What have you eaten today?

@Riva_Roxaban, agreed, especially as Australia has been so tough on its own citizens in its attempts to limit the pandemic. It would be jolly if our own UK government members could likewise be deported for not obeying our laws during the pandemic, but who would have them?

 

Evening all.

@coby the more the merrier - just chip in!

Another OMAD today. Didn’t plan it but as with @Tori71 it was such a sunny day that once I finished work this morning, there was only one option - get out in the sun! Had a little jaunt around Greenwich Park. First time in a while and very enjoyable, even if the deer have been relocated to Richmond Park.

Anyway, back on topic, the meal was a sirloin steak picked up in Aldi yesterday, 2 small lamb chops and 3 rashers of smoked streaky bacon. Was craving a chocolate eclair all day, but managed NOT to go into M&S and settled for buying some extra nice meat in Waitrose instead. Pic of that to follow later.

 

Thank you @Annb for your support. I do often want to 'join in' but am a rather quiet soul really, so feel in the way. I'm okay on most of the other threads for some reason! I am now only 14 pounds over my ideal eight but have really been concentrating more on reducing visceral fat than anything else. I've always had a thick waist! It's lovely to join in and be accepted though

 

Keto pancakes for lunch. Cooked them yesterday, added butter to the pan at the end of cooking. Microwaved at work and smeared the tiniest bit of jam on each one. Yum.
Chicken salad with some mayo for dinner.

 

I thought you had bought it before around the same time as me - did you ever try it? Imo it tastes like what I would imagine baby sick to be like - disgusting - but I have eaten it a) because of the price b) because it has a lot of the good stuff in it - I overload it with greek yoghurt & berries and when that is all gone I chuck the rest of it in the bin - I will never buy it again but I think they have taken it off at the moment as they are trying to improve the taste - which wouldn't be hard ....

 

@coby welcome to the low carb food thread and well done on your results. Everyone who joins in with this thread enjoys more people joining and sharing what they eat plus getting some advice, recipes and support at times. I find it helpful for me to stay on track.
Today’s low carb food:
Lunch two cooked chicken thighs from yesterday’s roast chicken - served with a couple of cherry tomatoes and six of the m and s seed crackers- out in town shopping this morning and managed to get hold of some - yay. Tried the new cheese and onion ones today whole packet works out at less than 5g of carbs - they are 130g packs at 3.3g carbs per 100g ( the non flavoured ones are 3g of carbs per 100g) as there are 22 crackers in the pack they are low carb and £1.80 per pack. I’ve now got several packs in my cupboard; as had vouchers to use, so will feature in my posts in future! Also had fage yoghurt and a few raspberries
Mid pm gave in to four squares of 90% chocolate- meant to stick to one with my cup of tea but somehow went back to the cupboard......
Dinner Cajun spiced chicken with salad and a lc blondie with cream.

 

Brunch - slc porridge overloaded with greek yoghurt & berries. @DJC3 Yes it was the semi skimmed milk that spiked me before - I have been making it with coconut milk and hardly any rise at all

Dinner - h/m lc lasagne. 2 slices slc bread toasted and smothered with garlic butter. 1 no added sugar shortbread finger (9.4 carbs) from Boots - was shortdated and cheap so I bought a packet - tastes like the real thing but is a bit higher in carbs than I would like so I won't buy again but enjoying it at the moment. Mug of earl grey tea

 

I was going to buy it but when I went to check out the message said it would delay my order for about 5 days. I removed it as the bread situation was getting desperate. Glad I did!

 

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 an Atkins bar.
Dinner: salt and chilli ribs with roasted veg (pic for @jape !) followed by SF strawberry jelly and cream.

 

Glad you got to the bottom of it so you don’t have to waste the rest of the porridge. I’d imagine the coconut milk would give a better flavour too?

 

Evening all. Welcome @coby It’s good to have you here. This thread is great for picking up meal ideas and also I find, for keeping me accountable to myself. Even if I don’t have time to join in the chat just posting my food makes me think twice about what I’m eating.
Today starting the DD reset meal plan again
B- Fried eggs, Gouda and wilted spinach.
L- Roast beef and no-tato salad. I love this simple meal.
D- chicken caprese casserole. Then Sf jelly which wasn’t in the plan.
@maglil55 so glad your legs are better today.
@Annb I’ve never known anyone eat a bell pepper like an apple. Good for Em, I hope you can keep up a supply of them for her.

 

Today I followed @DJC3 onto the DD 2 week reset. Bed 6.9 FBG 7.2. The BGs only had a short lived foray into the 8's today and have been a lot better the rest of the day. I've even stayed off the gin!

B. An odd breakfast for me due to the reset a bit later.- TAG for now.
Brunch - 11.30 1 oz of Cheddar, wilted spinach and 3 fried eggs. It was surprisingly tasty.
L. It wasn't really lunch. I wasn't too hungry after the late "brunch" so much later I had an amended something. DD does tend to have too much food daily. I reduced it to 2 slices of wafer thin beef wrapped around M&S whipped cheese.
D. Changed it again. Had the DD baked cod Caprese with the remains of my cauli mash from yesterday. Cod was baked with pesto, mozzarella and tomato.

I have resisted alcohol, berries & chocolate!

 

I added the bit about Em, which was quite lengthy, because I am trying to get her to accept that with so many members of her family being diabetic, she is at risk and has to be aware of what she's eating from now on - she's already big for her age and a lot of it is (whisper it) f.a.t!

 

Big hugs for @Antje77 and her friend

B: lidls creamy greek yoghurt (the one with 25% cream) that had been soaking chia seeds overnight so was very thick indeed

Exercise class followed by coffee with girlfriends

L: prawns. Coleslaw and lettuce and mayo. Some St agur blue cheese on M&s seedy crackers (yes I found some in Canary Wharf in London, but at £1.90 a pack!) Then remembered I had some soda bread I made yesterday that wouldn't fit in the freezer so had a slice of that too.

Had a report to write that then led to another problem then another one then another, so somehow munched through 60g of some 70% raspberry dark choc while typing furiously as had a deadline.

D: leftover cabbage mixed with leftover pork with leftover fondue with left over cream cheese. Surprisingly tasty

Then found as hubby had been left to his own devices while I worked, that he had cooked custards tarts Portuguese style from his Christmas cook book. Riddled with sugar and then coverd in sugar syrup!!! But he looked so pleased with himself that I had a bite of one and a tablespoon of the leftover custard filling. Within 20 minutes I could feel the sugar coursing through my body. Tried to mitigate it a bit with some plain greek yoghurt. Luckily (or not!) I'm not starting my libre until tomorrow.

Then out to the meeting I'd done the reports for, went well but has been stressful lead up so celebrated witha brandy and soda and some blue cheese on the bread I finally remembered

So, sugar, stress, alcohol and late night eating all in one day. Maybe I'll delay starting the Libre...

 

Breakfast; raw gorilla l/c granola, one slice carbzone rye bread with butter
mocha
Lunch: scrambled egg, serrano and a slice of carbzone, protein bar
Dinner: goulash followed by raspberries and double cream.
One square of 90% lindt so far,... hungry after long walk and lots of housework!!

second day of intermittent fasting, decided it's more a case of mind over matter than hunger!

above should take into account another piece of lindt and a DGF mince pie I found in freezer. Also, spotted some SLC not cross buns in there I'd forgotten about, maybe tomorrow?