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

Great workout & rhr, but all those raw eggs yuk
 
Tuesday 10/1
FBG (05:30) Not measured today

.................................5 km walk
Breakfast (7.30 am): Mushrooms & baked beans, toast & hummus/ Tangerine {431 Cal / 41.3g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Game stew [leftovers], peas, green beans {327 Cal/ 15.9g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {132 Cal / 11.9g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Prawn, squash, mango & peanut curry, jasmine rice {663 Cal / 54.4g Carbs}
Plum, blueberries, yoghurt, walnuts {129 Cal / 11.9g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1724
Carbs 141.9g
Protein 99.1g
Fat 74.9g (Sat Fat 12.6g / Trans fats 0.2g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
Fbg
Libre 5.2
Contour 5.2
B/ 2 eggs, haslet, avocado, Benecol, blueberries, Brazil nuts, cheddar
L/tofu Buddha bowl, banana & walnut bread with butter, 5 cherries, Wensleydale with cranberry & brie
S/ 2 cheese strings
D/ chicken breast with cheese & leek, roasted broccoli, raspberries, almonds £ cream
S/ cheddar & Brazil nuts
Exercise
Peleton
20 minutes hill climb(hr 80% range)
5 minutes cool down ride
5 minutes post ride stretch
Steps 12,067
 
Today's FBG: 5.6
Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
L: 2 chicken thighs with kale, broccoli, mushroom and black lentils with garlic and chilli
D: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
AD: Blueberries, raspberries, pomegranate seeds, protein powder, peanut butter

Yesterday's Physical Activity
Steps: ~4,000

Workout:

at 5 PM
  • 4 sets of resistance band squats to failure
  • 4 sets of resistance band knee extensions to failure
  • 4 x 20 chest press with pair of 20 kg bells
  • 2 x 50 push ups
  • 4 x 50 single arm bent over rows (25 L, 25 R with 16 kg bell)
  • 4 x 15 shoulder presses with pair of 16 kg bells
  • 4 sets of reverse crunches to failure
 
FBG
Libre 4/5.7
Contour 4.7
B/ 2 boiled eggs, roast chicken, Brazil nuts, cheddar, blueberries, benecol
S/ protein shake with coconut milk, superfood bite, cheese string (after gym)
L/ tofu bhudda bowl, 5 cherries, Wensleydale & cranberry, Brie, peanut butter
D/ chicken breast , roasted broccoli, mushrooms, cheddar, blueberries, Brazil nuts
S/ casien with coconut milk, salt & vinegar peanuts
Gym
1.1 mile indoor bike
Warm up
3x12 assisted pull-ups
3x12 lat pull downs
3x12 seated rows
3x12 barbell strict shoulder press
3x12 tricep extensions
3x15 push ups
Stretch
Pm
25 minutes core work
Steps 14,409
Hospital appointment this morning for my eye
 
Today's FBG: 5.3
Yesterday's food:
B: Skipped
L: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
D: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
AD: Blueberries, raspberries, pomegranate seeds, protein powder, peanut butter
Late snack: low sugar protein bar

Yesterday's Physical Activity
Steps: ~5,000

Workout:

at 9:30 PM
  • 4 sets of heavy resistance band dead lifts
  • 4 sets of resistance band squats
  • 4 sets decline push ups
  • 4 sets heavy resistance band rows
  • 4 super sets of shoulder presses with biceps curls to failure with resistance bands
  • 4 super sets of lateral shoulder raises with triceps extensions to failure with resistance bands
  • 4 sets of kneeling band resisted kneeling crunches to failure
 
Good stuff, glad you're seeing someone today. Hope it all goes well and the news is good. Fingers crossed for you.
 
Wednesday 11/1
FBG (05:30) 4.3

Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blueberries, walnuts {273 Cal / 38.4g Carbs}
............................Half marathon [1 hour 46 min 55 sec]
Didn't push too hard, but more than a jog, first this year.

Snack (9am): Banana (67 Cal / 15.2g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Sweet potato, coconut & chilli soup {69 Cal/ 11.4g Carbs}
Tuna & avocado salad {260 Cal / 6.1g Carbs}
Mango, kiwi, yoghurt, pistachios {130 Cal / 15.0g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.0
Dinner (6pm): Steak & mushroom pie, celeriac mash, carrots, green beans {764 Cal / 60.8g Carbs}
Peach, cherries, yoghurt, pecans {128 Cal / 12.6g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1733
Carbs 165.9g
Protein 92.4g
Fat 68.9g (Sat Fat 21.5g / Trans fats 1.0g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
A great time for a half marathon given that you're not pushing it too hard. Very impressive mate.
 
AGC_68 said:
Good stuff, glad you're seeing someone today. Hope it all goes well and the news is good. Fingers crossed for you.
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Crossing fingers didn’t help
Saw 4 people in an hour, need laser eye surgery, all booked in for tomorrow morning so not much time to panic & as I’m typing this low alarm going off
 
AGC_68 said:
A great time for a half marathon given that you're not pushing it too hard. Very impressive mate.
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Thanks, sometimes not pushing means that you are relaxed and go quicker than you think.
 
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Thursday 12/1
FBG (05:30) Not measured today

.................................5 km walk
Breakfast (7.30 am): Duck egg, bacon, mushrooms, avocado toast, grapefruit {588 Cal / 19.2g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Prawn curry [leftovers], paratha {441 Cal/ 26.3g Carbs}
Nectarine, strawberries, yoghurt, pecans {122 Cal / 11.6g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Linguine al fungi e finocchio {414 Cal / 51.1g Carbs}
Plum, blueberries, yoghurt, choc chip cookie {184 Cal / 26.8g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1791
Carbs 141.6g
Protein 99.5g
Fat 84.4g (Sat Fat 19.9g / Trans fats 0.3g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
DEBBIESCOTT said:
Crossing fingers didn’t help
Saw 4 people in an hour, need laser eye surgery, all booked in for tomorrow morning so not much time to panic & as I’m typing this low alarm going off
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Really sorry to hear that my friend. But you know what? It is great that this can be addressed and it's getting done. Good luck tomorrow .. BIG hug!
 
Fbg
Libre 4.8
Contour 4.2
B/ 2 boiled eggs, roast chicken, d/g, Brazil nuts, benecol
L/ ham & roast chicken salad
S/ protein bar
D/ casien with Coconut milk, roast beef, cheddar, almonds
Rest day
Steps 11,443
 
Today's FBG: 5.0
Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
D: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
AD: Choc protein pudding


Yesterday's Physical Activity
Steps: ~5,000

Workout:

  • Rest day
 
DEBBIESCOTT said:
Thank you,
daughter said if I’m anxious to ask for some diazepam, not sure if she was joking or not
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Don't worry. This is bread and butter stuff for ophthalmic surgeons and it is a technique with overwhelmingly good outcomes. I have 2 members of my close family who are ophthalmic surgeons just recently retired used to do this stuff all the time and the technology has just got better and better. You'll be good
 
Thank you for your kind words,
1st treatment done, got to go back in 4 weeks for the second one, pupils took 2 lots of eye drops & an hour to dilate, eye still really sore & blurry
Not allowed to run & need to keep head still as much as possible, but can go to work & lift weights on Monday, will be having an easy weekend
 
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