What did you eat yesterday?

[Ditto]

I put all my water out first thing in pint bottles (loaned from the milkman if he but knew) 🙂 If I space it out a bit it's not so bad getting them down. It's easier in warmer weather. I feel healthy when I have my water as otherwise I don't drink at all. I used to go whole days without drinking anything. I have to make myself drink. Being thirsty definitely wasn't one of my symptoms for being type 2.

I now also have a Nescafe first thing in the morning after my first pint of the day, as they say it's good for the liver and mine is kaput. My routine is up/p/measure bg/weigh/measure tum/drink pint water aired over night/make coffee and drink while watching a recorded episode of The Sopranos. Life of riley, I'm a creature of habit, I do so luv being retired.

I would probably like quark, I likes creamy things. 🙂

 

[Lucyr]

Yesterday evening I cooked
Creamy garlic mushroom chicken from Pinch of Nom (low carb too) and a big tray of roast vegetables (pretty low carb).

I’m having the roast vegetables and some of the chicken I didn’t mix into the sauce with pasta and tomatoes for lunch today.

I’m having some of the chicken in sauce with roast vegetables and mash for tea later on. The rest of the chicken is in portions in the freezer

 

[Ditto]

@Lucyr that food looks divine. How is your bg when you eat such divine food? I so wish I could cook. What sauce is it? I need to start at least trying to be a bit more adventurous and eat a rainbow of foods instead of same ol' same ol'. 🙂

Weight 14 5.2 Tum 49 1/2
Not long after getting up - 6.9 @ 7.16am / pint water / Nescafe / pint water
Brunch: bacon and eggs / pt water with meds
Dinner: pint water / corned beef, mustard, Brussels sprouts, mayo / pint water

A lot of water today! I'd drunk most of it by lunchtime so then had to have more which isn't like me. You can have too much water! And then I have a pint of water next to my bed for the occasional glugs if needs be. First thing I do when waking is take a small glug of water, I don't want it to 'weigh' but mouth always like bottom of parrot's cage.

 

[Leadinglights]

B: bacon, scrambled egg, tomato, skinny piece toast
L: green soup (leek, mangetout, green beans, spinach), ryvita, ham, cheese, half apple
D: rest of sausage casserole, salad, small corn cob, jelly and cream.
Usual drinks, square dark choc (it was the weekend)

 

[Lucyr]

@Lucyr that food looks divine. How is your bg when you eat such divine food? I so wish I could cook. What sauce is it? I need to start at least trying to be a bit more adventurous and eat a rainbow of foods instead of same ol' same ol'. 🙂

Weight 14 5.2 Tum 49 1/2
Not long after getting up - 6.9 @ 7.16am / pint water / Nescafe / pint water
Brunch: bacon and eggs / pt water with meds
Dinner: pint water / corned beef, mustard, Brussels sprouts, mayo / pint water

A lot of water today! I'd drunk most of it by lunchtime so then had to have more which isn't like me. You can have too much water! And then I have a pint of water next to my bed for the occasional glugs if needs be. First thing I do when waking is take a small glug of water, I don't want it to 'weigh' but mouth always like bottom of parrot's cage.

Hello
For the creamy garlic mushroom chicken I followed the recipe linked below. The sauce is just Philadelphia and stock so shouldn’t affect my bgs much. They list it as 13g carb per portion but I haven’t worked mine out yet.

Creamy Garlic Chicken - Pinch Of Nom

Creamy Garlic Chicken has taken our social media by storm; this rich and indulgent dish is so delicious while still being low in calories and Points!

pinchofnom.com

For roast vegetables I used: peppers, red onion, carrot, sweet potato, courgette, broccoli, garlic and olive oil but you could drop any that are too carby for you. They are handy to rosy a tray and stick into other things when I have a busy week.

For the pasta my bg is fine with it, though if you look at the photo you’ll see I added the roast vegetables and chicken and tomatoes so that there’s actually very little pasta in it, probably half a portion according to the pack. I add cheese before eating as this slows down the impact on my blood sugar. I’ll test and let you know how it goes.

 

[Ditto]

@Leadinglights What is skinny toast? I'd probably be allergic to that as well though, but it's just so nice to be able to put something on a bit of toast. 🙂

@Lucyr I wonder if the bags of roast vegetables you can buy frozen would be okay? I'll gonna get some tomorrow. Something different.

 

[Leadinglights]

@Leadinglights What is skinny toast? I'd probably be allergic to that as well though, but it's just so nice to be able to put something on a bit of toast. 🙂

@Lucyr I wonder if the bags of roast vegetables you can buy frozen would be okay? I'll gonna get some tomorrow. Something different.

Sorry to be confusing. It is just a very thin slice of homemade oat and linseed bread, weighs 25g so about 10g carb.

