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What did you eat yesterday?

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I'm getting back to sensible-ish eating after a few odd days.
Yesterday:
Breakfast - ham sandwiches made with 3 slices of ham glued together with cream cheese and with sliced cucumber and a glass of unsweetened zero carb long life almond milk.

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Lunch - ribeye steak with small amount of home made coleslaw followed by chocolate mocha 'mousse' made out of greek yoghurt, double cream, decaff coffee granules, 100% cocoa powder and powdered sweetener with a sprinkle of chia seeds.Evening meal - ham sandwiches again with leftover coleslaw instead of cucumber and a small packet of potato crisps.

Lots of tea and coffee and water to drink all day. I stayed at 5.9 mmol/L most of the day - after the crisps I went up to 7.8 mmol/L but it went back down again after an hour and stayed down.
Looks like the booster isn't having as much of an effect on my blood sugar levels as the actual vaccinations did which is a relief.
 
Saturday
Brunch - Belvita "milk & cereals" breakfast biscuits (4)
Dinner - Chinese house special chow mein, 3 prawn crackers, one of son's chicken balls (smallest one) with a wee dip in the sweet 'n' sour.
Snacks - half a Graze lemon and blueberry oats boost bar, Two fingers dark chocolate KitKat and a small packet of Seabrook crisps.
One tea, a caramel coffee, a Galaxy light hot chocolate, water and a can of Pepsi cherry max not quite finished.
 
B: bacon, mushrooms, egg and small slice toast
L: homemade soup, cheese, 2 oatcakes, pate.
D: beef casserole, squash, salad. half Kvarg desert and seeds
 
Sunday
B - 2 slices toasted Nimble topped with 100% peanut butter and a smear of no added sugar jam
L - 2 Hovis extra wheatgerm crackers with a Cathedral City mature cheddar mini
D - Slow cooked gammon in coke zero, a few baby potatoes boiled then fried, fresh carrot and swede mix, fresh whole green beans. Tim's dairy raspberry greek yoghurt with some fresh raspberries and a teaspoon of chia seeds.
Snacks - half a Graze lemon blueberry oats boost bar and 4 fingers of dark chocolate mint KitKat
 
Had a very strange week last week... but going back as far as I recall:

Friday:
Breakfast: 2 slices scandalously seeded toast... have discovered that even if a sliced loaf says it's 13.5g carb per slice, slices vary in size, so I now weigh them. Friday's toast was 26g carb. Off the same loaf it can vary up to 30g for 2 slices. Perhaps not of great interest to T2s but can tip T1s insulin doses over, especially on a pump where you can dose 0.01u.
Lunch: In county town with a friend. Langoustine tail salad (might as well say prawn cocktail!), shared a portion of roasted peach with blue cheese wrapped in Proscuitto ham. Plus a glass of white wine and an Americano.
Dinner: "Part baked" Ciabatta with a selection of cheeses.

Saturday:
Brunch: Bacon and egg sandwich on SS bread.
Dinner: Got lamb mince out of the freezer to make shepherd's pie then discovered we had no potatoes in, so took out some puff pastry. Made lamb pie, with carrots, mushrooms, onion, garlic, and red wine gravy, topped with the puff pastry. It was actually quite nice! Served it with steamed long stem broccoli. Followed by a fruit platter with a bit of mango, some Persimmon and melon.

Sunday:
Brunch: 1 slice SS toast (14g carb) topped with a fried egg, 1 slice bacon, 1 chipolata (chipolata was 0.5g carb).
Dinner: Roast chicken crown with a tbs stuffing, white wine gravy, roast new potatoes with roasted garlic, asparagus and a "sprout and bacon gratin" which I got from Lidl on offer for 99p. Do not bother purchasing this item, it was a soggy mess! Good idea though... might try making it myself but with crispy sprouts!
 
Monday
Lunch - half can of Morrison's counted calorie controlled carrot and coriander soup with 2 slices buttered nimble. 2 fingers of dark chocolate mint KitKat
Dinner - stuffed, flavoured pork loin steak, a little mash and a whole load of kalettes (cooked in butter with a minced garlic clove and seasonings). The last of the strawberries with a tsp of chia seeds and some Elmlea light double cream.
Snacks - minipack of skinny choc chip cookies. Mo health fibre lemon drizzle bar.

