What did you eat yesterday?

[Lucyr]

The weight loss efforts are restarting…

Breakfast: banana shake, actimel
Lunch: small potato baked, with veggie chilli (lentils and beans)
Dinner: sausage and bean casserole, with broccoli.
Snacks: Ribena light, mini twister

 

[Lucyr]

Good grief, reading all this scrumptious food is making me hungrier than ever!

Back to it after health scare this week...
Friday BG 8.9 @ 6.53am chuffed with that, not in the double figures! Tum 51inches
Breakfast: Pint water with fibre / Banana SlimFast mix / Pint water with meds
Lunch: Pint water / Vanilla SlimFast mix
Snack: 2 Ryvitas with Anchor spread on and a little square of ketchup someone left on the side! Ravenous.
Dinner: Pint water / Vanilla SlimFast mix
Supper: Raspberry SlimFast mix and water through the night.

I have to admit I wanted to send out for a takeaway Indian and if not for the bad weather I might have done and if I'd had some actual food in the house I'd have eaten it, I want to eat! What a saddo. I made my sister take home the rest of the Ryvitas, I can't be trusted around food.

I’m wish you on the “ravenous” and “could have eaten a takeaway” feelings. Not the Ryvitas though, I’d rather eat cardboard.

 

[Leadinglights]

B: boiled eggs and slice toast
L: crispy duck salad, 2 chips and some crispy batter from OH beer battered whale and chips.
D: 3 chipolatas and salad, half a roll, half Kvarg desert and seeds.

 

[janw]

Thursday

L - 4 crackers Tesco selection, 4 slices wafer thin ham, mature cheese mini stick, a few black grapes and a caramel coffee
D - Chicken sausages with a low carb broccoli, cauliflower and leek gratin. Cherry bakewell jelly pot with a little crème fraiche. Decaf coffee with light whitener
Supper/Snacks - salt n shake crisps w/out salt, 2 cheese oat cakes, 2 squares Moser Roth 70% dark chocolate.
Other drinks - Water, weak squash

Exercise bike for 13 minutes total - building it up slowly. Low number of steps.
Below all limits except fat (7g over) - diary told me off for not eating enough...

 

[Ditto]

I came this close to ordering an Indian for tonight. I have no staying power. I lose sight very quickly of where I want to be. I was convincing myself I'd still lose weight if I had an 'ordinary' meal as long as I stuck to two SlimFast meals for breakfast and lunch but it's not about losing the weight, though that will be an excellent side effect. I'm on SlimFast to halt the deterioration of my liver and to try and lower my bg which won't go under the double figures all this year! Good grief I'm a numpty. I'm just so hungry.....

On the other hand I have noticed that an excruciating back pain I've been having for weeks and weeks has gone away a bit. I'm sure that's because I've been good for a couple of days. So there's that. When you are fat you are always in some kind of pain so you don't notice when there's another added. I only realised it was gone this morning when I hadn't had to moan and groan and haul myself up out of the bed in agony.

I will post 'eats' tomorrow.

 

[Leadinglights]

B: Greek yogurt, blueberries, 10g granola
L: homemade soup (celery, courgette and stilton), tapas meats, cheese, tomato, 2 ryvita, half apple
D: cauliflower and chickpea curry with chicken thigh, tomato and cucumber salad, piclkes, half roll. Kvarg desert and seeds.
Weekend square of dark chocolate.

 

[janw]

Friday

B - Tea
L - 4 crackers Tesco selection, 2 slices of turkey breast, a little butter, a little cranberry sauce, 6 grapes, caramel coffee
D - Cod fillet baked in an almond flour, parmesan cheese and parsley crust (dipped in beaten egg first), a few skin-on fries and a few petit pois peas. Raspberry jam doughnut low cal jelly pot with 2 large strawberries and some single cream plus a tsp of chia seeds. Decaf coffee with 2 tsp single cream
Supper/Snacks - Salt n shake crisps. Small packet of Snack a jacks

Other drinks - Water and weak squash

Exercise bike for 11 minutes in one bout.
Below all limits - Diary told me off for not eating enough - 314 calories left plus 113 burned from bike and steps - 427 all told

 

[janw]

I came this close to ordering an Indian for tonight. I have no staying power. I lose sight very quickly of where I want to be. I was convincing myself I'd still lose weight if I had an 'ordinary' meal as long as I stuck to two SlimFast meals for breakfast and lunch but it's not about losing the weight, though that will be an excellent side effect. I'm on SlimFast to halt the deterioration of my liver and to try and lower my bg which won't go under the double figures all this year! Good grief I'm a numpty. I'm just so hungry.....

