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

Tuesday 6/2
FBG (05:30) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30pm): Porridge (almond milk), strawberries, raspberries, pecans (279 Cal / 27.6g Carbs}
..................................2 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine (12 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................5 km jog home
Breakfast 2 (8am): Toast, mackerel (in tomato sauce) {306 Cal / 20.3g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom & fennel soup {61 Cal / 5.1g Carbs}
Prawn & avocado salad {284 Cal / 5.8g Carbs}
Plum, blueberries, yoghurt walnuts {124 Cal / 11.5g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Salmon Dijonnaise, celeriac mash {612 Cal / 39.0g Carbs}
Mango, passion fruit, yoghurt, peanuts {143 Cal / 16.0g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1851
Carbs 149.9g
Protein 105.7g
Fat 84.9g (Sat Fat 18.2g / Trans fats 0.3g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Libre 4.7
Contour 4.9
Yesterdays food
B/ chia seed pudding with raspberries, ham, cheddar, benecol
S/ cheese string (straight after gym)
S/ protein shake with almond milk
L/ celery, peanut butter, cheddar, ham
D/ chicken breast with cheese & leek, low carb spaghetti
S/ cheese string
Exercise
5 minutes treadmill walk
3x12 leg curls
3x12 leg press
3x12 hack squats
3x13 bench press
3x12 incline bench press
3x12 shoulder press
1x20 & 2x12 extension & pull over
5 minutes treadmill walk
 

FBG: 5.6​

Yesterday's food:
B: Huel, chocolate Black edition, protein powder, nuts
L: Chicken melt sandwich
Snack: Greek yog, protein powder, berries, PB, dark choc
D: 2 x Chicken melt sandwich
Late nibbles: Greek yog, protein powder, berries, PB, dark choc

Yesterday's Physical Activity​

Steps​

~6,000

Workout:​

Rest day
 
Wednesday 7/2
FBG (05:30) 4.3
Rest day

Breakfast (7.30pm): Scrambled eggs, mushrooms, baked beans, toast, OJ (513 Cal / 37.9g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom & fennel soup, avocado toast {190 Cal / 17.2g Carbs}
Nectarine, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {119 Cal / 11.9g Carbs}

Snack (3pm): Baklava {283 Cal / 19.5g Carbs}
Made by a neighbour, it would have been rude to refuse, estimated

Dinner (6pm): Spicy chicken, courgette feta & mint fritters, flatbread, salad {639 Cal / 30.6g Carbs}
Persimmon, kiwi, yoghurt, pecans {141 Cal / 16.9g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1927
Carbs 139.8g
Protein 95.9g
Fat 99.8g (Sat Fat 23.3g / Trans fats 0.6g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Libre 4.6
Contour 4.6
B/ overnight oats, Benecol, ham & cheddar
S/ keto salted caramel cup ( wanted it to taste like Reese’s, it didn’t)
L/ mango & coconut chicken salad
S/ marmite rice cake, ham & cheddar
D/ bacon & scrambled eggs
Rest day
 

FBG: 6.0​

Yesterday's food:
B: Huel, chocolate Black edition, protein powder, nuts
L: Chicken melt sandwich
Snack: Greek yog, protein powder, berries, PB, dark choc
D: Huel, chocolate Black edition, protein powder, nuts
Late nibbles: Greek yog, protein powder, berries, PB, dark choc

Yesterday's Physical Activity​

Steps​

~6,000

Workout:​

4 times around circuit below (2x16kg kettlebells):
A. 15 chest presses
B. 10 slow deficit push ups
C. 10 shoulder presses
D. 25 bent over rows
E. 10 slow squats, kettlebell held out at arms length
 
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Thursday 8/2
FBG (05:30) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30pm): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blueberries, walnuts (288 Cal / 38.6g Carbs}
..................................1 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine (6 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................6 km run home [29 min 47 sec] PB for this run, felt great today

[11am]....................2 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine (6 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................2 km jog home

Lunch (12pm): Kohlrabi soup {101 Cal / 13.9g Carbs}
Tuna salad {203 Cal / 5.2g Carbs}
Pear, blackberries, yoghurt walnuts {131 Cal / 12.5g Carbs}

[BG 6pm) 3.9
Dinner (7pm): Lasagne alla caponata/ Primitivo (2 medium glasses) {752 Cal / 47.4g Carbs}
Banana & dulce de leche souffle, chocolate sauce {341 Cal / 52.8g Carbs}
Friend round for dinner, must admit I hadn't realised how high carbs was going to be on the pud!

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1858
Carbs 177.0g
Protein 71.7g
Fat 64.3g (Sat Fat 20.6g / Trans fats 0.9g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Friday 9/2
FBG (05:30) 4.2

Breakfast (5.30pm): Porridge (almond milk), black & blueberries, walnuts (275 Cal / 37.8g Carbs}
..................................12 km run home [60 min 47 sec] decent time
Snack (8am): Mackerel (in tomato sauce) {212 Cal / 2.3g Carbs}
Straight from the can

Lunch (12pm): Scrambled eggs, avocado toast {544 Cal / 27.6g Carbs}
Persimmon, mango, yoghurt, cashews {129 Cal / 16.1g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Breaded basa fillet, sweet potato fries, peas, sweetcorn {497 Cal / 37.9g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {119 Cal / 11.8g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1818
Carbs 140.1g
Protein 91.5g
Fat 88.0g (Sat Fat 16.0g / Trans fats 0.1g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Libre 4.3
Yesterdays food
B/back bacon, overnight oats, benecol
S/ Brazil nuts (straight after gym)
S/ protein shake with almond milk
L/ mango & coconut chicken salad
S/ 1/2 protein bar
D/ chicken breast with cheese & leek, caprese tomatoes
S/ cheee string
Exercise
10 minutes treadmill walk
3x12 leg curls
3x12 leg press
3x12 hack squat
3x12 bench press
3x12 incline bench press
3x12 seated row
3x12 lat pull downs
3x12 tricep dips
10 minutes treadmill walk
 
