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

It is good to know. And knowledge is power. It means your kids will be aware and will do what it takes to stay healthy. These days there is better monitoring that we can do for our BGs; improved understanding of diet; and with all of that better understanding of the drugs and dosing protocols to keep the body healthy. You're a mum, you're going to worry about them, but you know what? They have a heads up in terms of what to look out for, and a great example to follow from you. They won't be waiting as long to find out. A yearly A1C for them will let them get ample notice of anything happening and be able to start taking control measures. Now you now what you suspected for a long time and you can get the right treatment .. also you will get things set up to ensure your kids get what they need in plenty of time. You're doing the absolute best you can with the hand that mother nature deals out. You cannot ask more of yourself. Your kids are the wonderful individual people they are because of you and your husband. This is something that they can handle and still be very healthy and fit into old age. It is not what is was 30 years ago.

Massive hug! Enjoy your long weekend, and the many more you and your kids have to come!
 
Thank you for your support, it means a lot, so pleased I refused to be put on insulin when my son was born, I could have been injecting insulin for the past 25 years, scary thought, if I can hypo on a tiny dose of gliclazide I shudder to think what insulin would have done to me
Going forward I’m not sure what it will mean medication or food wise, I actually like low carb (haven’t cheated once in a year), libre while not exactly accurate is such a. good tool to have
Hope you have a lovely bank holiday weekend
Having a day out at local country estate today
 
FBG
Libre 5.7
Contour 5.1
Yesterdays food
B/ bacon, eggs, mushrooms, slice soughdough toast with butter
S/ 1/2 vegan protein bar
L/ Panzanella salad with added walnuts
D: haselet, Brie, 2 strawberries 8 banana & walnut bread with butter
S/ handful of Brazil nuts
Exercise
Rest day
Steps 10,146
 
Great FBG & exercise routine
100 squats with a 20kg kettlebell impressive
My 100 a day start tomorrow, going to start with body weight & see how it goes before adding any weight
I’ll probably start doing them in one go without stopping but may drop to sets of 20 sometime in the month
Enjoy your day
 
This morning's FBG: 5.7

Yesteday's food:
B: Huel black chocolate + protein powder
L: Huel black banana + protein powder
D: 3 egg omelette, with mushrooms, broccoli, garlic, spices and mature cheddar
AD: Choc protein pudding


Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~5,000

Workout:
4 times around circuit below no rest:
  • 25 press ups
  • 25 squat to front kick alternating left and right

Followed by 4 times around circuit below:
  • 13 snatches R, 13 snatches L with 16kg kbell
  • 13 shrimp squats L, 13 Shrimp squats R
Finish with
  • 4 x 25 single arm swing with 16kg bell
  • hamstring stretches
 
FBG
Libre 7.3
Contour 7
Yesterdays food
B: 3 scrambled eggs, avocado & slice soughdough toast with butter
L:1/2 vegan protein bar ( at country estate only food available was beef or venison burger or crepes)
S/ few peanuts
D: chicken & chorizo casserole, Panzanella salad slice banana & walnut bread with butter
S/ 2 cheese strings, salted peanuts
Exercise
4 mile walk ( up a dam, through fields & down trails)
Steps 15,579
 
Great workout on Friday
Had to Google shrimp squats, never heard of them, look hard, might have to try them
Yesterday you could see all the deer running around & people were buying venison burgers, no way would I eat it, really don’t like the thought of eating any animal, could easily be vegetarian
Back to gardening today
Hope you’re having a lovely werkend
 
This morning's FBG: 5.5

Yesteday's food:
B: Huel black chocolate + Protein powder
L: 3 egg omelette, with mushrooms, broccoli, garlic, spices and mature cheddar
D: Roast lamb and broccoli
AD: Choc protein pudding


Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~10,000

Workout:
Rest day
 
Bambi Burgers!! While Bambi is still running around being all cute?!! No way!
I know what you mean, I feel bad at times about eating meat. But it is a complex relationship we have with food and animals. We're all food for something in the end, but I do think the overconsumption of meat and other food too is leading to a real environmental catastrophe though.

Did some gardening yesterday and a trip to the movies with the kiddo, another one on Netflix late in the evening. All of which is strangely tiring, did feel like a workout last night, esp after taking a statin when the muscle soreness kicks in.

Kiddo is still snoozing. When she gets up we'll head into town for a little mooch around and some brunch. Drop her back at her mum's this evening. Then a zoom call to catch up with some old mates from London. Looking forward to really chilling out tomorrow!

