Okay 
Today Iâm going out to eat with my son and my cousins. Chinese! Lobster Almond Ding on the menu for me today. Been wanting to try that.
I forgot to share what I ate TodayâŠjust as well as Iâve been nibbling on lots of rubbish as I just couldnât be bothered cookingâŠa slippery slope for MeâŠso back to the three healthy meals Tomorrow,
Lobster Almond Ding sounds quite exotic Linda :-DâŠI know what Lobster and almonds areâŠbut what the hecks the Ding? 
Yes. The point I was making to you is that Bran Flakes already contain the sugar and thus itâs no different to you sprinkling a teaspoon of sugar over your breakfast portion.
Youâve also said in earlier posts that you have Special K for breakfast which is equally sugary as per my own earlier posts on that particular product.
In Bran Flakes, sugar is the 3rd highest ingredient after Wholewheat and Bran and Glucose Syrup the 5th ingredient.
Each portion of Bran Flakes contains 1 full teaspoon of sugar.
Ingredients:
Wholewheat (66%), Wheat Bran (21%), Sugar, Oat Flour (6%), Glucose Syrup, Barley Malt Flavouring, Salt, Natural Flavouring, Vitamins & Minerals: Niacin, Iron, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), Vitamin B1 (Thiamin), Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12
Well? I donât know 
It was very good. A nice combination of lobster meat (including the claw meat, so it wasnât that fake, imitation crap) and snow peas and celery and almonds in a really nice sauce. I barely got through a quarter of it, though, but luckily my uncle was also there to help me eat it.
Why are you guys arguing over sugar content in cereal? Just asking. I mean, if someone enjoys cereal, hot or dry, then why nitpick it? No offense, Realist, as in most subjects I completely enjoy your posts, as you make a good deal of sense. Sometimes you literally take the words right out of my mouth, although I donât always say so. But here we simply report the things weâre eating, but donât necessarily want what weâre eating taken apart and viewed in all its technical forms. Today I ate Chinese food. Thereâs more sodium in one Chinese dish then there probably is in the entire Atlantic ocean
I love both Special K and Bran Flakes and eat them whenever Iâm in the mood for it. Some people need to watch sugar content, but we canât eat like purists 24/7. Who would want to?
Ok Realist, I understand what you are saying and you are right about the sugar content in the cereals, but I didnât realize that Bran Flakes had so much sugar, so I will stop eating that, as I am a bad Diabetic. As from today I will be having Porridge for breakfast. Today itâs going to be:
Breakfast: Porridge made with water, no sugar.
Dinner: Salmon Salad.
Supper: ? Any suggestions.
Mornin Lassies,I know Youâre not overweight Susie itâs just Your waist size that bothers You,so I suggest You cut out bread and potatoes for a week or so and see if thereâs any change?..Up Your protein & fibre,cut Your carbâ intakeâŠBut make sure thatâs ok for Your diabetes.
B/fastâŠboiled egg ryvita crackers,
LunchâŠham salad,fruit & yogurt
Dinner⊠new potâs,steak mince,cabbage.
Funny thereâs an adâ for the Atkins diet at the top of My page 
âŠHe suggests NO carbâs at all,but I think thatâs just too drastic.
Hi May, as for Potatoes, I donât really eat them, if I do it would only be two small ones. I do limit myself to just 2 slices of bread a day or 1 roll, so I will try and cut out the bread if I can, but any suggestions on what I can eat for supper instead of carbs?
As for fruit I normally would eat one apple and one pear a day because a lot of the fruit puts my sugar levels up too high.
Not arguing as such but trying to help identify the products that advertise themselves as healthy or good to eat as part of a diet, but which actually are villains containing sugar.
Non taken. The thread itself came out of a separate discussion / thread that Mariana & I had. If you look at Page 1 of this thread you will see that Mariana intended to run it like a Slimming Club with each person weighing in each week. It was my suggestion that people should post up the food they had eaten each day so that we very much could examine it, discuss it and identify and bad things. The idea of that is to help people who seem to struggle to lose weight despite eating what they think is good healthy food.
Others with more nutritional experience might also comment on the mix of food types being consumed, e.g. proteins vs carbs vs starches etc etc.
I hear you and tend to agree, we donât want to be analysing everything 24x7. However, you can analyse foods once, identify the villains, and then elect to stay away from them in future. i.e. Analyse once, then adjust mind-set.
When we are going to have a naughty treat, say a blueberry muffin or slice of cake at the coffee shop, then we know itâs happening and can manage that intake.
However, when we donât know that a product contains sugar then itâs a problem because all those type of products add up. A spoonful of sugar here, another there and before you know it you have inadvertently taken in a number of spoonfuls and then wonder why you arenât losing weight or why you get those hunger pangs.
Special K is an absolute classic for this. You would think from that heavy advertising with the beautiful girl in the red swimsuit with her lithe slim figure that Special K would be THE cereal to eat on a diet. Wrong !!!
It is a total marketing gimmick designed to con the unwary. Just yet one more way to palm sugar off on unsuspecting vulnerable people.
So thatâs why this thread asks you to list what you eat so that collectively we can analyse it and identify and villains and problems. Itâs nothing to take personal and I do hope SusanJaeger didnât take my comments as criticism. I just identified that she was eating cereals that contained sugars as she herself said she struggles to lose weight.
Itâs all good 
I wouldnât cut out bread Susan as it should be one the more nutritious and sustained foods in your diet. However there is bread and there is bread ! If you are buying bread from a supermarket then yes, it would be a good thing to cut it out. Just look at the ingredients list which will likely contain 10-20 items. Many of those you donât really want in your body.
