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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

cdpm said:
Are you doing omad?
Sorry if I missed this answer already.
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I do OMAD most days - not necessarily intentionally but often I get to the afternoon and am too tired or sore to bother with preparing food and by then I am also not really interested in food. But usually I intend to have 2 meals and just end up with one. So I try to have a reasonably substantial breakfast just in case (that is often bacon and eggs).

Yesterday I intended to have 2 meals so the morning meal wasn't all that substantial and I was very hungry all day. Ended up with the 2nd meal not being all that substantial either, hence the picking at bits and pieces (mostly low carb with one shameful exception which I won't talk about). That's why today is going to be OMAD, if I can manage it.
 
Hello all,

I keep forgetting to mention kefir, but I have some every day.

I had sausages, eggs and mushrooms for breakfast, followed by some pork puffs and cream cheese.

Later had two slices of home made low carb bread with greek salad. I'm not very hungry but I might eat something soon just so that I don't start wanting a midnight feast - fallen into that trap a few times!
 
No further forward with info from Gps receptionist was also puzzled but have phone consult booked with DN next Friday so may get more clarity 're my future management. Most results online though now - liver and kidneys and urine tests all good. Hba1c up a bit to 37 has been lower 30s for previous 7 years but happy as I've definitely increased my carbs with more vegetables than I used to include. My cholesterol results never appear online for ages as get flagged as abnormal as always high ldl and this isn't a new thing - I've had since my first recorded tests on my records as did my mum. I can't tolerate statins . My weight and bp remain lower side of normal.
Today's food
Before heading out hm kefir
Lunch small portions of kimchi and sauerkraut with range of cheeses and LC seeded crackers then hm yoghurt and a few frozen raspberries
Dinner hm chilli and LC garlic bread with glass of red. Just had LC blondie and decaffeinated coffee.
 
jpscloud said:
Hello all,

I keep forgetting to mention kefir, but I have some every day.

I had sausages, eggs and mushrooms for breakfast, followed by some pork puffs and cream cheese.

Later had two slices of home made low carb bread with greek salad. I'm not very hungry but I might eat something soon just so that I don't start wanting a midnight feast - fallen into that trap a few times!
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I also forget to mention kefir half the time.
 
Congrats on your blood results @shelley262 and good luck with the inevitable statin discussion.
Re Freshwell app I recommended it a couple of years ago to an old college friend. She lives in S Africa and has told a lot of people out there ( adding that is run by UK NHS doctors) and says so many people have now benefitted from it. She’s lost 2st herself.
This evening I’m feeling very full having just finished eating a lovely diet doctor dinner https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/keto-bacon-wrapped-tenderloin-roasted-garlic-mash The roasted garlic mash is gorgeous but maybe not the best idea as I have a hairdressers appt tomorrow morning. She’ll be asphyxiated if she gets too close!
Lunch was scrambled eggs on lc marmite toast. IMG_1710442231.080292.jpg
 
DJC3 said:
Congrats on your blood results @shelley262 and good luck with the inevitable statin discussion.
Re Freshwell app I recommended it a couple of years ago to an old college friend. She lives in S Africa and has told a lot of people out there ( adding that is run by UK NHS doctors) and says so many people have now benefitted from it. She’s lost 2st herself.
This evening I’m feeling very full having just finished eating a lovely diet doctor dinner https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/keto-bacon-wrapped-tenderloin-roasted-garlic-mash The roasted garlic mash is gorgeous but maybe not the best idea as I have a hairdressers appt tomorrow morning. She’ll be asphyxiated if she gets too close!
Lunch was scrambled eggs on lc marmite toast. View attachment 66735
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Gosh love the look of this and happen to have a pork tenderloin in freezer. Meals planned next few days but must have a go at it soon.
It's helps the Freshwell info is from an NHS gp practice I'm sure people who see media articles that low carb is a fad or possibly not good for their health find it reassuring.
 
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Simple chicken breast chopped up with some coarse coleslaw for dinner

Did have some yoghurt earlier with a few berries.

