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

28th Feb FBG: 5.7
Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
Snacks: 95% dark choc
D: Tuna, broccoli, kale, garlic, chillies, sweetcorn. mushrooms, cream and cheese
AD: berries, yoghurt, protein powder, peanut butter


Yesterday's Physical Activity
Steps: ~8,000

Workout:
  • Rest day
 
Wednesday 1/3
FBG (05:30) Not measured today
Rest day today

Breakfast (6.30 am): Harissa scrambled eggs, asparagus, avocado toast, OJ {484 Cal / 25.4g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Moroccan chick pea soup {367 Cal / 31.1g Carbs}
Kohlrabi orzotto [small portion, leftovers] {309 Cal / 29.4g Carbs}
Plum, blackberries, yoghurt, walnuts {129 Cal / 10.9g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Papardelle with wood pigeon ragu / Valpolicella Ripasso (5oz) {586 Cal / 59.1g Carbs}
Sweet & salty rhubarb cheesecake {313 Cal / 12.6g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1977
Carbs 160.6g
Protein 91.5g
Fat 82.3g (Sat Fat 23.5g / Trans fats 0.8g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
FBG
Libre 4.8
Contour 4.7
B/ 2 boiled eggs, haslet, keto granola, blueberries, raspberries, almond milk, benecol
S/ Brazil nuts
L/ roast chicken salad, 4 cherries, actimel
S/ roast ham, Brie, Brazil nuts
D/ tin of salmon, banana & walnut bread with butter
Exercise
10 minutes core
25 minutes bedtime yoga
Steps 8,968
High alarms on libre work, but low ones don’t, watch & phone vibrates but no sound, at least I haven’t been woken up
 

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Today's FBG: 5.4
Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
Snack: Berries, Greek yoghurt, protein powder, PB
D: Tuna, broccoli, kale, sweetcorn, mushrooms, cream, cheese
AD: Berries, Greek yoghurt, protein powder, PB


Yesterday's Physical Activity
Steps: ~8,000

Workout:

  • 4 x 25 press ups hands on roller
  • 4 x 25 bent over row
  • 4 x 10 shoulder press
  • 4 x 10 biceps hammer curl
  • 4 x 10 triceps extension
  • 4 x 25 air squats feet on a roller for instability
 
Thursday 2/3
FBG (05:30) 4.2

Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), peach, raspberries, pecans {272 Cal / 38.1g Carbs}
................................15 km run [75 min 48 sec]
Snack (7am): Banana {73 Cal / 16.6g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom & fennel soup {56 Cal / 4.9g Carbs}
Chicken salad {369 Cal / 13.8g Carbs}
Plum, blackberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {122 Cal / 13.2g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Cheese & tomato quiche, fries, baked beans {658 Cal / 40.6g Carbs}
Pineapple, kiwi, yoghurt, pistachios {136 Cal / 16.4g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (2 of them decaf)

Calories 1718
Carbs 150.2g
Protein 97.8g
Fat 72.7g (Sat Fat 23.3g / Trans fats 1.1g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
Libre 5.9
Contour 5.9
B/ 3 scrambled eggs, avocado, haselet, blueberries, raspberries, almonds, benecol
S/salted mixed nuts
L/chicken salad, 4 cherries, actimel
S/ cold roast ham, Brazil nuts, brie
D/ cheese sandwich on banana & walnut bread
S/ Wensleydale & Brazil nuts
Exercise
35 minutes stretch
Steps 6,230
 
Today's FBG: 5.5
Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
Snack: Berries, Greek yoghurt, protein powder, PB
D: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
AD: Berries, Greek yoghurt, protein powder, PB


Yesterday's Physical Activity
Steps: ~8,000

Workout:

  • Feeling a bit tired so took a rest day
 
Hope you’re feeling better today, seems to be a lot of coughs & colds going round
 
Friday 3/3
FBG (05:30) Bot measured today

Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blueberries, walnuts {271 Cal / 37.7g Carbs}
................................2 km jog to the gym
.................................rowing machine (12 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
................................7.5 km jog home
Breakfast 2 (7.30 am): Toast, peanut butter {183 Cal / 14.7g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom & fennel soup {53 Cal / 5.2g Carbs}
Quiche [leftovers], salad {450 Cal / 18.7g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {122 Cal / 10.8g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.0
Dinner (6pm): Salmon Dijonnaise, celeriac mash, green beans, asparagus {514 Cal / 27.2g Carbs}
Cherries, chocolate mousse, hazelnuts {148 Cal / 13.6g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1783
Carbs 134.5g
Protein 82.2g
Fat 94.5g (Sat Fat 30.2g / Trans fats 1.2g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
Today's FBG: 5.6
Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
Snack: Berries, Greek yoghurt, protein powder, PB
D: Tuna, broccoli, kale, sweetcorn, mushrooms, cream, cheese
AD: Berries, Greek yoghurt, protein powder, PB


Yesterday's Physical Activity
Steps: ~8,000

Workout:

4 times around circuit below
  • 25 press ups hands on roller
  • 25 bent over row
  • 10 shoulder press
  • 10 biceps hammer curl
  • 10 triceps extension
  • 25 air squats feet on a roller for instability
finished with 4 x ab crunches to failure
 
