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Suzuka said:
Hi new day new challenge. Fasting blood 13 too high. Had Greek yoghurt and berries for breakfast - went up after to 14.3 then had some almonds and went down to 13.5 . Just had lunch of salad, tomatoes, cucumber and sliced ham and avocado with a little chilli dressing, and just waiting till 2.00pm to test it again, feeling really disheartened, am really trying and whatever I'm doing doesn't seem to be working. Haven't had tabs yet today, it was suggested changing from taking them in the morning to taking after eating evening meal, which I am starting tonight, so hopefully that might make a difference to the fasting morning reading. Hey oh got to keep smiling eh?
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Much as others have said, keep going as it takes time, just don't get disheartened with the morning FBG, it's some crazy stuff that doesn't make sense, going on 10 yrs T2 and still can't sort my FBG out, hopefully you will sort it soon,good luck on your journey!!
 
B - flack 9bar with a cuppa
S - mini packet of pork scratchings
L - salad with home made bacon crustless quiche
D - chicken rogan josh with cauliflower mmmmmmmmmm
Sugar free jelly and cream later if I need it
 
Breakfast - Greek yoghurt with fresh pomegranate seeds, flaked almonds and flax seed. +2 = 6.1
Lunch - 1 slice of buttered Hovis seed sensations toast (thanks @Bluetit1802!) with tin of mackerel fillets in olive oil, lettuce and baby tomatoes on the vine . +2 = 7.3
Supper - slices of left-over home-roasted chicken, 1 Paul Rankin outdoor bred sausage, Mediterranean roasted vegetables and Jerusalem artichokes fried in garlic butter. Sugar-free jelly with cream. + 2 = 6.4. Yay ! to Jerusalem artichokes!
 
B: breakfast slab and coffeencream
L: 11g bag salted popcorn (6g carbs) and 500ml green smoothie, crustless quiche
D: jerk chicken in butter, 500ml green smoothie

The smoothie effect is kicking in.
I feel great.
And Mr B has asked if I'm making one tomorrow? - for 3 days in a row. :happy:
 
Brunneria said:
B: breakfast slab and coffeencream
L: 11g bag salted popcorn (6g carbs) and 500ml green smoothie, crustless quiche
D: jerk chicken in butter, 500ml green smoothie

The smoothie effect is kicking in.
I feel great.
And Mr B has asked if I'm making one tomorrow? - for 3 days in a row. :happy:
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Can I ask what you put in your green smoothies?? Do these have any carbs in at all?
 
Rose28 said:
Here's some ideas to make green smoothies, I thought I'd start off by posting a few ingredient ideas that I've tried. I'm no expert and I'm learning all the time :) So please feel free to add whatever takes your fancy and agrees with your blood sugars. I try and stick to 80% vegetables & 20% fruit ratio, and find this does keep blood sugars within range. However, I have experimented with 60:40 ratio and it all depends on choice of ingredients as to whether this causes a spike or not... So please test test test.
Eg 1 orange in a green smoothie spikes me but might not effect someone else's blood sugars! Yet I'm ok with banana, pineapple and coconut!
I know it's weird!!! :rolleyes:

Green Smoothie Ideas

Liquid
1 cup or 250ml of unsweetened almond milk or water or coconut water
Adjust liquid amount to your desired consistency.

Choose a minimum of 3 from this list
Handful spinach
Handful kale... remove stalk they can be bitter
1/2 courgette
1/2 cucumber
Few romaine lettuce leaves
1 peeled carrot, chopped up
1/2 pepper
1 celery stalk
1/2 avocado
Tomato

Choose maximum of 2
1 pear
1 Apple
1 peach
1 nectarine
1 cup of any berries, fresh or frozen eg, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, blueberries
1 cup pineapple, fresh or frozen
1/2 banana fresh or frozen
1 cup any melon

Next some Optional extras.

1 teaspoon Chia seeds
1 teaspoon Flaxseeds
1 teaspoon Coconut oil
1 teaspoon Fresh ginger
Small piece of lemon
Small piece of fresh aloe vera gel
Few Mint leaves
Few parsley leaves
Few coriander leaves
Few ice cubes

Then Sprinkle on some optional spices

Turmeric
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Mixed spice

Add liquid to blender, top up with your chosen ingredients and blend till smooth.
Times will depend on your blender but about 45 - 60 seconds, should be suffice.

