What did you eat yesterday?

[Eddy Edson]

B'fast: Usual - big bowl of fruit & melon; extra large soy flat white; 30g chia seeds

Lunch: Bowl with avocado, strawberries, walnuts, peanuts, lemon juice.

Afternoon: Large soy flat white + 30g chia seeds.

Dinner: Grilled chicken breast with leaves, roasted capsicum, eggplant, lemon juice.

Grazing: Walnuts, almonds, snowpeas.

Calories: In ~2,300, out ~2,700. (Walked 15km+ - which I reckon is pretty good going with a blocked leg artery.)

BG: 4.4 after getting up, 5.2 after carby b'fast and 45 min walk.

 

[Greymouser]

Didn't manage to get online yesterday for long, so:

Breakfast: Three slices of Nimble bread with Mushroom pate and sweet onion relish; an apple; 50g of dry roasted nuts and a packet of crisps.
Lunch: A tin of mackerel in tomato sauce and an apple.
Tea: A kipper with a large amount of broccoli, with spiced gravy on the broccoli; a 35g of Vegan chocolate. The Kipper was very disappointing, not the taste I remember...

One black coffee and 3+ litres of water, two flavoured ices to snack on, which may have to stop now it is getting colder! What to replace them with? 🙄

 

[Felinia]

Isn't amazing how we all tend to eat the same things each day - guess we've discovered this is what works for us!

B: Poached egg, mushrooms, tomatoes, grilled bacon
L: Prawn and cottage cheese salad
D: Grilled gammon and pineapple, cauliflower rice, fine beans, carrots, swede, broccoli
S: 5 strawberries!!
I said I was going to eat fruit and ignore my dietician.

Plus 4 pints water, a dairy free Benecol drink, 170ml skimmed milk in de-caf tea, mineral and vitamin supplements, cod liver oil.

 

[Eddy Edson]

B'fast: Usual - big bowl of fruit & melon; extra large soy flat white; 30g chia seeds

Lunch: Avocado+snowpeas+walnuts+roast chicken+lemon juice.

Afternoon: Large soy flat white + 30g chia seeds.

Dinner: Strawberries+raspberries+lemon juice

Grazing: Walnuts, almonds, snowpeas, peanuts.

Evening: Another large soy flat white + 30g chia seeds.

Calories: In ~2,300, out ~2,500. 114g protein, 190g gross carbs, 80g fibre.

BG: 4.6 after getting up, 5.5 after carby b'fast and walk.

 

[Felinia]

I hour Aquafit.
B: Poached egg, mushrooms, tomatoes, grilled bacon
L: Prawn and cottage cheese salad
D: Chicken burger, cauliflower rice, fine beans, carrots, swede, broccoli
S: Nectarine.

 

[Greymouser]

B: Two slices of Nimble bread with mushroom pate and a boiled egg; 50g of dry roasted nuts; packet of crisps and an apple.
L: Four crackerbreads with humous ( several ways to spell that it seems... ) chilli and lemon spice mix from the Chinese supermarket; another packet of crisps and three small plums!
D: Tin of salmon; and egg and some spiced vegetables. Not quite a curry, but something like, don't know what I will call it...
2+ litres of water, some diet Iron Bru and a black coffee.

I have conceded defeat and put a D there, instead of a T, even though it was always Tea when I was growing up, never Dinner, but then again, I am from up north! 😛

 

[Rose73]

Hi
I got result for my HBA1C to be 38
I was so so happy to reduce that from 45 in last May to that result
I got lots of useful information from that website
I hope I can maintain it like that

 

[Greymouser]

That is not good @Ditto , sorry to hear you are having a bad few days.
It doesn't seem right to " like " your post, shame there aren't other options.

I have no idea if the Slimfast will help or not, but maybe worth a try, is there no other option been suggested to you? Please try to not stick your head in the sand, I know it is easier said than done, but it will not help at all. When is the scan? Good luck though, whenever. 🙂
((((Hugs))))

Edit: Think I will leave yesterdays food, considering Ditto managing on that horrible slimfast.

 

[Greymouser]

The SlimFast lasted an entire one meal! I just couldn't do it. I have no staying power of any kind. Good grief.

I am not surprised, I tried that Slimfast filth years ago, and unless it has improved, it is horrible and very unsatisfying. I also cannot understand that 9.8, after what you have eaten, unless you have eaten extra without owning up. 😉 I might just might get a score that high tonight, after home made egg and chips, bit I shall see. Why was it 9.8? It is no wonder you lose motivation if you get that after being good. Cannot you cut out bread altogether? I know I did for months, have only just reintroduced a small amount after that. Ryvita crispbread things are OK with a decent spread. You have not eaten much there at all @Ditto, it must be annoying.

Again: ((((Hugs))))

 

[Eddy Edson]

A pseudo-grain day.

B'fast: Up late after working late; just an extra large soy FW + 30g chia seeds.

Lunch: At a nice new cafe. Chicken salad with quinoa, beans, leaves, avocado, pomegranate dressing. Prett good! Small soy flat white.

Dinner: Not really.

Evening: Large soy flat white + 30g chia seeds.

Grazing: Walnuts, almonds, snowpeas.

Pseudo-grains like quinoa have the same kind of effect on me as real grains, maybe a bit less intense. These days I don't spike massively but the thing about grains/pseudo-grains is the impact lasts a lot longer than eg carbs from fruit.

I've started wearing a Libre again:

With the Libre, at 7.0 or higher all through the middle of the day & the lingering effects still there into the evening.

