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

Thursday 25/8
FBG (05.30) Not measured today

.................................6 km walk
Breakfast (8am): Scrambled eggs, bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes,
avocado toast, orange juice {579 Cal / 28.8g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Tomato & lentil soup {92 Cal / 13.8g Carbs}
Green bean & fig salad {257 Cal / 20.8g Carbs}
Greengages, blueberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {136 Cal / 13.9g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Chicken & chilli tagine, courgette & pea fritters, carrot & harissa hummus,
moghrabieh, preserved lemon, flatbread {652 Cal / 35.9g Carbs}
Cherries, yoghurt, pecans {139 Cal / 13.7g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1897
Carbs 133.5g
Protein 102.9g
Fat 98.3g (Sat Fat 19.6g / Trans fats 0.5g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
Love the food today. North African food is a favourite of mine. Marrakech comes to mind looking at your food today. Did you actually use a tagine to cook in?
 
FBG
Libre 6.2
Contour 5.4
Yesterdays food
B/ cheese frittata, back bacon, Benecol drinking yogurt
S/ protein shake with unsweetened almond milk, superfood bite, Brazil nuts
L/ roast ham, Brie, peach, walnuts
D/ pork chop, roasted broccoli, mushrooms
Exercise
Peleton
45 minutes boost your power zones ride
10 minutes cool down ride
5 minutes post ride stretch
Steps 10,438
 
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New libre yesterday, reading over until late afternoon, then started reading lower, in the red for hours then late last night failed completely
Had to revert back to libre 1 (changed at 1am)
This one’s now reading over, would really help if I knew what affected blood sugar, not necessarily food & definitely not lack of sleep, stress or any of the type 2 things, fed up today, pleased it’s bank holiday & get an extra day off work, moan over
 
AGC_68 said:
Enjoying the process of getting to the pistol squat?
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Maybe, it’s the challenge, , can’t resist it, been sitting at my desk flexing my ankles & getting off chairs on one leg, years of ballet as a child may be helping, I know how to fall from years of judo too
 
FBG – 5.4

B – 2egg spinach omelette & chilli beans
Snack – a small piece of mincemeat slice
L – raw mushrooms with hummus
Snack – 4 brazil nuts
D – salmon with leaves, black olives, cucumber, tomato, green pepper, a tablespoon of couscous, basalmic drsg and mayo – benecol yoghurt drink with chopped garlic & 3 prunes with peanut butter
S – 2x red wine, sml slice cheddar

Ex – 30 min 2 mile fast walk after dinner followed by 15 mins S&C (2 circuits – plank, press-ups, situps with plate & overhead extn, glute bridges with plate, 1leg glute bridges, ...)
 
This morning's FBG: 5.8

Yesteday's food:
B: Huel Black plain + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond flavouring + PB + cocoa nibs
L: Garlic roast chicken, stir fried spinach with garlic and red chillies, 1 fried egg
D: Huel Black chocolate flavour + protein powder + almond flavouring + PB + cocoa nibs
AD: Choc protein pudding


Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~10,000

Workout:
4 times around each mini circuit below:

Circuit 1
  • 25 swings 20 kg kbell
  • 25 press ups
Circuit 2
  • 25 swings 20 kg kbell
  • 25 sumo squats 20 kg kbell
Circuit 3
  • 25 swings 20 kg kbell
  • 13 jerk press L + 13 jerk press R 20 kg kbell
 
DEBBIESCOTT said:
Maybe, it’s the challenge, , can’t resist it, been sitting at my desk flexing my ankles & getting off chairs on one leg, years of ballet as a child may be helping, I know how to fall from years of judo too
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I think you'll get there!
I couldn't now, my lower back doesn't like the inevitable rounding that happens with a deep pistol squat. My lower back has quite a pronounced natural curve the other way. Made me a hell of a sprinter in my youth! So I stick to shrimp squats instead . I have to make a lot of compromises to anatomy and old age now! No more chin ups/pull ups, no deep and heavy squats.
 
