What did you eat yesterday?

[Selbie2626]

I am finding this info very useful, thank you. I have been so bored with my food choices since being diagnosed but I have stuck with it but, today, I am sorely tempted to treat myself to a fish supper tonight, and get back onto healthy eating tomorrow, with some new ideas I've picked up from this thread, eg Bergen bread... Anyway, is it ok to have treats once in a while? If so, how often... Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly?

 

[rebrascora]

@Selbie2626

Pleased you are inspired. Enjoy your fish supper tonight.

As regards treats, I personally try to find low carb treats that I can indulge on a regular basis without too much concern rather than carb rich treats which just make me get cravings for a couple of days afterwards or I have a very small portion of a carb rich treat and savour it.... like today I had a quarter of an hot cross bun when my levels were dropping a bit too low and I was doing manual work. It still amounts to 10g carbs for that little piece of spicy sweet yumminess, but it won't blow things out of the water with my diet and I really savoured it.

So for me a packet of pork scratchings is a treat which won't effect my levels or a half a square of 70% dark chocolate with a spoon of peanut butter which works out about 5g carbs, so I can treat myself most days to that, or a pot of olives which is very low carb.
For a take away I have char sui with ginger and spring onions with a portion of stir fried veg from the Chinese and I might cadge a dessert spoon of rice from my partner to soak up the juice on my plate. Or a chicken kebab with salad and garlic mayonnaise but no pitta.

Because I follow a low carb high fat way of eating my body doesn't crave carbs anymore, but if I stray to far and have a really carb heavy treat it knocks me off course with my diet for a couple of days and I am battling cravings again so I prefer not to put myself through that anymore.

 

[Selbie2626]

Thank you for your tips @rebrascora. I've been a 'good girl' to date so trusting my guilty craving will be back under control tomorrow.

 

[rebrascora]

There are days when the cravings really get to you and I still occasionally get days like that even when I haven't had a carb rich treat, but it does definitely get easier as you go on and the less carbs you have, the less you want them in my experience and I was a real sugar addict pre diagnosis as well as being very fond of bread and potatoes. It seemed impossible even to imagine living without bread back then, but apart from my quarter of an hot cross bun today I haven't had any for months and I just don't miss it anymore. Same with cakes and biscuits which my partner eats in rather large quantities so they are always in the house, but just not tempted anymore. I do occasionally make a low carb sponge (in the microwave) and use it to make a trifle with berries and chia seeds and sugar free jelly and cream and that is a lovely dessert treat but most nights I enjoy a nice chunk of good cheese with a half a glass of red wine. Starting the day with a coffee made with real cream and ending it with a nice chunk of cheese with a little red wine, it is hard to feel badly done to, don't you think! That thought helps me through the days when I have cravings.

Just remembered, a chocolate eclair is just about 10g carb so that is not a bad choice of a treat every once in a while if you like cream cakes..

 

[freesia]

Asda do frozen mini eclairs. 3 of those are about 7g carbs. I don't know about anyone else but if i have 3 mini ones, i feel as if i've had more than 1 full sized one

 

[Docb]

I don't like the idea of treats. If you are on carb control you have got to be serious about it. I do like a fish supper - just had one. I have one most weeks.

My method is to think how I can have what I want and still meet my carb target. For my fish supper I have trained the local chippie to very lightly batter the fish and to understand that I don't want their normal pile of chips, I want a tiny portion. I have some coleslaw at home waiting to accompany it.

Works for me.

 

[Toucan]

Hello @Ditto
Sorry that you are feeling lonely!
We are all still here, just get a bit distracted sometimes - mine was our first family get together since lockdown yesterday, for my grandsons 16th Birthday - an amazing day and quite emotional as well.

Love you new posting with the cartoons and jokes - always make me smile.
Looks like your doing great with the milk shake etc, I'm sure it will show results soon.

So... in the spirit of this link, this is how my eating went yesterday:
Breakfast: Scrambled egg with chopped smoked salmon

Lunch: Family gathering in our garden, and everyone brought their own food.
BUT knowing how hungry teenage boys can be I baked some bread rolls, - as warm from the oven it's always been one of their favourites.
My will power didn't make it in resisting these and I ate 2 with a chicken salad. - also 2 glasses of prosecco.

Supper: Well we were exhausted by then, so my husband cooked an evening breakfast - egg, bacon, mushrooms, tomato, mushrooms.

Not the best of eating but a very happy day.
6.2 reading this morning so not too bad.

 

[Selbie2626]

Gave in to craving and had said fish supper but not as enjoyable as I recalled! Back onto healthy eating yesterday. Skipped breakfast due to my fs indulgence. Salmon salad for lunch and Mushroom omlette and side salad for tea - far more tasty tbh

 

[Kaylz]

@Ditto nae point in me doing it as it's the same menu every week
xx

 

[Eddy Edson]

@Ditto nae point in me doing it as it's the same menu every week
xx

Same here, except that I had some red meat the other day - first time in weeks! A rump steak with broccolini. I started out thinking it was like tarted-up roadkill on a plate, then found myself enjoying it, and then later felt like I had in fact eaten roadkill 🙂

 

[grovesy]

I don't because I am not part of the ultra low carb brigade, I don't do the substitution of foods,or the high fat.

