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

Wednesday 05/08
FBG (5.30 am) Not measured today
Rest day

Breakfast (7.30am): Bacon, mushrooms & tomatoes, avocado toast, OJ {550 Cal / 25.9g Carbs}

Snack (10am): Hazelnut & chocolate croissant [small] {227 Cal / 23.5g Carbs}

Lunch (12.30pm): Lemon chicken salad {335 Cal / 5.8g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {144 Cal / 13.1g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Monkfish saltimbocca, roast potatoes, green beans {538 Cal / 36.7g Carbs}
Figs, yoghurt, pistachios {167 Cal / 18.9g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {3 of them decaf)

Calories 2003
Carbs 130.4g
Protein 133.6g
Fat 87.0g (Sat Fat 20.8g / Trans fats 0.2g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Thursday 06/08
FBG (5.30 am) 3.8

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), peach, raspberries, pecans {278 Cal / 38.7g Carbs}
..................................1 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine {8 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................5 km jog home

Snack (9am): Toast with peanut butter & mashed banana, OJ {289 Cal / 44.0g Carbs}

Lunch (12.30pm): Sweet potato, coconut & chilli soup, avocado toast {288 Cal / 24.4g Carbs}
Black & blueberries, yoghurt, walnuts {147 Cal / 10.1g Carbs}

Dinner (6.30pm): Out for birthday dinner for wife, values estimated.
Fine dining, 1970s style.
Oysters (3), Champagne (English, 3oz) {182 Cal / 9.0g Carbs}
Lobster cocktail, Chablis (5oz) {245 Cal / 4.6g Carbs}
Tournedos Rossini, fries, green beans, Rioja (6oz) {567 Cal / 32.5g Carbs}
Goats cheese, Chaource [finishing the red wine] {102 Cal / 0g Carbs}
Rhum baba, Sauternes (2oz) {251 Cal / 35.5g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {2 of them decaf)

Calories 2390
Carbs 204.4g
Protein 106.5g
Fat 78.8g (Sat Fat 20.4g / Trans fats 0.5g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Friday 07/08
FBG (5.30 am) Not measured today
Rest day

Breakfast (7.30am): Porridge (almond milk), plum jam, blueberries, walnuts {331 Cal / 43.3g Carbs}

Lunch (12.30pm): Corned beef, baked beans & mushrooms on toast {401 Cal / 46.9g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {145 Cal / 13.3g Carbs}

Dinner (6.30pm): Chicken & vegetable curry, coconut rice {637 Cal / 57.8g Carbs}
Values estimated, gift from a neighbour as thanks for surplus veg we have given them
They are Bangladeshi and make extremely good food.
Cherries, strawberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {151 Cal / 19.1g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1707
Carbs 187.1g
Protein 91.6g
Fat 62.8g (Sat Fat 14.7g / Trans fats 0.5g)

Saturday 08/08
FBG (5.30 am) 4.0

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), peach, raspberries, hazelnuts {323 Cal / 42.6g Carbs}
..................................1 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine {8 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................10 km jog home
Breakfast 2 (8am): Mushrooms & tomatoes on avocado toast, OJ {276 Cal / 27.5g Carbs}

Lunch (12.30pm): Sweet potato, coconut & chilli soup {68 Cal / 10.6g Carbs}
Tuna salad {234 Cal / 7.0g Carbs}
Plum, blueberries, yoghurt, walnuts {164 Cal / 14.1g Carbs}

Dinner (6.30pm): Cheese & tomato quiche, fries, salad {592 Cal / 49.2g Carbs}
Blackberry compote, ice cream, amaretti biscuit {171 Cal / 27.6g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1870
Carbs 185.3g
Protein 70.9g
Fat 85.9g (Sat Fat 28.5g / Trans fats 1.2g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
FBG 5.8 Dexcom
Yesterdays exercise
40 minute run
15 mins kettlebell work out
15 min resistance bands
15 mins yoga and stretches
Food
B - Chia seed pudding with, peanut butter and a small portion of frozen blueberries
L - 3 Boiled eggs mashed with mayo and put into a lettuce wrap
D - Turkey mince with konjac noodles, mushrooms, green beans and homemade curry sauce
Snacks
Pumpkin seeds
Spicey cucumber and celery
Drinks
Dandelion coffee x 2 with almond milk
Green Tea
Mint tea, camomile tea
3 Cups of decaf tea with unsweetened almond milk
Mineral water throughout the day
Cup of warm unsweetened almond milk
 
Sunday 09/08
FBG (5.30 am) Not measured today

Breakfast (7.30am): Smoked mackerel, rhubarb compote, melba toast {322 Cal / 24.3g Carbs}
Yoghurt, blackberry compote {110 Cal / 12.9g Carbs}

Lunch (12.30pm): Mushroom & fennel soup {44 Cal / 3.8g Carbs}
Chicken tikka, salad {328 Cal / 5.1g Carbs}
Peach, strawberries, yoghurt, pecans {138 Cal / 10.6g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.1
Dinner (6.30pm): At friend's house, values estimated
Tuna steak, sticky aubergine, tomato salad / Albarinho (2 x 5oz) {476 Cal / 23.8g Carbs}
Rhubarb crumble, mascarpone cream [small portion] {252 Cal / 22.7g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1712
Carbs 109.9g
Protein 124.9g
Fat 56.3g (Sat Fat 19.6g / Trans fats 1.0g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Ooh, a place for my food diary! Brilliant! I do have Type 2 diabetes, but it is under control with metformin and also oral semaglutide from the Ascend Plus trial. I sometimes measure my FBG, but my practice doesn't prescribe it for people who aren't on insulin, so I have to self-fund. But it is interesting to do.... I didn't measure it this morning.

