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

Libre 4.4
Yesterdays food
B/ boiled eggs, chia seed pudding, blueberries, raspberries, pumpkin seeds, benecol
S/ casien with almond milk, brazil nuts
L/ roast beef salad
S/ 1/2 protein bar
D/ cheese, tomato & red onion omelette
Rest day
Didn’t get home from work until 8.30pm, had to deliver a car
Steps 9,644
 
Wednesday 8/11
FBG (05:30) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), black & blueberries, walnuts {270 Cal / 37.8g Carbs}
...................................1 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine (6 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................5 km jog home
Breakfast 2 (7.30am): Garlic mushrooms on avocado toast, OJ {319 Cal / 22.1g Carbs}

Snack (11am): Banana {67 Cal / 15.2g Carbs}
...................................1 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine (6 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................5 km jog home

Lunch (12pm): Jackfruit & cashew curry [leftovers] {262 Cal / 18.7g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {137 Cal / 12.7g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Chicken tikka, fries, flatbread, salad {677 Cal / 38.7g Carbs}
Pineapple, kiwi, yoghurt, pistachios {142 Cal / 17.1g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1916
Carbs 168.9g
Protein 98.9g
Fat 84.6g (Sat Fat 15.4g / Trans fats 0.2g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
FBG: 5.9

Yesterday's food:
B: Huel black edition banana flavour, protein powder, PB
L: Fried eggs and toast
AL: Choc protein bar, apple, orange
D: Huel black edition banana flavour, protein powder, PB
AD: Choc protein pudding

Yesterday's Physical Activity

Steps: ~12,000

Workout:
Morning
Rest day

Evening
3 mile walk
 
FBG
Libre 4.3
Contour 4.3
Yesterdays food
B/ scrambled eggs with mozzarella, chia seed pudding, pumpkin seeds, raspberries, blueberries
S/ casien with almond milk, cheesy biscuits
L/ roast beef deli salad
D/ pear, peanut butter, cheddar
30 minutes treadmill
10 minutes yoga
 
Thursday 9/11
FBG (05:30) 4.3

Breakfast (6.30 am): Scrambled eggs with harissa and lemon courgette,
avocado toast, grapefruit juice {480 Cal / 20.5g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Celeriac & apple soup {61 Cal / 10,3g Carbs}
Tuna & spinach salad {179 Cal / 4.8g Carbs}
Pear, blackberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {132 Cal / 14.5g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Breaded lemon sole, sweet potato fries, peas, sweetcorn {528 Cal / 37.5g Carbs}
Nectarine, strawberries, yoghurt, pistachios {122 Cal / 13.0g Carbs}

Wheat beer (2 pints) {416 Cal / 31.8g Carbs}
Out at a gig, raucous night, very loud and great fun.

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1960
Carbs 138.9g
Protein 91.9g
Fat 75.3g (Sat Fat 11.5g / Trans fats 0.1g)

Friday 8/11
FBG (05:30) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blueberries, walnuts {271 Cal / 38.0g Carbs}
...................................2 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine (10 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................2 km jog home

Lunch (12pm): Celeriac & apple soup, toast, pumpkin hummus {360 Cal / 31.0g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {133 Cal / 13.6g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 3.9
Dinner (6pm): Lemon & pawn orzo {509 Cal / 58.8g Carbs}
Pear, blackberries, yoghurt, pistachios {131 Cal / 12.8g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1447
Carbs 160.9g
Protein 63.5g
Fat 40.6g (Sat Fat 5.2g / Trans fats 0.1g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
FBG: 5.7

Yesterday's food:
B: Huel black edition banana flavour, protein powder, PB
L: Fried eggs and toast
AL: Choc protein bar, apple, orange
D: Huel black edition banana flavour, protein powder, PB
AD: Choc protein pudding

Yesterday's Physical Activity

Steps: ~12,000

Workout:
Morning
4 times around circuit below:
A. Stretch band chest press to failure
B. Push ups to failure
C. Shoulder presses to failure
D. Lat pull downs to failure
E. 25 squats with 10 kg med ball held out in front at chest height)

Evening
3 mile walk
 
Libre 4.1
Contour 4.7
Yesterdays food
B/ poached eggs on wholemeal toast, benecol
S/ casien with almond milk, Brazil nuts
L/ tin of salmon, chia seeds, cherry tomatoes & walnuts
S/ pear, Red Leicester, peanut butter
D/ chia seed pudding, pumpkin seeds, blueberries
S/ cheese string
Rest day
Steps 10,927
 
Libre 3.9
Yesterdays food
B/ poached eggs on wholemeal toast, benecol
S/ cold roast beef, walnuts
L/ 2 pork steaks, roasted broccoli
S/ couple of nice n spicy nik naks
D/ gammon steak, caprese mushrooms
S/ cheddar, almonds
Exercise
45 minutes circuits
Steps 11,188
 