If there is a proper Artisan Bakery anywhere near you then buy your bread from there as it will contain nothing but Flour, Water, Yeast and Salt.
Better still, make your own.
I have been considering creating a âBread Schoolâ thread here to show people how to make good bread at home, easily and relatively mess and fuss free. I could teach people to make plain white or brown loaves, sourdoughs, baguettes, focaccias, ciabattas and so on.
It is unrealistic to think that bread can be totally removed from a diet if you love a slice of hot buttered toast with jam/marmalade or if you like to grab a sandwich for lunch.
When you are trying to lose weight, you should be doing so by eating the things you want to eat going forward, as a permanent eating regime. So cutting bread out is a bad idea because at some stage, you will start eating it again.
Bread is NOT a villain. But BAD bread IS a villain and should be kicked into touch. Again this is all just about knowledge and information. The more we have the more we understand what is going on and why our health and weight have suffered. ATB.
Hi Susie,thereâs loads of good protein You can eat for supper,(We call it dinner here).:-DâŠsteak/lamb chops/roast chicken/pork fillets/fish etcâ with loads of vegâ or salad,
I agree with realist about supermarket bread,apart from being tasteless,even good wholemeal bread has lots of sugar and crap added to make it last longer,
BUT I have to say I know nothing about diabetes,so best to make sure itâs ok to increase Your protein intake,x
Oh dearâ=I have missed out on te last few posts , I have been really busy. Firstly I will answer Realists postâI think everyone knows by now that all sugars are bad for youâI have not had sgar in my drinks for many yearsâbut it still was not enoughâso I am cutting down even more-obvious targetsâcakes, biscuits, most cereals. that is why I rarely eat cereal.
Again with the Slimming clubsâthey provide food information and helpâbut most of all they provide supportâif I have had a good week and lost a few pounds, it is comforting to be told how well i have doneâas I have noone else to tell me. I do not care who you are, but most people need a support backup, especially if its a long journey.
If someone here writes that they have a chicken curry, I am sure that they would not have bought it from an india restuarant oir a ready mealâthese things are simple enough to make from scratchâI cook everything from scratch-then I know whats in itâI am now on an eating plan that I know that I can stick withâpartly because its simpleâpluys its based on some of my favourite foods.
I know i have missed a few daysaâjust been busyâthis morning I had crispbreads, cottage cheeseâand for a change sliced strawberriesâfrom a local farmâreally delicious !!
Yesterday I had crispbreads etc for breakfastâ
lunch chicken and veg pasta.
eveningâI was out at a friends house watching the footballâso I took my own ryvita-hoummouss , celery sticksâand a muller light yoghurtâreally enjoyed it. my friend had chicken vol au ventsâyukâall that pastryâ
Iâve been eagerly awaiting proper strawberry season. All the shops have had these past few months are fairly unappetising strawbs shipped half way around the world.
Itâs just getting to that great time of year. Good local strawberries, Jersey Royal Potatoes and pretty soon those fresh peas in their pods just waiting to be munched by the bag ! yum!
I have to say Mariana, looking at the food itineraries you post up that you can only succeed in your goals. You are well focussed and disciplined. Of course it all takes time but you will get there I have no doubt.
Hi, yes I agree supermarket bread has got a lot of rubbish stuff in it, but no Realist we donât have any Bakery shops near me. The reason for cutting out the carbs is really for my Diabetes not the weight loss, as I find that if I have just one roll or 2 slices of toast my sugar levels will go up a lot.
May, we have our dinner at lunch time, so our supper is a snack for Tea-Time.
My sugar levels has been great today, so I did have a fresh Chicken breast and English Mustard sandwich for supper, as I have not had any bread or potatoes at all today, and my sugar levels are still very good.
Ok understood.
However . . .
The answer here is to go for Sourdough breads. Iâve just made 2 such loaves today and they are tasty, nutritious and healthy. Sourdoughs are âlong fermentedâ meaning they are left to prove for many hours, anywhere from 5-6hrs to 1-2 days ! That means the end product is VASTLY different to your average crappy loaf of fast proofed supermarket bread.
When you eat sourdough bread you will NOT get blood sugar spikes as itâs qualities mean the starch is converted to sugars slowly. It is the healthiest bread you can eat imo and TBH it isnât at all difficult to make yourself.
I am making it regularly at the moment because the warmer weather is perfect for maintaining the wild yeast âstarterâ that is used.
That sounds good to me, where can I buy it?
Any âproperâ bakery will sell sourdough. Start here:
Stick your postcode in and see where they are. There are plenty in the Essex area.
Better still book yourself on a day course at a local bread school such as these:
http://www.lighthousebakery.co.uk/
http://www.braxtedparkcookery.co.uk/cookery-school-course-list.cfm?id=149
These are great fun days out which will really empower you and leave you hungry for more.
I have to say Mariana, looking at the food itineraries you post up that you can only succeed in your goals. You are well focussed and disciplined. Of course it all takes time but you will get there I have no doubt.
thank you RealistâI am really trying very hard. I got the strawberries locallyâi live in a village and plenty of local growersâwhen my husband was alive we would go strawberry and raspberry picking ever yearâheavenly!! Nothing like English strawberries.
No proper bakers in my villageâthe nearest one is in the next villageâtoo far to walk. !! But i will see if i can find a recipeâalthough salimming world does not mention itâjust 2 slices of bread a day, but it has to be wholmealâi had mine for this week wth poached eggsâi still try not to eat it too much, just once a week.