What did you eat yesterday?

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B: Berries and Yoghurt
L: Walked to the city centre and ordered an omelette in a cafe... forgot it came with chips, so I ate most of them and walked home, stopping off for a coffee and a brief explore of Coventry's brand new station building. (BG was 5.0 two hours after eating!)
D: Cod baked in tarragon and Lemon with tomatoes, Leeks and a portion of Celeriac chips.
 
Mica P said:
Black grapes and green olives. I'm hoping I'm getting better at low carb - it's all new to me !
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Well to my eye the grapes are the main source of carbs on there - so you may well have got away with them even though they have a bit of a reputation as ‘little sugar bombs’.

My feeling it that it’s more about the overall impact of the meal as a whole though, and that the other goodies there may well have slowed the absorption of the grapes as everything got mixed together in your stomach.

The easiest way to know for sure would be to take a reading immediately before and again 1-2hrs later and see if the rise from the meal was limited to 2-3mmol/L

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B: Yoghurt and berries, peanut butter
L: A naughty eggs hollandaise with ham on English muffins. Oh dear, carb creep. I was sick of the usual salads and got this thinking I'd leave the muffin. I ate the lot, even though I know I shouldn't. Took readings an hour and two hours later - total flatline. BG remained in the mid 5s... Bit surprised by that, as this is first time I've eaten a proper 'bread' for six months.
T: Rotisserie chicken made in our Air Fryer with Broccoli, cauliflower, onion and tomato marinaded in a spice mix with Greek Yoghurt and baked. Yum!
 
Breakfast
Toast buttered, topped with Peanut butter & Chia Seeds
(Hovis Nimle wholemeal Bread - low carb)
1/2 Apple

Snack
Nut & Seed Bar (Homemade by my wife)

Lunch
Cheese on Toast (1 Slice)
1/2 Apple

Dinner
2 Spicy Lamb Kebab’s , with salad (chopped gherkins, lettuice, 1/2 tomato, & pickled red cabbage)
 
B: Greek yoghurt, blueberries and 10g granola
L: Nicoise salad.
D: chicken, salad, slice bread, stewed plums and Kvarg desert.
 
B: Greek yoghurt, berries, peanut butter.
L: Apple chicken salad + a cappuccino from Pret.
D: Salmon with orange, Fennel and onion, plus cauliflower rice and some berries for pudding.
 
Fallen behind so will pick up from ....

Tuesday
L - half tin red lentil soup with 2 slices toasted Nimble, buttered. Pack of proper corn. Caramel coffee
D - Minted lamb steak, couple of baby potatoes, broccoli and a little mint jelly. 3 medium-small strawberries with a little light double cream and a tsp chia seeds
Supper/Snacks - 2 Nairn stem ginger biscuits with a mini mature cheese stick. Packet of Wotsits
Other drinks - caramel coffee. Latte from Greggs. Weak NAS orange juice
Run equal with limits for carbs (120g) and fat, below limits everything else.

Wednesday
B - Strong tea, dash of semi skim - took to coffee morning in my insulated cup - lasts me all morning
L - half can butternut squash and coconut soup, 2 slices toasted Nimble, buttered. Protein bar caramel flavoured. Caramel coffee
D - boneless/skinless chicken thigh and a cauliflower rice made with onion, garlic, mushrooms, herbs and spices. 3 strawberries with a lo cal strawberry jelly pot. Caramel coffee
S - Wotsits
Below daily limits for everything - diary said I'm not eating enough!

Thursday
L - 3 Ryvitas protein with chia seeds and buckwheat, buttered with a red leicester mini cheese and a jarlsberg mini cheese. A few red grapes. Caramel coffee
D - Bone-in pork chop with a homemade mushroom sauce (keto), couple of baby potatoes and fresh runner beans. Jelly pot cherry bakewell tart flavour lo cal. Fibre now popcorn bar. Caramel coffee
S - Proper corn
Drinks - decaf sugar free toffee caramel coffee. Flavoured water. NAS weak orange squash
Run equal with limits for carbs (120g) and fat, below limits everything else.
 
Mica P said:
Hi where can you get the skinny crunch bar ?
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you can usually find them in Asda - most are more low calories, the carbs vary, so check the pack and make sure to count it in with your daily food & drink, also sometimes found in Home Bargains and B&Ms. The dark choc and mint skinny crunch is 10 carbs - so you need to be careful.
A new one I found (available in most supermarkets etc) is Fibre One - Protein Bar Caramel Flavour, 24 gram is only 4g carbs, 2g fat but 10g protein, 1g sugar and 87 calories (I don't worry abut calories, just carbs!) - it is really nice and takes a wee bit longer to eat too, so is more fulfilling in my book.
 
Friday
L - 2 slices toasted and buttered Nimble bread with primula cheesespread with prawns. Skinny crunch bar. Caramel coffee
D - cod in parsley sauce with cauliflower rice cooked with herbs, spices, seasonings and a little Phili cheese. 2 protein ryvita with chia seeds and buckwheat, buttered with more of the primula, a few red grapes, a little helping of Gino wotsits lemon ice cream with limoncello (yes, still getting through the same one - just got to halfway point!). Small cup of tea with a dash of s/s milk.
Supper & Snacks - crisps, wotsits, fibre one protein bar
Other drinks - weak orange squash. Galaxy light hot chocolate with real dairy squirty cream

92 extra calories added through exercise.
Under all daily limits
 
I'm posting today's dinner which is 234 cals, 15.3gm carbs, 32.4gm protein and 5.3gm fat. As you can see, it's a good plateful of above ground veggies, with 100gm roast beef and a drizzle of gravy.

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B: Usual berries and Yoghurt with some ALDI almond butter
L: Omelette with onion, mushrooms, turkey.
D: Chicken with cauliflower baked with tomatoes and onions in a yoghurt based spicy marinade. Plus a few sweet potato chips.
 
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