What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[maglil55]

Friday 5 April bed 6.5 FBG 6.6. weather was still atrocious, so I stayed put today.

B. TAG and Benecol dairy free.

L. A couple of these individual cheese portions.

D. 2 slices of SRSLY toast with bacon and egg. Scoop of Halo Top with raspberries.
Still feeling lousy with this bug.

Saturday 6 April bed 7.5 FBG 7.3. Forced myself to go shopping. Neither Hubby nor I can shake this bug. It's the cough that's exhausting.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SRSLY toast with pate. Benecol dairy free.

L. Nothing

D. Usual cold cuts. Ham, ox tongue, corned beef, pork & egg, German mini sausage, chicken drumstick, veggie salad, coleslaw. Scoop of Halo Top. With raspberries.

Sunday 7 April bed 6.3 FBG 7.6.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SRSLY toast with egg mayo. Benecol dairy free.

L. Nothing

D. Stirred myself enough to make an aubergine parmigiana. Campari and soda. Keto keto banana bread bar.

 

[filly]

Coffee and cream
Coffee and unsweetened almond milk
Cottage Cheese
Cheese and tomato
Cream Cheese and tomato

 

[jpscloud]

Hello all,

3 slices of bacon and 4!! buttered hardboiled eggs
greek yogurt and sour cream

dinner is 2 crispy skin chicken thighs and possibly some greek yogurt and sour cream again.

 

[shelley262]

Lovely sunny morning and met with a few friends for coffee outdoors - cafe is an enclosed South facing walled herb garden - so uplifting and much better than the non stop rain of yesterday. I had ginger and lemongrass tea though rather than coffee as fancied a change. Meeting different friends tomorrow in same place so crossing fingers for more sun. Had small hm kefir before walking to the herb garden cafe.
Lunch slice of ham with hm sauerkraut and avocado salad plus a few nuts.

Then had a few squares of 100% chocolate.
Dinner slow cooked beef with green beans and glass of red wine. Pudding LC Blondie with decaffeinated coffee.
Edit question for @Rachox I ordered some of the pizza bases you use from the low carb company and put in freezer just wanted to ask do you defrost them before topping and also how long do you cook them for once topped?

 

[jpscloud]

Lovely sunny morning and met with a few friends for coffee outdoors - cafe is an enclosed South facing walled herb garden - so uplifting and much better than the non stop rain of yesterday. I had ginger and lemongrass tea though rather than coffee as fancied a change. Meeting different friends tomorrow in same place so crossing fingers for more sun. Had small hm kefir before walking to the herb garden cafe.
Lunch slice of ham with hm sauerkraut and avocado salad plus a few nuts.
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Then had a few squares of 100% chocolate.
Dinner slow cooked beef with green beans and glass of red wine. Pudding LC Blondie with decaffeinated coffee.
Edit question for @Rachox I ordered some of the pizza bases you use from the low carb company and put in freezer just wanted to ask do you defrost them before topping and also how long do you cook them for once topped?

That looks absolutely delicious!

 

[Antje77]

An oven baked type of melted cheese with various dips.
Two sausages were too much, so very happy dogs!

 

[Rachox]

Edit question for @Rachox I ordered some of the pizza bases you use from the low carb company and put in freezer just wanted to ask do you defrost them before topping and also how long do you cook them for once topped?

How funny you ask this today as I’ve just eaten LC pizza for dinner. I freeze the bases with grease proof paper in between to stop them sticking together. To defrost I just leave them covered in the kitchen for 3 hours maybe, they don’t take long to defrost. I top them, then cook for 20mins at 200°c (gas mark 6).

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: coffee shop coconut cappuccino and an Aldi protein bar.
Dinner: the aforementioned pizza with a side salad.

 

[shelley262]

How funny you ask this today as I’ve just eaten LC pizza for dinner. I freeze the bases with grease proof paper in between to stop them sticking together. To defrost I just leave them covered in the kitchen for 3 hours maybe, they don’t take long to defrost. I top them, then cook for 20mins at 200°c (gas mark 6).

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: coffee shop coconut cappuccino and an Aldi protein bar.
Dinner: the aforementioned pizza with a side salad.

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@Rachox thank you so much that's so helpful. I have split them in freezer as I do with the rolls and loaves. I'm planning to try one next week after we get back from a few days in Wales meeting up with family going at weekend. I'm looking foward to trying the pizza and planning a spicy chicken topping.

 

[MrsA2]

Trying to get back into normal routine, so
TMAD Thursday is a late breakfast : 2 fried eggs on 2 slices livlife toast, some fat free greek yoghurt with seeds and coffee, cwc

Dancing lesson

Tea in cafe after

Supposedly no lunch, but some coleslaw and 2 cc chocolate pots got eaten while I was preparing food for later

D: beef mince on cabbage, red pepper and leek. Coffee pudding (greek yoghurt, milled seeds and coffee). Later a tot of rum

 

[LivingLightly]

The carnivore experiment isn't working for me. Actually, in a way it is because I've lost 2 kilos of fat this week and my BG's have been in the 4-6 range most of the time - bit of a blip yesterday when I was down to 2.3 without any symptoms (Libre had finished and I didn't have a replacement so it was fingerprick testing most of yesterday, so it went unnoticed until I decided to check). The experiment didn't work though because my blood pressure rocketed to 205/100 at its height. Now I have to take extra BP pills to get it under better control.

Today is leg bandaging day but I shan't have a meal until I come back (about 12.30). I will have a little cheese to keep me going though.