AGC_68 said:
Love the food today. North African food is a favourite of mine. Marrakech comes to mind looking at your food today. Did you actually use a tagine to cook in?
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Yes, Christmas present a few years ago. A slow cooker works just as well though.
I was thinking of a Lebanese place I have eaten in when I was cooking, but there is a lot of similarity in food along the whole of the south Med.
 
Lebanese food is lovely, much more subtle in their use of spices, Moroccans don't hold back on the herbs and spices, a lot of similarities but some big differences too. In some of their common dishes I'd prefer the Moroccans to use a little less spices, and in some Lebanese dishes they could do with a wee bit more LOL.. great places to visit for the food though and to practice some French
 
Friday 26/8
FBG (05.30) 4.2

Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), apricot, raspberries, pecans {275 Cal / 38.2g Carbs}
.................................1 km jog to the gym
.................................rowing machine (8 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
.................................7.5 km run home [not timed]

Lunch (1pm): Tomato & lentil soup {130 Cal / 19.5g Carbs}
Tuna & avocado salad {291 Cal / 5.5g Carbs}
Greengages, blackberries, yoghurt, walnuts {135 Cal / 13.1g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 3.9
Dinner (6pm): Jackfruit & cashew curry, rice {429 Cal / 42.8g Carbs}
Banana bread [warm from the oven], ice cream {288 Cal / 32.4g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1590
Carbs 158.1g
Protein 67.4g
Fat 67.2g (Sat Fat 17.7g / Trans fats 0.7g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
I make my own harissa with home grown chillies, They vary hugely in heat even off the same plant so it is always a bit of a lottery how hot it is going to be, The latest batch was decidedly firey, so maybe more Moroccan in nature.
I did get a taste for Algerian food when I lived in Marseilles for a few months 30 years ago, that is on the hot side too,
 
FBG
Libre 4.6
Contour 4.7
Yesterdays food
B/ 3 scrambled eggs, avocado, benecol drinking yogurt
S/ protein shake with unsweetened almond milk, 1/2 protein bar (after peleton)
S/ 2 cheese strings
L/ peanut butter on seed crackers, roast ham, cathedral city miniature, strawberries
S/ casien with unsweetened almond milk, d/g, salt & vinegar peanuts
Exercise
Peleton
45 minutes power zone ride
10 minutes cool down ride
5 minutes post ride stretch
10 minutes full body stretch
Steps 9,075
Went to work early to go on peleton, had to do mums shopping after & didn’t get home until 8pm, too tired to cook
 
FBG – 6.3

B – 2egg spinach omelette & chilli beans
Snack – 4 brazil nuts
L – 1 ½ pitta bread with hummus, leaves, green pepper, cucumber, mayo
Snack – 3 prunes & tspoon peanut butter
D – slowcooked lamb with chickpeas and butternut squash – benecol yoghurt drink S – a slice of cheddar

Ex – 30 min 2 mile fast walk after dinner
 
Long day! Hope you have a nice relaxing one today.
 
This morning's FBG: 5.5

Yesteday's food:
B: Huel Black plain + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond flavouring + PB + cocoa nibs
L: Garlic roast chicken, green salad, berries, pomegranate seeds and yoghurt
D: Huel Black chocolate flavour + protein powder + almond flavouring + PB + cocoa nibs
AD: Choc protein pudding


Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~10,000

Workout:
4 times around each mini circuit below:

Circuit 1
  • 25 swings 16 kg kbell
  • 25 press ups
Circuit 2
  • 25 swings 16 kg kbell
  • 25 goblet squats 16 kg kbell
Circuit 3
  • 25 swings 16 kg kbell
  • 25 decline press ups
 
FBG – 6.5 (that pasta and ginger cake?)

B – overnight oats & ff greek yoghurt after run
Snack –
L – 2egg spinach omelette & chilli beans
Snack – 3 brazil nuts, 2 oatcakes with goat cheese
D – tuna pasta cheesy bake (using up the contents of the store cupboard b4 the house move) – benecol yoghurt drink
S – a thumb sized piece of ginger cake (oops!), 2x red wine

Ex – b4 breakfast 5km parkrun + 20min warm up & 10min warm down, 20 min brisk walk after dinner
 
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