rest was onion and coconut, so should have had only 10-15 g of carbs. Nevertheless, it was obviously too much for me. It's back to this business of one size not fitting all.

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Rachox said:
Brie is low carb, cranberry isn’t so I just have a tiny amount. DGF is the Deliciously Guilt Free company that makes sweet treats which are free from sugar or wheat flour, so are low carb.
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A small amount of cranberries doesn't have very much carb:
www.verywellfit.com/carb-counts-for-cranberries-2241782

"A 1-cup serving of raw cranberries contains just 46 calories and 12 grams of carbs. Of those carbohydrates, 3.6 grams are fiber and 4.3 grams are naturally-occurring sugars.

Canned, sweetened jellied cranberry (the kind that is often served at Thanksgiving dinner) contains about 90 calories per 1/2 inch slice. Each slice provides about 23 grams of carbohydrate, 18 grams of sugar, and less than 1 gram of fiber.2

Dried cranberries are also popular. A 1/4-cup serving of sweetened dried cranberries provides 123 calories, 33 grams of carbs, and 2 grams of fiber.3 The glycemic load of dried cranberries is estimated to be 19 for a 1/4-cup serving.4 Glycemic load takes portion size into account when estimating a food's impact on blood sugar."
 
saky said:
samosa is high carb!
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It is. But if you only have a single one you can still have a low carb meal.

A low carb diet is defined as less than 150 grams of carbs a day. The amount of carbs people eat on this thread varies from close to zero to close to that 150 grams.
Some T2's can stay in remission by eating 150 grams of carbs, others need to go much lower or may need medication on top of a very low carb diet.
 
saky said:
samosa is high carb!
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@Antje77 just answered for me.
I am now in remission and am eating to balance my health with my lifestyle . 1 small samosa was well within my carbs for one day and I thoroughly enjoyed it in the company of 12 friends as part of a social event
I decided very soon after diagnosis that this has to be a way of eating for life, not just a short term or very restrictive diet. In my life I am not going to stress over every single item, I'm just happy to generally low carb, most days. Compared with what I used to eat yesterday was nothing , now that I can manage portions (mostly!), appetite (mostly!) and carbs (mostly!) . I still like and live my life without stressing or worrying over food. I hope you too @saky manage to get to this point soon.
 
I made the popped cheese things @Annb mentioned and it worked! :joyful:

They are very tasty too. :hungry:
But also a lot of faff for a very small bowl of treats so I don't expect it'll be a regular or even ever repeated thing. Still, worth the experiment!

I accidentally made a really cool picture of them because I hadn't noticed my camera had zoomed in. :hilarious:
In real life they look more like the second pic.

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ravensmitten said:
It was a new one to me too. In weighing a cauliflower I was preparing I’d realised at least half the weight was in the leaves and stalk so I decided not to just put them aside. I had a quick look up to see if they were edible, I imagined they were anyway but just to be sure.

I just ate some boiled as if it were greens/cabbage but when looked a little further it seems some people roast them or fry them in butter which sounds lovely.

I was pleasantly surprised, I love vegetables, but don’t believe I have tried them before, they were quite sweetish tasting and tasty to me not bitter at all like I thought they may turn out.

Kept the water and some other trimmings I freeze now and again to make some kind of soup with later.


It is quite possible as what I was seeing is the large avocado I had was 17g of carbs, so looked it up elsewhere and a medium one was 12g. It is also possible I’ve been looking at total carbs since I started, was using mfp as a food diary, and it’s a minefield of entries.

Although I would rather be under than over, I’ll need to have a sit down to find out a decent source/app as a lot of stuff like veg isn’t labelled.

Eager to hear how your cheese experiments come out.
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I think that getting a good broad sense of carb content of different groups of foods can be more important than being over cautious about specific carb content as especially if you are looking at things like what's in season or on offer or has a reduced sticker you can use that broad knowledge to build up your meals sensibly having bigger quantities of the low carb stuff and small or none of the medium or higher carb stuff depending on what stage of your journey you are. I'm now almost 6 years into normal bloods and although I stay aware of carbs I'm not as strict as in early days when I started reversing my hba1c from 97 and losing excess weight at the same time.
A good source of low carb info is diet doctor and I particularly like their visual guides for a quick check. See for example their guide on veggies below and there are lots more for you to browse for free
www.dietdoctor.com

Low-Carb Vegetables – Visual Guide to the Best and Worst — Diet Doctor

What are the best and the worst low-carb vegetables? There is a simple rule, vegetables growing above ground are low carb and can be eaten freely.
www.dietdoctor.com www.dietdoctor.com
Once you know which foods in each category are the lower end you can plan more easily when out shopping.
 
Antje77 said:
I made the popped cheese things @Annb mentioned and it worked! :joyful:

They are very tasty too. :hungry:
But also a lot of faff for a very small bowl of treats so I don't expect it'll be a regular or even ever repeated thing. Still, worth the experiment!

I accidentally made a really cool picture of them because I hadn't noticed my camera had zoomed in. :hilarious:
In real life they look more like the second pic.

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What were your settings @Antje77 I know you’ll be astonished to hear we have a dehydrator, or more accurately, our air fryer can also do low temps and long times for dehydration.
 
Antje77 said:
I made the popped cheese things @Annb mentioned and it worked! :joyful:

They are very tasty too. :hungry:
But also a lot of faff for a very small bowl of treats so I don't expect it'll be a regular or even ever repeated thing. Still, worth the experiment!