 

[Snoopyj]

@NotWorriedAtAll I was a bit sneaky lol after seeing your recipe for Keto Bread. Made some on Saturday and came out fantastic and very tasty, so tasty in fact that having to make some more today (Not me being greedy , OH just been diagnosed and non diabetic household member enjoyed it too). So thanks very much.
Couple of questions: Which do you think is the best artificial sweetener to use in baking?
I really miss afternoon teas with the family, so you have given me hope that this can again be an occasional treat. Have you got a recipe for scones?
Thank you again for the inspiration and hope

 

[Kaylz]

I don't because I am not part of the ultra low carb brigade, I don't do the substitution of foods,or the high fat.

I'm not part of the ultra low carb brigade either but still partake, also when it was started there was more high carb foods than anything else mentioned xx

 

[grovesy]

I know as I think I might have participated back then. Like used with the fasting bloods but stopped when I got told off for going off topic, though that too is more off topic now with general chat included.

 

[Kaylz]

B - oats, cocoa powder made with almond milk, huge spoon PB and a mug of coffee
D - wholemeal german salami sandwich and a 2 finger dark mint kit kat, pint of water
T - smoked basa, broccoli, baby potatoes, bar moser roth 85% and a pint of blackberry & blueberry diluting
mug of coffee
xx

 

[Perfect10]

B - Protein bread (9g carb per slice) with almond butter

L- bacon and egg

T- Bought the Fast 800 recipe book yesterday and made pan fried pork with apple and leek 355 cals, 7g carbs. Made some cauliflower mash to go with it.
Also managed to walk 5 miles earlier on, have been out of action for months with achilles tendon injury.

 

[scousebird]

B: scrambled egg on granary sourdough, tea
L: continental meat selection & mini peppers with feta, tea
T: naughty fish & chips, tea
red bush tea

 

[scousebird]

Wonder if I could take ordinary paracetomol. I never take painkillers normally, under any circumstances but this toothache is dire.

I take paracetamol when needed, in fact I've just taken 2 as I've got a painful shoulder. Have you spoken to your dentist? I hope the pain recedes soon.

Yesterday
Tea
B: Boiled eggs, tea.
Tea
L: Chicken butty, large plum, tea.
Water
T: Chicken enchiladas, apple juice.
Red bush tea.

 

[Eddy Edson]

Not been online, been miserable as sin, woke up from a doze with my hand badly again, it's not been badly for years since an injection acted like a miracle and made it better, now I've only the one working hand really and pushing Mum to the loo in her chair is no easy feat, she weighs a ton! Also, my toothache has come back, absolute agony but it fades away every so often or I'd go crazy. I think everything is made worse if you are diabetic. I looked at Ibubrofen tablets but pkt said don't take if diabetic or liver trouble, good grief. Wonder if I could take ordinary paracetomol. I never take painkillers normally, under any circumstances but this toothache is dire.

Breakfast: Pt Water with spoonful of Fibre / A Nescafe made with whole milk and one sweetener, 2 fried eggs on 2 toasts / Pt Water with Meds inc. Aspirin.
Lunch: Chinese left-overs which made me quite ill, why am I such a numpty? I had volcanic indigestion after.
Dinner: 1 lg tin Tomatoes, 2 fried eggs on 2 toasts / Can't remember if I drank all my water, everything goes to the dogs if I don't keep to my routine...

Enjoyed reading your posts. I like to see how normal peoples eat.

Teeth are the worst! Can you get to a dentist?

 

[grovesy]

Not been online, been miserable as sin, woke up from a doze with my hand badly again, it's not been badly for years since an injection acted like a miracle and made it better, now I've only the one working hand really and pushing Mum to the loo in her chair is no easy feat, she weighs a ton! Also, my toothache has come back, absolute agony but it fades away every so often or I'd go crazy. I think everything is made worse if you are diabetic. I looked at Ibubrofen tablets but pkt said don't take if diabetic or liver trouble, good grief. Wonder if I could take ordinary paracetomol. I never take painkillers normally, under any circumstances but this toothache is dire.

Breakfast: Pt Water with spoonful of Fibre / A Nescafe made with whole milk and one sweetener, 2 fried eggs on 2 toasts / Pt Water with Meds inc. Aspirin.
Lunch: Chinese left-overs which made me quite ill, why am I such a numpty? I had volcanic indigestion after.
Dinner: 1 lg tin Tomatoes, 2 fried eggs on 2 toasts / Can't remember if I drank all my water, everything goes to the dogs if I don't keep to my routine...

Enjoyed reading your posts. I like to see how normal peoples eat.

I don't take Ibrufen not because of Diabetes but i have allergic rhinitis and it makes my nose pour like a tap for hours afterwards.