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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....

ETA I didn't have the chocolate in the end
 
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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
 
Wednesday 12 August.
FBG 5.7 1 hour's tai chi, plus walking there and back (10 minutes each way) and round Lidl

Breakfast: Overnight oats made with apple juice (not convinced; my daughter does them like that, and although they were perfectly edible, I think I prefer oat milk. Still, good to know....), chia seeds, flaked almonds, peach, banana, kefir yoghurt and a little brown sugar. Juice of an orange.

Lunch: Vegetable samosa; 1 tbs couscous salad; 2 cherry tomatoes; hunk of cucumber; 3 olives; fruit pastille ice lolly.

Supper: Apple juice; Shakshuka (1 egg); jollof rice (which had been frozen, so presumably fewer carbs, although how that works I do not know!); raspberries with kefir yoghurt and creme fraiche and I think 1/2 teaspoonful white sugar.

3 cups tea (no milk or sugar) and 2 cups coffee (ditto); at least 1 litre water.
 
Wednesday 12/08
FBG (5.30 am) 4.3
Staying with friends, all values estimated

Breakfast (5.30am): Nutty granola (semi skimmed milk), strawberries, blueberries {233 Cal / 27.1g Carbs}
..................................10 km jog
Breakfast 2 (8am): Spanish omelette, OJ {238 Cal / 12.5g Carbs}

Now staying at a hotel, visiting other friends, values estimated
Lunch (12.30pm): Orzo with squash, courgette & asparagus {347 Cal / 53.7g Carbs}
Mini creme brulee, raspberries {146 Cal / 12.9g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.5
Dinner (6.30pm): Restaurant, estimated
Buttermilk fried chicken, fries, corn on the cob / Cruz Campo (1pt) {566 Cal / 52.8g Carbs}
Lemon meringue ice cream {268 Cal / 43.7g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee {0 of them decaf)

Calories 2012
Carbs 213.9g
Protein 73.6g
Fat 63.2g (Sat Fat 23.1g / Trans fats 0.9g)

Thursday 13/08
FBG (5.30 am) Not measured today
Away, visiting friends and family, all values estimated
Rest day

..............................8km walk
Breakfast (8am): Hotel breakfast
Poached eggs, avocado toast, mushrooms, tomatoes, OJ {327 Cal / 33.7g Carbs}

Snack (11am): Carrot cake {186 Cal / 26.4g Carbs}

Lunch (1pm): Pan Asian tapas? Small plates shared, estimated
Tempura squid/ Firecracker shrimp/ Prawn gyoza/ Teriyaki beef & wasabi/
Chicken Satay/ Duck spring rolls/ White Rioja (5oz) {612 Cal / 30.6g Carbs}

Snack (3pm): Ice cream {124 Cal / 13.8g Carbs}

Dinner (7.30pm): Out for dinner at a restaurant, values estimated
Buttermilk chicken parmo, fries, slaw, corn on the cob, salad/ Estrella (1pt) {739 Cal / 53.9g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee {0 of them decaf)

Calories 2053
Carbs 163.9g
Protein 95.4g
Fat 76.3g (Sat Fat 27.0g / Trans fats 0.4g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Thursday 13 August
FBG 5.08 No real exercise today; I did pop out to Lidl, but had to wait in for a plumber and it was too hot to go for a walk once he'd been.

07:30 Lady Grey tea, no milk or sugar

c 09:00 Overnight oats made with oat milk, chia seeds, frozen blueberries, walnuts and the usual banana, kefir and brown sugar. Orange juice. Black coffee (no sugar)

c 13:30 Fried egg with mushrooms and tomatoes on 1/2 wholemeal pitta bread spread with cream cheese. Butter would have been nicer, but the cream cheese needs used.
Lidl's raspberry and peach ice lolly

2 chocolate-covered gooseberries from Lidl. One would have been enough but....

c 15:30 Earl Grey tea, no milk or sugar; Lidl's blueberry muffin. BIG MISTAKE - my insides promptly went back on me!

c 19:30 1 tbs Lidl's couscous salad; Home-made salad of aubergine, broad beans, cherry tomatoes and the end of a tub of Lidl's olives with pepper and garlic, served with burrata.
Lidl's peach and passionfruit yoghurt.

Felt really sick and tummy-achey all evening and didn't want a late night cup of tea. Did drink quite a lot of water, and took some peppermint oil and a Buscomint capsule. All right-ish this morning. I think.
 
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Friday 14/08
FBG (5.30 am) 4.5
Away, visiting friends and family, all values estimated
Rest day

..............................6km walk
Breakfast (8am): Hotel breakfast
Poached eggs, avocado toast, mushrooms, tomatoes, OJ {376 Cal / 29.1g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Called in on relatives on the way home, estimated
Pork pie, ham sandwich, salad {366 Cal / 34.9g Carbs}
Grapes {46 Cal / 11.3g Carbs}
Really not hungry, just nibbled at things

Dinner (6.30pm): Back home, own choices again.
Linguine with caponata {340 Cal / 43.1g Carbs}
Pear, blackberries, yoghurt, pecans {158 Cal / 14.8g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {2 of them decaf)

Calories 1320
Carbs 138.4g
Protein 43.1g
Fat 62.4g (Sat Fat 19.9g / Trans fats 0.1g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Friday 14 August
FBG 3.7 which seems improbable. Possibly because of tummy upset?
Weight 75.7 kg
No exercise except a trip round Lidl

Lady Grey tea

Overnight oats made with oat milk, flax seeds, frozen raspberries, kefir and a little brown sugar. No banana this morning as really wasn't very hungry! Orange juice. Coffee

Wholemeal roll spread 1/2 with paté, 1/2 with cream cheese. Leftover salad from last night.
"Citron givrée" from Lidl (lemon sorbet piled into a lemon)
2 chocolate-covered gooseberries (and Lidl have sold out of them when I went to check! A bore, as I wanted to get some for my 98-year-old mother).

