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Fasting Blood Sugar this morning + yesterday's food AND physical activity

FBG
Libre 5.2
Contour 4.9
Yesterdays food
B/ 2 boiled eggs
S/ roast ham & brie
L/ peanut butter & celery, pack of peppered beef
S/ Brazil nuts
D/ chicken breast with cheese & leek, stir fried mushrooms, red onion & cherry tomatoes
Rest day
Steps 10,398
 
29/04/2023
Today's FBG: 5.9
Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
Snack: Strawberries, blueberries, Greek yog, protein powder, PB
D: Roast chicken and fried eggs
AD: Small slice of banoffee pie (!!)


Yesterday's Physical Activity
Steps: ~15,000

  • Rest day
 
AGC_68 said:
29/04/2023
Today's FBG: 5.9
Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
Snack: Strawberries, blueberries, Greek yog, protein powder, PB
D: Roast chicken and fried eggs
AD: Small slice of banoffee pie (!!)


Yesterday's Physical Activity
Steps: ~15,000

  • Rest day
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Hope you enjoyed the banoffee, that & tiramisu are my favourites, don’t think I could stop at a small slice though
 
Friday 28/4
FBG (05:30) Not measured today
Easy week this week, just light stuff to keep things moving

...............................5 km walk
Breakfast (7.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blueberries, walnuts {272 Cal / 38.4g Carbs}

Snack (11am): Banana {70 Cal / 16.0g Carbs}
................................1 km jog to the gym
.................................rowing machine (6 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
................................1 km jog home

Lunch (12pm): Celeriac & apple soup {51 Cal / 8.5g Carbs}
Chicken salad {345 Cal / 13.9g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {136 Cal / 11.2g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Linguine with fennel, squid & chilli {472 Cal / 52.1g Carbs}
Mango, pineapple, yoghurt, pistachios {132 Cal / 14.2g Carbs}

(9-10pm): Duoro (2 glasses) {251 Cal / 7.5g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1771
Carbs 168.4g
Protein 89.7g
Fat 49.9g (Sat Fat 8.7g / Trans fats 0.2g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
FBG
Libre 5.9
Contour 5.7
Yesterdays food
B/ cheese frittata, haslet, actimel
L/ tin of salmon, cheese on warm homemade no grain bread
D/ gammon steak, mushrooms, tomatoes, Greek yogurt with blueberries, raspberries, almonds & sunflower seeds
S/ Brazil nuts, cheese string
Exercise
10x10 barbell deadlifts
1 minute rest between sets ( increased weight a couple of times but kept it relatively light)
3 minutes rest
10x10 barbell strict shoulder presses
1 minute rest Between sets
Stretch
Steps 6,903
Workout should have been completed at 70% of 1 rep max, I didn’t go that heavy
Nice short workout
 
Saturday 29/4
FBG (05:30) 3.9
Easy week this week, just light stuff to keep things moving

Breakfast (6 am): Porridge (almond milk), strawberries, raspberries, pecans {279 Cal / 38.3g Carbs}

Snack (9am): Pain au chocolat {283 Cal / 30.8g Carbs}
Estimated, with coffee whilst out shopping

Lunch (12pm): Chick pea curry, rice, dahl, samosa, pakora, paratha, pickles {423 Cal / 45.3g Carbs}
Estimated, lunch at a vegan street food stall (curry of the day)

BG (6pm) 4.0
Dinner (6pm): Tuna steak, parmentier potatoes, spinach salad {530 Cal / 28.7g Carbs}
Plum, blueberries, yoghurt, walnuts {131 Cal / 12.7g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1688
Carbs 162.4g
Protein 77.0g
Fat 75.9g (Sat Fat 17.9g / Trans fats 0.2g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
30/04/2023
Today's FBG: 5.9
Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
Snack: Strawberries, blueberries, Greek yog, protein powder, PB
D: Roast chicken and fried eggs, with stir fried veg



Yesterday's Physical Activity
Steps: ~5,000

Workout:

4 times around the bodyweight circuit below:
  • 15 inverted bodyweight rows (done slow to get to failure)
  • 50 press ups
  • 30 Bulgarian split squats
finish with 3 x ab crunches to failure and stretching
 
30/04/2023
Today's FBG: 5.7
Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
Snack: Strawberries, blueberries, Greek yog, protein powder, PB
D: Roast chicken and fried eggs, with stir fried veg



Yesterday's Physical Activity
Steps: ~5,000

Workout:

4 times around the bodyweight circuit below:
  • 30 diamond press ups
  • 20 seated rows (heavy stretch band)
  • 25 shoulder presses (heavy stretch band)
  • 10 biceps curls (heavy stretch band)
  • 20 deadlifts (very heavy stretch band - like bloody motorcycle tyre inner tube!!)
 
