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my grandad doesn't drink as it affects his pancreatitis, my mum doesn't drink much and only has a glass of advocaat and lemonade on occasions as alcohol reacts with one of her medications and gives her heart palpitations and Bruce just becomes damn right rude when he's had too much so unfortunately that is not an option 🙄 I'd lace their dinner with sleeping pills or something but of course I don't know if that would react with any of the meds any of them are on so I'll have to give that a miss too lol xx
my grandad doesn't drink as it affects his pancreatitis, my mum doesn't drink much and only has a glass of advocaat and lemonade on occasions as alcohol reacts with one of her medications and gives her heart palpitations and Bruce just becomes damn right rude when he's had too much so unfortunately that is not an option 🙄 I'd lace their dinner with sleeping pills or something but of course I don't know if that would react with any of the meds any of them are on so I'll have to give that a miss too lol xx
I went out for a curry with friends last night and thought it's nearly Christmas, so what the hell. I threw caution to the wind and shared an onion bhaji with my wife, then had the most delicious beef dish with special fried rice, and shared a gorgeous spinach and garlic naan bread. But I couldn't finish either, so it's my lunch today too. And my weight didn't change this morning. Happy Days!
@Ditto
I just want to wish you well and say you are doing great so far. Yes you have still had the odd slip but mostly you are doing well with the low carb regime. I rarely weigh anything because I just avoid foods that I would need to weigh.... basically foods which are high carb.... and eat as much as I like of low carb foods.
I could so relate to one of your posts where you talked about eating anything.... even leftover pie crusts with curry sauce for breakfast. I was just like that. If it was sat there, no matter how unappetising it might appear, I would eat it. I look back on the amount of carbs I used to eat, both starchy ones and sugars and wonder how I wasn't 20stone. It actually horrifies me to think about how much food I was putting away. Since cutting the carbs out and eating more fat, I rarely feel hungry and I eat a lot less and I love the fact that I am not constantly thinking about what I am going to eat next. I do still get wobble days occasionally (I had one yesterday) but I keep low carb treats in the house that I can binge on to try to limit the damage. If I end up eating a whole block of cheese or a bag of nuts or a jar of olives or a bar of 80% chocolate or a couple of bags of pork scratchings, that is going to do me less damage than my pre-diagnosis alternatives would have...ie. sweets, bread crisps, pies etc so plan for your weak moments and keep low carb treats available. Once you get past a certain point, your body will stop craving the carbs and I know it is really hard to be strict up until that point but the feeling of being in control of it once you get past it, is awesome. I was a chocoholic and now people can pass a tin of Cadbury's Roses around and offer me some and I am not even tempted which is amazing because I would have happily eaten the whole tin in one go before this.
I hope this information helps a little with your motivation to keep at it, in that there is a watershed point at which it starts becoming easier but it is hard work to get there. I hope knowing that there is a turning point and you won't always be craving is some comfort and helps you keep at it. Good luck!
Personally I would stick with the fried eggs as the extra fat is more satisfying and likely to make you less hungry. It might be a good idea to boil up a dozen eggs and have those on hand to munch on too, maybe with some salad and coleslaw.
Tuesday
B - 45g jumbo oats, 60g raspberries with almond milk and butter and a coffee
Coffee
D - ham sandwich and salted caramel nature valley protein bar
2 cups coffee
T - 2 egg corned beef and mushroom omelette, new potatoes, steamed green beans and bar Moser Roth 85%
coffee
Glucose chew
coffee
Digestive biscuit
Also had at least 6 pints water throughout the day
Yesterday
B - same as previous day
coffee
D - silverside, new potatoes, roasted sprouts, gravy and yule log
coffee
T - corned beef sandwich
2 coffee's
Again at least 6 pints water throughout the day
xx
Well, yesterday I indulged .....with a little restraint....
B. 45g "Eat Natural" low sugar granola (only 34g/100g carbs) half a kiwi fruit (5g carbs) and a good dollop of Lidl Creamy Natural Greek Yoghurt (3.6g/100g carbs) with a few mixed seeds.
A couple of Pigs in blankets
D. Home made tomato and basil soup with half a slice of Lidl low GI granary bread (which is delicious) and butter
Roast fillet of beef with 1 Yorkshire pud, 1 roastie, 3 small roast parsnips, Brussel sprouts, mushy peas, ratatouille (an odd combination
I know!)
