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

Libre 5.6
Yesterdays food
Tea & collagen
B/breakfast loaf & benecol
L/chicken breast in white wine & mushroom sauce, baby carrots & green beans
A/apple, cheddar & walnuts
D/ham salad roll
Exercise
10 minutes treadmill walk
3x12 leg curls
3x12 leg extensions
3x12 seated rows
3x12 lat pull downs
3x12 barbell bench press
5 minutes treadmill walk walk
 

FBG: 4.9​

Yesterday's food:​

B: 3 boiled eggs, Fruit, yoghurt, protein powder, PB
L: Tuna and sweetcorn sandwich, 2 bourbon biscuits
D: Fruit, yoghurt, protein powder, PB, sourdough toast hummus,


Yesterday's Physical Activity:​

Steps
~ 8,000

Workout
4 times Superset below:
25 Squats
10 Chin ups
4 times Superset below:
10 Pike Push Ups
25 Decline Push Ups
 
Libre 5.8
Yesterdays food
B/tea & collagen, breakfast loaf, benecol
S/latte & rich tea biscuit (meter 3.8
L/bovril, roast ham, Brie, blueberries & walnuts
S/small apple, cheddar & almonds
D/casien with almond milk, cheese string
Rest day
 

FBG: 5.4​

Yesterday's food:​

B: 3 boiled eggs, Fruit, yoghurt, protein powder, PB
L: Chicken melt sandwich, 2 bourbon biscuits
D: 3 boiled eggs, Fruit, yoghurt, protein powder, PB
Snack: 2 packs of wotsits


Yesterday's Physical Activity:​

Steps
~ 8,000

Workout
30 mins yoga
 
Thursday 13/3
FBG (5.30am) 4.4

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blueberries, walnuts {313 Cal / 40.4g Carbs}
..................................1 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine {8 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................1 km jog home
Breakfast 2 (8am): Smoked mackerel {229 Cal / 0g Carbs}

Snack (11am): Banana {75 Cal / 18.1g Carbs}
..................................1 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine {8 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................5 km jog home

Lunch (12pm): Curried parsnip soup, avocado toast {264 Cal / 26.7g Carbs}
Nectarine, raspberries, yoghurt, pistachios {152 Cal / 14.1g Carbs}

BG (6pm): 4.2
Dinner (6pm): Pheasant & mushroom casserole, celeriac mash, green beans {521 Cal / 39.0g Carbs}
Rhubarb & ginger crumble, ice cream {335 Cal / 34.3g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1922
Carbs 179.6g
Protein 118.0g
Fat 72.7g (Sat Fat 19.3g / Trans fats 0.8g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Friday 14/3
FBG (5.30am) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), strawberries, raspberries, pecans {303 Cal / 40.7g Carbs}
..................................10 km run [48 min 37 sec] New PB by 11 sec

Lunch (12pm): Carrot & lentil soup {110 Cal / 16.2g Carbs}
Wood pigeon & fig salad {403 Cal / 18.0g Carbs}
Pear, blueberries, yoghurt, walnuts {164 Cal / 16.1g Carbs}

BG (6pm): 3.9
Dinner (6pm): Orzo with prawns & lemon {437 Cal / 62.0g Carbs}
Strawberries, yoghurt, macadamias {149 Cal / 15.4g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1608
Carbs 175.1g
Protein 82.8g
Fat 55.7g (Sat Fat 9.2g / Trans fats 0.1g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Libre 6.1
Yesterdays food
Tea & collagen
B/breakfast loaf & benecol
S/protein shake with almond milk, slice Heylo cinnamon & raisin toast & butter
L/heylo brown cheese sandwich, walnuts & blueberries
S/apple, cheddar & almonds
D/skipped
S/warm almond milk, Lindt 90% & cheese string
Exercise
10 minutes treadmill walk treadmill walk
3x12 leg curls
3x12 leg extensions
3x12 inner abductors
3x12 outer abductors
3x12 hack squats
3x12 lat pull downs
3x12 seated rows
3x12 barbell bench press
10 minutes treadmill walk
 