Need to eat on one side at the moment as partial denture now has to be fixodented in as there’s nothing to hold onto on one side.

Going to have to pony up for a proper upper set once I’m all healed I think.
 
Woke with a bad headache and feeling nauseous, so it was easy to stick to just mint tea.
Later walked about 30 minutes to a garden centre where I met a friend for a chat. Had cwc, but forgot to say "decaff". Still feeling wired 7 hours later!
20 minute walk back.

Lunch part 1 , 2 scrambled eggs
30 minute errand
Lunch part 2, 2 dgf cakes from the freezer - cinnamon I believe. A bit too sweet so added some cream cheese.

Later , while searching for recipes to use the rest of the cream cheese and butternut squash, I managed to mindlessly eat all the cream cheese, about 100g weight of it!

D: 3 chicken drumsticks and butternut squash. 2 small glasses wine after a disappointing phone call.

Definitely feel I'm eating too much too often.
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a carb killa bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and another carb killa bar.
Dinner out at Côte Brasserie with a gift card which we got for Xmas paying! A deconstructed bacon and cheese burger with veggies cooked in garlic butter. Luckily I’m not having my haircut tomorrow @DJC3 !


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IanBish said:
I'll be having that for dinner tomorrow! Plus broccoli.
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I didn't have that tonight. I was still a bit stressed and a bit too tired to cook. So I got a small special fried rice from the local Indian, fried some pre-prepared mushrooms and fried some chopped up frankfurters, and mixed them all together. It was very nice, and as I didn't have a CGM on, I did a finger-prick test before (4.5) and two hours later (6.3) so that wasn't too bad.

To not de-rail this thread too much, I'll be having a low carb meal tomorrow evening. I'll have to get more mushrooms, but I'll definitely be having steak and broccoli & cauliflower.
 
Evening all

Today:

B: Two poached eggs topped with a knob of butter, avocado and three crevettes seasoned with a good grinding of black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.

L: Walnut and mushroom nut roast made with onions, eggs and flax 'egg', (positively no breadcrumbs) garlic, vegetable stock and rosemary.
Steamed Brussels sprouts with toasted slivered almonds smothered with butter.
Carrots cut on the diagonal, onions and apple peel sautéed in butter.
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.

D: Seafood salad made with mussels and brown shrimps, lettuce, Romano peppers, celery, baby plum tomatoes, Kalamata olives, flat-leaf parsley and salad onions, with a dollop of home-made aioli for dipping, topped with roasted macadamia nuts.
Water to swallow tablet.
 
Deliberate OMAD today, I hope!

Had Lorne sausage, bacon and eggs.
Feeling quite full - it was probably a bit too much really. I don't, any more, like the feeling of having had a bit too much, just to clear the plate.

I asked Neil yesterday to get me a supermarket pack of chicken thighs - usually 5 thighs in a pack which makes 2 meals and some stock. He came back with the only pack he could find which held at least a dozen - maybe more. I didn't really want to add anything to the freezer but I'll have to take a couple out of the pack and freeze the rest in packs of 2. I think I've already got 2 big packs of drumsticks and thighs which are halfway to being prepped for "party food" which didn't get used in the end so I don't want any more big packs. Might have an occasion to use those next week though, with any luck.
 
Hello all!

Yesterday I added a much too large chunk of wensleydale and more than a handful of nuts to my tally for the day! Very nice though.

Today I had kefir, lamb leg steak with mashed swede and mushrooms for breakfast, then the leftover greek salad wth some home made low carb bread (must be careful with that creeping in on a daily basis).

Popped out for prescriptions and also went to Aldi, bought a load of mushrooms to cook off and freeze, some gammon steaks to do the same, a cauliflower, a large swede and some cheeses. I managed to swerve carbs of any sort and didn't even look at snacks/crisps etc. so although I'm eating a bit too much overall at the moment, I'm happy that I'm not tempted to buy any new carby snacks.

This year will be the first Easter that I won't be eating myself into a chocolate coma! Montezouma's will feature though.
 
