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What did you eat yesterday?

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B - jumbo oats & raspberries done with almond milk, mug of coffee
mug of coffee
pint of water
D - Milano salami wholemeal sandwich and a digestive biscuit, pint of water
2 cups cafetiere coffee
pint of water
T - 2 egg corned beef and mushroom omelette, green beans, baby potatoes, mustard dressing and a bar moser roth 85%, pint of water
Away to enjoy another mug of coffee shortly and will no doubt have another later
xx
 
themagman said:
wow use of a modern word. Not a troll, I just don't like people making stupid comments over a serious issue. Don't like it, well hard luck. Oh and just got some milk.
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I don't think Ditto was laughing at you or indeed even putting you down for what your intake of food was ?
Diabetes is a serious issue to which a lot of us struggle with daily and it is interesting to see what foods others eat , what works for some does not work for others ?
But there is no need to use an aggressive tone in replying or reacting to someones comment as none of us know the mental state of each other so everyone should be a little more reserved in their comments ?
I wish you all the best in dealing with your Diabetes.
 
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Kaylz said:
where in Lidl would I find this my lovely? xx
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Hi @Kaylz
I think it was in the section with quiches, etc somewhere near the pizzas. Can't quite remember but going to get some more to put in the freezer tomorrow, so I'll check.
It was @rebrascora that first mentioned this one and it is a really tasty easy lunch. There are a few varieties, and I got mozzarella and tomato which is lowest carb, but there are others only slightly higher that I am going to try.
 
Toucan said:
Hi @Kaylz
I think it was in the section with quiches, etc somewhere near the pizzas. Can't quite remember but going to get some more to put in the freezer tomorrow, so I'll check.
It was @rebrascora that first mentioned this one and it is a really tasty easy lunch. There are a few varieties, and I got mozzarella and tomato which is lowest carb, but there are others only slightly higher that I am going to try.
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Thanks my lovely, I'm heading to Lidl this evening so will have a look around that area as I don't get much time xx
 
@Kaylz In my local Lidl, they are located in the chilled counter next to the salad stuff and coleslaw and olives and before the cooked meats. There are 3 varieties, the tomato and mozzarella, goats cheese and something (I'm not a fan of goats cheese so take no notice of those) and a maple cured bacon. They do larger ones as well as the individual portion ones which are 10g carbs each. I have them with a big plate of salad and cheese coleslaw and sometimes a naughty spoon of sweet pickle.
 
rebrascora said:
@Kaylz In my local Lidl, they are located in the chilled counter next to the salad stuff and coleslaw and olives and before the cooked meats. There are 3 varieties, the tomato and mozzarella, goats cheese and something (I'm not a fan of goats cheese so take no notice of those) and a maple cured bacon. They do larger ones as well as the individual portion ones which are 10g carbs each. I have them with a big plate of salad and cheese coleslaw and sometimes a naughty spoon of sweet pickle.
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Thanks my lovely, most Lidl's are set out similarly and I'm in for Milano salami anyway so shouldn't be far from there, I'll have a look this evening 🙂 xx
 
Ditto said:
I had a good eating day yesterday, imho anyways. 🙂

B: Chocolate SlimFast Shake.
L: Scrambled Eggs.
D: Corned Beef with mustard (rather too much of it) and 3 small Fried Eggs.

I did have a rumbly tum later but held out till morning.

PS: I feel dead guilty if that person got deleted coz of me! Agh, I need to be less flippant and just shut up.
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That was a good day Ditto 🙂
And that person got their self deleted for being abusive and threatening .
Hopefully it was just them having an off day and they do seek help if needed ?
Keep plugging away at your diet Ditto you are one of life's triers and success comes to triers 🙂
 
Ditto said:
I had a good eating day yesterday, imho anyways. 🙂

B: Chocolate SlimFast Shake.
L: Scrambled Eggs.
D: Corned Beef with mustard (rather too much of it) and 3 small Fried Eggs.

I did have a rumbly tum later but held out till morning.