FBG: 5.6

Yesterday's food:
B: Huel black edition banana flavour, protein powder, PB
L: Mature cheddar, onion and tomato sandwich
AL: Choc protein bar, apple, orange
D: Huel black edition banana flavour, protein powder, PB
AD: Choc protein pudding
Late snack: chocolate protein shake

Yesterday's Physical Activity

Steps: ~12,000

Workout:
Morning
4 times around circuit below:
A. 20 stretch band chest press
B. 10 very slow diamond push ups
C. 10 stretch band shoulder presses to failure
D. 10 stretch band lat pull downs to failure
E. 26 alternating reverse lunges rising to high front kick

Evening
3 mile walk
 
Saturday 11/11
FBG (05:30) 4.0

Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), summer fruits, walnuts {269 Cal / 37.5g Carbs}
...................................15km run [not timed, just a gentle run today]

Lunch (12pm): Chestnut & celeriac soup, avocado toast {232 Cal / 27.0g Carbs}
Figs, yoghurt, pistachios {130 Cal / 16.3g Carbs}

Snack (3pm): Cookie {119 Cal / 14.3g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Cod bites & chips (take away, half portion of chips) {644 Cal / 56.5g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {131 Cal / 11.8g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1568
Carbs 170.0g
Protein 46.8g
Fat 69.5g (Sat Fat 13.4g / Trans fats 0.2g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Hey guys!

I have a question to ask. I am a T2 controlled with diet and lifestyle changes.
Over the last 18 months my fasting BSL has gone from 7.1 to 4.9 (clinically tested). On a daily basis, my finger pricks were always in the 4.6-5.1 range. 2 weeks ago, my fasting BSL suddenly went up to 6.1 and stayed in that range throughout the day. I eat a low carb diet so it never really goes above 8+, but ive found myself to (suddenly) be particularly sensitive to carbs. I had a few bites of ice cream (1/3 of a cone from my wife) and it went up to 9.6 mmol. A low carb meal will also spike it to 8 and it will stay at that level for 3 hours.

I figure it could be due to poor sleeping habits and patterns. To this, I went back to a more regular sleep pattern, making sure I sleep at least 7 hours a day. Over the last few days, my fasting BSL improved a little to 5.5-5.7. My post-meal glucose has also improved a fair bit and gone back to normal (usually 2 point rise).

Ever since my diagnosis, I've been very strict about my weight and my diet. I exercise much more frequently and have cut out nearly most processed foods. I was wondering if this is a "progression" of my T2 or is it something that is temporary and will straighten itself out over time?

Thank you.
 
FBG: 5.9

Yesterday's food:
B: Huel black edition banana flavour, protein powder, PB
L: Mature cheddar, onion and tomato sandwich
AL: Choc protein bar, apple, orange
D: Huel black edition banana flavour, protein powder, PB
AD: Choc protein pudding
Late snack: chocolate protein shake

Yesterday's Physical Activity

Steps: ~12,000

Workout:
Morning
4 times around circuit below:
A. 26 alternating single arm kb chest press (2 x 16 kg bells)
B. 20 single leg RDLS, 10 each side (2 x 16 kg bells)
C. 26 single arm kb shoulder press (16 kg bell)
D. 26 gorilla rows (2 x 16 kg bells)

Evening
3 mile walk
 
Danski said:
Hey guys!

I have a question to ask. I am a T2 controlled with diet and lifestyle changes.
Over the last 18 months my fasting BSL has gone from 7.1 to 4.9 (clinically tested). On a daily basis, my finger pricks were always in the 4.6-5.1 range. 2 weeks ago, my fasting BSL suddenly went up to 6.1 and stayed in that range throughout the day. I eat a low carb diet so it never really goes above 8+, but ive found myself to (suddenly) be particularly sensitive to carbs. I had a few bites of ice cream (1/3 of a cone from my wife) and it went up to 9.6 mmol. A low carb meal will also spike it to 8 and it will stay at that level for 3 hours.

I figure it could be due to poor sleeping habits and patterns. To this, I went back to a more regular sleep pattern, making sure I sleep at least 7 hours a day. Over the last few days, my fasting BSL improved a little to 5.5-5.7. My post-meal glucose has also improved a fair bit and gone back to normal (usually 2 point rise).

Ever since my diagnosis, I've been very strict about my weight and my diet. I exercise much more frequently and have cut out nearly most processed foods. I was wondering if this is a "progression" of my T2 or is it something that is temporary and will straighten itself out over time?