Wotsits & bourbons jealous now
Need to up my exercise
 

FBG: 5.4​

Yesterday's food:​

B: 3 boiled eggs, Fruit, yoghurt, protein powder, PB
L: Tuna and sweetcorn sandwich
AL: Greek yoghurt with strawberries, blueberries, kiwi and crunchy PB
D: Chicken melt sandwich
AD: Greek yoghurt with strawberries, blueberries, protein powder, cocoa powder and crunchy PB


Yesterday's Physical Activity:​

Steps
~ 8,000

Workout
4 times around Superset below:
25 Squats
10 Chin ups
4 times around Superset below:
10 Pike Push Ups
25 Decline Push Ups

Finish with 3 x Plank to failure
 
FBG Saturday
Libre 5.1
Fridays food
B/3 scrambled eggs with mozzarella
L/homemade bolognaise & an avocado
S/small apple, almonds & cheddar
D/chicken breast with basil pesto & rainbow salad
S/warm almond milk, cheese string & 1 square 90% lindt
Rest day
 
Fbg
Libre 5.4
Yesterdays food
Tea & collagen
B/cheese, spinach & tomato omelette, benecol
S/protein shake with almond milk, slice Heylo cinnamon & raisin toast & butter
L/skipped
S/chicken breast with basil pesto, Brie & few salted peanuts
D/skipped
S/cheese string & 1 square 90% lindt
Exercise
20 minutes treadmill ealk
3x12 sumo barbell deadlifts
3x12 barbell hip thrusters
3x12 leg extensions
3x12 leg curls
20 minutes stretching legs
3x12 barbell bench press
4x12 lat pull downs
3x12 seated rows
3x12 (each side) 1 arm rows
10 minutes treadmill walk
 
Saturday 15/3
FBG (5.30am) 4.3
Rest day [at the allotment, so not really]

Breakfast (7.30am): Porridge (almond milk), pear, blueberries, walnuts {297 Cal / 40.7g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom & fennel soup, avocado toast {235 Cal / 28.8g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {132 Cal / 11.0g Carbs}

At friends' for dinner, values estimated
Dinner (7pm): Thai spring rolls, sweet chilli dipping sauce {159 Cal / 33.1g Carbs}
Thai red curry [butternut squash & prawn], flatbread {460 Cal / 46.3g Carbs}
Rhubarb crumble & custard {278 Cal / 33.7g Carbs}

Red wine (can't recall what) {251 Cal / 7.7g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1854
Carbs 208.1g
Protein 53.5g
Fat 57.2g (Sat Fat 12.5g / Trans fats 0.3g)

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

FBG: 5.8​

Yesterday's food:​

B: 3 boiled eggs, Fruit, yoghurt, protein powder, PB
L: Tuna and sweetcorn sandwich
AL: Greek yoghurt with strawberries, blueberries, kiwi and crunchy PB
D: Chicken melt sandwich
AD: Greek yoghurt with strawberries, blueberries, protein powder, cocoa powder and crunchy PB, 0 Bourbons and 0 bags of Wotsits


Yesterday's Physical Activity:​

Steps
~ 8,000

Workout
30 mins yoga
 
Sunday 16/3
FBG (5.30am) Not measured today
Rest day

Breakfast (6.30am): Bacon & eggs, mushrooms, baked beans, OJ {418 Cal / 20.7g Carbs}
...........................5 km walk
Breakfast 2 (9am): Toast & marmalade {95 Cal / 20.3g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom & fennel soup, avocado toast {192 Cal / 16.8g Carbs}
Bakewell tart {226 Cal / 20.4g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Texas chilli, sweet potato, cornbread, refried beans, guacamole,
tortilla chips, soured cream / Corona (12oz) {771 Cal / 59.0g Carbs}
Yoghurt, blueberries {73 Cal / 11.6g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1817
Carbs 153.5g
Protein 103.9g
Fat 70.9g (Sat Fat 19.6g / Trans fats 0.2g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
Monday 13/3
FBG (5.30am) 4.0