PS: I feel dead guilty if that person got deleted coz of me! Agh, I need to be less flippant and just shut up.
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Don't feel guilty. If it was me I would have most probably gone on a food bender after that.
 
Ditto said:
Corned Beef with mustard (rather too much of it)
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elaborate further please, too much corned beef or too much mustard? Well tough I'm afraid cause you can never have too much of either! :D 2 of my absolute faves! xx
 
Today
B - same as every other day 🙂
mug of coffee
pint of water
D - wholemeal sandwich with bacon and a scrambled duck egg, digestive biscuit and a pint of water
2 cups cafetiere coffee
pint of water
T - mince in oxo with mushrooms, steamed sprouts, boiled potatoes, square Lindt 90% and a pint of water, oh and another duck egg dropped into the mince to cook for the last 5 minutes
mug of coffee
not long finished my last mug of coffee of the day, was out longer than I thought I'd be this time and missed most of Dancing On Ice :(
xx
 
1 LiveLife toast loaded with smoked salmon, tea.......Lunch = Cauliflower 'cases' (muffin tin baked) stuffed with scrambled egg & bacon bits & garlic mushrooms. (not impressed, founds it a bit bland and the muffin tray was a 'mare to clean afterwards. Wont be doing those again in a hurry!).... Evening = take away. Portion of prawn balls and glass of red wine - better than lunchtime YUM! (not more than a 1.0 rise all day with any of it) 😎
 
Ditto said:
I had a good eating day yesterday, imho anyways. 🙂

B: Chocolate SlimFast Shake.
L: Scrambled Eggs.
D: Corned Beef with mustard (rather too much of it) and 3 small Fried Eggs.

I did have a rumbly tum later but held out till morning.

PS: I feel dead guilty if that person got deleted coz of me! Agh, I need to be less flippant and just shut up.
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It wasn't because of you. It was because of them. Don't feel guilty. I nearly said something similar to you because I thought they were joking about but I got distracted and by the time I was back on the thread the situation was all done and dusted.

Corned beef and mustard is so yummy.
I bought two trays of corned beef tins back when the Brexit panic was at its peak - just in case - and I knew we'd use it up anyway and it was a good deal. My husband almost had a panic attack the other day because I'd moved the last tray to a different place and he thought I'd managed to eat it all already!!! The panic was because he wanted his corned beef fix and he wanted it right then :D
 
Ditto said:
Lol. I find corned beef the very thing if I'm really hungry, it's just so filling. I am always stuffed to the gills afterwards. It was too much corned beef rather than mustard. 🙂 I'm always greedy and put out too much and then eat it all when I don't need it, this applies to everything I prepare to eat. I might need to get the carb counter booklet as who was it said it helped with portion sizes? Somebody did. I must look on ebay.

Can't input my eats for yesterday as they were too shocking. I was with my diabetic family too and we lead each other astray and are very silly ie ice cream cornets, Jaffa Cakes, etc. Crazy and after a full roast pork Sunday dinner too! Good grief. I have bought carrots broccoli cauli and fish for tea tonight after an iffy start today. I need to try and get to the stage where I'm sensible all the time not just in fits and starts.
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I had 'ice cream' for the first time in over a year yesterday!!

I made it myself with frozen strawberries (six) double cream, a splash of salted caramel flavouring and a small sprinkle of powdered Erythritol.

I hand whipped the cream with a balloon whisk (I kid myself that the exercise involved in this cancels out the calories when I eat it) then added the flavouring and sweetener and a pinch of salt (that lowers the freezing temperature) so keeps the strawberries frozen long enough to cool the cream to ice cream.

Then added the strawberries and stirred until it came together then chopped the strawberries up. It was yummy.

No effect on blood sugars at all.
 
1 livelife toast/marmite - cup of almond milk......Lunch: Chicken salad... Dinner: pork frikadellen (meat balls) and Konjac 'spaghetti', 1/4 carton passata sauce, shavings of Parmesan, small white wine.
 