Sunday 30/4
FBG (05:30) Not measured today
Easy week this week, just light stuff to keep things moving

Breakfast (6 am): Porridge (almond milk), strawberries, raspberries, pecans {271 Cal / 36.5g Carbs}
...............................13 km run [not timed]
Friends round for dinner tonight so thought that I would do Monday mornings run today

Snack (10am): Oreo cookies (x4) {214 Cal / 31.1g Carbs}
At the allotment, really hungry, forgot my banana

Lunch (12pm): Celeriac & apple soup {51 Cal / 8.5g Carbs}
Chicken & avocado salad {260 Cal / 11.0g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {132 Cal / 10.4g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Dinner with friends, wife cooked
Muska boregi (feta & spinach) {270 Cal / 24.0g Carbs}
Fish stew {341 Cal / 19.5g Carbs}
Sweet & salty cherry cheesecake {279 Cal / 14.9g Carbs}
Prosecco (3 flutes)/ Malbec (large glass) {295 Cal / 9.0g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 2155
Carbs 171.5g
Protein 104.0g
Fat 78.6g (Sat Fat 19.5g / Trans fats 0.8g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
Monday 1/5
FBG (05:30) 4.2

Breakfast (8.30 am): Sausages, bacon, scrambled egg, mushrooms, baked beans {565 Cal / 15.2g Carbs}
Toast, marmalade {193 Cal / 32.0g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Sweet potato, coconut & chilli soup {79 Cal / 13.7g Carbs}
Nectarine, strawberries, yoghurt, pecans {135 Cal / 12.3g Carbs}

(4pm)....................1 km jog to the gym
.................................rowing machine (6 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
................................1 km jog home

Dinner (6pm): Orecchiette with cauliflower & chilli {417 Cal / 59.6g Carbs}
Plum, blueberries, yoghurt, walnuts {131 Cal / 11.6g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1563
Carbs 151.0g
Protein 84.1g
Fat 67.9g (Sat Fat 17.2g / Trans fats 0.1g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
02/05/2023
Today's FBG: 6.0
Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
Snack: Strawberries, blueberries, Greek yog, protein powder, PB
D: Roast chicken and fried eggs, with stir fried veg
AD: Strawberries, blueberries, Greek yog, protein powder, PB



Yesterday's Physical Activity
Steps: ~5,000

Workout:

5 times around the MMA circuit below:
  • 1 min fast jab
  • 1 min jab, right cross
  • 1 min jab lead upper cut elbow, right elbow
  • 1 min non stop knee strikes
  • 1 jab, cross, sprawl
Before going to bed:
  • 1 set to total failure of inverted body rows (starting with regular rows done slowly until failure, then bend the legs to get more reps out to failure, then continually changing the angle to make it easier and going to failure, until you can't even do one rep not even a partial one more in the easiest position)
  • 1 set to total failure of press ups (mechanical drop set as above as above)
  • 1 set of squats to total failure (mechanical drop set as above as above)
Have noticed my FBGs are going up a bit .. have been trying to put on some weight and upping my carb intake as I was feeling a little under powered and a low on energy and just too light. But I think I'll have to live with being a bit lighter to keep the BG levels in a good place. My personal fat threshold is just much smaller now.
 
FBG
New libre 6
Contour 5.6
Yesterdays food
B/ 3 scrambled eggs, avocado, actimel
S/ protein shake with almond milk
L/ salmon steak with hollandaise sauce & endamme & mungbean fettuccine
D/ chicken & chorizo traybake
S/ salt & vinegar peanuts, cheese string
Exercise
Warm up
4x12 barbell deadlifts (increasing weight)
4x10 barbell back squats (increasing weight)
4x10 barbell hip thrusters (increasing weight)
2x20 alternating leg lunges ( knee to floor & kettlebell at shoulder)
4x10 leg presses
45 minutes core & stretch (all core done with a kettlebell or dumbell)
Steps 7,265
 
AGC_68 said:
02/05/2023
Today's FBG: 6.0
Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
Snack: Strawberries, blueberries, Greek yog, protein powder, PB
D: Roast chicken and fried eggs, with stir fried veg
AD: Strawberries, blueberries, Greek yog, protein powder, PB