Earl Grey tea. A few raspberries and a taste of the apricot compote I was making.

Apple juice
Tortelloni (don't know what filling; they all taste exactly the same, but are very nice) from Lidl; spicy tomato sauce (Arrabiata?) from Sainsbury's; Oriental-style stir-fry from Lidl.
Kefir with peach, raspberries and nectarine.

A few grapes.

Earl Grey tea.

Tea and coffee are always taken without milk or sugar, which is totally taste, not virtue!
 
Saturday 15/08
FBG (5.30 am) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), pear, blackberries, walnuts {291 Cal / 39.1g Carbs}
..................................10 km jog [hoping to start running properly again next weekend]
Breakfast 2 (8am): Mackerel (in tomato sauce), from the tin {177 Cal / 1.9g Carbs}

Lunch (12.30pm): Mushroom & fennel soup {34 Cal / 3.0g Carbs}
Tuna & avocado salad {306 Cal / 7.0g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {137 Cal / 11.3g Carbs}

BG (6pm): 3.9
Dinner (6pm): Prawn, cashew & sweet potato rendang, jasmine rice {556 Cal / 56.4g Carbs}
Pineapple, kiwi, yoghurt, pistachios {157 Cal / 17.0g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1701
Carbs 142.3g
Protein 99.2g
Fat 72.9g (Sat Fat 15.1g / Trans fats 0.1g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Saturday 15 August

FBG 5.4
1 hour's tai chi class, plus walking there and back (10 minutes each way)

Tea

Juice of 1 orange; fried egg; pretzel with Boursin cheese and a little butter on some bits where the Boursin wasn't. Coffee

Dried apricot after tai chi class

3/4 panini (previously frozen) with bacon, avocado and tomato (ate all the filling but left 1/4 of the panini)
Lidl strawberry/blueberry ice lolly!

Tea

1 bratwurst, carrots, cabbage, mashed potato, baked beans; Fruit salad

Tea. Banana; handful mixed fruit and nuts

All hot drinks taken with no milk or sugar
 
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Sunday 16/08
FBG (5.30 am) 4.2

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), strawberries, raspberries, pecans {294 Cal / 38.2g Carbs}
..................................2 hours heavy work at the allotment

Snack (10am): Mushrooms & tomatoes on toast, grapefruit juice {199 Cal / 23.1g Carbs}

Lunch (1.30pm): Friends visiting for lunch
Fennel seed tarallini / Bellini (small) {292 Cal / 36.2g Carbs}
Tomatoes, basil oil, mozzerella, brown sourdough {251 Cal / 14.4g Carbs}
Salmon Dijonnaise, new potatoes, green beans / Albarinho (2 glasses) {723 Cal / 36.2g Carbs}
Orange & polenta cake, creme fraiche {189 Cal / 19.6g Carbs}

Dinner (8.30pm): Baked beans on toast {310 Cal / 45.2g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 2300
Carbs 218.7g
Protein 98.9g
Fat 77.0g (Sat Fat 22.4g / Trans fats 0.7g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Sunday 16 August
Forgot to measure blood glucose.
No real exercise except a great deal of standing (was preaching!) and a trip round - you guessed it - Lidl (which is pretty much next door to our block of flats). Normally I get a bit of a walk hom from Church on a Sunday, but yesterday I was at a church which isn't easy to walk home from, and my husband had to call in at the flat anyway, so it didn't happen.

Lady Grey tea

Poached egg and baked beans on slice of buttered sourdough toast. Orange juice. Coffee

Glass of Apfelschorle (was very thirsty after a very hot church), nectarine

Home-made gazpacho. Cold bratwurst, chickpea salad, 1/2 wholemeal roll with butter and cottage cheese. 3 olives.
Lidl's peach and raspberry ice lolly (NOT panini, as I see I said yesterday, and have edited!)

Earl Grey tea

Ham hock with parsley sauce, steamed new potatoes and stir-fry oriental vegetables with added peas.
Kefir yoghurt with home-made apricot compote.

Earl Grey tea.
 
Monday 17 August

Forgot to measure blood sugar again.
Walked to Tesco (a little further away than Lidl) and back; also went through some of the tai chi form.

Lady Grey tea

Overnight oats, today with raspberries, flaked almonds and milled flax seeds, as well as the usual. Orange juice. Coffee.

Cheese roll with 3/4 Bratwurst, leftover parsley sauce, cream cheese (only ate half of mine). 3 olives, 3 cherry tomatoes.
Peach Magnum.

Earl Grey tea. 2 chocolate-covered gooseberries.

Goaty aubergine pasta. Melon.

3 squares hazelnut dark chocolate. A few walnuts.

Earl Grey tea
 
Monday 17/08
FBG (5.30 am) Not measured today

Breakfast (6.30am): Mushrooms & tomatoes, avocado toast, OJ {367 Cal / 28.5g Carbs}
..................................3 hours heavy work at the allotment

Lunch (12pm): Caponata with prawns, toasted ciabatta {391 Cal / 34.3g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {141 Cal / 12.3g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Roast guinea fowl, courgette fritters, salad {468 Cal / 21.1g Carbs}
Figs, Greek yoghurt, walnuts {148 Cal / 17.3g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1557
Carbs 120.2g
Protein 97.9g
Fat 70.6g (Sat Fat 13.3g / Trans fats 0.3g)

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