What did you eat yesterday?

[PattiEvans]

That dinner sounds fab, where did you get the pomegranate molasses (or did you make it)?

Any supermarket has it. My current bottle came from Sainsburys, but I have bought it in Morrisons as well.

The recipe was adapted from this one https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/glazed-salmon-with-giant-couscous/
It's delicious with the giant couscous but since I had the cooked rice in the fridge I used it with the addition of the veggies to bulk it out a bit.

 

[Ditto]

Hi all. Health has deterioted even further so it's going to have to be the liquid diet. ☹️

I will start Monday.

 

[Lucyr]

Hi all. Health has deterioted even further so it's going to have to be the liquid diet. ☹️

I will start Monday.

I hope you’re ok

 

[Leadinglights]

B: bacon, egg, mushrooms, piece toast
Afternoon tea: cherry and sultana scone with clotted cream
D: pork chop, stir fry veg, Kvarg desert and seeds

 

[harbottle]

B: Berries and Yoghurt
L: Sea bass & veg
D: Tapas in a place in Birmingham - King Prawns and garlic mushrooms. Saw Dr Hook featuring Dennis Locorriere at the Symphony Hall, took me back to my childhood when my parents (Both gone) would play Dr Hook in the car all the time when we went to visit relatives in London and Devon.

Had a naughty 'Biscoff' biscuit during the day and some almonds.

 

[PattiEvans]

Yesterday:
Brunch 1 slice Morrison's wheat, spelt and rye toasted then topped with a slice of Torchon ham, melted Chaorce and a fried egg. It was deliciously oozy and the egg was a free range farmer's egg - they have such lovely coloured yolks. 2 pieces of Terry's white choc orange (a christmas pressie).


Dinner: Home made cottage pie, runner beans. 2 glasses red wine.

@Ditto, what's wrong my love?

 

[Leadinglights]

Yesterday:
Brunch 1 slice Morrison's wheat, spelt and rye toasted then topped with a slice of Torchon ham, melted Chaorce and a fried egg. It was deliciously oozy and the egg was a free range farmer's egg - they have such lovely coloured yolks. 2 pieces of Terry's white choc orange (a christmas pressie).
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Dinner: Home made cottage pie, runner beans. 2 glasses red wine.

@Ditto, what's wrong my love?

We recently had some leghorn eggs from ASDA, almost red yolks and really nice flavour, pure white eggs. We often have Blue eggs or Golden yolks which are also good.

 

[rebrascora]

Yesterday:
Brunch 1 slice Morrison's wheat, spelt and rye toasted then topped with a slice of Torchon ham, melted Chaorce and a fried egg. It was deliciously oozy and the egg was a free range farmer's egg - they have such lovely coloured yolks. 2 pieces of Terry's white choc orange (a christmas pressie).
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Dinner: Home made cottage pie, runner beans. 2 glasses red wine.

@Ditto, what's wrong my love?

I hate to burst your bubble as regards Free Range eggs but due to Bird Flu restrictions all flocks have been locked in barns since November, so unless that egg was bought from someone down the road who has a few hens as a hobby, the hen that laid that egg has been confined to barracks for months and not seen a blade of grass or freedom in that time but their feed will likely have been supplemented with marigold (a lot cheaper than saffron) to produce the bright orange colour. I believe this week marks the point at which they can no longer call them Free Range because they get a dispensation for 3 months due to the restrictions.
Fingers crossed the restrictions lift soon as my girls are desperate to be out.

 

[NotWorriedAtAll]

Today's.
Breakfast: a chunk of cheese and onion bread (keto and home made) fried in the bacon fat from my husband's breakfast and served with a large fried egg and a big mug of decaf coffee.

Lunch: Some thin slices of cheddar cheese and another mug of decaf coffee.

Evening meal: Fried battered chicken nuggets made with my new keto batter recipe, served with Heinz very low carb ketchup and a can of zero carb naturally fruit flavoured sparkling water.



Later in the evening: Keto white chocolate sponge house on keto dark chocolate mud


My blood sugars have stayed in the 5.5 - 6.3 range all day.

 

[Ditto]

Starting SlimFast today due to recent bloods showing further deterioration in health plus I feel proper crook. All totally self-inflicted. I'm thinking that the SlimFast might raise my bg though, so might have to give the Exante a whirl as I think you make that with water. Not looking forward to it at all. 🙄

 

[Mynxie]

Starting SlimFast today due to recent bloods showing further deterioration in health plus I feel proper crook. All totally self-inflicted. I'm thinking that the SlimFast might raise my bg though, so might have to give the Exante a whirl as I think you make that with water. Not looking forward to it at all. 🙄

I’m really new to all this so have nothing helpful to say other than I hope you feel a lot better soon
If it were that easy to stick to a strict regime then everyone would do it of course, but sometimes life gets in the way. I found that once I’d lost my first half stone it became a lot easier to carry on as I was seeing results but that first step was very hard initially.

 

[rebrascora]

Yesterday was a bit of a mixed up day.

