What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[Jacquiez1]

Shitake mushrooms & 2 poached eggs

 

[David_A_Hughes]

Some grilled bacon wrapped in a Staffordshire oatcake (the carb I won't/can't give up) a cup of green tea, a cup of unsweetened fresh ground coffee but with a dash of cream (and another, similar one, later this morning). My waking BG was annoyingly high (as it always is) despite the intake of all the meds I'm sure you're all familiar with. Later I'll have a salad (green, cheese, egg and something else if I can think of anything to go with it). This evening I'll be in the hands of my wife, who will, no doubt, provide me with something as low carb as possible. During the day I'll drink more tea and coffee and try and avoid the piece of dark chocolate that's looking at me right now, whispering 'eat me, EAT ME!' and I may sink a large whisky in this early evening. What a joyous diet I follow these days!.....and I still feel like Harpo Marx looks!

 

[Annb]

Breakfast: Streaky bacon, h/m beef sausage and 2 fried eggs. Oddly, still not feeling particularly full so am hoping a cup of tea will solve that. BG before eating was 10.6. Fairly substantial dose of insulin to cover breakfast and bring it down a bit. Only half an hour later but just checked and BG is now 10.9. Hoping it will go down soon.

2nd meal: Neil bought a pack of short dated steak so will need to have that before it's too late (how awful to have to have steak 3 days in a row!) More Brussels sprouts to use up as well and another courgette that needs to be used. Maybe find something else aroud to go with it and make a kind of veg stew as a side dish.

Just made some 90 second bread. First time I've tried it. Not impressed. Just a kind of rubbery omelette really. Bread of any description, it is not.

 

[PenguinMum]

Yesterday (Monday) usual brekkie of slice LC toast, copious tea.
Then made a big pot of organic broccoli & leek soup for lunch and other meals and inadvertently gave myself salt poisoning which was quite scary. About 20 mins after large bowl of said soup which did taste very salty I was horribly sick, then my abdomen swelled up so badly I had to get into loose clothes, pain everywhere except limbs, nausea, didnt know what to do with myself so took two codeine and got into bed for comfort while all the time trying to keep some water down. Thinking about soup I used a dessp. of Knorr stock powder bought from Amazon a while ago (since no longer available in the supermarket) but suspect counterfeit with large quantity of salt. Had non European writing on pack. Needless to say both soup and stock are now disposed of. Took a few hours but started to feel better and no more food!
Today usual brekkie of slice LC toast and copious tea.
Lunch was Dairylea spread on two slices Dr Almond bread and tea.
Supper will be scrambled eggs and maybe a ramekin of berries.

 

[filly]

Coffee and cream
Tea
Coffee with unsweetened almond milk
Cottage cheese, too much herring and tomatoes. Sent my B/S UP!
Pork Chop.

 

[LivingLightly]

Coffee and cream
Tea
Coffee with unsweetened almond milk
Cottage cheese, too much herring and tomatoes. Sent my B/S UP!
Pork Chop.

Fresh herring is only available here in London between July and September.
Was it a rollmop? I used to adore pickled herrings, but only have to look at one now and my blood glucose soars!

 

[LivingLightly]

Evening all

Today

B: Two poached eggs with a knob of butter, slices of avocado, seasoned with black pepper and a wedge of Gorwydd Caerphilly.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.

L: Prawns in garlicky white wine sauce with sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, leeks, double cream, rosemary, butter and parmesan.
Steamed asparagus smothered with butter.
Garlic woodland mushrooms.
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.

D Seafood salad using crab, brown shrimps, lettuce, baby plum tomatoes, chicory, Romano peppers, Kalamata olives and Welsh onions, dressed with an olive oil, mint, balsamic and garlic vinaigrette, topped with toasted pumpkin seeds.
Water to swallow tablets.

 

[filly]

Fresh herring is only available here in London between July and September.
Was it a rollmop? I used to adore pickled herrings, but only have to look at one now and my blood glucose soars!

Again didn't have my glasses. My usual one wasn't there and just chose a different one. Obviously not the best idea. Trouble is when the writing is so small you can barely see it. I keep looking for pickled herring which is ok.

 

[shelley262]

Got home from hols late Sunday but busy since back so going to quickly put a summary of holiday food on and then catch up soon plus it's Bake off tonight....
Our Croatian island half board hotel holiday was wonderful weather mixed but really enjoyed and even stormy days were warm. We've needed to put on heating since our return!
Breakfasts - chef happy to cook omelette to order so had a mushroom omelette made every day with a side of bacon and lots of black coffee plus a portion of their hm kefir with chia seeds
Lunches had picnics whilst hiking using Parma ham and cheese from supermarket with water
Dinner starters such as a charcuterie board, smoked salmon and prawn skewers

Mains served with grilled med vegs such as
Sea bass
Pork fillet
Chicken breast
Fillet steak
Lamb ....


