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

Yay, you found the bike again
I actually feel fine it’s just the cough
 
Saturday 25/1
FBG (6.30am) 4.3
Rest day

..................................5 km walk
Breakfast (7am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blueberries, walnuts {308 Cal / 40.4g Carbs}

Lunch (12.30pm): Mushroom & fennel soup, avocado toast {255 Cal / 22.1g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {133 Cal / 10.5g Carbs}

Snack (3pm): Chocolate cake [small piece] {194 Cal / 23.5g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Swordfish with caponata {576 Cal / 19.2g Carbs}
Mango, kiwi, yoghurt, pistachios {157 Cal / 18.6g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1665
Carbs 141.0g
Protein 77.9g
Fat 82.2g (Sat Fat 17.1g / Trans fats 0.4g)

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

FBG: 5.6​

Yesterday's food:​

B: Hummus, pomegranate, 3 boiled eggs, sourdough toast
L: Cheese sandwich, Protein shake
D: Tuna, sweetcorn sandwich, protein powder, grapes, PB, walnuts


Yesterday's Physical Activity:​

Steps
~ 6,000

Workout
4 x 15 Kettlebell Squats
4 x 25 Kettlebell chest presses to failure
4 x Push ups to failure
4 x Shoulder presses to failure
4 x 26 gorilla rows
 
Libre 5.1
Yesterdays food
Tea & collagen
B/breakfast loaf & benecol
S/cheese on homemade no grain bread & a protein shake
L/skipped
S/rump steak corn on the cob & butter chestnut mushrooms & piccolo tomatoes
D/greek yogurt with blueberries raspberries & almonds
Exercise
10 minutes treadmill walk
3x12 barbell deadlifts
3x12 barbell hip thrusters
3x12 leg curls
3x12 leg extensions
3x12 inner abductors
3x12 outer abductors
3x12 barbell rows
2x50 dumbell gorilla rows
3x12 bench press
3x12 lat pull downs
3x12 seated rows
3x12 back bows (new torture machine)
10 minutes treadmill walk walk
 
Sunday 26/1
FBG (6.30am) Not measured today
Rest day

..................................5 km walk
Breakfast (7am): Arbroath smokie pate, melba toast / Tangerine {323 Cal / 27.1g Carbs}
Skate, swordfish & smokie on the same weekend, you can tell that I've been to the fish market.

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom & fennel soup {48 Cal / 4.8g Carbs}
Cheese & tomato quiche [leftovers], salad {335 Cal / 19.3g Carbs}
Plum, blueberries, yoghurt, walnuts {148 Cal / 11.8g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Venison meatballs, linguine, mushroom ragu/ Chianti (5oz) {613 Cal / 50.5g Carbs}
Mango, kiwi, yoghurt, pistachios {134 Cal / 14.4g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1643
Carbs 134.1g
Protein 90.5g
Fat 65.0g (Sat Fat 22.7g / Trans fats 0.8g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Libre 5.6
Yesterdays food
Tea & collagen
B/pork sausages, piccolo tomatoes, chestnut mushrooms, 2 fried eggs & benecol
L/roast turkey & pork, 1 roast potato, roast parsnips, cauliflower cheese, broccoli, carrots, green beans, pork stuffing, red cabbage & gravy
D/salted peanuts
Rest day
 
Monday 27/1
FBG (5.30am) 4.4

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blueberries, walnuts {317 Cal / 41.5g Carbs}
…...............................1 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine {8 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................1 km jog home

Snack (11am): Banana {74 Cal / 17.9g Carbs}
.................................10km run [50 min 52 sec] 113 sec over PB

Lunch (12.30pm): Scrambled eggs, avocado toast/ Tangerine {447 Cal / 30.1g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {139 Cal / 10.5g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.2
Dinner (6pm): Cod bites & chips [take away - treat for son after good exam result] {583 Cal / 53.4g Carbs}
Pear, blackberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {148 Cal / 13.8g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1751
Carbs 173.8g
Protein 59.2g
Fat 83.0g (Sat Fat 14.0g / Trans fats 0.6g)

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

FBG: 5.8​

Yesterday's food:​

B: Hummus, pomegranate, 3 boiled eggs, sourdough toast
L: Cheese sandwich, Protein shake
D: Tuna, sweetcorn sandwich, protein powder, grapes, PB, walnuts


Yesterday's Physical Activity:​

Steps
~ 6,000

Workout
Rest Day
 

FBG: 5.3​

Yesterday's food:​

B: Hummus, pomegranate, 3 boiled eggs, sourdough toast
L: Cheese sandwich, Protein shake
D: Tuna, sweetcorn sandwich, 2 biscuits


Yesterday's Physical Activity:​

Steps
~ 10,000

Workout
15 km on spin bike
Followed by:
4 x 15 Kettlebell clean and squat
4 x 25 Kettlebell chest press
4 x 25 Push ups
4 x 26 Kettlebell bent over rows
4 x 25 Kettlebell shoulder press
 
Libre 5.1
After walking downstairs & making a cuppa contour 4.4
Yesterdays food
Tea & collagen
B/chia seed pudding blueberries raspberries & benecol
L/boiled egg & salad cream in lettuce wraps piccolo tomatoes & brie
D/gammn steak corn on the cob & salted butter
Rest day
 