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blueberries, walnuts {327 Cal / 42.0g Carbs}
..................................8 km run [38 min 47 sec]
Very close to PB, increasing protein intake is doing the job, fewer aches and pains, more energy

Snack (11am): Banana {71 Cal / 17.2g Carbs}
..................................1 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine {8 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................5 km jog home

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom & fennel soup {45 Cal / 4.5g Carbs}
Tuna & avocado salad {353 Cal / 7.1g Carbs}
Pineapple, kiwi, yoghurt, pistachios {168 Cal / 17.2g Carbs}

BG (6pm): 3.9
Dinner (6pm): Orzotto with kohlrabi & watercress, hake fillet {539 Cal / 54.5g Carbs}
Nectarine, strawberries, yoghurt, pecans {335 Cal / 34.3g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1676
Carbs 162.5g
Protein 90.2g
Fat 63.5g (Sat Fat 9.6g / Trans fats 0.1g)

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

FBG: 5.7​

Yesterday's food:​

B: 3 boiled eggs, Fruit, yoghurt, protein powder, PB
L: Tuna and sweetcorn sandwich
AL: Greek yoghurt with strawberries, blueberries, kiwi and crunchy PB
D: Chicken melt sandwich
AD: Greek yoghurt with strawberries, blueberries, protein powder, cocoa powder and crunchy PB


Yesterday's Physical Activity:​

Steps
~ 10,000

Workout
4 times around Superset below:
25 Squats
10 Chin ups
4 times around Superset below:
10 Pike Push Ups
25 Decline Push Ups

Finish with 3 x planks to failure
 
Monday fbg
Libre 5.6
Sunday food
Tea & collagen
B/2 pork sausages, 2 large flat mushrooms with feta & piccolo tomatoes, hp sauce & benecol
L/skipped
D/2 pork steaks, homemade cauliflower cheese, baby carrots, green beans, apple sauce & bisto
At mum’s all day sorting her house
Tuesday fbg
Libre 5.1
Yesterdays food
Tea & collagen
B/cheese, tomato & spinach omelette, benecol
L/homemade bolognaise & and avocado
S/apple, cheddar & almonds
D/heylo cheese & onion roll, blueberries & Brazil muts
2.25 mile walk at work
 

FBG: 5.7​

Yesterday's food:​

B: 3 boiled eggs, Fruit, yoghurt, protein powder, PB
L: Vietnamese chicken salad
AL: Greek yoghurt with strawberries, blueberries, kiwi and crunchy PB
D: Chicken melt sandwich
AD: Greek yoghurt with strawberries, blueberries, protein powder, cocoa powder and crunchy PB


Yesterday's Physical Activity:​

Steps
~ 15,000

Workout
4 times around circuit below:
26 Single leg RDLs
26 Single leg bridges
10 Chin ups
25 Decline Push Ups
 
Tuesday 18/3
FBG (5.30am) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), nectarine, raspberries, pecans {293 Cal / 39.7g Carbs}
..................................1 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine {8 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................1 km jog home
Snack (7.30am): Mackerel (in tomato sauce) {177 Cal / 1.9g Carbs}

Snack (11am): Banana {74 Cal / 17.9g Carbs}
..................................8 km jog

Lunch (12pm): Tomato & lentil soup {88 Cal / 13.1g Carbs}
Prawn & avocado salad {353 Cal / 7.1g Carbs}
Pineapple, kiwi, yoghurt, pistachios {167 Cal / 17.1g Carbs}

Dinner (6.30pm): Courgette, feta mint souffle, fries, asparagus {544 Cal / 28.3g Carbs}
Pear, blueberries, yoghurt, walnuts {169 Cal / 15.1g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee {4 of them decaf)

Calories 1821
Carbs 160.5g
Protein 88.9g
Fat 85.5g (Sat Fat 19.6g / Trans fats 0.6g)

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