DEBBIESCOTT said:
Nope, don’t feel too bad in the morning, by mid morning can’t eat, drink or say anything without coughing, feels like I’ve got a herd of elephants sat on my chest & a razor blade in my throat
Still managed a workout this morning & b/s behaving for now, apparently this 100 day cough is going round here
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Is this 100 day cough the whooping cough that's going around, only asking as a few youngsters have got it that I know of. Either way its blooming awful and hope you start to feel better soon x
 
Lainie71 said:
Is this 100 day cough the whooping cough that's going around, only asking as a few youngsters have got it that I know of. Either way its blooming awful and hope you start to feel better soon x
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Hope not, although it is going round here, on 4th course of antibiotics, got 3 inhalers, blood tests have come back abnormal, got to speak to nurse & doctor & have a ct scan within 14 days, really don’t want it to go on for another 50 days, at least b/s are behaving
 
Libre 5.4
Contour 5.3
Yesterdays food
B/ boiled eggs, overnight oats, benecol
S/ cheese string (on spin bike)
S/ protein shake with almond milk, cheese on soughdough toast
L/ tin of salmon, basmati rice with quinoa, sunflower & pumpkin seeds, walnuts
D/ sirloin steak, large flat mushrooms, asparagus, cherry tomatoes, red onion.feta, horseradish sauce, diet tonic
Exercise
45 minutes circuits
45 minutes burnout spin (13 miles)
Steps 7,645
 
DEBBIESCOTT said:
Hope not, although it is going round here, on 4th course of antibiotics, got 3 inhalers, blood tests have come back abnormal, got to speak to nurse & doctor & have a ct scan within 14 days, really don’t want it to go on for another 50 days, at least b/s are behaving
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Certainly sounds like it could be, I had a dose about 10 years ago. At least it will get better before too much longer if that is what it is without long term effects. I wish you well.
 
Saturday 10/2
FBG (05:30) Not measured today
Rest day

Breakfast (6.30pm): Porridge (almond milk), summer fruits, walnuts (277 Cal / 37.9g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom & fennel soup {61 Cal / 5.1g Carbs}
Tuna salad {292 Cal / 6.4g Carbs}
Pear, blueberries, yoghurt, pecans {140 Cal / 13.5g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Chicken Korma, rice {571 Cal / 39.3g Carbs}
Chocolate panna cotta, raspberries {342 Cal / 28.8g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1725
Carbs 137.6g
Protein 93.0g
Fat 80.4g (Sat Fat 29.8g / Trans fats 0.7g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Sunday 11/2
Rest day
..................................6 km walk

FBG (9 am) 4.3 (forgot to measure first thing)
Breakfast (9 am): Mushroom omelette, avocado toast, grapefruit juice (571 Cal / 27.6g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Tomato & lentil soup, toast & hummus {226 Cal / 29.2g Carbs}
Plum, blueberries, yoghurt, walnuts {133 Cal / 13.5g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.1
Dinner (6pm): Toulouse sausages (3), celeriac mash, green beans, apple sauce/
Macon rouge (5oz) {837 Cal / 34.8g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {128 Cal / 11.9g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1938
Carbs 123.6g
Protein 92.7g
Fat 97.9g (Sat Fat 27.2g / Trans fats 1.1g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Libre 5
Contour 5.3 (after making a cuppa)
Yesterdays food
B/ overnight oats (included protein powder), benecol
L/ ham, cheddar
D/ lamb shank, mint sauce, tenderstem broccoli, cauliflower, baby carrots & green beans
S/ celery & peanut butter, almonds & d/g
 
Monday 12/2
FBG (05:30) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30pm): Porridge (almond milk), summer fruits, walnuts (269 Cal / 37.6g Carbs}
............................12 km run [57 min 59 sec] New PB by 10 sec. Felt good today
Snack (7am): Banana {67 Cal / 15.2g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom & fennel soup {53 Cal / 4.5g Carbs}
Chicken salad {335 Cal / 11.2g Carbs}
Nectarine, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {130 Cal / 11.7g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Squash, fennel & pea risotto {420 Cal / 60.6g Carbs}
Flambed pineapple, ice cream, pistachios {235 Cal / 23.5g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1551
Carbs 170.9g
Protein 73.4g
Fat 54.0g (Sat Fat 12.2g / Trans fats 0.4g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Tuesday 13/2
FBG (05:30) 4.5

Breakfast (5.30pm): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blueberries, walnuts (269 Cal / 37.5g Carbs}
..................................2 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine (10 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................5 km jog home

Snack (10am): Banana {69 Cal / 15.6g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Tomato & lentil soup {99 Cal / 15.4g Carbs}
Tuna & avocado salad {302g Carbs / 7.7g Carbs}
Pineapple, kiwi, yoghurt, pistachios {138 Cal / 13.6g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Linguine primavera, salmon fillet {592 Cal / 43.0g Carbs}
Blueberry pancake, ice cream {268 Cal / 34.4g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1779
Carbs 173.9g
Protein 100.7g
Fat 66.0g (Sat Fat 13.3g / Trans fats 0.2g)

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