Puddings I was generally too full but they did offer cheese and yoghurt. Had yoghurt two nights but mainly just had coffee.
Wonderful holiday and great that able to stick to low carb with very high quality meals on offer. OH had lots of the more carby options on offer like pasta pizza and proper puds but is complaining now about weight gain!
Today back to more fermented foods
Breakfast two boiled eggs and one keto roll plus kefir
Lunch cheese and kimchi plus an Apple peel
Dinner steak with mushrooms, onion and a few roasted tomatoes and glass of red wine plus just had two squares of 90% chocolate with decaffeinated coffee

 

[MrsA2]

B: ff greek with milled seeds and 1/3 small pear
Dance class one
L: some leftover frittata with 1 and a half small avocados dressed with lemon flavour olive oil
Dance class 2
D: beefburgers with cheese and 1 slice gherkin, served with swede chips and caulifower and courgette . Pud was 2 small bits of brie and Wensleydale.
1 brandy to drink

 

[DJC3]

Yesterday (Monday) usual brekkie of slice LC toast, copious tea.
Then made a big pot of organic broccoli & leek soup for lunch and other meals and inadvertently gave myself salt poisoning which was quite scary. About 20 mins after large bowl of said soup which did taste very salty I was horribly sick, then my abdomen swelled up so badly I had to get into loose clothes, pain everywhere except limbs, nausea, didnt know what to do with myself so took two codeine and got into bed for comfort while all the time trying to keep some water down. Thinking about soup I used a dessp. of Knorr stock powder bought from Amazon a while ago (since no longer available in the supermarket) but suspect counterfeit with large quantity of salt. Had non European writing on pack. Needless to say both soup and stock are now disposed of. Took a few hours but started to feel better and no more food!
Today usual brekkie of slice LC toast and copious tea.
Lunch was Dairylea spread on two slices Dr Almond bread and tea.
Supper will be scrambled eggs and maybe a ramekin of berries.

That’s a scary reaction, I’m so glad you’re ok now. I’ll definitely look at the origins of commonly used food stuff bought on line in future.

 

[DJC3]

Glad your hubby is home now and safe&sound @JenniferM55 ,well done on the fast.
@Antje77 your shepherds/cottage pie looks pretty perfect to me. I always find it’s even better the day after too.
Good to see you back @shelley262 your holiday food looks amazing.
My food today:
Out for breakfast, a bacon and cheese omelette again with a lot of coffee.
Day of activities, kayaking and swimming.
Dinner- starter of chicken wings obligingly cooked with just S&P rather than the menu choice of bbq or sweet chilli marinade. Then bunless cheeseburger with salad and coleslaw. 2small glasses red wine and a square of Lindt 90% later.

 

[Rachox]

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: salmon fillet with peppercorn sauce, broccoli and carrots.
I saw the surgeon who operated on my foot in May. Some metal work has snapped, (goodness knows how?) so the bone hasn’t healed properly. He is going to have to operate again in the next three weeks or so. I’m already worrying about the hospital food

 

[JenniferM55]

After yesterday's 28 hour fast, I was down 0.3kg this morning, I could very well be up again in the morning, such is the rocky road to weight loss, so long as the projection is down I'm happy.

11ish had coffee and cream

First bite to eat was at about 1.30pm, we had an early dinner today. Roast chicken breast, roast swede, tenderstem broccoli, gravy and TWO Yorkshire puds.

Tea was a small piece of Castillo blue cream cheese with a handful of almonds.

2 squares of 90% Lindt chocolate.

Been doing some research after recently hearing about lupin flour on this forum. I came across a recipe for Yorkshire puddings, I just had to have a go. Can't remember whether I stuck rigidly to the recipe, but my version was 20g lupin flour, 30g plain flour, 2 eggs, abt 100g milk, and salt. The ingredients made 8 Yorkshires. The mixture was poured into very hot bun tins with really hot coconut oil in the cups. My husband couldn't tell the difference. I think they were quite close and will defo make them again. I put the recipe through an app (Cronometer) which allows me to add a custom recipe. Each Yorkshire has 49 Calories, 3.4g carbs, 1.9g fat plus the coconut oil. The carbs fitted in with my carb quota and didn't cause any BG issues. Traditional Yorkshires have been off my menu for such a long time.



I'm also experimenting with making a lupin flour sourdough starter. Quite pleased today to find it's started to ferment after just 3 days. Will let you know how the low carb lupin sourdough bread turns out.



Todays carbs, 20.3g

 

[Antje77]

I saw the surgeon who operated on my foot in May. Some metal work has snapped, (goodness knows how?) so the bone hasn’t healed properly. He is going to have to operate again in the next three weeks or so. I’m already worrying about the hospital food

I'm so sorry to hear you'll need another operation.