Tiny sliver of chocolate cheesecake with cream followed by a selection of lovely cheeses with a strawberry and half a small apple (no
biscuits)
Well, I have been a little naughty over the festive period and put a little weight on, buy I will sort that out. My HbA1c was well under control though at the last test a couple of weeks ago at 37, so I must have been OK overall I guess. Anyway...
I had a bottle and a half of wine New years eve, along with loads of carby snacks, which was very bad, but never mind. 🙄
Yesterday:
B: Two slices of Nimble bread with Mushroom pate and home made pickled onions; ( yum, yum, ) packet of crisps; 50g of dry roasted peanuts and an apple.
L: Nothing.
Main meal about 3.30 pm: Loads of veg; ( Broccoli, carrot and swede and mushy peas, ) roast potatoes; loads of gravy and veggie sausages. I dread to think of the carbs in this, but soon time to start my diet again, so had a blow out! Followed by 35 of Vegan white chocolate.
No alcohol yesterday, as I intend cutting that back too, about three litres of water through the day and one black coffee. ( A few little snacks here and there too, but we will not mention those...🙄 )
B'fast: Big bowl of melon & fruit; extra large soy flat white + 30g chia seeds.
Lunch: Bowl with one avocado, walnuts, rapberries, mixed lettuce, juice of 1 lemon.
Afternoon: Large flat white + 30g chia seeds.
Dinner: Chicken pho, egg noodles (daring my pancreas to deal with grains).
Late snack: Bowl with lettuce+snowpeas+peanuts+lemon juice.
Grazing: A few almonds.
I've found this tool https://cronometer.com/ to keep track of micronutrients - vitamins, minerals, individual amino acids, omega-3, omega-6 etc etc. There's a couple of things it's been useful for: identifying fairly big gaps in Vit-A and vit-E hence my NY resolution to eat more lettuce; also zinc; no surprise that it shows me needing more vit-B12 and calcium.
Breakfast - Porridge with half a sliced banana, made with skimmed milk.
Lunch - Ryvita whole grain crisp bread x 5 with thinly spread butter and Marmite. Carrot sticks.
Evening Meal - 2 salmon fillets, with reduced sugar Red Dragon chilli sauce, green salad with tomatoes and balsamic low cal dressing, plus “Strong Root” vegetables of parsnip, carrot and beetroot, and a couple of small new potatoes.
Pudding - Fresh fruit salad of Greek fat free yoghurt, half banana, half an apple, some fresh pineapple and some red grapes.
Breakfast - Porridge with half a sliced banana, made with skimmed milk.
Lunch - Ryvita whole grain crisp bread x 5 with thinly spread butter and Marmite. Carrot sticks.
Evening Meal - 2 salmon fillets, with reduced sugar Red Dragon chilli sauce, green salad with tomatoes and balsamic low cal dressing, plus “Strong Root” vegetables of parsnip, carrot and beetroot, and a couple of small new potatoes.
Pudding - Fresh fruit salad of Greek fat free yoghurt, half banana, half an apple, some fresh pineapple and some red grapes.
I hope @Lucylemonpip is testing after eating those exotic high carb fruits. Porridge can take longer than 2 hours to spike and can cause BG to be high for many hours, so it might be worth testing after 2, 3 and 4 hours to see the full effect. A rise of more than 3 would tell you that you probably need to cut back on the amount of porridge or the banana or try a different breakfast option.
If you can get away with that menu without excessive BG spikes then consider yourself lucky and enjoy!
I wish we could do pix, I'd like to see actual meals, seeing would make it more real. I can't picture most people's meals really. 🙂 All your stuff Eddy, is so exotic!
Breakfast: Greek yoghurt and last of the summer blackberries from my freezer
Lunch: Kipper and salad
Snack: Handful of macadamia nuts
Supper: Chinese duck with thin pancakes and Hosin sauce and spring onions (Thus breaking many of my rules about packaged meals/carbs - but it was delicious!)
B. A boiled egg and some cheese whilst waiting for bolus insulin to kick in plus a cup of coffee with cream.
Eat Natural Low Sugar Granola with a few rasps, strawbs and bluebs, creamy natural yoghurt and seeds.
L. Just a snack really...A naughty packet of pork scratchings and some nuts.
D. Egg and edamame bean salad with cheese coleslaw.
