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

Libre 4.6
Yesterdays food
B/2 boiled eggs, slice wholemeal toast & butter, benecol
S/warm roast chicken
L/roast lamb, 4 roast potatoes, purple sprouting broccoli, baby carrots, green beans, bisto & mint sauce
Homemade plum crumble & cream
D/overnight yogurt with berries
S/cheese string, cold roast chicken
Exercise
1.3 mile walk after lunch, otherwise rest day
Exercise back to normal
 

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FBG: 4.8​

Yesterday's food:
B: Huel, Chocolate Black edition, cocoa powder, 2 eggs, nuts
L: Huel, Chocolate Black edition, cocoa powder, 2 eggs, nuts, crusty bread houmous, 2 apples
D: Chicken kebabs, naan bread, protein shake

Yesterday's Physical Activity

Steps​

~8,000

Workout:
5 times around circuit below:
A. 1 minute squats
B. 1 minute lunges
C. 1 minute squats
D. 1 minute lunges
E. 1 minute squats
 
Sunday 28/4
FBG (05:30) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), strawberries, raspberries, pecans (273 Cal / 37.4g Carbs}
...................................12.5 km [64 min 45 sec] New PB
Breakfast 2 (7.30am): Garlic mushrooms, toast, grapefruit juice {232 Cal / 20.3g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom & fennel soup {62 Cal / 5.4g Carbs}
Chicken & fig salad {344 Cal / 19.8g Carbs}
Pear, blueberries, yoghurt, walnuts {133 Cal / 13.0g Carbs}

Dinner (5.30pm): Venison meatballs, spaghetti, ragu/ Primitivo (4oz) {528 Cal / 46.7g Carbs}
Rhubarb & ginger charlotte, ice cream {313 Cal / 37.0g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1927
Carbs 186.2g
Protein 108.6g
Fat 69.4g (Sat Fat 15.3g / Trans fats 0.4g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
That’s a lot of squats & lunges, how are the legs today? (Hoping they were knee to floor lunges)
 
Monday 29/4
FBG (05:00) 4.1

Breakfast (5am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blueberries, walnuts (272 Cal / 38.2g Carbs}
...................................Half marathon, new route [107 min 02 sec] Felt good today
Breakfast 2 (7.30am): Garlic mushrooms, toast, orange juice {265 Cal / 28.1g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Soupe au pistou, avocado toast {315 Cal / 31.6g Carbs}
Mango, kiwi, yoghurt, pistachios {136 Cal / 14.2g Carbs}

BG (5.30pm) 4.2
Dinner (5.30pm): Cod fillet with caponata {449 Cal / 24.5g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {124 Cal / 11.6g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1603
Carbs 154.8g
Protein 84.3g
Fat 64.5g (Sat Fat 9.5g / Trans fats 0.1g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Libre 4.4
Yesterdays food
B/2 pork sausages, cheese frittata, benecol
S/celery & peanut butter
L/chicken salad & strawberries
D/overnight yogurt with berries
S/cheese string & roast chicken
Exercise
Am
1.07 mile walk
Pm
Peleton
30 minutes endurance ride
5 minutes post ride stretch
Calories 1,661
 
Great time for a 1/2 marathon!
 

FBG: 5.0​

Yesterday's food:
B: Huel, Chocolate Black edition, cocoa powder, 2 eggs, nuts
Snack: crusty bread houmous
L: Huel, Chocolate Black edition, cocoa powder, 2 eggs, nuts, cheese roll, 2 apples
D: Chicken kebabs, naan bread, protein shake
AD: Choc protein pudding

Yesterday's Physical Activity

Steps​

~13,000

Workout:

4 x 10 kettlebell cleans (32g kettlebell)
4 x 20 gorilla rows (2 x 32g kettlebells)
4 x 25 regular push ups
4 x 25 decline push ups
4 x 10 kettlebell shoulder presses (2 x 20 kg kettlebells)
 
Last edited:
FBG 6
Exercise
40 minute run
15 minute spin bike
15 minutes weights and resistance bands
15 press ups
15 Russian twists with weight
15 glute bridges
Food
B - Cold Cajun chicken
L - Diced chicken and mushroom soup
D - Burger with avocado salad
Snacks Cucumber, olives, small portion pecan nuts
Drinks Mineral water, decaf tea with unsweetened almond milk
 
Awesome!
 
Libre 4.5
Yesterdays food
B/overnight yogurt & berries
S/cheddar (straight after gym)
S/protein shake with almond milk, banana, oat & blueberry muffin
L/chicken salad, strawberries
S/celery & peanut butter
D/salmon fillet, endamme noodles, steamed broccoli & Italian hard cheese
S/cheese string, Brazil nuts & options mint hot chocolate made with almond milk
Exercise
10 minutes treadmill walk
3x12 leg curls
3x12 leg press
3x12 hack squats
3x12 bench press
3x13 incline bench press
3x12 shoulder press
3x12 tricep dips
3x12 pullovers
3x12 oblique twists (machine up to 20kg now)
10 minutes treadmill walk
Pm
Treadmill
30 minutes treadmill run/walk
10 minutes yoga
Steps 16,572
300,000 April step challenge completed
 
Low FBG .. feeling ok I hope?
 
Tuesday 30/4
FBG (05:00) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), peach, raspberries, pecans (272 Cal / 37.3g Carbs}
...................................10 km run [51 min 01 sec] 8 sec over PB for this route

Snack 2 (9am): Mushroom & fennel soup / Banana {109 Cal / 19.1g Carbs}

Lunch (2pm): Smoked salmon & scrambled eggs, avocado toast {525 Cal / 19.2g Carbs}
Building a polytunnel at the allotment, overran a little

Dinner (6.30pm): Lasagne {569 Cal / 36.75g Carbs}
Figs, Greek yoghurt, walnuts {167 Cal / 18.4g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (2 of them decaf)

Calories 1684
Carbs 137.3g
Protein 92.2g
Fat 78.6g (Sat Fat 19.0g / Trans fats 0.5g)

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

FBG: 5.8​

Yesterday's food:
B: Huel, Chocolate Black edition, cocoa powder, 2 eggs, nuts
Snack: crusty bread houmous
L: Huel, Chocolate Black edition, cocoa powder, 2 eggs, nuts, cheese roll, 2 apples
D: Huel, Chocolate Black edition, cocoa powder, 2 eggs, nuts
AD: Choc protein pudding, 1 jaffa cake

Yesterday's Physical Activity

Steps​

~8,000

Workout:

Rest day
 
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