I guess that's what grains are for - drawn-out long-lasting glucose/energy. Anyway, I think it's interesting 🙂

 

[Greymouser]

I ate tons

Not from the list you posted, unless you did actually have some of those choccie bars? I don't want to post what I had yesterday now, if you think that was a large amount that you posted! Even though it was my weekly treat day, it had a frighteningly large number of carbohydrates in it and my highest reading was 7.9. How did you get a 9.8 off that food?

 

[Greymouser]

could I stop at two slices though?

I have to fight it not to all the time. I used to eat loads of bread, thought nothing of eating almost an entire large loaf in a day. ( I wonder how I became diabetic? )
OK then, yesterday:
B: Two slices of Nimble, with mushroom pate and onion relish; 50g of dry roasted peanuts; a packet of crisps and an apple.
L: I craved a chippy fish, so gave in and had one!
T: Home made egg and chips, quite a large amount of them and they were lovely.
I had a black coffee and easily 3 litres of water throughout the day.

Had a bottle of wine last evening, so got a little carried away with the snacks. I had three packets of crisps; a 100g of chilli peanuts; an apple; a peanut butter and sweetener nimble buttie and 4 flavoured ices! All while watching World War Z, which was very silly, but I found it entertaining!
My highest reading was 7.9, then it dropped quite quickly.

It seems obvious to me Ditto, that bread does not agree with you at all and you need to find an alternative. 🙂

 

[Ditto]

That is one of my most favourite films! I watch it all the time. I like to be apocalypse ready.

I am allergic to bread, we crave what we are allergic to I think.

 

[Greymouser]

Well, even if there seems to be little interest in this thread now, maybe Kaylz was right...
Yesterday:
B: Two slices of Nimble with mushroom pate and onion relish; 50g of dry roasted peanuts; packet of crisps and an apple.
L: Another apple.
T: Smoked salmon with three scrambled eggs and a large amount of spiced broccoli. 35g of vegan white chocolate.

One black coffee and 3+ litres of water throughout the day. Three flavoured ices for snacking, to stop hunger. 🙂

 

[Felinia]

I'm trying to be really good - not too bad today
B: Poached egg, mushrooms, tomatoes, grilled bacon, 1 slice low carb toast
L: Cheese and smoked salmon salad
D: HM pork burger, squash, cabbage, leek, apple
S: Strawberries, Greek yogurt, 15gm chopped nuts

 

[Greymouser]

@Ditto That is a seriously depressing post.
Don't despair, or wish bad things on your self, life does that for us all too often. My mother had to be careful about bread, cannot remember what the condition is called, but it is a condition. You really have to stop even buying it, if it is affecting you so badly, remove the temptation! If your mother wants it, tell her to sort it herself!

Good luck tomorrow. ((((Hugs)))) 🙂

 

[bakebeans]

Breakfast : yogurt and blueberries
Dinner : 4egg mushroom and cheese omelette (eggs needed using up)
Tea : 2 grilled chicken thighs, a few (maybe 10) french fries a handful of chicken poppers and salad

the only good thing about this cold is I’ve not really wanted food over the last few days and I’ve lost 2lbs already this week! 5 more pounds to go and it’s 4 stone altogether

@Ditto best of luck with your appointments we are in this together let us know how you get on

 

[Eddy Edson]

Good morning all. I am going to be very good today after depressing and worrying peoples yesterday. Thank you all for your concern. (((hugs)))

I'll report back with a glowing low carb menu. I can't eat till after the scan so I had my breakfast at 4am!!! 2 Boiled Eggs with 3 lg Warburtons toasts and a flat white coffee, it was scrummy I must say. That's the last with the bread now. I need to step away from the bread. I only buy it for Mum, she can't do for herself. I think I'll put her on low carb, she's getting too wide anyway, I can hardly move the wheelchair.

Good luck with the scan!

Wish I had some useful advice for you - I have zero qualifications to give any advice - but what the hell, this is the Internet, so let me try anyway 🙂 You're not suffering from lack of willpower, lack of moral fibre, greed, whatever. What you have is a chemical/hormone/something-or-other-physical issue which makes you eat more than you need to. It's a medical problem and you should be able to get some kind of medical help for it. Is there anything like a bariatrics practice you could get a referral to?

Anyway - hugs!

 

[Greymouser]

@Ditto what about the scan results? I assume you are still alive, unless you are now something out of World War Z? 😛

B: Two slices of Nimble with Mushroom pate; 50g of dry roasted peanuts; a packet of crisps and an apple.
L: An apple ; 50g of salted peanuts.
T: Smoked mackerel with Harrisa paste and a large amount of spiced broccoli.

I had the usual black coffee and at least three litres of water. Several flavoured ices for snacks. I think I will maybe have to find an alternative snack soon, what with it being winter almost and they will stop stocking these.

 

[Wirrallass]

Today:
Breakfast: three slices of Nimble with mushroom pate and onion relish; an apple; 50g of dry roasted nuts and a packet of crisps. ( no, no a different order doesn't make any more interesting. 🙂 )
Lunch: four crackerbreads with peanut butter and sweetener, in place of jam. ( I do miss jam! )
Tea: A tin of Kippers and a large amount of Broccoli with Branston fruity sauce. I will probably have a little bar of Vegan chocolate too in a minute, perhaps wait until I test my BG.

No coffee at all today but loads of water and three flavoured ices. Felinia has given me the urge to get some smoked haddock tomorrow as well, ages since I had that. 🙂

Edit: I have just checked my blood reading and it's 5.1! What's that all about then?

Oh so close @Greymaster ~ just a crumb away from the magic number ~ maybe tomorrow?
WL