I'd love to hear about your green smoothie combinations, what ingredients work in our favour and which don't.

Enjoy
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Charisma_1630 said:
Can I ask what you put in your green smoothies?? Do these have any carbs in at all?
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Hope this helps :-)
 
pavlovsdog said:
Hope this helps :)
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Thanks!
Saved me ferreting Rose's post out :)

There is also a link in my forum sig to a webpage giving lots of green smoothie recipes suitable for type2s.

My usual default smoothie (60% veg, 40% fruit) is this:

Half a big bag spinach or kale
A huge courgette
Maybe some cucumber
1/3 punnett of frozen pineapple chunks or a couple of apples
1/3 punnett frozen berries (blue, straw or rasp)
Half an avocado or a few macadamias or cashews
Cold water to give the right consistency

Makes about 1.5 litres (3-4 portions) at a milk shake consistency.
Raises my blood glucose less than 2 mmol/l at 1 hr.

But please test your reaction to ANY of these recipes, and reduce the sweet fruit, as necessary.
 
Brunneria said:
Thanks!
Saved me ferreting Rose's post out :)

There is also a link in my forum sig to a webpage giving lots of green smoothie recipes suitable for type2s.

My usual default smoothie (60% veg, 40% fruit) is this:

Half a big bag spinach or kale
A huge courgette
Maybe some cucumber
1/3 punnett of frozen pineapple chunks or a couple of apples
1/3 punnett frozen berries (blue, straw or rasp)
Half an avocado or a few macadamias or cashews
Cold water to give the right consistency

Makes about 1.5 litres (3-4 portions) at a milk shake consistency.
Raises my blood glucose less than 2 mmol/l at 1 hr.

But please test your reaction to ANY of these recipes, and reduce the sweet fruit, as necessary.
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I will say only one thing,.......................... Mango
 
B... Watermelon, strawberry, spinach, kale, courgette smoothie
L.. 9bar, pear
D.. Brocilli, cauliflower, leek, creamy cheese bake .... Could only eat a small portion, it's sooo filling. Ooh I sprinkled some toasted sunflower and pumpkin seeds on top, after baking.
 
AndBreathe said:
Even if you swap it for the pineapple?





(Frozen Mango Daquiri,..............:hungry:)
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Almost certainly. And wot if I tried it, and it did spike me???
I'd still have half a mango staring back at me, DARING me to eat it.

I'm too much of a wimp to try...
 
I've been drinking green smoothies and juices for just over 1 year and I choose fruit ingredients that I've tested and tested and I know they don't spike my blood sugars.

But I'm just being cautious here and would say if anyone's going to try any new food, it's so important to choose fruits that you know either dont spike you ... But I'd still test.. And if you're experimenting with new fruits, it's even more important to test, which I'm sure you do anyway.

Ideally a diabetic friendly green smoothie should have an abundance of veggies and only a minimum amount of fruit :)


@Brunneria Would you agree on the above? Is there Anything I've missed out?
 
Brunneria said:
Almost certainly. And wot if I tried it, and it did spike me???
I'd still have half a mango staring back at me, DARING me to eat it.

I'm too much of a wimp to try...
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I have frozen mango in my freezer (From ASDA or Tesco). Just sayin'. Does Mr B not like mango?
 
Rose28 said:
I've been drinking green smoothies and juices for just over 1 year and I choose fruit ingredients that I've tested and tested and I know they don't spike my blood sugars.

But I'm just being cautious here and would say if anyone's going to try any new food, it's so important to choose fruits that you know either dont spike you ... But I'd still test.. And if you're experimenting with new fruits, it's even more important to test, which I'm sure you do anyway.

Ideally a diabetic friendly green smoothie should have an abundance of veggies and only a minimum amount of fruit :)


@Brunneria Would you agree on the above? Is there Anything I've missed out?
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Total agreement. :D

@AndBreathe , You are determined to torture me, aren't you? It's me that can't be trusted.
The evils of mango (puréed with cream, a dash of lemon, and frozen into icecream... :wacky:) are well nigh irrisistable. Only by not buying can I maintain my holier-than-thou-my-body-is-mango-free-temple-santimoniosity
 
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B: Edam omelette
L: veg soup, Meyer lemon
D: two Quorn sausages and two fried eggs
Snacks: creamy decaf, bag of sour cream and pepper popcorn, an avocado

I hope @cold ethyl is ok this evening. She is braver than I am!
 
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