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

Great FBGs and lovely workout .. I'm so tempted by Peleton!
 
My home gym:
2 x 16 kg kettlebells
2 x 20 kg kettlebells
1 x 32 kg kettlebell
2 x old school adjustable dumbbells (can go up to 18 kg each)
A punch/kick bag in the garden

I prefer a lunchtime workout, better for the FBGs next day. But if I've had a busy day with the kiddo and mum has needed more help with her pain (massage, meds, ointments etc. father time not been kind to her - osteoporosis, arthritis, polymyalgia) Then I have to take a wee rest in the evenings and workout later when I feel recharged. Otherwise I'll have no workout to post the next day! LOL
 
FBG
Libre 5.8
Contour 5.6
Yesterdays food
After gym/ protein shake & protein bite
B/ crustless quiche
L/ roast chicken salad & a plum
D/ chicken & leek gratin, roasted broccoli, green beans, blueberries & raspberries with almonds & cream
S/ 3 pork chipolatas
Exercise
3x10 single leg RDL’s with hold (each side)
3x10 barbell good mornings
3x12 barbell deadlifts
3x10 barbell deadlifts
3x10 barbell thrusters
3x8 Bulgarian split squats (upped the weight)
100 bench squats (still no stopping)
Stretch
Steps 11,505
 
I don’t know how you manage to do everything, you’re mums lucky to have you to help her, sounds like she really needs it, good that you have a little time for yourself as well, you have your own health to look after, stress doesn’t do any of us any favours
Off for a swim before work this morning
Enjoy your day
 
This morning's FBG: 5.1

Yesteday's food:
B: Huel black chocolate + protein powder + PB
L: Huel black banana + protein powder + PB
AL: Extra mature cheddar and Brie
D: Indian chicken curry, 1 slice buttered toast
AD: Choc protein pudding

Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~4,000

Workout: Rest day
 
WOW great FBGs .. and really heavy leg day! How's it feeling today?
 
Thanks for the kind words
It is not too bad most days, wouldn't have it any other way. I am lucky as I can work from home mostly, that makes it a bit easier. It is how life is and we need to be there for those that were always there for us. I've lived a good life full of interesting experiences in many places. Now is the time for making sure my mum is looked after and can spend time at home, can see her family, can feel that she is loved and cared for, surrounded by familiar faces and has no stress or worry about how she will cope. She was always very independent and would love to get by on her own but she just can't anymore, and knowing that someone who loves you is around to help makes it a little better.

Love that swim! Great start to the day! I'm doing a full body workout at lunchtime. I have to admit it does being out the vanity a little as it really sculpts the body well.

I've started taking Coenzyme Q10 tablets to try and counteract the muscle soreness from the statins and it seems to be working so far. I am delighted . I hope it stays that way!

Have a great day chumski! I bet it feels great having that swim under your belt from this morning!
 
FBG
Libre 5.9
Finetest lite 5.9
Protein shake, protein bite & Brazil nuts after swim
B/ 3 scrambled eggs & 3 pork chipolatas
L/ chicken salad & a plum
D/ chicken & leek gratin, Brie, homemade banana & walnut bread with butter
Exercise
82 lengths swim 2,050 m
100 bench squats
13,105 steps
 
Are you sure the muscle soreness is down to the statins & not the exercise, you do do a lot of hard workouts
I need to keep doing the squats in the morning as legs really ache now in the evening
Been up since 4 with a big mug of tea, ibuprofen, ice pack & hot water bottle
Long day at work today, son goes on holiday tomorrow so lots to get done
Enjoy your day
 
Man oh man! Those FBGs look really good!!
 
This morning's FBG: 5.7

Yesteday's food:
B: Huel black chocolate + protein powder + PB
L: Indian chicken curry, 1 slice buttered toast
AL: Choc protein pudding
D:Thai chicken curry with aubergines and mixed veg and 2 fried eggs
AD: Choc protein pudding


Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~12,000

Workout:
everything done with a pair of 12 kg dumbbells

100 reps decline push ups (completed in 4 sets)
100 reps bench press (completed in 3 sets)
100 reps shoulder press (completed in 3 sets)
100 reps bent over row (completed in 2 sets)
100 reps squats (completed in 4 sets)

4 x 10 shoulder lateral raises
4 x 10 biceps curls
4 x 10 skull crushers
4 x 25 bicycle crunches

