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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

@maglil55 I’m glad to hear your hubby is much improved. Your food while away sounds lovely ( apart from hospital food of course. Utterly ridiculous situation)
@PenguinMum I completely agree with you about the difference between locally sourced meat and cheese and the supermarket stuff. I’d rather cut back on other household expenses than the quality of my meat and fish.
Had 3 meals today but squashed into a fairly narrow eating window.
B- 2 eggs and bacon ( one egg was from daughter’s new chickens and was lovely, it’s the one on the left in the photo. Yolk is more golden and white is more compact as it’s so fresh)
L- packet of Awfully Posh pork puffs.
D-slow roast leg of hogget. Did all the trimmings for everyone else. I’ve long since stopped craving potatoes and Yorkshire puds but my willpower collapsed in the face of cauli cheese. Very frustratingly my bg which has been flatlining around 5 since starting carnivore, rose to 6.5 after the spoonful of cauli cheese ( sauce just cream and cheese)
Fizzy water to drink and a peppermint tea afterwards. IMG_3370.jpg
 
maglil55 said:
Friday 22 September - bed (at 5 am) 7.8 FBG if you can call it that! 6.7. BGs had been on the high side during the early hours in A&E, but I put that down to stress. After very little sleep, time for a shower as the hospital wanted Hubby back for the second CT scan. We'd missed breakfast but had time to wander out to get something.

B. Or was it brunch? Found this lovely Polish cafe about 2 mins from the hotel called Nice to See You. I had a Polish breakfast - fried egg, frankfurter sausages 2, sliced tomato, cucumber, and gherkin, Polish ham, and Polish cheese. Excellent coffee with soya milk. Hubby only had coffee.

L. Err... nothing. Back at the hospital. They did offer food, but I wasn't hungry, plus there was nothing I could eat. Hubby was still not eating.

D. After we were finally released from hospital, we had to head straight to the restaurant. Italian this time. Hubby finally ate a little and drank water. I had a starter of buratta, with lovely cherry tomatoes, dressed in balsamic and olive oil. I gave the balsamic sourdough a swerve.

Main, a lamb dish. A pulled lamb plus a bit fillet. Lovely gravy, served with spinach,asparagus, and myshrooms. We headed back to the hotel after that as we were exhausted.

Saturday 23 September - bed 7.8 FBG 7.2 We slept 10 hours! Another shower, down to breakfast.

B. A small piece of Polish ham and cheese, with the thinnest sliver of watermelon ever. 2 GF sausages,fried egg, crispy back bacon, mushrooms, a slice of GF toast, and coffee with soya. Hubby finally ate too.

L. Nothing. I got a 48hr ticket for the Hop on/off bus,which minimised the walking Hubby had to do, and lessened the odds of another tumble.

D. Out again. Rustique, we've eaten there more than once, and it didn't disappoint. Hubby had French onion soup, then mussels in white wine with chips (although he gave most of them away). I had a starter of scallops, GF Black pudding, and celeriac puree. Main was rack of lamb, mushrooms, and green beans. We both had a sugar-free, brandy coffee. I also had a few glasses of dry white wine.

It was good fun and hubby much improved.
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Glad to hear that hubby is a bit better. Food sounds lovely and no wonder he was tempted to have some finally.
 
The remains of the afternoon tea are still on the table. I'm too shattered to do anything about it just yet but I will have to. Too much food as usual but that's OK, Alistair will take away the excess. I just had bits of cheese and a couple of very small cashew nut crackers - probably a bit high in carbs but I didn't have much of them (just 2 little crackers). Nevertheless, BG has shot back up to 10.9 from 5.8, even though I took a dose of insulin to deal with it.

That shouldn't have happened, but as we've seen before, there's no formula which says:
x amount of insulin + y amount of carbs = level BG.
Not for me anyway. I still think it's a hangover from the last few days' experiments.
 
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Evening all

Today:

B: Two eggs scrambled in butter with a generous dollop of double cream, sautéed chestnut mushrooms and a vine tomato, garnished with flat-leaf parsley and seasoned with black pepper.
Water to swallow tablets
Espresso.

L: Aperitif: dry white wine.
Baked whole sea bass, belly stuffed with sprigs of French tarragon and garlic, drizzled with olive oil.
Steamed asparagus spears smothered with butter.
A medley of baked broccoli, onions and sweet red peppers with garlic mushrooms.
Water to drink.
Raspberries and Greek full-fat yoghurt.
Two squares, Montezuma's Absolute Black 100% chocolate.

D: Salad made with anchovy fillets, eggs, avocado, Padrón chillies, Welsh onions, lemon verbena and a touch of lemon juice, with a dollop of aioli for dipping, topped with pecan halves.
 
