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

Thursday 23/10
FBG (5.30 am) 4.3
Rest day

Breakfast (7.30am): Scrambled eggs, mushrooms, baked beans, toast, OJ {517 Cal / 40.8g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Soupe au pistou, avocado toast {277 Cal / 32.6g Carbs}
Plum, blueberries, yoghurt, walnuts {164 Cal / 13.9g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Venison stew, celeriac mash, green beans, peas {549 Cal / 54.1g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {156 Cal / 11.7g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1705
Carbs 159.6g
Protein 86.8g
Fat 70.5g (Sat Fat 15.0g / Trans fats 0.3g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Thursday FBG
Libre 5.4
Wednesday food
B/scrambled eggs with mozzarella
Greek yogurt with blueberries benecol
S/latte, collagen & walnuts
L/heylo cheese & tomato sub, tangerine
D/2 pork steaks & roasted vegetables
Exercise
2 mile walk
1600m swim
 
Libre 4.3
Yesterdays food
B/cheese frittata, benecol
S/protein shake with almond milk
S/latte, collagen, walnuts
L/haylo brown ham, cheese & tomato sandwich, tangerine
S/kind bar
D/pork sausages, green vegetable selection, baby carrots, bisto
Exercise
10 minutes treadmill warm up walk
3x12 barbell hip thrusters
3x12 hack squats
3x12 leg curls
3x12 leg extensions
3x12 inner abductors
3x12 outer abductors
3x12 back extensions
3x12 barbell deadlifts
10 minutes treadmill cool down
 
Friday 24/10
FBG (5.30 am) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), strawberries, raspberries, pecans {305 Cal / 42.8g Carbs}
........................c.10km run (#8) {48 min 06 sec} 64 sec over PB

Snack (10.30am): Toast, peanut butter & mashed banana {312 Cal / 38.0g Carbs}
.........................c.10km run (#8) {49 min 21 sec} 139 sec over PB
Very happy with second run, rest week now - 8 days off!

Lunch (12pm): Pumpkin & sage soup {36 Cal / 6.3g Carbs}
Chicken salad {337 Cal / 20.4g Carbs}
Plum, blueberries, yoghurt, walnuts {163 Cal / 14.0g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Breaded cod, fries, baked beans {542 Cal / 40.7g Carbs}
Chocolate mousse, cherries, hazelnuts {308 Cal / 21.3g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 2045
Carbs 190.1g
Protein 101.6g
Fat 89.1g (Sat Fat 20.7g / Trans fats 0.3g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Libre 5.3
Yesterdays food
B/cheese frittata, green vegetable medley, benecol
S/latte, collagen, Brazil nuts
L/heylo brown ham, cheese & tomato sandwich, tangerine
D/gammon. & roasted vegetables with feta
Exercise
Am
15 minutes peleton intervals row
10 minutes stretch
At work
6.1 mile walk
 
Libre 5.4
Yesterdays food
B/poached eggs on toast, benecol
S/protein shake with almond milk, slice cinnamon & raisin toast & butter
L/homemade turkey pie, baby carrots & green vegetable medley
D/hot chocolate made with coconut milk, cheese & crackers
Exercise
10 minutes treadmill walk
3x12 barbell hip thrusters
3x12 hack squats
3x12 leg extensions
3x12 leg curls
3x12 back extensions
3x8 pushups
3x10bench press
3x10 back flys
3x10 lat pull downs
3x20 (each side) 1 arm rows
3x10 strict barbell shoulder press
3x10 lateral raises
10 minutes treadmill walk
 
Saturday 25/10
FBG (5.30 am) 4.5
Rest day

Breakfast (7.30am): Porridge (almond milk), pear, blueberries, walnuts {306 Cal / 41.0g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Minestrone soup {125 Cal / 10.9g Carbs}
Prawn & avocado salad {356 Cal / 13.1g Carbs}
Peach, strawberries, yoghurt, pecans {153 Cal / 10.7g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.2
Dinner (6pm): Salmon Dijonnaise, new potatoes, asparagus {523 Cal / 41.0g Carbs}
Plum, blackberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {155 Cal / 12.9g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1660
Carbs 136.4g
Protein 91.9g
Fat 73.3g (Sat Fat 13.8g / Trans fats 0.2g)

Sunday 26/10
FBG (5.30 am) Not measured today

Woodland foraging with a mate, fair haul today
Breakfast (8.30am): Bacon, scrambled eggs, sausage, mushrooms, tomatoes,
baked beans, grapefruit juice/ Toast with bullace jam {553 Cal / 44.2g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Minestrone soup {133 Cal / 11.6g Carbs}
Persimmon, kiwi, yoghurt, pistachios {165 Cal / 17.7g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Venison meatballs, pasta, mushroom ragu/ Chianti (2 glasses) {709 Cal / 50.6g Carbs}
Cinnamon bun [still warm] {308 Cal / 21.3g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {3 of them decaf)

Calories 1730
Carbs 153.2g
Protein 93.9g
Fat 51.5g (Sat Fat 15.9g / Trans fats 0.2g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Monday 27/10
FBG (5.30 am) 4.5

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), figs, blueberries, walnuts {344 Cal / 45.1g Carbs}
........................c.10km jog [just to stay loose]
Breakfast 2 (7.30am): Garlic mushrooms, toast, OJ {264 Cal / 29.6g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Butternut squash soup, avocado toast {250 Cal / 26.7g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {155 Cal / 10.8g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Beetroot & goats cheese loaf, fries, spinach salad {535 Cal / 57.2g Carbs}
Pear, blackberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {156 Cal / 12.9g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1747
Carbs 189.0g
Protein 54.4g
Fat 78.2g (Sat Fat 15.4g / Trans fats 0.3g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Libre 4.3
Yesterdays food
B/pork sausages, piccolo tomatoes, chestnut mushrooms, hp sauce, benecol
S/coconut milk latte, latte & walnuts
L/heylo bacon sub
D/roast chicken, green vegetable medley, , baby carrots & bisto
Rest day
 
Libre 5.1
Contour 5.2
Yesterdays food
B/3 scrambled eggs with Parmesan, Greek yogurt with blueberries, benecol
S/protein shake with almond milk
S/latte, collagen & Brazil nuts
L/heylo brown ham, cheese & tomato sandwich, tangerine
D/roast turkey, cranberry & port sauce, baby carrots, green vegetable selection medley, bisto
Exercise
10 minutes warm up row
3x10bench press
3x10 back flys
3x10 lat pulldowns
3x10 single arm rows (each side)
3x10 strict barbell shoulder press
3x10 lateral raises
2.5 mile walk
 
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