Yesterday's Physical Activity
Steps: ~5,000

Workout:

5 times around the MMA circuit below:
  • 1 min fast jab
  • 1 min jab, right cross
  • 1 min jab lead upper cut elbow, right elbow
  • 1 min non stop knee strikes
  • 1 jab, cross, sprawl
Before going to bed:
  • 1 set to total failure of inverted body rows (starting with regular rows done slowly until failure, then bend the legs to get more reps out to failure, then continually changing the angle to make it easier and going to failure, until you can't even do one rep not even a partial one more in the easiest position)
  • 1 set to total failure of press ups (mechanical drop set as above as above)
  • 1 set of squats to total failure (mechanical drop set as above as above)
Have noticed my FBGs are going up a bit .. have been trying to put on some weight and upping my carb intake as I was feeling a little under powered and a low on energy and just too light. But I think I'll have to live with being a bit lighter to keep the BG levels in a good place. My personal fat threshold is just much smaller now.
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Wow, great workout
 
Tuesday 2/5
FBG (05:30) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blackberries, walnuts {279 Cal / 38.5g Carbs}
....................................15 km run [73 min 9 sec], PB by 8 seconds
Snack (8am): Banana {71 Cal / 16.2g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Tomato & lentil soup, toast with hummus {225 Cal / 28.2g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {129 Cal / 11.5g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.1
Dinner (6pm): Salmon Dijonnaise, Jersey royals, asparagus, peas {546 Cal / 35.9g Carbs}
Home grown asparagus, first of the year
Kiwi, blueberries, yoghurt, pistachios {140 Cal / 12.6g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1432
Carbs 149.5g
Protein 67.5g
Fat 53.8g (Sat Fat 12.6g / Trans fats 0.4g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
FBG
Libre 6.3
Contour 6.8
Yesterdays food
B/ 2 cheese, tomato & red onion muffins, 2 Lincolnshire chipolatas, actimel
S/ another muffin
L/ egg & salad cream on homemade no grain bread, Greek yogurt with blueberries, raspberries, nuts & seeds
D/ chicken & chorizo traybake
S/ cheese string, Brazil nuts
Rest day
Worked 8-5.30
Steps 14,757
 
03/05/2023
Today's FBG: 5.9
Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + peanut butter + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + peanut butter + cocoa nibs
D: Roast chicken and fried eggs, with stir fried veg
AD: Strawberries, blueberries, Greek yog, protein powder, PB


Yesterday's Physical Activity
Steps: ~5,000

Workout:

  • 4 x10 squats (20 kg vest + 32 kg kettlebell)
  • 4 x 10 single arm bent over rows (32 kg kettlebell)
  • 4 x 20 press ups (20 kg vest)
  • 4 x 10 shoulder press (20 kg kettlebell)
  • 4 x 40 mountain climbers
 
Wednesday 3/5
FBG (05:30) 4.0

...................................5 km walk
Breakfast (7.30 am): Garlic mushrooms, toast with hummus/ Half a grapefruit {341 Cal / 32.3g Carbs}

Snack (10am): Almond croissant {234 Cal / 25.3g Carbs}
With coffee whilst shopping

Lunch (12pm): Sweet potato, coconut & chilli soup {71 Cal / 13.7g Carbs}
Green bean & fig salad {261 Cal / 22.2g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {133 Cal / 12.4g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Keralan aubergine & lentil curry, nigella seed paratha {522 Cal / 59.2g Carbs}
Rhubarb compote, sweet & salty cheesecake {213 Cal / 24.8g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1817
Carbs 196.5g
Protein 61.8g
Fat 76.3g (Sat Fat 18.7g / Trans fats 0.7g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
Fbg
Libre 5.5
Contour 5.1
Yesterdays food
B/ 2 cheese, tomato & red onion muffins, 2 Lincolnshire chipolatas, actimel
S/ protein shake with almond milk, babybel
L/ eggs & salad cream on homemade no grain bread, celery & peanut butter
D/ casien with almond milk, salt & vinegar peanuts, cheese string
Exercise
2 mile indoor cycle
Warm up
3x8 band assisted pullups
3x12 lat pull downs (increasing weight)
3x12 seated rows
1x5 seated rows @54kg (pb 6kg over body weight) increasing weight
3x10 barbell strict shoulder presses
3x10 barbell plate front & side raise
3x12 bench press
3x12 tricep pulls
3x12 bicep curls
Stretch
Steps 12,453
 
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