Skipped breakfast
Whole day yoga and mindfulness retreat (sounds grand but was in village hall!)
Packed lunch of cheeses, olives, marmite nuts and 2 cherry tomatoes. Drank water and turmeric tea.
D: roast chicken, leeks, broccoli and carrots. Mini ice cream. Later 1 sq 85%

Bg between 6 and 7.9 all day, but so many ups and downs within that.
 
I've boycotted our local farm shop because I'm not so sure the meat is all local sourced, and they charge £49.50 a kilo for the same cheese I can get in Morrisons for £15.0 a kilo. They also sell lots of out of season produce.

Envious of those who have a real one
 
Today is a use-up day as well as being a dispose-of day. I have a lot of egg mayo to use up and some salad. I also cooked some chicken breasts yesterday, which I realised were actually a day beyond their sell-by date (Neil had bought them for me but they were actually right on their use by date). So that will have to be used as well. So, I guess it's egg mayo for breakfast and chicken salad for the 2nd meal.

I think even Alistair might be daunted by the amount of non diabetic friendly food I need him to collect today - wholemeal bread (H/m), cream cakes, oatmeal raspberry cakes, coffee and cardamom cupcakes, spinokopita filled pastries, cashew crackers, to name but a few. DIL can't eat them, but Alistair and the kids can (the kids includes DIL's eldest daughter and her family).
 
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I've used some mayo today too, to hold together a brunch of leftovers. 1 hardboiled egg, one sliced sausage, half a rasher of bacon, 1 sliced fried mushroom. You'd be amazed how yummy it was!

Dinner will be stir-fry. Beef mince fried gently with mushrooms, then I'll add chopped spring onions, pak choi, a little chopped kale, bean sprouts of course, a thinly-sliced tomato (don't often allow myself tomatoes but 1 between 2 of us shouldn't be too bad) peppers, a smidgen of cauliflower and some thinly-sliced white cabbage. I fry in a mixture of butter and olive oil. There may be some unripe hazel nuts to start with, but this is a non-wine week (sigh).
 
Coffee and cream x 2
Coffee and unsweetened almond milk
Cottage cheese and tomato
Mini Meatballs, tomato, green pepper and a little onion.
Plenty of cheese on top.

Bloods up after meatballs. One portion left after that shan't be cooking again.
 
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After 25 litres of paint I've finally finished painting the garden fences, what a drag it's been. Hope not to repeat it for a couple of years at least.

Celebrated the above with a G&T

3 rashers of streaky bacon with butter sautéed tomato.

Cleared veg out of the fridge before going shopping and made vegetable soup with the 'tired' veg; celery, chicory, cabbage, French beans, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Gave it a whizz with the stick and had it for dinner with a couple spoonful's of thick cream and chicken thigh roasted in the air fryer on the side.

5 strawberries with cream

2x 90% chocolate
 
Sunday 24 September - bed 5.6 FBG 5.9. It seems the nice food improves BGs. Either that or a bit more alcohol gave my liver something to do? We had breakfast with everyone before they set off on their travels back. We were staying on.

B. Coffee with soya milk. Small piece of Polish ham and cheese and the incredibly thinly sliced watermelon. 2 GF sausages, a fried egg, mushrooms, and a slice of GF toast.

L. Just water. After everyone left, we set out on the hop on hop off bus (again to minimise Hubby's walking). We also did a river cruise and visited Jorvik (again!)

D. After a good few hours out, we decided to eat in the hotel. Unfortunately, they had 2 coach loads to feed, so we couldn't get in until 8 pm. Regrettably, there was then limited choice as they had a new chef who was changing the menu. He'd catered for the coach parties but seemed to have forgotten there were other guests in the hotel. With the help of the very nice young waitress, I eventually managed to get grilled salt and pepper squid with lemon and alioil. Followed by a bunless burger with cheese and a good mix of green veggies. At one point, I felt like saying, "Let me see what you have, and I'll cook it!" It worked out, though. I did get my Sunday campari and soda, white wine spritzer, and yet another sugar-free brandy coffee.

I did get practically everything packed, which led to a relaxing evening.
 
Skipped breakfast
Exercise class
Tea with friends
L: half a tuna 90 second bread with cheese on top (other half saved for tomorrow)

Then it all went wrong. I baked a fruit cake for a bake sale the other week, but didn't send it as I thought it hadn't risen, so froze it. Have carb eating visitors coming Wednesday so cut off a slice to see if perhaps I could convert it to biscotti.. but of course I ate the slice... so yummy
So spiking!!! Was already hovering around 7 to 8 after the exercise. Zoomed to 13 and only slowly came down. Went for a stroll and down to 5.
Sometimes I seem to need to prove to myself I'm a T2 and it wasn't alll a mistake. Luckily the Libre graphs are very visual, and I'll keep this one as a reminder.