FBG: 5.3​

Yesterday's food:​

B: 4 boiled eggs, sourdough toast, Greek yoghurt, pear, grapes, PB, crushed walnut
L: Tuna, sweetcorn sandwich, 2 biscuits
D: Tuna, hummus, sourdough, Greek yoghurt, pear, grapes, PB, crushed walnut


Yesterday's Physical Activity:​

Steps
~ 10,000

Workout
4 times around circuit below:
26 single leg deadlifts
26 Burpees
 
Tuesday 28/1
FBG (5.30am) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), black & blueberries, walnuts {322 Cal / 42.8g Carbs}
.................................8km run [not timed, sore knee so took it easy]
Breakfast 2 (8am): Garlic mushrooms, toast, grapefruit juice {214 Cal / 24.6g Carbs}

(11am)....................1 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine {8 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................1 km jog home

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom & fennel soup {48 Cal / 4.8g Carbs}
Green bean & fig salad {243 Cal /20.2g Carbs}
Mango, kiwi, yoghurt, pistachios {156 Cal / 18.6g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Vegetarian haggis, neeps & tatties, savoy cabbage {434 Cal / 54.6g Carbs}
Supermarket haggis was made with pork, not mutton so I got the veggie one (very tasty)
I find pork liver to be very bitter, Pork DOES NOT belong in haggis!
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {140 Cal / 11.2g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1723
Carbs 203.7g
Protein 54.3g
Fat 60.5g (Sat Fat 11.3g / Trans fats 0.1g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Wednesday 29/1
FBG (5.30am) Rest day

.................................3 km walk [sore knee]
Breakfast (8am): Bacon, sausage, eggs, mushrooms, baked beans, OJ {542 Cal / 28.8g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Tomato & lentil soup, avocado toast {264 Cal / 28.1g Carbs}
Nectarine, strawberries, yoghurt, pecans {144 Cal / 12.1g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Crab & fennel risotto/ Soave (4oz) {528 Cal / 58.7g Carbs}
Marmalade pudding, ice cream {324 Cal / 34.2g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1843
Carbs 168.6g
Protein 74.1g
Fat 80.2g (Sat Fat 21.7g / Trans fats 0.5g)

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

FBG: 5.0​

Yesterday's food:​

B: Greek yoghurt, pear, grapes, PB, crushed walnut
L: Tuna, sweetcorn sandwich, Protein shake
D: 4 boiled eggs, hummus, sourdough, Greek yoghurt, pear, grapes, PB, crushed walnut


Yesterday's Physical Activity:​

Steps
~ 10,000

Workout
4 times around circuit below:
10 Kettlebell clean and squats
26 Kettlebell chest presses
10 Plyo push ups
20 Kettlebell single arm rows
20 Kettlebell shoulder presses
 
Thursday 30/1
FBG (5.30am) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), peach, raspberries, pecans {296 Cal / 40.1g Carbs}
..................................1 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine {8 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................1 km jog home

Snack (11am): Banana {70 Cal / 16.8g Carbs}
.................................8km run [40 min 17 sec] New route, didn't push too hard

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom & fennel soup {42 Cal / 4.3g Carbs}
Prawn & avocado salad {266 Cal /6.5g Carbs}
Black & blueberries, yoghurt, walnuts {149 Cal / 11.3g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.0
Dinner (6pm): Venison stew, sweet potato mash, green beans/ Montepulciano (5oz) {605 Cal / 43.8g Carbs}
Mango, kiwi, yoghurt, pistachios {157 Cal / 18.7g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1627
Carbs 148.1g
Protein 88.5g
Fat 56.3g (Sat Fat 9.5g / Trans fats 0.3g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
FBG Thursday
Libre 4.9
Wednesdays food
Tea & cillagen
B/chia seed pudding with blueberries & raspberries benecol
L/roast chicken rainbow salad
S/brazil nuts & 5 cherries
D/cheese & onion sub roll
Exercise
5x20 dumbell swing to squat to hammer curl to shoulder press
2x50 dumbell pass throughs
2x50 dumbell gorilla rows

Friday fbg
Libre 4.9
Thursdays food
B/3 scrambled eggs on seeded toast benecol
S/collagen
L/roast chicken rainbow salad
S/ Brazil nuts & 5 cherries
D/3 lamb chops, purple sprouting broccoli leeks broccoli baby carrots bisto & mint sauce
S/warm almond milk & a cheese string
Exercise
10 minutes treadmill walk
3x12 leg extensions
3x12 leg curls
3x12 inner abductors
3x12 outer abductors
3x12 sissy squats
3x12 lat pulldowns
3x13 seated rows
3x12 bench press
10 minutes treadmill walk walk
 
100 burpees brilliant
 

FBG: 5.5​

Yesterday's food:​

B: Greek yoghurt, pear, grapes, PB, crushed walnut
L: Tuna, sweetcorn sandwich, Protein shake
D: Turkish eggs, sourdough toast, hummus


Yesterday's Physical Activity:​

Steps
~ 10,000

Workout
10 km on spin bike
 
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