What did you eat yesterday?

[Gwynn]

As threatened....the corrected stuff from yesterday (at least I hope its more correct than yesterday). In fact I rechecked every item and every aspect of every item. I was going cross eyed by the end of it.

Breakfast...............All Bran (10g), Shreddies (10g), banana (50g), milk (50g) all in 138.5Cals, 24g Carbs
Morning snack.....Pear (150g) all in 69Cals, 13.7g Carbs
Lunch....................Prawns (70g), Cucumber (100g), sauce (20g) all in 126Cals, 4.2g Carbs
Afternoon snack..M&S Eclair (44g) all in 172 Cals, 12.7g Carbs (Treat)
Tea....................... Chicken (100g), Green Beans (100g), Mushrooms (100g), Butter (10g) all in 272.5 Cals, 3.6g Carbs
Evening Snack.....Raspberries (100g) all in 52 Cals, 4.6 Carbs
Night....................Strawberries (150g), Salted Peanuts (15g) all in 129.6 Cals, 11 Carbs

Day totals Consumed 1026 Cals, Carbs 80.6g
Exercise Cals burned 280 Cals
Weight maintenance Cals requirement 1450 Cals

Overall calorie excess/deficit = shortfall of 704 Calories (intended)

Other day totals Protein 64.4g, Fibre 31.3g, All Fats 32.3g, Sat Fats 12.3g, Salt 2.7g, Cholesterol 197.5mg, Fruit/veg portions 10.1

Day sum of Glycaemic Loads 36.7 (not sure if this is a legitimate way of looking at GL across a day)

 

[Ibby]

Hubby has yesterday for breakfast 3 Weetabix with whole milk
Dinner was beef casserole with Carrots onions and leaks in and 2 new potatoes .Then a banana
tea was a snack size pizza with tomato spring onion cucumber and salad cream
supper 1/2 pack of crisps
tea and orange squash to drink thro the day

 

[adrian1der]

You certainly seen to eat some great foods @adrian1der
im thinking of buying that Tom Kerridge book having seen the great ideas it gives you
plus I think I saw somewhere some bread recipes in it to.

The Dopamine Diet book has a recipe for Almond Soda bread which is very nice. There is also a flaxseed biscuit recipe in the book which works really well. They are great as a savoury snack or with cheese

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Yesterday 25/7
Breakfast
Sausage butty - 2 rounds of warburtons medium white sliced bread, 3 richmond skinless sausages
Lunch
Asda supermarket tuna & mayo sandwich
Tea

 

[Leadinglights]

B: bacon, egg, mushrooms. thin slice toast
L: cooked meat, cheese, ryvita thins, salad, half pear, few nuts
D: trout fillet, courgette, green beans, new potatoes, berries and cream

 

[Ditto]

I've lost it again, normal service will be resumed shortly. Hang on, that's a lie, nothing about me is normal.

 

[Leadinglights]

B: creamy mushrooms on toast
L: coleslaw, cheese, beetroot, oatcake, half apple
D: pork, aubergine, onion, new potato tray bake, green beans. blueberry and apple crumble and cream

 

[adrian1der]

Next week's meals are planned:

Friday Home made Doner Kebabs (Pinch of Nom)
Saturday Steak & Asparagus
Sunday Roast Lamb
Monday Spicy Chilli with Green Beans (Dopamine Diet)
Tuesday Gammon with Cabbage Wedges (Dopamine Diet)
Wednesday Cumberland Sausages, Onion Gravy and Creamed Spinach (Dopamine Diet)
Thursday Slow Roasted Lamb with Mustard-glazed Greens (Dopamine Diet)
Friday Toulouse Sausage Loaf with Fried Pickle Salad (Dopamine Diet)

 

[Leadinglights]

Next week's meals are planned:

Friday Home made Doner Kebabs (Pinch of Nom)
Saturday Steak & Asparagus
Sunday Roast Lamb
Monday Spicy Chilli with Green Beans (Dopamine Diet)
Tuesday Gammon with Cabbage Wedges (Dopamine Diet)
Wednesday Cumberland Sausages, Onion Gravy and Creamed Spinach (Dopamine Diet)
Thursday Slow Roasted Lamb with Mustard-glazed Greens (Dopamine Diet)
Friday Toulouse Sausage Loaf with Fried Pickle Salad (Dopamine Diet)

Fabulous sounding menu yet again, are you sure you weren't a chef in a former life.

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Mon 26/7
Breakfast Sausage butty - 2 rounds of warburtons medium white sliced bread, 3 richmond skinless sausages
Lunch sandwich, crisps
Tea fish, chips peas

Tue 27/7
Breakfast Breakfast Sausage butty - 2 rounds of warburtons medium white sliced bread, 2 richmond skinless sausages
Lunch shop bought smoked ham & cheddar sandwich (2 rounds of bread), wispa bar
Tea chinese takeaway of chicken fried rice

Wed 28/7
Breakfast 2 rounds of hovis medium white sliced toast
Lunch sandwich on 2 rounds of hovis medium white sliced bread
Tea steak, tesco cheddar mash, mushrooms, muller corner yoghurt with chocolate balls

Thurs 29/7
Breakfast
2 rounds of hovis medium white sliced toast
Lunch salmon (tinned red) sandwich on 2 rounds of hovis medium white sliced bread, 1 25g bag of walkers ready salted crisps, 1x 2 finger kit kat
Tea tesco chunky breaded haddock fillet, tesco mashed potato, baby carrots & petit pois, muller corner yoghurt with chocolate banana flakes

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Fri 30/7
Breakfast 2 rounds of hovis medium white sliced toast
Lunch salmon (tinned red) sandwich on 2 rounds of hovis medium white sliced, pringles
Tea tesco chicken and chorizo paella, 2 oval slices of garlic bread, peas & green beans, keylime cheesecake slice

 

[Ditto]

Rubbish so back to the Slimfast if I can.