Trials and tribulations! I hope the weight loss is some compensation @Annb

 

[LivingLightly]

Evening all

Today:

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

L: Mushroom and spinach frittata made with eggs, Cheddar cheese, onion, double cream and thyme.
Vegetable tray bake using broccoli, cauliflower, sweet red peppers, leeks and onions.
Skipped pudding.
Water to drink.

D: Seafood salad made with brown shrimps, king prawns, baby plum toms, celery, Halkidiki olives and salad onions dressed with home-made mayonnaise for dipping, topped with roasted macadamia nuts.
Water to swallow tablets.

 

[sueh21]

Morning all from beautiful Switzerland, in Bern atm. Interailling going well, trains run exactly on time here. Low carb pluses, various combos of eggs,cheese,meats,chicken and salad plus seed crackers and nuts I brought with me.Lots and lots of walking.Low carb minuses,tempted by a piece of sourdough to have with a soft boiled egg and those fiendish Swiss give little chocolates with a coffee. On the whole though a good week. Off to Milan later,it’s going to be very warm, can I resist the gelato, watch this space! Have a lovely weekend everyone.

 

[RosemaryJackson]

Morning all. I'm sure you will have a lovely weekend @sueh21, it sounds wonderful. My lunch today is the same as yesterday, mince beef and pork with veg. It was actually very nice. I'm not the best cook so was pleasantly surprised. For tea it will be something lc. Have a fab friday folks and a wonderful weekend. Hope it will be warm and sunny.

 

[Annb]

Breakfast - the remainder of the pork mince from yesterday. Cup of coffee. I don't often have coffee but this morning the effort to reach the tea was too painful and there was a jar of instant coffee beside the kettle. Could just have had hot water to heat me up but needed something with a bit more body. There's a loose pile of tea bags beside the kettle now.

2nd meal will be salmon. If I can get to the cupboard with the store of greaseproof paper it will be "en papillote" - otherwise just baked. Can't find the frozen leeks I put in one of the freezers last week, so it may be with fried onion and a tomato.

 

[jpscloud]

Hello all,

A nice dry day today, and I got the lawnmower out as who knows when the next chance will be! This time last year I was unable to walk more than a few steps at a time, and I found ways to do almost everything sitting down. It's hard to believe that losing just over a stone and cutting out carbs has brought about the change to me now working on the garden for several hours with just a brief rest once in a while for a cup of tea. My muscles are working without pain again, I did have a little soreness in the ones just above my hips but nothing terrible.

As I was busy and happy I fasted until 4.30 so that was about 22 hours.

One rather drawn out meal today then:

Small glass of kefir
Beef mince with some cheddar and a few dots of tomato puree (14 carbs per 100g, I probably had about 15g if that.
Greek yogurt with sour cream
Pork crackling
Maybe more pork crackling later, will see how I feel.

Hope everyone has had a great day and here's to a lovely weekend for everyone too.

 

[Outlier]

Brunch -cold chicken mayonnaise (Hellmann's of course).
Pre-dinner - small container of nuts - almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, brazil nuts.
Dinner imminent - steak and salad. WHAT a salad! Lots of different green leafy things, cucumber, spring onion leaves (husband has other bits) green pepper, several different herbs from garden, olive oil & cider vinegar dressing.

 

[shelley262]

Hello all,

A nice dry day today, and I got the lawnmower out as who knows when the next chance will be! This time last year I was unable to walk more than a few steps at a time, and I found ways to do almost everything sitting down. It's hard to believe that losing just over a stone and cutting out carbs has brought about the change to me now working on the garden for several hours with just a brief rest once in a while for a cup of tea. My muscles are working without pain again, I did have a little soreness in the ones just above my hips but nothing terrible.

As I was busy and happy I fasted until 4.30 so that was about 22 hours.

One rather drawn out meal today then:

Small glass of kefir
Beef mince with some cheddar and a few dots of tomato puree (14 carbs per 100g, I probably had about 15g if that.
Greek yogurt with sour cream
Pork crackling
Maybe more pork crackling later, will see how I feel.

Hope everyone has had a great day and here's to a lovely weekend for everyone too.

Wow inspirational 're your progress well done you such wonderful improvements. I also got out mover out today and could hear many others! There really haven't been many non wet days so - as you say - needed to go for it while we could.

 

[shelley262]

@Annb well done on adapting to a difficult situation. It's laudable that you are adapting and staying low carb despite challenges.
@RosemaryJackson well done you too for keeping as low carb as you can. It's hard when not feeling well but you keep getting back to it.
Today's food
Before going out for coffee with friends a small kefir.
Lunch same as yesterday a slice of ham, sauerkraut and avocado salad with a few nuts then three organic strawberries with hm yoghurt
Dinner salmon with English asparagus and a couple of hm previously cooked and frozen new potato chips. Glass of dry white wine. Just had 100% chocolate and decaffeinated coffee.
Trying to get jobs done today before head off to Wales for a few days. Will post a food summary when back beginning of next week.

 

[jpscloud]

Wow inspirational 're your progress well done you such wonderful improvements. I also got out mover out today and could hear many others! There really haven't been many non wet days so - as you say - needed to go for it while we could.

Thank you @shelley262 you're always a great friend with your encouragement! Yes I could hear mowers all over the place, there will be many garden bins full this collection day! They're making us pay for ours now, what a cheek.

 

[filly]

Coffee and cream x 2
Coffee and unsweetened almond milk
Porchetta and tomatoes
Cheese, corned beef tomatoes
Almonds