Coffee with cream at breakfast time.

Lunchtime.... Fibre drink, half portion of my normal breakfast (Greek style yoghurt with 3 raspberries... all I had left, mixed seeds and cinnamon). Ham salad with cheese coleslaw.

Evening..... High meat content Chipolata sausages (3) with cauliflower cheese and leeks. Options hot chocolate (with a shot of rum) because levels were dropping, despite no insulin.

 

[Leadinglights]

B: scrambled egg and smoked salmon with piece of toast
L: pate, tongue, pickled gerkins, tomato, cheese, ryvita, half apple
D: beef and veg casserole, roast parsnips, kale. stewed plums and cream
Square mint dark choc.

 

[harbottle]

B: Berries and Yoghurt plus peanut and too many coffees
L: Subway chicken tikka salad (Double meat - peppers, cucumber, olives, onions and lettuce plus some jalapeno peppers) Subway is quite flexible, but I find eating in their 'cafes' a bit depressing and they seem to be so busy these days with delivery orders they have no time for customers in the shops.
D: Cod baked with Tarragon, Lemon and garlic and olive oil plus steamed Leeks and Tomatoes and a small portion of pasta. (Proper pasta - a tiny amount.)

The cod dish was from a book by a diabetic called Emma Porter and is rather nice, but the book is so heavy on Saturated fats I don't use it very often - I find the Caldesi books are a bit more balanced. I know there's a lot of controversy about the role of LDL with some fairly prominent doctors not agreeing with the link with heart disease, but I'm trying to get mine down.

Post meal BG readings were a max of 6.1 and was 5.3 after dinner.

 

[NotWorriedAtAll]

Breakfast: Keto 'porridge' made with almond flour and psyllium husk and almond milk and blueberries and a decaf coffee
Lunch: Chicken casserole with konjac rice. Decaf Vitabiotics Tea to drink
Evening meal: fake pizza made with grated mozarella and oregano and a small amount of Heinz low carb ketchup and a can of Dash fizzy drink.
Decaf tea and sparkling water through the day to drink.

 

[harbottle]

B: Berries and Greek Yoghurt with some peanut butter
L: German Doner Kebab 'Gym box' with Feta and Japano peppers. (Chicken, beef & Salad)
D: Daal - oodles of lentils, coconut milk, tomatoes & spices. Had it with some bean pasta.

Now I need to make a chicken salad for today's lunch.

 

[harbottle]

Breakfast: Keto 'porridge' made with almond flour and psyllium husk and almond milk and blueberries and a decaf coffee
Lunch: Chicken casserole with konjac rice. Decaf Vitabiotics Tea to drink
Evening meal: fake pizza made with grated mozarella and oregano and a small amount of Heinz low carb ketchup and a can of Dash fizzy drink.
Decaf tea and sparkling water through the day to drink.

I bought something called 'Lo Dough' and have made a few pizzas with it.

 

[NotWorriedAtAll]

I bought something called 'Lo Dough' and have made a few pizzas with it.

I make my own keto pizza dough when I want the full experience. I make the fake pizzas out of just cheese and herbs and a splat of ketchup when I want the taste and crunch fast - they only take five minutes. I'd made my husband fakey ones using pita bread and then I fancied some myself and made something super quick to get the urge out of the way. Hit the spot.
Lo Dough looks interesting but it is a bit pricey for me and I like my pizza bases to be puffy and yeasty when I make them so I use proper keto bread dough when I make mine.

 

[janw]

Okay, attempting to get back into the flow again

Monday
L - 2 slices Nimble toast, buttered, with some reduced fat brussels pate with a little cranberry sauce. Small packet of salty popcorn. Caramel coffee
D - Roasted pork belly joint, roasted celeriac "potatoes", brussel sprouts, roasted rainbow carrots, yorkshire pudding, onion gravy. Followed by a tiny taster of Gino D'acampo's lemon ice cream with limoncello (oh boy - fabulous!). A small glass of blueberry & raspberry sparkling water.
Snacks/Supper - a few "wonky" cherries. Small packet of wotsits. 2 squares of 70% dark chocolate.
Drinks - English Breakfast tea. Decaf coffee with reduced fat whitener. Water

All below daily limits except for fats

 

[PattiEvans]

Sunday
Brunch: "Eggy bread" (aka savoury French toast) with garlicky friend tomatoes.
Dinner: Roast loin of pork with roast potatoes (3 tiny ones), carrots roasted with cumin seeds, buttered sweetheart cabbage. 2 segments of Terry's white chocolate orange. 2 glasses red wine.

Monday
Brunch: Homemade broccoli and stilton soup, 2 slices Morrison's wheat, spelt and rye bread with butter.
Dinner: Leftover roast pork, leftover carrots, freshly cooked roasties, more buttered cabbage. Selection of fruit, including a bit of melon, some raspberries and blueberries, half a satsuma. 2 squares of Lidl dark chocolate. 2 glasses of red wine.