Hope your Sunday is going great
 
FBG
Libre 6.5
Contour 6
Yesterdays food
B/ eggs, bacon, mushrooms & slice soughdough toast with butter
L/ cooked ham, Brie, peanut butter, 3 strawberries & banana & walnut bread & butter
D/ roast pork, crackling, 1 roast potato, 1 parsnip, carrots, broccoli, leeks & onion gravy
S/ handful of Brazil nuts
Exercise
1 mile treadmill run
100 body weight squats
Steps 9,721
 
Great you had 2 proper meals no workout & FBG still in the 5’s
Sorry the statins are still giving you sore muscles, must make exercising harder, but you still get it done & your workouts aren’t easy
Pt at 8 as usual, then gardening, chilling today
Enjoy your day
 
Great FBGs!
The 100 squats/day challenge begins!
 
This morning's FBG: 5.2

Yesteday's food:
B: Huel black chocolate + protein powder
L: Thai chicken curry and veggie
D:Thai chicken curry and 2 fried eggs
AD: Choc protein pudding
Late night snack: Grilled Chicken kebab

Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~5,000

Workout:
4 times around circuit below no rest:
  • 25 press ups
  • 25 squat to front kick alternating left and right

Followed by 4 times around circuit below:
  • 13 snatches R, 13 snatches L with 16kg kbell
  • 13 shrimp squats L, 13 Shrimp squats R
Finish with
  • 4 x 25 single arm swing with 16kg bell
  • 4 x 25 mountain climbers
  • hamstring stretches
 
That chicken kebab was so deserved after that workout
 
FBG
Libre 7.1 (being replaced this afternoon)
Contour 6.2
Yesterdays food
Protein shake after gym
B/ spinach frittata
L/ cold roast pork, peanut butter, Brie, 3 strawberries & banana & walnut butter with butter
S/ cheese string after treadmill
D/ homemade chilli & cauliflower rice
S/ Brazil nuts

exercise
Normal Monday routine but substituted Bulgarian split squats for 100 squats
1.45 mile walk with friend (back to pack up house)
Treadmill
0.5 mile walk
0.5 mile run
4x200m (turning treadmill up by 4 each time)
0.5 mile walk
Steps 15,936
 
Brilliant FBG as usual
What a workout!! You were obviously well rested before that, just wonder if yesterday ended up being another rest day,
Hope you enjoyed that chicken kebab, didn’t affect FBG so guessing alcohol was involved
I’m tired this morning, didn’t sleep well, still deciding whether to walk this morning or go to work & do a recovery ride & stretch on peloton, my legs are saying please don’t run again today
don’t really want to do 100 squats either, but know I will
B/s only went up to 6.9 after the gym yesterday & was in the 4’s nearly all day
Hopefully letter from consultants will arrive today
Have a good day
 
This morning's FBG: 5.4

Yesteday's food:
B: Huel black chocolate + protein powder
L: Thai chicken curry and veggies
D:Thai chicken curry and 2 fried eggs
AD: Choc protein pudding


Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~5,000

Workout:
  • 3 x chest press with 32 kg kettlebell, 10 R, 10 L
  • 4 x 10 decline deficit push ups
  • 5 x 5 biceps curls with 32kg bell
  • 4 x 25 bent over rows with 32 kg bell
  • 4 x 15 kettlebell squats with 32kg bell
  • 4 x 25 crunches
More of a strength workout than yesterday which was more for the cardio. Might take a rest day today .. will see how it all feels after lunch LOL
 

Wow only went up to 6.9 .. that sounds good .. but how were you feeling when it was in the 4s? I so hope it was in the high 4s and it didn't leave you feeling too tired?
That was some amazing activity yesterday mate, weights and running! 400 m sprints at that! I used to be a great sprinter, but 400m used to kill me. In fact 200m would wipe me out. my best time for a 100 m was 11.11 which for a big guy was good, bumping into me on the rugby pitch at full speed wasn't good LOL. I always thought 400m was an amazing event, the great 400m runners were fast and had incredible cardio. But my physique was just never going to be suited to it.

I hope you're feeling good today and that the BGs play nicely. Hopefully that consultant letter comes with an appointment date too to go through what happens next.

Have a great day!

Still doing the 100 squat/day challenge on top of all that?
 
FBG
New libre 7.8
Contour 6.4
Yesterdays food
B/3 boiled eggs, banana & walnut bread with butter, few blueberries
L/ ham salad
D/ cold potk, Brie, peanut butter & banana & walnut bread with butter
Exercise
100 squats
Steps 9,042
 
You’ve so got all this sorted, workout sounds really good
Felt great in the 4’s, first day in nearly a year (since started meditation) that I haven’t felt sick or dizzy at any point, unfortunately I can’t drive if it’s under 5
New libre was reading 2 whole points higher than meter last night on 1st scans (usually pretty accurate at this stage)
Still no letter from consultant, but video call on 19 May
Going to the gym before work this morning
Enjoy your day
 
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