Fbg
Libre 5.6
Contour 5.4
Yesterdays food
B/ 2 boiled eggs, keto granola, blueberries, raspberries, almond milk, benecol
S/ protein shake with almond milk
L/ chicken salad, 4 cherries, actimel
S/ Brie, 2 soughdough crackers
D/ cheese, tomato & red onion omelette. S/f jelly & cream
S/ cheese string, Brazil nuts
Exercise
0.12 mile walk
2.1 mile indoor bike
Warm up stretch
3x12 barbell deadlifts (increasing weight)
3x10 Barbell back squats (increasing weight )
3x10 barbell hip thrusters (increasing weight)
3x10 (each leg) Bulgarian split squats with weight
3x10 (each leg) bench single leg squats
3x10 (each leg) single leg squats with leg on bench
Stretch
0.12 mile walk
Pm
21 minutes core workout
22 minutes stretch
Steps 12,682
Really good to be back in the gym
 
Insane to do air squats on a foam roller
You must have a good core, well done
 
FBG
Libre 4.9
Contour 5.4
B/eggs, bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, Benecol, blueberries, raspberries
L/ tin of salmon, banana & walnut bread with butter
S/ cheese string
D/ sirloin steak, asparagus, mushrooms, tomatoes, cherries
S/ almonds, cheese string
Exercise
Squat practice
3x20 kettlebell sumo squats
3x10 (each arm) kettlebell strict army press
3x20 kettlebell gorilla rows
20 minutes kettlebell core
Tteadmill
22 minutes recovery run
Steps 9,619
 
Today's FBG: 5.1
Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
Snack: Berries, Greek yoghurt, protein powder, PB
D: Tuna, broccoli, kale, sweetcorn, mushrooms, cream, cheese
AD: Berries, Greek yoghurt, protein powder, PB


Yesterday's Physical Activity
Steps: ~8,000

Workout:

  • Rest day
 
AGC_68 said:
Core is pretty good right now thanks, but I think being so much lighter than before is what really makes it easier to be honest.

How are you enjoying being back in the gym full throttle mate? Feeling good I hope?
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Yep, great to be back, went Fri morning, this morning & pt before work tomorrow
 
Saturday 4/3
FBG (05:30) 4.0
Rest day (rest weekend actually)

Breakfast (6.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blueberries, walnuts {270 Cal / 37.3g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Moroccan lentil soup, toast with hummus & avocado {293 Cal / 30.5g Carbs}
Nectarine, strawberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {118 Cal / 11.2g Carbs}

Friends visiting for the night
Champagne (2 glasses) {145 Cal / 4.5g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Texas chilli, sweet potato fries, cornbread, refried beans, guacamole,
tortilla chips, soured cream / Corona (330ml) {749 Cal / 56.2g Carbs}
Pecan pie, vanilla ice cream / California Muscat (2oz) {321 Cal / 32.4g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 17939
Carbs 178.6g
Protein 88.8g
Fat 60.3g (Sat Fat 12.9g / Trans fats 0.1g)

Sunday 5/3
FBG (05:30) Not measured today
Rest day

Breakfast (8.30 am): Friends stayed so we had a hearty breakfast
Sausages, bacon, duck egg, mushrooms, baked beans/ Toast, marmalade {580 Cal / 31.7g Carbs}

Lunch (1pm): With friends before they went home
Mushroom & fennel soup, toast with hummus {187 Cal / 15.8g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {123 Cal / 11.7g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Caponata with squid {405 Cal / 21.1g Carbs}
Pear, blackberries, yoghurt, walnuts {135 Cal / 14.2g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (2 of them decaf)

Calories 1472
Carbs 101.1g
Protein 94.6g
Fat 74.0g (Sat Fat 17.0g / Trans fats 0.1g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
Fbg
Libre 3.8
Contour 5.4
Yesterdays food
B/ slice wheat, rye & spelt toast, butter, marmite, avocado & 2 poached eggs, benecol
S/ protein shake with almond milk
S/ cheddar
L/ banana & walnut bread, warm chicken, salt & vinegar peanuts
D/ skipped
S/ cassien with almond milk, cold roast chicken, cheddar, Brazil nuts
Exercise
0.13 mile walk
5k indoor bike
Warm up stretch
3x12 lat pull downs (increasing weight)
3x12 seated rows (increasing weight)
3x10 barbell shoulder press
3x12 bench press
3x10 plate front & side raise
3x10 tricep extensions (increasing weight)
3x10 ghd back extensions with a medicine ball
Stretch
0.13 mile walk
Steps 6,632
 
Today's FBG: 6.0
Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + 1 raw egg + almond butter, chopped hazelnuts + cocoa nibs
Snack: Berries, Greek yoghurt, protein powder, PB
D: Tuna, broccoli, kale, sweetcorn, mushrooms, cream, cheese
AD: Berries, Greek yoghurt, protein powder, PB


Yesterday's Physical Activity
Steps: ~8,000

Workout:

4 times around circuit below
  • 25 press ups hands on roller
  • 25 bent over row
  • 10 shoulder press
  • 10 lateral shoulder raises
  • 10 biceps hammer curl
  • 10 triceps extension
  • 25 air squats feet on a roller for instability
finished with 4 x ab crunches to failure
 
Monday 6/3
FBG (05:30) 4.1

Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blackberries, walnuts {279 Cal / 38.0g Carbs}
..............................15 km run [75 min 17 sec]

Snack (9am): Banana {72 Cal / 16.4g Carbs}
................................1 km jog to the gym
.................................rowing machine (16 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests, 2 minutes after 8 reps)
................................1 km jog home

Lunch (12pm): Tomato & lentil soup, toast & hummus {234 Cal / 26.7g Carbs}
Pineapple, kiwi, yoghurt, pistachios {139 Cal / 17.6g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 3.9
Dinner (6pm): Casarecce with cauliflower & chilli {429 Cal / 52.7g Carbs}
Cherries, peach, yoghurt, hazelnuts {134 Cal / 13.4g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1330
Carbs 171.4g
Protein 54.2g
Fat 41.4g (Sat Fat 7.1g / Trans fats 0.1g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
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