I accidentally made a really cool picture of them because I hadn't noticed my camera had zoomed in. :hilarious:
In real life they look more like the second pic.

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That was my conclusion too, but you with the dehydrator could do more and perhaps either keep the cheese at that stage and only cook them when wanted, or cook lot more and store them.
The commercial ones have a very long life, no reason why yours shouldn't as well.
It was the drying I found the most faff
 
Antje77 said:
I made the popped cheese things @Annb mentioned and it worked! :joyful:

They are very tasty too. :hungry:
But also a lot of faff for a very small bowl of treats so I don't expect it'll be a regular or even ever repeated thing. Still, worth the experiment!

I accidentally made a really cool picture of them because I hadn't noticed my camera had zoomed in. :hilarious:
In real life they look more like the second pic.

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But you only made a small amount as a trial. Would it be worth the faff to make a larger amount?

Been using up the leftover coconut from making the c.milk to make a sweet thingy for Em. Mixed it with leftover egg whites, some syrup and some extra c.nut butter and baked it. It has a similar texture to a dense sponge. I'll probably cut it into cubes and maybe cover with dark chocolate. Em has decided that milk chocolate is too sweet and she prefers something at least 70% or preferably 85%. Can't disapprove of that. 10 is quite young to come to that decision. She still likes lots of sugar in her tea though.
 
Posting early
No breakfast then yoga and shopping so ended up being an 18 hour fast. (Was interesting to see yesterday I had inadvertently had a 4 hour eating window, simply by skipping breakfast, lunch late and dining early)

Lunch was 3 slice HiLo bread with cheese. Had planned cheddar but decided not to open a packet so one slice was Lancashire cheese and one was camembert which got very claggy and nearly stuck my mouth together so 3rd slice just had butter.
Toasted the bread in the toaster, then put cheese on and into the airfryer for just 5 minutes from cold. Very acceptable and much cheaper than putting the oven grill on.

Dinner is known, but not eaten yet. Going dancing event where the meal will be chickens fricassee (I will refuse or leave the rice and French bread its being served with) and 'dessert ' will be cheese!!!! No ones being offered a sweet sweet. Very interested to see what they serve.
There will be lots of dancing and too much wine, as being driven, hence the early post. Don't expect sensible posts from me later:p
 
AndBreathe said:
What were your settings @Antje77 I know you’ll be astonished to hear we have a dehydrator, or more accurately, our air fryer can also do low temps and long times for dehydration.
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I'm more astonished to hear you do not have a dehydrator! Thank goodness for the airfryer though. :hilarious:

I started at 40 degrees to see if it would end up in a molten mess threatening to ruin my neighbour's dehydrator.
When that didn't happen I turned it up to 50 or so (I didn't get to my knees on the bathroom floor to check exactly) thinking that could be needed to make up for my very cold but cat-proof bathroom. No idea if the thing has a thermostat or if the temperature scale is based on the amount of electricity it uses at a normal room temperature.

Left it running for some 11 or 12 hours yesterday, and another 2 today, which was enough for the very thinly sliced hard cheeses but the somewhat thicker cuts of halloumi could have been a little dryer.

Oven was easy, I put them in a baking tin and covered with aluminium foil (they jump!) and baked for 3 to 4 minutes.
Next time I'll use a baking sheet, it looks like some of the pieces stuck to the baking tin a bit, preventing them from properly popping.
MrsA2 said:
That was my conclusion too, but you with the dehydrator could do more and perhaps either keep the cheese at that stage and only cook them when wanted, or cook lot more and store them.
The commercial ones have a very long life, no reason why yours shouldn't as well.
It was the drying I found the most faff
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Annb said:
But you only made a small amount as a trial. Would it be worth the faff to make a larger amount?
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I still have a lot of cheese so I just might!
 
Had a lot to deal with this morning including some sad family news so didn't manage to eat until 2.30 but clearly made me vulnerable to snacking after my first meal! Usually have breakfast on Saturday and Sunday so maybe I felt a bit cheated and so went a bit off plan this afternoon
2.30ish can of sardines in olive oil mixed with sauerkraut and 6 LC seed crackers and portion of kefir then moved on to several dips into the nuts container and the bulk of a 90% chocolate bar - I'd been so good restricting a bar over last week but the new bar bought today isn't going to last me the week I'd planned!I may need to go back to the 100% chocolate again as it's self limiting for me. Could have been worse. Our emotions definitely control our inability to follow through our food plans at times! At least I stick to the LC stuff mind you I don't keep any higher carb stuff in the house by choice for this reason.
5ish hm chicken curry and LC wrap with larger than normal glass of red wine followed by LC blondie warmed and served with yoghurt.
 
B - Skipped apart from a decaff coffee with unsweetened almond milk and a dash of cream followed by a 50 spin work out
L- 2 Rashers of chopped bacon with green salad
D- Dice lamb stir fry with been sprouts, broccoli, green beans, mushroom and a half a pack of day old peppered rocket leaves . Various herbs and spices. It was scrummy!
Lots of green tea, water and only 2 cups of tea with unsweetened almond milk so far ;)
 
Antje77 said:
Maybe we should all swap plates to look at our foods with new eyes. :joyful:
Did we ever tell you we considered to change our profile pics to one resembling yours after meeting up in Birmingham just to have a laugh?
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Oh how I wish you’d done that! Everyone recognisable only by the different colour jumpers behind the picanha (? Spelling)
What a great idea too about swapping plates around. I wish I could do techy stuff like photoshop. I’d be only too happy to give most of my plates away tbh. I need some nice new fish design ones!
 
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