1 cup Lady Grey tea, no milk, no sugar

Overnight oats (made with oat milk) with chia seeds, various fruits, walnuts, a tablespoon of natural yoghurt and a teaspoon of honey. Inexact quantities as leftover from a family breakfast on Saturday - normally it is 1/4 cup oats, 3/4 cup oat milk, 1/2 tbs chia or flax seeds, and then fruit to taste....
Black coffee, no sugar, plus a rather nastily dry tangerine - would have juiced it, but it really didn't have any juice to speak of!

Lunch was a samosa, an onion bhaji, 1/2 small tin sweetcorn, a spoonful of chutney, followed by an orange givrée (sorbet inside an orange skin) and a handful of mixed nuts.

Mid-afternoon: 1 cup Earl Grey tea, no milk or sugar. 1 flat nectarine.

Pizza (Lid's best: semi-dried tomato and mozzarella; 1/4 of the packet - we had the first half last night) with salad.
Lidl's creme caramel

Later: 1 cup Earl Grey tea, no milk or sugar
 
Tuesday 11 August
FBG (I keep wanting to call it BFG!!!) 5.7
Exercise: 1.66 km walk; 3670 steps

07:30 Lady Grey tea, no milk or sugar

08:45 Overnight oats made with oat milk and milled flaxseeds; frozen fruit, natural yoghurt and a small spoonful brown sugar. Small glass orange juice. Black coffee.

13:00 Home-made gazpacho soup; 1/2 wholemeal pitta bread spread with paté and lettuce (also a tiny bit of butter on one side); 2/3 pain au chocolat. A few grapes.

Mid-afternoon: Earl Grey tea

19:00 ish: Pasta with a courgette sauce and pecorino cheese; natural yoghurt with a flat peach and 1/2 nectarine.

Later will be another cup of Earl Grey, and perhaps 2 squares of dark chocolate with hazelnuts. We shall see....
 
Mrs Redboots said:
Ooh, a place for my food diary! Brilliant! I do have Type 2 diabetes, but it is under control with metformin and also oral semaglutide from the Ascend Plus trial. I sometimes measure my FBG, but my practice doesn't prescribe it for people who aren't on insulin, so I have to self-fund. But it is interesting to do.... I didn't measure it this morning.

1 cup Lady Grey tea, no milk, no sugar

Overnight oats (made with oat milk) with chia seeds, various fruits, walnuts, a tablespoon of natural yoghurt and a teaspoon of honey. Inexact quantities as leftover from a family breakfast on Saturday - normally it is 1/4 cup oats, 3/4 cup oat milk, 1/2 tbs chia or flax seeds, and then fruit to taste....
Black coffee, no sugar, plus a rather nastily dry tangerine - would have juiced it, but it really didn't have any juice to speak of!

Lunch was a samosa, an onion bhaji, 1/2 small tin sweetcorn, a spoonful of chutney, followed by an orange givrée (sorbet inside an orange skin) and a handful of mixed nuts.

Mid-afternoon: 1 cup Earl Grey tea, no milk or sugar. 1 flat nectarine.

Pizza (Lid's best: semi-dried tomato and mozzarella; 1/4 of the packet - we had the first half last night) with salad.
Lidl's creme caramel

Later: 1 cup Earl Grey tea, no milk or sugar
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Welcome aboard.
 
Monday 10/08
FBG (5.30 am) 4.1

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blueberries, walnuts {312 Cal / 42.3g Carbs}
.................................15km jog / run [not pushing due to sore knee]
Breakfast 2 (8am): Toast with peanut butter & mashed banana {246 Cal / 38.8g Carbs}

Lunch (12.30pm): Mushroom & fennel soup {26 Cal / 3.2g Carbs}
Corned beef salad {148 Cal / 11.9g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {153 Cal / 11.4g Carbs}

Dinner (6.30pm): Staying with friends, values estimated
Harissa chicken, new potatoes, tomato salad / Chenin Blanc (2 glasses) {632 Cal / 37.8g Carbs}
Blueberry & apple cake, creme fraiche {285 Cal / 30.1g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {3 of them decaf)

Calories 1854
Carbs 182.2g
Protein 73.6g
Fat 61.7g (Sat Fat 15.4g / Trans fats 0.8g)

Tuesday 11/08
FBG (5.30 am) Not measured today
Staying with friends, all values estimated

Breakfast (5.30am): Nutty granola with semi skimmed milk, apple & blackberries {260 Cal / 29.2g Carbs}
..................................10 km jog
Breakfast 2 (8am): Mushrooms & tomatoes on toast, one sausage, OJ {265 Cal / 21.7g Carbs}

Lunch (12.30pm): Courgette, pea & mint soup, toast {211 Cal / 24.1g Carbs}
Strawberries, blueberries, yoghurt {83 Cal / 10.0g Carbs}

Dinner (6.30pm): Out for dinner at a local pub
Tempura prawns/ Vinho verde (1 glass) {315 Cal / 24.6g Carbs}
Sirloin steak, fries, mushrooms, spinach salad/ Duoro (2 glasses) {676 Cal / 31.1g Carbs}
Sticky toffee pudding, ice cream {353 Cal / 37.5g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee {0 of them decaf)

Calories 2197
Carbs 183.5g
Protein 112.3g
Fat 75.4g (Sat Fat 25.2g / Trans fats 1.2g)

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