Thank you.
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Hi Danski

Sounds like you're doing just fine to me.
Not knowing everything about your weight, daily diet and any recent changes in diet it would be hard to say what the cause of your temporary rise in fasting blood sugar levels has been. But the regular sleeping certainly seems to have helped a lot, those fasting levels are great and in the normal range. They may be what has always been normal for you before you got on the road to T2, you wouldn't know as you never had cause to regularly measure it. It may be that your previous regular low of 4.9 ish was due to being not only on a low carb diet but also being on a very much more calorie restricted diet as you were initially trying to lose a lot of fat (which you successfully did). Just being in a fairly large calorie deficit would have kept your levels very low. At some point you have to stop losing fat or you will start to get some negative effects from having too little body fat, or you may just have reached your ideal weight and stopped eating to be in a calorie deficit. So your levels have come up a bit into the mid 5s. Eating ice cream is to be expected to raise your levels into the 9s, a post prandial level in the 8s is not too bad. Lots of things can cause temporary raised levels, poor sleep, a lot of stress at work or in family life, the weather, what you eat (even if all your food carb, some foods will affect you differently to others changing thing like your microbiome etc. Even some low calorie foods can do this to you, while others don't depending on the way you react to the artificial sweetener in them. you have to experiment a little to see what suits you). Also you may have been getting a bit of a dawn effect for a while. But see what your next A1C says if it looks good there's nothing to worry about - carry on as you are, you could try a continuous glucose monitor and see how the levels are at night and throughout the day if you want. But I wouldn't worry if I were you. If you accurately log your diet and activity you may spot a pattern in the changes in the kind of food or activity on the days when your levels are higher. You can then make the changes needed to stay in range again.
 
Danski said:
Hey guys!

I have a question to ask. I am a T2 controlled with diet and lifestyle changes.
Over the last 18 months my fasting BSL has gone from 7.1 to 4.9 (clinically tested). On a daily basis, my finger pricks were always in the 4.6-5.1 range. 2 weeks ago, my fasting BSL suddenly went up to 6.1 and stayed in that range throughout the day. I eat a low carb diet so it never really goes above 8+, but ive found myself to (suddenly) be particularly sensitive to carbs. I had a few bites of ice cream (1/3 of a cone from my wife) and it went up to 9.6 mmol. A low carb meal will also spike it to 8 and it will stay at that level for 3 hours.

I figure it could be due to poor sleeping habits and patterns. To this, I went back to a more regular sleep pattern, making sure I sleep at least 7 hours a day. Over the last few days, my fasting BSL improved a little to 5.5-5.7. My post-meal glucose has also improved a fair bit and gone back to normal (usually 2 point rise).

Ever since my diagnosis, I've been very strict about my weight and my diet. I exercise much more frequently and have cut out nearly most processed foods. I was wondering if this is a "progression" of my T2 or is it something that is temporary and will straighten itself out over time?

Thank you.
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Impossible to answer you with certainty, I know that I sometimes get higher BGs when I haven;t slept well or have a bug of some sort, occasionally too for no apparent reason. If it is persistent then speak to your doc, but they will probably tell you that the regular HbAc test is far more important than the daily ones for a T2. If your morning reading is fine then you are doing the right thing with diet and exercise, just don't worry too much (stress increases BG) and keep to your routine as it seems to be working long term.
 
Sunday 12/11
FBG (05:30) Not measured today
Rest day

Breakfast (7.30 am): Mushroom omelette, baked beans, toast, OJ {504 Cal / 35.4g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Chestnut & celeriac soup, toast, pumpkin hummus {282 Cal / 25.0g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {127 Cal / 12.3g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Meatballs with linguine and mushroom ragu/ Chianti (5oz) {523 Cal / 58.0g Carbs}
Apple & blackberry crumble, ice cream {288 Cal / 35.7g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1766
Carbs 172.1g
Protein 65.6g
Fat 69.2g (Sat Fat 18.3g / Trans fats 0.8g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Libre 4.1
Shuggah 3.9
Yesterdays food
B/ poached eggs on wholemeal toast, benecol
A/ casien with almond milk, Brazil nuts
L/ pear, peanut butter, brie
D/ rump steak, red onions, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, small sweet baked potato & cheese
S/ warm roast chicken
No exercise, was going swimming with daughter & granddaughter but she was poorly
Steps 9,897
Dietician told me to add more cards so had a baked potato b/ s went up to 6 & back in the 4’s within the hour, getting macros right is not going to be easy
 

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DEBBIESCOTT said:
Libre 4.1
Shuggah 3.9
Yesterdays food
B/ poached eggs on wholemeal toast, benecol
A/ casien with almond milk, Brazil nuts
L/ pear, peanut butter, brie
D/ rump steak, red onions, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, small sweet baked potato & cheese
S/ warm roast chicken
No exercise, was going swimming with daughter & granddaughter but she was poorly
Steps 9,897
Dietician told me to add more cards so had a baked potato b/ s went up to 6 & back in the 4’s within the hour, getting macros right is not going to be easy
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Sweet pot taking you up to 6 and back to 4s in an hour is a great profile for a non-diabetic, superb for a T2.
 
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