D: fridge gravel made into a risotto with leftover chicken and ham, a splash of cream and some njuda paste and grated parmesan .
Small scoop hm lc mango coconut ice cream
 
Monday 25 September - bed 7.1 FBG 6.6 Since I was so organised, we had a very relaxing morning.

B. Coffee and soya milk. Slice of chorizo this morning with the very thin watermelon and a bit cheese. 2 GF sausages, a fried egg, mushrooms, and bacon was back as it wasn't solid. A slice of GF toast.

L. Later on the train. Weirdly, they still had the breakfast menu running, but that suited me fine. I can actually eat most of a train breakfast. 1 sausage, 1 fried egg, very nice bacon, a bit black pudding. Hubby ate the hash brown and the beans. 2 bottles of water and two coffees with a dash of oat milk passed the rest of the time.

D. Once home. I really wasn't hungry, so more water, 2 cheese triangles, and I missed them, CC little chocolate pot!

My legs and ankles are a bit puffy from travelling, so I have work to do on them. A good night's sleep, and I'll be fine. Hubby is eating more but still finding new bruises!
 
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 food dr bar.
Dinner: creamy garlic prawns with sliced sautéed courgette.

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It's autumn, brussels sprouts are on sale! :happy:

Some soft blue cheese on the sprouts, and keto fishfingers to go with them.
Not too pretty but they tasted very good. :hungry:

This time I used very cheap frozen pollock fillets instead of the expensive fresh cod I used last time. Worked well, would have worked better if I had taken them from the freezer a bit earlier. They weren't completely thawed so I couldn't really dry them before adding mayonnaise for glue and crushed pork scratching for crust.
Tastewise, the cod was slightly better, but definitely not 4 times better which was about the difference in price so I'll stick with the cheap fish in the future. :)

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I also bought a net of 4 very good looking red grapefruits.
I thought to eat them half at a time for dessert.

I expect this will work quite well with a little insulin, but today I learned I'll have to clean one before cooking so it's ready to eat after dinner.
I'm too lazy and full now, and feel like it's not worth the hassle of guessing the correct insulin dose. But tomorrow I'll give it a try!
 
Evening all

Looks as though our Indian Summer has returned.

B: Two poached eggs topped with a knob of butter, slices of avocado and crevettes seasoned with black pepper.
Water to swallow tablets
Espresso.

L: Cheese-crusted omelette stuffed with chestnut mushrooms, baby plum tomatoes, spinach, oregano and cream cheese plus grated extra mature Cheddar cheese for the crust.
Salad using lettuce, celery, salad onions, Kalamata olives and mint, dressed with an olive oil, garlic and balsamic vinaigrette, topped with walnut halves.
Water to drink.
Strawberries and Greek full-fat yoghurt.

D: Seafood salad made with tiger prawns, brown shrimps, lettuce, sweet cicely, vine tomatoes, celery, Romano peppers and Welsh onions dressed with olive oil and a squeeze of lemon juice, parsley and garlic, topped with toasted almonds.
Water to swallow tablets.
 
Outlier said:
I've used some mayo today too, to hold together a brunch of leftovers. 1 hardboiled egg, one sliced sausage, half a rasher of bacon, 1 sliced fried mushroom. You'd be amazed how yummy it was!

Dinner will be stir-fry. Beef mince fried gently with mushrooms, then I'll add chopped spring onions, pak choi, a little chopped kale, bean sprouts of course, a thinly-sliced tomato (don't often allow myself tomatoes but 1 between 2 of us shouldn't be too bad) peppers, a smidgen of cauliflower and some thinly-sliced white cabbage. I fry in a mixture of butter and olive oil. There may be some unripe hazel nuts to start with, but this is a non-wine week (sigh).
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Your mince dish sounds great. Do you add any herbs or spices?
Also how have you managed to have half a rasher of bacon leftover? I think that’d be impossible in this house!
 
Antje77 said:
It's autumn, brussels sprouts are on sale! :happy:

Some soft blue cheese on the sprouts, and keto fishfingers to go with them.
Not too pretty but they tasted very good. :hungry:

This time I used very cheap frozen pollock fillets instead of the expensive fresh cod I used last time. Worked well, would have worked better if I had taken them from the freezer a bit earlier. They weren't completely thawed so I couldn't really dry them before adding mayonnaise for glue and crushed pork scratching for crust.
Tastewise, the cod was slightly better, but definitely not 4 times better which was about the difference in price so I'll stick with the cheap fish in the future. :)

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Perfect plate for your fishy dinner!
 
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