What about starting a thread for inspiration on foods you can bring with you to hospital so they can keep their food?
Do you know how long they think you'll have to stay?

Got home from hols late Sunday but busy since back so going to quickly put a summary of holiday food

Your holiday food and the holiday itself absolutely looks and sounds amazing!

I had my last day of cottage pie (until I get the other two portions from the freezer) shared with dogs and cats. I'm really bad at guessing how much is a portion, sometimes leaving me hungry and sometimes leaving me very much loved by my pets!

I'll have to get groceries tomorrow, I know what I want to get (stamppot andijvie), but I expect tomorrows main meal will be a sandwich or such and the cooking will be left for the day after.
Hitting the gym at 4pm, followed by a short and very cold swim at 5pm, and I really don't think it's realistic to think I'm going to spend a serious amount of time in the kitchen after that so a quick lc sandwich is fine.

 

[Margarettt]

What about starting a thread for inspiration on foods you can bring with you to hospital so they can keep their food?
Do you know how long they think you'll have to stay?

Yes please lets have this thread. I'm going in for three or four days on Noveber 14th for my new knees and I;m struggling to think of easy things my family can bring in cool bags

 

[DJC3]

I saw the surgeon who operated on my foot in May. Some metal work has snapped, (goodness knows how?) so the bone hasn’t healed properly. He is going to have to operate again in the next three weeks or so. I’m already worrying about the hospital food

Oh no! What awful luck. Will your family be able to bring food in for you? ( maybe not your breakfast coconut porridge!). There are a few lc granolas available now you could have instead with a splash of lactofree milk. Obviously you’ll take a supply of your carb Killa/PHD bars but I guess generally it’ll make a difference if the ward has a fridge you can pop a couple of items in. Good luck, I hope your foot isn’t too painful at the moment.

 

[DJC3]

After yesterday's 28 hour fast, I was down 0.3kg this morning, I could very well be up again in the morning, such is the rocky road to weight loss, so long as the projection is down I'm happy.

11ish had coffee and cream

First bite to eat was at about 1.30pm, we had an early dinner today. Roast chicken breast, roast swede, tenderstem broccoli, gravy and TWO Yorkshire puds.

Tea was a small piece of Castillo blue cream cheese with a handful of almonds.

2 squares of 90% Lindt chocolate.

Been doing some research after recently hearing about lupin flour on this forum. I came across a recipe for Yorkshire puddings, I just had to have a go. Can't remember whether I stuck rigidly to the recipe, but my version was 20g lupin flour, 30g plain flour, 2 eggs, abt 100g milk, and salt. The ingredients made 8 Yorkshires. The mixture was poured into very hot bun tins with really hot coconut oil in the cups. My husband couldn't tell the difference. I think they were quite close and will defo make them again. I put the recipe through an app (Cronometer) which allows me to add a custom recipe. Each Yorkshire has 49 Calories, 3.4g carbs, 1.9g fat plus the coconut oil. The carbs fitted in with my carb quota and didn't cause any BG issues. Traditional Yorkshires have been off my menu for such a long time.

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I'm also experimenting with making a lupin flour sourdough starter. Quite pleased today to find it's started to ferment after just 3 days. Will let you know how the low carb lupin sourdough bread turns out.

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Todays carbs, 20.3g

Those Yorkies look great!

 

[MrsA2]

Hitting the gym at 4pm, followed by a short and very cold swim at 5pm,

Really impressed you are not only keeping up with the gym, but the swimming too. Will we see you next Olympics?

 

[Antje77]

Really impressed you are not only keeping up with the gym, but the swimming too. Will we see you next Olympics?

There's a reason I'm telling everyone I'll brave the cold water again tomorrow...
No way back now! It's only the second time and the water temperature dropped quite a bit since last week.

But yes, I'm also impressed I'm keeping up with the gym! Not interested in anything competitive though so no Olympics for me.

Yes please lets have this thread. I'm going in for three or four days on Noveber 14th for my new knees and I;m struggling to think of easy things my family can bring in cool bags

Sounds like this could be a very useful thread.
If you or @Rachox (or someone else) starts it, be sure to give it a descriptive title for easy finding, something like 'Foods to bring to hospital' or such.

There are lots of foods usually kept in the fridge which will keep well unrefrigerated for 4 days. Yoghurt; cheese; hard boiled eggs; salami or other dried sausages; my favourite midnight snack of chicory leaves and hummus or pork scratchings dipped in aioli; avocado; tomatoes; celery stalks and peanut butter (yuck!); cucumber (just throw away the dried out end slice before use), and then there are all those foods that don't need refrigerating anyway: nuts; high % cocoa chocolate; cheese crisps; low carb bread, you can even take the toppings from the hospital bread to put on your own, just bring some butter and marmite.

I have no experience with hospitals thankfully, but lots of experience packing for a week of sailing without a fridge!