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

This morning's FBG: 5.5

Yesterday'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 (made with quark cheese, diet choc whey powder, artificial sweetener, peanut butter and cocoa nibs)
Snack: small scoop dark choc ice cream


Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~7,000

Painting shed and garden fence

Workout:
4 times around circuit below:
  • 50 swings (20 kg bell)
  • 26 bent over rows (13 L, 13 R, 20 kg bell)
  • 25 press ups
  • 20 clean and press (10 L, 10 R, 20 kg bell)
  • 25 sumo squats (20 kg bell)
  • 20 hanging ab crunches
 
And oats too
Pretty good FBG given the carb intake though!
 
FBG
Libre 4.9
Contour 5.1
B/ alpro yogurt with blueberries & almonds
S/ cheese, tomato & red onion omelette, benecol drinking yogurt
L/ roast chicken sandwich (wholemeal), celery & walnut coleslaw, chilli cheese
S/ salt & vinegar peanuts
D/ chicken salad
S/ 2 cheese strings
Exercise
Gardening, weeding & picking up after husband who’s trimming the trees
Steps 7,611 (3.4 miles & not left the garden)
 
Saturday 27/8
FBG (05.30) Not measured today

...................................6 km walk
Breakfast (7.30 am): Baked beans & mushrooms on toast/ OJ {311 Cal / 34.3g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Jackfruit & cashew curry [leftovers] {291 Cal / 17.2g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {136 Cal / 12.3g Carbs}

Snack (3pm): Banana bread {142 Cal / 17.4g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Breaded basa, fries, peas, sweetcorn {482 Cal / 37.7g Carbs}
Kiwi, blueberries, yoghurt, pecans {143 Cal / 13.9g Carbs}

Corona (330ml) {98 Cal / 7.3g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1645
Carbs 146.7g
Protein 62.8g
Fat 75.1g (Sat Fat 16.8g / Trans fats 0.4g)

Sunday 28/8
FBG (05.30) 4.3

Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), strawberries, blueberries, pecans {271 Cal / 37.4g Carbs}
.................................13 km run [64 min 24 sec] very happy with that

Lunch (1pm): Friends round for a barbecue lunch
Lamb koftas, caponata, Greek salad, pissaladiere {428 Cal / 31.6g Carbs}
Champagne (2 glasses)/ Malbec (large glass) {270 Cal / 8.2g Carbs}
Possibly more, I'm sure that my glass was topped up [a few times?] when I was looking after the food
Plum & blackberry tart, ice cream {309 Cal / 37.6g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Sausages, sweet potato fries, baked beans {427 Cal / 36.8g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {114 Cal / 11.8g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1882
Carbs 172.0g
Protein 76.3g
Fat 69.4g (Sat Fat 19.3g / Trans fats 1.2g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
FBG – 5.9 on my left hand, 6.9 on my right hand - hey i'm an optimist !

B – ham & chilli beans
Snack –
L – cauliflower bread and cottage cheese
Snack – the last teeny bit of last night's lo tuna bake
D – mackerel, leaves, black olives, tomato, cucumber, basalmic drsg, mayo – chopped garlic & oatmilk
S –2x red wine, lump of goats cheese

Ex – 30 min 2 mile fast walk after dinner, otherwise active all day packing boxes
 
FBG
Libre 5.9
Contour 5.6
Yesterdays food
B/ (6.30am) cold roast chicken, cheddar, walnuts
S/ eggs, bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, benecol drinking yogurt
L/ seed crackers & cottage cheese, Brazil nuts
D/ homemade beef casserole, roasted broccoli, s/f jelly & cream
S/ 2 cheese strings
Exercise
Gardening
Steps 13,217 (5.9 miles & still not left the garden)
Looks like eating first thing is the way forward
 
This morning's FBG: 5.9

Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black plain + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond flavouring + PB + cocoa nibs
L: Thai chicken green curry, stir fried broccoli with garlic and chilli
D: Huel Black chocolate flavour + protein powder + almond flavouring + PB + cocoa nibs
2nd Dinner (!!!) Chinese chilli chicken with aubergines + 1 fried egg


Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~10,000

Painting shed and garden fence

Workout:
  • 4 x 25 chest press (pair of 20 kg kettlebells)
  • 4 x 25 press ups
  • 4 x 26 bent 0ver rows 13 L, 13 R (20 kg kettlebells)
  • 4 x 50 air squats
  • 4 x 25 hanging ab crunches
 
Great stats!
 