On the other hand I have noticed that an excruciating back pain I've been having for weeks and weeks has gone away a bit. I'm sure that's because I've been good for a couple of days. So there's that. When you are fat you are always in some kind of pain so you don't notice when there's another added. I only realised it was gone this morning when I hadn't had to moan and groan and haul myself up out of the bed in agony.

I will post 'eats' tomorrow.

Have a go at making your own low carb versions, lots of recipes on this google search HERE. once you have the basic herbs, spices and other ingredients in your kitchen, you are pretty much ready to go whenever the fancy takes you. Most tend to be easy once you get everything measured out - and you can see the carbs for each recipe, so that will help you manage better too. 🙂 I've got a whole chicken for tomorrow's dinner, so will be using the leftovers for a curry or biryani (my favourite) on Monday - just need some fresh coriander and naan bread for hubby and son - oh and they have real rice, I have an alternative. We can still enjoy a lot of our favourites (not all, sadly) with an adjustment or two - this is your time to get cooking, enjoy what you like and stay in control 🙂 Time to shine!

 

[Mrs Mimoo]

Today:
1. Exante shake strawberry flavour. Snack half a low sugar carb killer bar.
2. Lunch two egg omlette with a small portion of ham and some grated mozarella, 80g of rocket with no salad dressing.
3. Dinner: a portion of salmon with green veg and some celeriac mash. Pud will be a spoonful of peanut butter and some creme fraiche.

 

[Mrs Mimoo]

Hi not been on for a while things going on illness family wise and just lost my way so starting again, I’ve read some of you eat sticks of cheese is this just chunks of cheese or you buy sticks , I’m confused . I do like cheese but it’s not good for a type 2 person ,so what cheese do you all eat and manage to lose weight ?

I eat about 15 g of cheese, a thumb sized bit. High in protein fat and calcium. Good.

 

[Mrs Mimoo]

I came this close to ordering an Indian for tonight. I have no staying power. I lose sight very quickly of where I want to be. I was convincing myself I'd still lose weight if I had an 'ordinary' meal as long as I stuck to two SlimFast meals for breakfast and lunch but it's not about losing the weight, though that will be an excellent side effect. I'm on SlimFast to halt the deterioration of my liver and to try and lower my bg which won't go under the double figures all this year! Good grief I'm a numpty. I'm just so hungry.....

On the other hand I have noticed that an excruciating back pain I've been having for weeks and weeks has gone away a bit. I'm sure that's because I've been good for a couple of days. So there's that. When you are fat you are always in some kind of pain so you don't notice when there's another added. I only realised it was gone this morning when I hadn't had to moan and groan and haul myself up out of the bed in agony.

I will post 'eats' tomorrow.

you could make Indian: get two chicken thighs, half an onion and a green pepper and roughly chop. Season lightly. reserve the veg. Mix a teaspoon or two of tikka curry paste iwth some full fat green yoghurt and chili to taste and marinade the chicken for 4 hours. Add the veg and then bake or cook in a pan gently, with a spray of oil for 35 mins? Serve with yoghurt and caulflower rice.

 

[Annemarie]

Breakfast: 1 crushed avocado, 6 chopped walnuts, large spoonful of blueberries, generous topping of Greek yoghurt
Lunch: Cheese on toast (turmeric melted into the cheese, add sliced tomato and onion)
Dinner: Chicken Jalfrezi and cauliflower rice
Drinks: Far too many coffees, decaf after 4:00pm

 

[Lucyr]

Tracked calories 2 days in a row now. Eating 1750 as that’s what nutracheck recommended. I think I probably need less to lose weight but see how it goes for now.

Breakfast: Mushrooms on 2 small toast.

Lunch: 2 chicken burgers (plain no breading or bun) with onion and cheese

Tea: macaroni cheese (reheated from freezer) with added spinach, sweetcorn, peas, tomatoes.

Snacks: decaf coffees, small bag dried apricots, bag of salt and vinegar pea snacks, Pepsi max.