4 tbspn porridge / soya milk & 5 raspberries, big mug of tea........Lunch Smoked Salmon Salad & Sugar free jelly & cream.......Dinner : Chicken & Mushroom Stroganoff with white wine & tarragon, Cauliflower (curry powder enhanced) 'mash' & broccoli. (Total weight loss 42 days = 10lbs)
 
Hi everyone,
Hope it's ok to jump on this thread 🙂
I went on the DESMOND course last week so now i'm trying to cut my carbs down. I'm hoping following this will give me some ideas and push me to eat well by knowing that I need to write it down.

Breakfast - 80g skyr, 10g toasted pumpkin & sunflower seeds, small conference pear
Dinner - 100g spanish omelette, watercress,rocket&spinach salad, cucumber, tomato & pepper
Tea - Turkey mince pasta sauce (from scratch with lots of veg) with 150g spaghetti
Treat - 1 lyons jam teacake

Not going to lie, i'm finding trying to stick to 120g carbs tricky, i'm hungry! Trying to track using the health app on my phone/reading the labels and this came in at 108g.
I had changed my diet since diagnosis and have lost just over 2 stone. I was happy with what i was doing but diet did include a lot of fruit so i've cut this down a lot since the nurse said 2 fruit a day last week.
 
Mrsw2811 said:
Hi everyone,
Hope it's ok to jump on this thread 🙂
I went on the DESMOND course last week so now i'm trying to cut my carbs down. I'm hoping following this will give me some ideas and push me to eat well by knowing that I need to write it down.

Breakfast - 80g skyr, 10g toasted pumpkin & sunflower seeds, small conference pear
Dinner - 100g spanish omelette, watercress,rocket&spinach salad, cucumber, tomato & pepper
Tea - Turkey mince pasta sauce (from scratch with lots of veg) with 150g spaghetti
Treat - 1 lyons jam teacake

Not going to lie, i'm finding trying to stick to 120g carbs tricky, i'm hungry! Trying to track using the health app on my phone/reading the labels and this came in at 108g.
I had changed my diet since diagnosis and have lost just over 2 stone. I was happy with what i was doing but diet did include a lot of fruit so i've cut this down a lot since the nurse said 2 fruit a day last week.
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Hi. Yes by all means jump right in on the thread and any others you fancy contributing to.

Not sure if you are aware but 150g spaghetti is rather a huge portion of pasta for a Type 2 and I would look at steadily reducing that unless a BG meter tells you that your body can handle it.

If it is any consolation, once your body gets used to eating low carb, you no longer crave them and rarely even feel hungry. That doesn't mean to say that you don't enjoy your food on a low or very low carb diet because I certainly do (and I was a big carb fan pre-diagnosis) but breaking the habit of eating carbs has been really liberating. I often just have 2 meals a day and don't feel hungry in between. I eat a fraction of what I used to eat and appreciate my food that much more. One of the key factors in being successful with it though is eating more fat. Fat fills you up and keeps you sated and provides slow release energy whereas carbs give you a glucose rush/spike and then just make you want to eat more.
 
rebrascora said:
Hi. Yes by all means jump right in on the thread and any others you fancy contributing to.

Not sure if you are aware but 150g spaghetti is rather a huge portion of pasta for a Type 2 and I would look at steadily reducing that unless a BG meter tells you that your body can handle it.

If it is any consolation, once your body gets used to eating low carb, you no longer crave them and rarely even feel hungry. That doesn't mean to say that you don't enjoy your food on a low or very low carb diet because I certainly do (and I was a big carb fan pre-diagnosis) but breaking the habit of eating carbs has been really liberating. I often just have 2 meals a day and don't feel hungry in between. I eat a fraction of what I used to eat and appreciate my food that much more. One of the key factors in being successful with it though is eating more fat. Fat fills you up and keeps you sated and provides slow release energy whereas carbs give you a glucose rush/spike and then just make you want to eat more.
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Thank you 🙂 I hope I will stop craving soon.
Yes, I know that is a big portion, (have been having around half of that) but as it fitted in under the 120g carbs I decided to try and fill myself up. Silly I know!
The nurses last week were advising low carb and low fat and stressed keeping cholesterol low. Are you able to eat high fat and keep your cholesterol low?
 
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