What did you eat yesterday?

[Greymouser]

I will put today's menu in, just because it is almost at the end of the day and because it is my treat day, so why not? 🙂

B: Two slices of Nimble with mushroom pate and Branston pickle; 50g of dry roasted peanuts; 50g of veg crisps and an apple.
L: Smoked Mackerel with Harrisa paste.
T: Home made egg and chips, rather too many chips, what will my reading be in a minute after I take my two hour reading?

Loads of water; one black coffee and some diet Iron Bru, to drink, along with several flavoured ices. 🙂

Edit: 6.4 after 2 hrs. will check again later, but I really cannot complain about that! Time for a glass of wine now...
Edit 2: 6.8 after three hours, not much of an increase, but still time for one considering past experience. I can only assume the oil/fat has slowed things right down...🙂
Edit3: 7.8 after four hours. OK, so it still goes up, I will post again tomorrow, perhaps. 🙄

 

[Greymouser]

Yes I have noticed that in the past, but forgot to check again afterwards, but I suspect it may have gone a little higher before dropping down again. I can only assume it is because I had a load of oil/fat in the meal too...
Of course the wine will have had nothing to do with me forgetting, or the BG being slow in rising. 🙄
I feel lucky that I can have such a carb laden meal now, even if only once a week, all things considered, but still do wonder if I am being a bit stupid in doing so. I will see when I get my next blood test and eye appointment next month. 🙂

 

[Wirrallass]

I am afraid that applies to us all, one way or another Ditto. 🙂

The summer of 2017 I had a huge seizure, I felt unwell, sat down and then, woke up several hours later in the hospital feeling really bad! No warning otherwise, just very sudden and no awareness of anything happening, just like a light switch being turned off. It certainly made me consider my mortality a lot, it also made me make some life changes which have stuck. Which of course is a good thing, the blood tests they took, found I was diabetic, so with the help of feeling awful for weeks, I got the diabetes under control. A bit of a system shock though for sure, shows how fragile life really is.

Which brings another couple of sayings to mind, both of which are good imo.

1) “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, which is why we call it the present.”
2) " Live every day as if it is your last, because one day, it will be. "

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Hope this is helpful.
WL

 

[Wirrallass]

Saturday 23.11.2019

B: Warm water with two slices fresh lemon, I know breakfast is the most important meal of the day but I can't face eating first thing in the morning.

L: One slice wholemeal toasted. Skinny Lattè

Evening meal: Dined out at Portafinos!!! I went all out on my choices, ho hum!!
Starter: Mushrooms swimming in garlic sauce
Main: Belly pork served on steamed cabbage & mashed potatoes + 2 blobs of cranbery sauce ~ absolutely deeeelucious! Nabbed some of my daughters veggies! The belly pork chunks were served on top of the mash & cabbage on a skewer. Blush wine.
Dessert: Sticky chocolate pudding & icecream to die for!
You won't believe this but I tested an 8.3 two & half hrs post meal. I honestly thought my bg would have been way up in the double figures after eating that lot ~ so I was well pleased.

Water throughout the day and evening.
WL

 

[Billy Bob]

Way to go Ditto you done good 🙂

 

[Billy Bob]

B 3 egg 2 rasher bacon omelette , mug of tea
L 225g packet of Swedish meatballs 14g of carbs and a medium costa latte
D Starters gala melon wrapped with Parma ham. Main Nut roast , homemade baked chicken breast stuffed with shallots and chorizzo and 1/2 a roasted yellow bell pepper . dessert a hand full of berries with double cream and a mug of tea

 

[Wirrallass]

B: Warm boiled water with 2 slices fresh lemon
L: Decaff coffee
Evening meal: Not much of an appetite so had a small portion of belly pork; steamed cabbage carrots & broccoli; apple sauce made with ones own fair hands!
Water throughout the day & evening.
I wasn't feeling up to scratch yesterday, had a temperature.
WL

 

[Sally W]

WL I thought you did another post? Or was that just on my mobile? I fail at techy stuff. 🙂

My menu for yesterday...dire! 😱
B: SlimFast
L: SlimFast
D: Scotch Pie Boiled Potatoes, Roast Veggies, Cauli then polished off most of Mum's which led me to carry on eating...jam crackers. What is wrong with me? I am determined to be 'good' today. 🙂

2 meals of slim fast - I’d say very restrained....you can’t be as bad as me😳

 

[Wirrallass]

WL I thought you did another post? Or was that just on my mobile? I fail at techy stuff. 🙂

My menu for yesterday...dire! 😱
B: SlimFast
L: SlimFast
D: Scotch Pie Boiled Potatoes, Roast Veggies, Cauli then polished off most of Mum's which led me to carry on eating...jam crackers. What is wrong with me? I am determined to be 'good' today. 🙂

Not sure Ditto I'll take a looksie.
WL

 

[Sally W]

Ha! I'm a joke. Who else gets told they're on their way out basically and still pigs out constantly!?