I made a big (3, maybe 4 days worth) pot of slow cooked beef and onion, and enough cauliflower purée. for at least 3 days, and invited neighbour-in-the-garden for dinner.
First a beer in his trailer, and then we didn't have the patience to put the purée in the oven so we had the stew with a slice of bread. Turned out very tasty, so now I have a large pot of purée but no stew to go with it. :hilarious:

I'll turn some of the purée into zuurkoolstamppot by adding sauerkraut and smoked sausage, and I'm sure the leftover juices with still a little meat and onion from yesterdays meal will go very well with it. :hungry:

Which leaves me with too much purée still. Can you freeze cauliflower purée?

I spent a very cosy night with my neighbour, my two dogs, his dog, and my two sleepover dogs in his caravan, but the repeated mild hypos were no fun. I've had to leave the bed 3 times to treat, so during the night I had winegums, chocolate easter eggs and some bread. Poor Tale had to endure the repeated Libre alarms but hasn't complained.
When it was almost time to get up for my friday morning aqua session, the hypo alarm went off for a 4th time, and I was stupid enough to think I could snuggle up to Tale just a little bit longer before treating.
That's not how hypos work, I felt horrible enough to remind him of my glucagon nosespray in my bag, just in case. Not needed, thankfully, a couple of winegums did the trick, but it took me a long time to feel a bit like myself again, yuck!

I've already been titrating my long acting down for a while, will reduce dose more again tonight. Anyway, it was a good reminder to not get complacent with hypos, I don't think I'll make that mistake again any time soon!
Still, good food (except for all those winegums, but the easter eggs were pretty nice) and a lovely night, so all is well. :joyful:

My kefir is doing very well!
I started on saturday, first batch took 3 days, second batch 2, and the one I started yesterday was ready today.
Haven't done much experimenting yet, but so far I found I really like it with a little salt, just a hint. :hungry:
Efraïm, one of the cats, has also found out he loves kefir, and he goes completely crazy when I'm fiddling with it in the kitchen. :hilarious:

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Antje77 said:
I made a big (3, maybe 4 days worth) pot of slow cooked beef and onion, and enough cauliflower purée. for at least 3 days, and invited neighbour-in-the-garden for dinner.
First a beer in his trailer, and then we didn't have the patience to put the purée in the oven so we had the stew with a slice of bread. Turned out very tasty, so now I have a large pot of purée but no stew to go with it. :hilarious:

I'll turn some of the purée into zuurkoolstamppot by adding sauerkraut and smoked sausage, and I'm sure the leftover juices with still a little meat and onion from yesterdays meal will go very well with it. :hungry:

Which leaves me with too much purée still. Can you freeze cauliflower purée?

I spent a very cosy night with my neighbour, my two dogs, his dog, and my two sleepover dogs in his caravan, but the repeated mild hypos were no fun. I've had to leave the bed 3 times to treat, so during the night I had winegums, chocolate easter eggs and some bread. Poor Tale had to endure the repeated Libre alarms but hasn't complained.
When it was almost time to get up for my friday morning aqua session, the hypo alarm went off for a 4th time, and I was stupid enough to think I could snuggle up to Tale just a little bit longer before treating.
That's not how hypos work, I felt horrible enough to remind him of my glucagon nosespray in my bag, just in case. Not needed, thankfully, a couple of winegums did the trick, but it took me a long time to feel a bit like myself again, yuck!

I've already been titrating my long acting down for a while, will reduce dose more again tonight. Anyway, it was a good reminder to not get complacent with hypos, I don't think I'll make that mistake again any time soon!
Still, good food (except for all those winegums, but the easter eggs were pretty nice) and a lovely night, so all is well. :joyful:

My kefir is doing very well!
I started on saturday, first batch took 3 days, second batch 2, and the one I started yesterday was ready today.
Haven't done much experimenting yet, but so far I found I really like it with a little salt, just a hint. :hungry:
Efraïm, one of the cats, has also found out he loves kefir, and he goes completely crazy when I'm fiddling with it in the kitchen. :hilarious:

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Cats always know the good stuff! I think cauliflower puree should freeze ok, I often freeze cooked but never tried freezing it in that form.
 
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