Monday 29/8
FBG (05.30) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blackberries, walnuts {268 Cal / 37.7g Carbs}
.................................1 km jog to the gym
.................................rowing machine (8 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
.................................7.5 km run home [not timed]

Snack (10am): Bakewell tart {226 Cal / 23.4g Carbs}

Lunch (1pm): Tomato & lentil soup {102 Cal / 15.3g Carbs}
Peach, strawberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {126 Cal / 11.7g Carbs}

BG (5pm) 4.1
Snack (5pm): Banana {69 Cal / 15.8g Carbs}

Dinner (6.30pm): Mushroom stroganoff, freekeh & quinoa {413 Cal / 37.3g Carbs}
Courgette cake, raspberries {160 Cal / 19.9g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1407
Carbs 167.7g
Protein 41.1g
Fat 55.6g (Sat Fat 12.3g / Trans fats 0.3g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
FBG – 6.5 (the boiled rice?)

B – ham & chilli beans
Snack –
L – cauliflower bread, cottage cheese & baked beans
Snack – 3 brazil nuts, 2 sml dried apricots & peanut butter
D – beef & rkb chilli with a tablespoon of boiled rice
S – tspoon peanut butter

Ex – 30 min 2 mile fast walk after dinner, otherwise active all day packing more boxes (edit: I did 15 mins s&c in the morning, pushups, 1leg deadlifts, 1leg seat to stand, curls, db squats)
 
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This morning's FBG: 5.6

Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black plain + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond flavouring + PB + cocoa nibs
L: Tuna salad
D: Huel Black chocolate flavour + protein powder + almond flavouring + PB + cocoa nibs
AD: Choc protein pudding
Snack, mature cheddar and peanuts

Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~10,000

Painting shed and garden fence (yes .. big fence!!)

Workout:
4 times around circuit below:
  • 50 swings, 25L + 25R (16 kg kg kettlebell)
  • 30 bent over rows 15 L + 15 R (16 kg kg kettlebell)
  • 25 diamond press ups
  • 50 Hindu squats
  • 20 hanging ab crunches
 
Perhaps all the beans? I used to love making Mexican style black beans with garlic, cumin and chipotle and eat a tin of those with a fried egg and an avocado. But despite being high protein they also come with quite a carb load and my body would break that down into glucose really fast. My blood glucose would absolutely soar!
 
FBG
Libre 5.1
Contour 5.2
Yesterdays food
B/ alpro yogurt, blueberries & almonds
S/ cheese frittata, backbacon
D: sirloin steak, salad, apple, walnut & celery coleslaw
S/ casien with unsweetened almond milk, Brazil nuts
Exercise
Rest day
9,139 steps
 
DEBBIESCOTT said:
FBG
Libre 5.1
Contour 5.2
Yesterdays food
B/ alpro yogurt, blueberries & almonds
S/ cheese frittata, backbacon
D: sirloin steak, salad, apple, walnut & celery coleslaw
S/ casien with unsweetened almond milk, Brazil nuts
Exercise
Rest day
9,139 steps
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Great FBGs!
 
DEBBIESCOTT said:
Thank you, you’re doing great too, is that fence & shed finished yet?
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On the home run .. one side of the garden left to do .. the easiest bit left to last .. no fiddly bits with thorny bushes that I have to get behind .. almost looking forward to it (almost! LOL). Thank <<insert expletive of deity of choice here>> for audiobooks!

Statins are flushed out of the body and things starting to get back to normal I think. Weighed myself again for the first time in a while recently, I'm now 13 stone 11. Began at 16 stone 10 last September. A bit shocked. Explains the drop in impact on the punchbag, but also explains the increased speed and crazy stamina.
 
Wow, 3 stone weight loss, that’s massive well done, surely you don’t want to lose any more weight, great your FBG’s are back in the 5’s too
Pleased to say we don’t have any fences to paint, have to trim the hedges though (not me personally)
Got to work at 7.30 this morning to go on peleton before work, still practicing one legged stuff
Enjoy the rest of your day
 
Not looking to lose much more weight. maybe 3 or 4 pounds more. I think that 13 and a half stone will be a good weight for me now at my age. In my early to mid 30s I was 15 st 7 lbs, crazy athletic, great sprinter, able to do back flips and lark around like Jackie Chan in the dojo. But probably carrying way too much muscle for long term heart and joint health. In my early/mid 20s I was 13 st, much better for long term health. I've grown a bit since then so 13 and a half stone I think will do me good in the later stages of life especially with some extra muscle. I don't go hungry and I don't feel tired, I'm still able to do plenty of reps with the 20kg bells, as long as that doesn't change I'll stay on my current calories and protein intake. If I start feeling weaker or fatigued I'll increase my food intake and put more weight on. Let's see how it goes... nearing the stable point where I can maintain easily and get some metabolic flexibility too now though I think.
 
But getting clothes that fit is just impossible now!! If I buy clothes to accommodate my shoulders or glutes and thighs, they flap around like a tent at the waist/lower torso. Problems problems ...
 
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