Upshot of docs appt last night I have to get the weight off, no other advice forthcoming. What can they do really? I had one last pig out, because I'm a fool. This mornings' breakfast consisted of 1 Hovis crust with butter and grated cheese on eaten standing up while waiting for other stuff to cook. I know! Then I had 3 rounds Hovis toasted with grated cheese on and 2 fried eggs on top of that. That's it finished now, I should have SlimFast for tea and start the regime. Two weeks of nothing but SlimFast. 'They' advise two weeks only.

I was also up in the middle of the night eating cheese and onion butties. You wonder where I put it? 😱 Naturally enough there's no chance of me measuring bg whilst I'm pigging. Too scared to know. I can feel my liver quailing but it doesn't stop me. Last night's tea with Mum consisted of lasagne and chippy chips with mushy peas and numerous slices Hovis and butter with a can of Shandy. I never drink pop so why am I having the Shandy? Goodness knows. I have started a thread on the weight loss page. It's now or never. Probably never. 🙄

@Ditto You’re not alone & I struggle with this too. I eat when feeling low & as with you know it’s not good but still do it, sending you PM

 

[Billy Bob]

Ditto we all struggle at times we are not robots as much as we like to think positively and logically we are not programmed to as we have emotions .
So try not to beat yourself up as tomorrow is another day . I wish I was as impulsive as you sometimes .

 

[grovesy]

Nobody posting? Have I put everybody off? Wonder how many carbs this lot is? I can't count and I'm not even gonna attempt to do it. I shall just hope for the best. It's lower carb than what I was having anyways.

Daily weight on digital scales: 14stones 12pounds Tum 50 1/2
B: 8.2 @ 8.34am / Pt Water with Normacol / 2 Eggs scrambled with knob butter, 1 small yellow Onion / Pt Water with meds
L: Pt Water / Diet Pepsi (can) / 2 Fried Eggs, 2 or 3 rashers Bacon, 2 Tomatoes
D: Pt Water / 3 Beef Burgers steamed (you should see all the thick fat that comes off and solidifies!) 😱 , pile Cauli mashed with bit butter, pile Sprouts / water throughout the night.

Felt very saintly. This is my idea of being healthy ha! I've been trying to cut out fat due to liver problems but I'm thinking to get those poor foie gras gooses up to snuff they don't feed them fat, they feed them grains!

I read but don't post on this thread.

 

[Kaylz]

Wonder how many carbs this lot is?

couldn't tell, to get the carbs I'd need to know the weight of your portions of each

Nobody posting?

there isn't any point, my menu is the same as the previous week on the same days
xx

 

[Kaylz]

I'm gonna have to start weighing stuff aren't I?

well it is the only way to accurately count the carbs you are consuming xx

 

[Kaylz]

I'm gonna make an effort! I shall get out Mum's old scales oh no I won't, they're at my flat for baking cakes! I shall buy a tiddy pair just for measuring my food. It's all grams now though, very confusing. Why couldn't we stick with pounds and ounces.

I've only ever known grams and it isn't that bad anyway, I need a new set of scales too as the feet have come off mine but that was due to someone else so I don't see why I should pay for a new set xx

 

[Kaylz]

Can't you just take all the feet off so it's flat and doesn't wobble? That happened to my suite, only half the feets on when it got to my flat, now it wobbles all over the place. I'm going round asking people for spare feet and persuading my son to get a new sofa so I can have his feet.

I've got a little scale that weighs in grams, I shall start using it.

they were non slip feet, now it just slides across the worktop which is made even worse when my mum decides to put the washing machine on when I'm trying to weight my breakfast for the next day 😡
xx

 

[Kaylz]

It always sounds so exciting at your house.

exciting is not a word I'd use, stressful, infuriating, exhausting are just a small selection xx

 

[Jodee]

they were non slip feet, now it just slides across the worktop which is made even worse when my mum decides to put the washing machine on when I'm trying to weight my breakfast for the next day 😡
xx

that sounds fun Kaylz


Well I was very naughty yesterday had much too much chocolate but had a lovely dinner which I cooked from scratch

Using my Remoska (see Lakeland) I put chicken breast, leaks potato, juice of one lemon, some water, herbs, some home grown fresh chilli, root ginger and black pepper, Broccoli on the side. Scrummy yum yum having again tonight.

You guessed it I have upped the carbs since by BG seems to be in the lower range although still on the 1 x 500mg Metformin, I am contemplating stopping it, but will just keep an eye on things.

Lunch yesterday was just cheese and biscuits and an apple.

Breakfast was low carb portion of harvest flakes, yoghurt and a small amount of banana

 

[Kaylz]

that sounds fun Kaylz

its not for me trust me, really winds me up as its always me that has to fit in to other folks schedules even though I've had exactly the same routine for years xx

 

[Jodee]

its not for me trust me, really winds me up as its always me that has to fit in to other folks schedules even though I've had exactly the same routine for years xx

I guess you could get them all inhebriated over Christmas and do it all your way