 

[Ditto]

When I get to goal weight I shall experiment with breads to see if I can get away with a slice a day. Mind you, saying that, we don't seem to sell low carb bread around here (Sale). There used to be a Lidl in Salford where you could get low carb buns but I'm not sure if they still do them. There's no way I could make my own, I had to bake all my pancake mix in one big roasting dish to get rid of it, but the birds luv it.

 

[grovesy]

When I get to goal weight I shall experiment with breads to see if I can get away with a slice a day. Mind you, saying that, we don't seem to sell low carb bread around here (Sale). There used to be a Lidl in Salford where you could get low carb buns but I'm not sure if they still do them. There's no way I could make my own, I had to bake all my pancake mix in one big roasting dish to get rid of it, but the birds luv it.

Lidl have not done the protein rolls(low carb) , for a few years , it was the only reason I went to Lidl.

 

[Ditto]

@grovesy Wonder why they stopped? I would imagine they were very popular.

 

[grovesy]

@grovesy Wonder why they stopped? I would imagine they were very popular.

I don't know why but I know some people complained.

 

[Ditto]

I seem to be taking over this thread. I hope not as I like to read what others are doing. I am such a LOUD mouth. 🙄

Weight 14 6.2 Tum 49 1/2
Not long after getting up - 7.0 @ 7.30am / pint water / Nescafe
Brunch @ 11.30: can of Baxters pea and ham soup / pint water with meds / 6.2 @ 15.23
Dinner: pint water / an entire cauliflower! the whole bag of grated cheese, with cheese sauce from a packet and probably enough for at least three people / pint water

Wouldn't you think I'd be sick having all that? I was just a tad full which didn't last long and then I felt fine. No hope for me basically I'm just a greedy pig. I think I need to be taking my bg in a regular fashion to keep me accountable.

 

[Leadinglights]

B: Greek yoghurt and blueberries, scattering Lizi's granola
L: ryvita, tongue, cheese, celery, cherry tom, half apple
D: salmon, brocolli cheese, sliced tomato, Muller lemon yoghurt
Drinks as usual

 

[RirisR]

B.Avocado busy day no time for anything else
L Home made veg soup 2 livlife toast with marmite small sliced apple
T Last of Sundays roast beef celeriac chips and pickles fruit jelly and squirty cream
Snacks Olives 1 stick of strong cheese and low carb crackers coffee's throughout day

 

[Ditto]

Weight 14 6.2 Tum <49 1/2
Not long after getting up - 6.1 @ 7.46am / pint water / Nescafe
The stupid milkman didn't come with the eggs so I went from early dinner yesterday till gone 1 today and was ravenous so snack going round Tescos, pkt thin turkey slices, the checkout lady asked "Were you hungry?"
Brunch: tuna corn paste salad with beetroot, caesar dressing and an 'ancient' bun and potato salad and coleslaw / bowl Franks' diabetic ice cream / pint water with meds / Nescafe with single cream and a sweetener (with family while watching the biopic about the Man City German footballer who broke his neck and carried on playing! Cracker of a film).
Dinner: pint water / the rest of the salad and stuffs, it was too much to eat all at once... / pint water / 8.4 @ 23.02

A piggy day and I put a pound on overnight, not surprisingly. I won't do this again, silly.

 

[Leadinglights]

B: cheese on toast with poached egg
L: tuna pate, ryvita, cucumber, cheese, half pear, few nuts
Snack: quarter Nature valley protein bar
D: steak, red cabbage coleslaw, celeriac crisps (not a success) quarter cheese roll, Muller lemon yoghurt
Usual drinks

 

[RirisR]

B. Weetabix followed by an avocado
L Rest of homemade veg soup with 2 slices of livlife toasted and marmite
T made lasagna my portion without the pasta topped with cheese and a small salad
Oranges in jelly and squirty cream
Snacks Olives crackers with ham fluids coffee etc

 

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Pig heart chilli, with nachos for dinner, amazing.

 

[Ditto]

Pig heart chilli, with nachos for dinner, amazing.

We need a photo of that!

Weight 14 7.2 Tum <49 1/2
Not long after getting up - 6.9 @ 5.46am / pint water / Nescafe
Brunch: Mum's leftover tuna corn paste salad with beetroot / small bowl tinned apricot halves with single cream / pint water with meds
Dinner: pint water / 2 Bird's Eye thin burgers baked with cheese melted over and cheese sauce poured over that lot with spring onions / small bowl Frank's diabetic ice cream / pint water

 

[Kaylz]

Yesterday
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B - no change to the usual
D - wholemeal German peppered salami sandwich, Cadbury's raspberry mini roll and a pint of water
mug of cafetiere coffee
T - mince with mushrooms, spring onions, garlic granules and an egg, baby potatoes, steamed sprouts, healthy dollop of butter and 1 square Lidl's 95%, pint of water
mug of coffee
bed - 3 digestives, 1 and a half oaties and half a pint of water