 

[harbottle]

B: just coffee
L: Mushroom, Chicken and Onion omelette with a side salad (From a great cafe in Coventry city centre that also does a Turkish breakfast - Feta, Sausage, eggs, olives and Cucumber and Tomato salad. Last time I had that I didn't want to eat for the rest of the day!)
D: Went out to a local Lebanese restaurant and had Salmon with Spiced vegetables as a starter. When it turned up, the vegetable was potato, which I ate, probably first time I've eaten potato since diagnoses. Followed by a Chicken Shawarma with salad and plenty of spicy sauce and garlic mayo. Blood sugar was 6.1 an hour after eating, then 5.3 an hour after that. Quite pleased with that results as maybe it means a bit of potato is OK for me - then realised I'd forgotten to take my Metformin that morning.

Snacks: oat cakes & some Walnuts and Almonds.

 

[Leadinglights]

B: just coffee
L: Mushroom, Chicken and Onion omelette with a side salad (From a great cafe in Coventry city centre that also does a Turkish breakfast - Feta, Sausage, eggs, olives and Cucumber and Tomato salad. Last time I had that I didn't want to eat for the rest of the day!)
D: Went out to a local Lebanese restaurant and had Salmon with Spiced vegetables as a starter. When it turned up, the vegetable was potato, which I ate, probably first time I've eaten potato since diagnoses. Followed by a Chicken Shawarma with salad and plenty of spicy sauce and garlic mayo. Blood sugar was 6.1 an hour after eating, then 5.3 an hour after that. Quite pleased with that results as maybe it means a bit of potato is OK for me - then realised I'd forgotten to take my Metformin that morning.

Snacks: oat cakes & some Walnuts and Almonds.

Can I ask which were the places you ate at as it is local to me as well and the food sounds fab.

 

[harbottle]

Can I ask which were the places you ate at as it is local to me as well and the food sounds fab.

Sure.
Caffe Italia on Trinity Street in the city centre and Aqua Food and Mood in Spon End (They also have one in Warwick.)

I've been eating at Aqua for years - pretty much since they opened in the mid-2000s. (I've had to change what I eat, and ask them to replace rice with salad.)

 

[janw]

Saturday

B - Two slices of Nimble toast, buttered with tuna & mayo fish paste. Twining's breakfast tea with a dash s/s milk.
L - Dang daughter and son wanted Subway, so got myself a chicken and turkey rasher wrap with a little sweet onion sauce (and the cheese) - though the dog got most of the actual wrap - and I ate about 3/4 of a double choc cookie as granddaughter nicked the rest of it then had a caramel coffee.
D - I made some prawn cocktails with a little bit of lettuce and cucumber and the seafood sauce. Didn't want any dinner, so just had a Nimble toastie with some smoked ham, mozzarella cheese and a tsp of sweet sandwich pickle (Asda's), followed by a few grapes.
Snack - WW sweet n salty popcorn bar
Other Drinks - another breakfast tea, water and some Pepsi Max cherry.

Under daily limits for everything
42 calories burned through exercise

 

[Ditto]

Thanks for advice and links peoples. I am going to give cooking low carb a whirl, there's only me now so can mess about and it'll all get eaten anyways, I'm not fussy. Good job.

Sat
Weight: 15 1.6 / Tum: <51 BG: 10.2 @ 6.17
Breakfast: pint water with fibre / vanilla SlimFast mix / pint water with meds
Lunch: raspberry SlimFast mix / pint water
Dinner: roast beef, cuke, iceberg, tomato, red onion beetroot, grates cheese followed by blackberries and single cream nom nom nom 🙂 / pint water

Pleased with today. I wasn't hungry once. You're just not when doing low carb and it makes you feel all gungho and happy or is that just me?

 

[harbottle]

B: Berries and Yoghurt
L: Just a few sticks of celery with peanut butter.
D: Daal with some low carb pasta followed by bowl of berries

Snacks: Naughty biscoff biscuit and nuts plus a bag of pure cheese crisp things.

 

[janw]

Sunday

B - (very early hours) Belvita breakfast biscuits
L - 2 slices of Nimble toast, buttered. 2 sugar free Marie biscuits. English Breakfast tea.
D - Roast chicken leg, sage and onion stuffing balls (I added oats to the mix and rolled in almond flour), couple of little roasties, sweetheart cabbage and leek, roast carrot, small amount of steambag mixed veg, yorkshire pud and gravy, Blueberry muffin jelly pot, Caramel coffee
Supper/Snacks - 2 squares of Moser Roth 70% dark chocolate
Other drinks - water, hot blackcurrant squash (NAS), little Pepsi Max Cherry - possibly another English breakfast tea

Below all limits
Only 8 minutes on exercise bike but pedalled faster and burned 63 calories
Whoops, forgot to add my steps - make that 75 calories in total