Bad day - over calories, over fat and slightly over sugar - so don't go copying this selection!!!
 
janw said:
Monday
Lunch - half can of Morrison's counted calorie controlled carrot and coriander soup with 2 slices buttered nimble. 2 fingers of dark chocolate mint KitKat
Dinner - stuffed, flavoured pork loin steak, a little mash and a whole load of kalettes (cooked in butter with a minced garlic clove and seasonings). The last of the strawberries with a tsp of chia seeds and some Elmlea light double cream.
Snacks - minipack of skinny choc chip cookies. Mo health fibre lemon drizzle bar.

Bad day - over calories, over fat and slightly over sugar - so don't go copying this selection!!!
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Did you buy or grow your Kalettes. I tried to grow them last year without too much success. They seemed very bitter when cooked.
 
B: Greek yoghurt, blueberries, scattering Lizi's low sugar granola.
L. 2 oatcakes, pate, cheese, gerkins, tomato, peppers, half apple
D: edamame bean pasta (15g dry wt) with halloumi, mushrooms, pesto, Salad. Half baked apple with cream
 
Leadinglights said:
Did you buy or grow your Kalettes. I tried to grow them last year without too much success. They seemed very bitter when cooked.
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I bought them, first time I'd ever seen them and hadn't heard of them before, but I like kale and sprouts so was worth a try. I did read up on them a bit and they are, apparently, quite easy to root. They aren't something I would rush out to buy again, but I found a way online to cook them without roasting them (I wasn't using the oven) and they were quite palatable.
 
@pearlzo436 Would you care to enlighten us as to what those lovely meals consist of.

I am guessing fish and possibly egg on rye bread.
Maybe chilli, rice, coleslaw, avocado and possibly potatoes for lunch....
and spinach or perhaps nettle soup for dinner?

Certainly looks interesting!
 
Tuesday
B - Belvita "milk and cereals" breakfast biscuits
L - 4 Hovis extra wheatgerm crackers with 2 mini Cathedral City Light mature cheddar cheese sticks. Low-cal blackcurrant jelly.
D - 2 turkey meatballs with a homemade savoury cauliflower rice (blitzed cauli, red pepper, onion, garlic and root ginger, then added ground cumin, dried sage and Himalayan salt) quick fry then into oven dish and topped with some grated mozzarella, baked till golden - ate half, froze the rest for another day 🙂
Snacks - choc orange skinny crunch, 2 Hovis crackers and finally a packet of Walkers baked crisps just to add calories to stop my food diary complaining that I hadn't eaten enough....
 
B: cheese on toast with poached egg
L: cooked meat, pate, cheese, gerkins, celery, 2 ryvita thins, half apple, few nuts.
D: chicken, pepper, aubergine tray bake, garlic bread, salad. strawberries and cream
 
Wednesday

B - Belvita breakfast biscuits
D - chicken stew (carrots, swede, celery, onion, pearl barley, stockpot), 2 "light" dumplings and a couple of baby potatoes
Snacks - KitKat 2 fingers dark choc, Graze lemon drizzle wow bake, packet of baked crisps
 
It is always interesting to see how different people are in what they do for meals. 3 meals, no snacks, 2 meals, lots of snacks, just 1 meal.
B: Greek yoghurt, berries, scattering All Bran
L: home made soup, cooked meat, cheese, 2 ryvita thins, celery, tomato, half apple
D: sausages, stir fry cauli rice and veg, half slice bread, jelly and cream.
 
Unhealthy day for me.
Breakfast 3 sausages from the freezer, ran out of bread....
Wetherspoons for the evening meal, the Christmas dinner burger (with pigs in blankets on top) and a few pints.
 

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travellor said:
Unhealthy day for me.
Breakfast 3 sausages from the freezer, ran out of bread....
Wetherspoons for the evening meal, the Christmas dinner burger (with pigs in blankets on top) and a few pints.
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A pub near us do what I call a heart attack burger, burger, bacon, fried egg, black pudding, cheese in the burger bun, with chips and the odd salad leaf.
 
Leadinglights said:
A pub near us do what I call a heart attack burger, burger, bacon, fried egg, black pudding, cheese in the burger bun, with chips and the odd salad leaf.
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dang salad leaf gets you every time!!! 😎
 
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