 

[Leadinglights]

B yoghurt, berries, All bran
L: homemade soup, cheese, ryvita, cooked meat.
D: creamy chicken livers and mushrooms, peas, carrots, kale, thin slice bread, berries and protein yoghurt
Square dark choc.

 

[rebrascora]

B. Fibre drink. Cup of coffee with cream. Nature Valley Salted Caramel Protein Bar (10g carbs) .... I am out of yoghurt so this was very much a stand by breakfast.

Snacks....I grazed throughout the day on the items below...
Pork scratchings, cheese , 2 squares (broken into quarters and spread over the day) of dark choc with peanut butter, the remains of a tub of cheese coleslaw that needed using up, saurkraut eaten by the forkful ..... I am alternating saurkraut and kimchi each week to improve gut health although it is currently pretty good anyway. The kimchi is an acquired taste but I am working on it.

D. Minted lamb steak with mushrooms, aubergine and cabbage

There might also have been a very small glass of gin and diet tonic.

Looking at that it seems that cabbage featured quite frequently on my menu yesterday in various forms! Just as well it is good for you!

 

[Leadinglights]

B. Fibre drink. Cup of coffee with cream. Nature Valley Salted Caramel Protein Bar (10g carbs) .... I am out of yoghurt so this was very much a stand by breakfast.

Snacks....I grazed throughout the day on the items below...
Pork scratchings, cheese , 2 squares (broken into quarters and spread over the day) of dark choc with peanut butter, the remains of a tub of cheese coleslaw that needed using up, saurkraut eaten by the forkful ..... I am alternating saurkraut and kimchi each week to improve gut health although it is currently pretty good anyway. The kimchi is an acquired taste but I am working on it.

D. Minted lamb steak with mushrooms, aubergine and cabbage

There might also have been a very small glass of gin and diet tonic.

Looking at that it seems that cabbage featured quite frequently on my menu yesterday in various forms! Just as well it is good for you!

Looking at your daily meals and comparing with @mum2westiesGill illustrates just how different people approach managing their diabetes. It must really confuse newly diagnosed Type 1 people seeing that one person has virtually no carbs and someone else has a carb based diet.
I'm not saying either is better just that you have to find what works for you.

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Looking at your daily meals and comparing with @mum2westiesGill illustrates just how different people approach managing their diabetes. It must really confuse newly diagnosed Type 1 people seeing that one person has virtually no carbs and someone else has a carb based diet.
I'm not saying either is better just that you have to find what works for you.

I had a GP once who said to me "you need your carbs" my present DSN did say that "the more carbs you have the more insulin you will need" but all the others have always said "you can eat what you want as long as you inject for it", one DSN it might have been the one who introduced me to the carbs and cals book and counting carbs said "so now you can go and eat that lovely piece of cake and just inject for the amount of carbs"
It's just the way that I've always been

 

[goodybags]

I've lost it again, normal service will be resumed shortly. Hang on, that's a lie, nothing about me is normal.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s lost it

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Saturday 31/7
Breakfast the usual - 2 rounds of warburtons medium white sliced toast
Lunch homemade tuna, cucumber & mayo sandwich on 2 rounds of warburtons medium white sliced bread
Tea chip shop scampi, a few chips, tinned mushy peas, muller corner yoghurt with chocolate balls

 

[rebrascora]

Looking at your daily meals and comparing with @mum2westiesGill illustrates just how different people approach managing their diabetes. It must really confuse newly diagnosed Type 1 people seeing that one person has virtually no carbs and someone else has a carb based diet.
I'm not saying either is better just that you have to find what works for you.

The reasons I am so careful about my carb intake when as a Type 1, I don't need to, are:-

1. I came into my diagnosis via a Type 2 assumption, so I learned to eat low carb before starting on insulin and ended up very low carb to try to reverse/control my diabetes. It took 8 weeks to break the bad habits of a lifetime and I don't want to slide back into them!

2. Eating low carb means that I have more control over my disordered eating.... I don't get sugar cravings etc. so it takes less will power to keep control..... and I like control.... plus I no longer suffer debilitating migraines since I cut the carbs and I can even enjoy a glass or two of red wine which was my only known trigger now. I haven't had a migraine since diagnosis 2.5 years ago and they were occurring about 1 day a month prior to that, so a very significant benefit.

3. I enjoy my low carb, higher fat way of eating and I feel healthier eating this way.

4. I prefer to use small amounts of insulin for meals as there is less chance of making a mistake.

5. I feel an affinity with Type 2 diabetics and I personally feel that it is not fair that I could just inject insulin and eat whatever I want, whereas Type 2s have to be so careful with their diet. I think it feeds into the mentality that Type 2s have brought it upon themselves and therefore they need to somehow "make up for it now" by being strict..... whereas Type 1s can eat whatever they want and inject insulin to cover it..... It just feels like a huge inequality and as someone who abused my body with sugar pre diagnosis, maybe I feel that I need to pay penance with my diet now. Having kicked the sugar and carb habit, there is little attraction in going back to it, but I know that it could very easily happen if I take my eye off the ball.

Not sure if any of that makes sense, but right or wrong, there are lots of reasons why i choose to eat the way I do and I know it is my choice.

 

[goodybags]

Saturday
B - Single slice of Wholemeal Toast with butter and sugar free marmalade & 1/2 Apple
L - Prawn Mayo Sandwich
D - Lamb (Shoulder, Heart & Liver from my freezer) this was previously Slow-Cooker cooked in wine with Mint & Rosemary and today served with a 5 baby new potatoes.
1/2 Apple & Cheddar Cheese