Added 100 push ups to the routine
 
Oh yes soreness 100% down to statins.
Started taking them every other day this week, instead of daily, as an experiment and soreness went right down. Then started Coenzymeq10 that also helps.
Got an appointment with the doctor next week, to discuss reducing the dose and to check bloods in 3 months, see if we can get a minimal effective dose that is lower than this and reduce side effects.
They are a great drug for someone like me with very high LDL, total Cholesterol and Triglycerides that don't respond to diet and exercise + family history of men on my dad's side dropping like flies with cardiac events at about this age. I will have arterial plaque, but Rosuvastatin has been shown to stabilise that plaque, reduce cardiovascular inflammation. Stable plaque is essentially harmless. Very high levels of LDL, total Cholesterol and Triglycerides, the various ratios between them, are a marker for the LDL being carried in small diameter lipoproteins. These do the damage to the arteries. Reducing this number is good for me and even better is stabilising the liquid plaque that they have formed within the arteries. It is interesting stuff when you look in the details. Plaque doesn't block your arteries and cause the heart attack or stroke. It is in the medial layer of the artery wall. If it calcifies there it actually stabilises and won't cause a problem, the body has healed it. If it stays liquid and inflamed it can burst through the artery wall and that is what causes instant blood clots in the artery that break off and go get stuck in bad places like the heart and brain causing so much damage. People are fond of saying that LDL cholesterol is not the problem, but actually it depends, the levels of all the different lipids and their various ratios to each other tell the full story, + family history. To be honest most GPs don't get this, things are not communicated to them at that level of detail and they have so much breadth to deal with they can't go deep on it all. They get simplified guidelines. Statins probably are over prescribed, but the backlash is making some people in my category think they will not reduce any risk for them. Totally wrong, for them it is a wonder drug, for most others it will make no difference. If you add insulin resistance to the mix again it is really worth taking as that affects the way LDL interacts with blood vessels also. But perhaps, once you get that insulin resistance under control and if your lipid profile without statins is good, you can stop taking statins. It is interesting and complex. If you have any friends who are T2 and have high cholesterol and lipids let them know it is worth taking, especially Rosuvastatin, to lower CV incident risk. They can assess things again later if they get their insulin resistance under control.

LOL .. sorry .. long post got carried away!!

Have a lovely day .. hope the work isn't too busy today!
 
FBG
Libre 6.4
Finetest lite 5.9
Yesterdays food
B/ cream cheese pancakes with blueberries & raspberries, 3 pork chipolatas
S/ 2 cheese strings
L/ chicken salad & a plum
D/ cooked ham, Brie, homemade banana & walnut bread with butter & salted peanuts
Exercise
100 squats
Steps 10,573
 
Wow, what a workout
Went into work an hour early to get on the peleton to find son already there working
We even stayed till 6pm last night to get as much done as we could before he goes on holiday so only managed the 100 squats
Covid booster this morning, hopefully get some sort of workout in later
Both children have been in touch with gp surgery re: MODY testing
Daughter told they don’t know how to do it but will find out for her
Son told he doesn’t need it as he would already be diabetic by now (he was 25 last month & I was diagnosed at 31) clearly his gp doesn’t have a clue
Didn’t know all that about statins, I actually don’t personally know anybody with type 2
I’m not insulin resistant, have high good chlosteral & really low trigs which is another symptom of MODY
Blood sugar playing nice today, seems rest days are important after all
Lovely sunny day here
Enjoy your weekend
 

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OMG .. can't believe that GP said that .. I mean today we have the internet, he could at least look it up!! Not know everything is totally forgivable. Acting like you know when you don't, that's something else! Not good in a doctor.
 
This morning's FBG: 5.8

Yesteday's food:
B: Huel black chocolate + protein powder + PB
L: Indian chicken curry, 1 slice buttered toast
AL: Choc protein pudding
AAL: Mature cheddar
D: Huel black chocolate + protein powder + PB
AD: Choc protein pudding


Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~10,000

Workout:
everything done with a pair of 15 kg dumbbells
5 time around circuit below:
  • 10 biceps curls
  • 20 shoulder press
  • 20 bench press
  • 10 skull scrushers
  • 20 bent over row
  • 20 squats
  • 20 bicycle crunches
  • 20 snatches
 
This morning's FBG: 5.4

Yesteday's food:
B: Huel black chocolate + protein powder + PB
L: Huel black chocolate + protein powder + PB
D: Indian chicken curry
2nd D: Battered cod and a few chips (!!)
AD: Choc protein pudding

Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~18,000

Workout:
Rest day
 
FBG libre 8.7
Finetest 6.4
Yesterdays food
B/ cream cheese pancakes with blueberries & 2 pork chipolatas
L/ haselet, d/g cheese. Homemade low carb banana & walnut bread with butter, boiled egg & salad cream
D/ Sirloin steak, baked mushroom with feta, salad & garlic butter
Exercise
100 squats
 
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