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

Saturday 1/10
FBG (5.30am): 4.3

..........................................5 km walk
Breakfast (8.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), peach, strawberries, pecans {271 Cal / 37.8g Carbs}

Lunch (11.30pm): Pumpkin & sage soup {53 Cal / 10.6g Carbs}
Early lunch before allotment committee meeting
Lunch part 2 (1pm): Ham & fig salad {242 Cal / 19.4g Carbs}
Plum crumble (small), ice cream {206 Cal / 26.5g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Tomato, courgette & basil quiche, fries, baked beans {603 Cal / 47.0g Carbs}
Chocolate panna cotta, raspberries {143 Cal / 10.7g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1560
Carbs 158.7g
Protein 51.8g
Fat 71.3g (Sat Fat 29.0g / Trans fats 1.3g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
Happy birthday!!
 
This Morning's FBG: 6.0 (not measured until 11 AM so it's probably gone up since I woke)

Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs
L: Peach, raspberries, blueberries, Greek yoghurt, peanut butter
Snack: Small bar of 100% dark chocolate
D: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs
Late night snack: 2 tbsps peanut butter

Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~7,000

Workout:

  • 4 x 25 chest press ( 2 x 16 kg kettlebells)
  • 4 x 25 decline press ups
  • 4 x 25 bent over rows ( 2 x 16 kg kettlebells)
  • 4 x 12 shoulder press ( 2 x 16 kg kettlebells)
  • 4 x 20 split squats ( 2 x 16 kg kettlebells) 10 L, 10 R
 
Great workout
Good to see you eating more berries
Pleased I’m not the only person to eat p/b by the way tbspn
 
FBG
Libre 5.5
Contour 5.4
B/ 2 boiled eggs, slice soughdough toast with butter
S/ 1/2 protein bar
S/ caramelised onion & goats cheese on crostini, pulled pork in a bun. (At a wedding fayre had to try them, small portions)
L: roast ham, Brie, salted peanuts
D/ roast turkey, cranberry sauce, homemade stuffing, root vegetable mash, roast potatoes, pigs in blankets, carrots, broccoli, Brussels, bisto
Rest day no time to exercise
Steps 7,473
Pt at 8 this morning & will exercise again tonight
 
Sunday 2/10
FBG (5.30am): Not measured today

..........................................5 km walk
Breakfast (8.30 am): Harisa courgette scramble, avocado toast / Half a grapefruit {483 Cal / 21.3g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Tomato & lentil soup {91 Cal / 13.4g Carbs}
Figs, yoghurt, walnuts {158 Cal / 17.2g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.0
Dinner (6pm): Friends round for dinner
Radicchio, mozzarella & raspberry salad {164 Cal / 5.2g Carbs}
Mixed squash tagine, couscous {316 Cal / 47.5g Carbs}
Sweet & salty cheesecake with caramel apple {292 Cal / 4.9g Carbs}
Malbec (3 medium glasses, I think) {351 Cal / 10.5g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1897
Carbs 126.5g
Protein 56.3g
Fat 86.0g (Sat Fat 23.7g / Trans fats 0.9g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
This Morning's FBG: 5.9

Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs
Snack: Peach, raspberries, blueberries, Greek yoghurt, peanut butter
D: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs


Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~13,000

Workout:
Rest day
 
FBG
Libra 4.6
Contour 5
Yesterdays food
B/ 2 boiled eggs, 10g porridge oats with coconut milk
S/ protein shake with coconut milk
L/ mushroom & fennel soup, Greek yogurt with collagen, raspberries, dessicated coconut & almonfs
S/ 2 spoons peanut butter
D/ cooked ham, Brie, salted peanuts
Exercise
Pt-leg day
5x12 barbell deadlifts
2x10 barbell hip thrusters
3x8 barbell hip thrusters 65kg pb by 3kg
2x10 (each side) Bulgarian split squats
3x20 alternate bench step ups with hold & 2 dumbells
3x10 (each side) bench side squats
3x10 single leg rdl’s (very slow & controlled, back leg & back all in alignment)
Stretch
Steps 16,957
 
Monday 3/10
FBG (5.30am): 4.1

Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), black & blueberries, walnuts {270 Cal / 38.0g Carbs}
.............................Half marathon [1 hour 49 min 46 sec]
Enjoyed that, must be mad I guess, or high from the endorphins
Snack (8am): Banana {68 Cal / 15.8g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Tomato & lentil soup {91 Cal / 13.4g Carbs}
Quiche, salad {348 Cal / 21/0g Carbs}
Nectarine, strawberries, yoghurt, pecans {127 Cal / 11.8g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Sausages, celeriac mash, carrots, peas {611 Cal / 48.0g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {128 Cal / 11.5g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1686
Carbs 166.3g
Protein 83.3g
Fat 73.0g (Sat Fat 25.3g / Trans fats 0.8g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
This Morning's FBG: 5.5

Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs
Snack: Peach, raspberries, blueberries, Greek yoghurt, peanut butter
D: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs


Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~4,000

Workout:

  • 26 single hand swings 16 kg bell, 13L + 13R
  • 25 press ups
  • 26 single hand swings 16 kg bell, 13L + 13R
  • 25 press ups
  • 26 single hand swings 16 kg bell, 13L + 13R
  • 25 press ups
  • 26 single hand swings 16 kg bell, 13L + 13R
  • 25 press ups
  • 26 single hand swings 16 kg bell, 13L + 13R
  • 26 alternating forward lunges
  • 26 single hand swings 16 kg bell, 13L + 13R
  • 26 alternating forward lunges
  • 26 single hand swings 16 kg bell, 13L + 13R
  • 26 alternating forward lunges
  • 26 single hand swings 16 kg bell, 13L + 13R
  • 26 alternating forward lunges
  • 26 single hand swings 16 kg bell, 13L + 13R
  • 25 decline press ups
  • 26 single hand swings 16 kg bell, 13L + 13R
  • 25 decline press ups
  • 26 single hand swings 16 kg bell, 13L + 13R
  • 25 decline press ups
  • 26 single hand swings 16 kg bell, 13L + 13R
  • 25 decline press ups
 
Those single leg RDLs .. love'em! So good for mobility and balance.
 
Tuesday 4/10
FBG (5.30am): Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blueberries, walnuts {270 Cal / 38.2g Carbs}
.................................2.5 km jog to the gym
.................................rowing machine (8 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
.................................2.5 km jog home

Snack (10 am): Banana {72 Cal / 16.4g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Tomato & lentil soup {85 Cal / 12.5g Carbs}
Tuna & avocado salad {331 Cal / 8.7g Carbs}
Figs, yoghurt, pistachios {130 Cal / 11.8g Carbs}

Snack (4pm): Toast, blackberry jam {102 Cal / 18.6g Carbs}

Dinner (7pm): Tagliatelle primavera [green veg & pesto], salmon {577 Cal / 46.5g Carbs}
Flambed pineapple, ice cream, candied pecans {187 Cal / 20.5g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1797
Carbs 177.8g
Protein 95.5g
Fat 68.9g (Sat Fat 12.5g / Trans fats 0.3g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
FBG
Libre 5.3
Contour 5.3
Yesterdays food
B/ cheese frittata, roast turkey, benecol
S/ 5 Brazil nuts, cheese string
L/ tofu bhudda bowl
S/packet of nuts & seeds, cheese string
D/ chicken breast with leeks & cheese, roasted broccoli
Exercise
Peleton
10 minutes hill climb
10 minutes cool down ride
5 minutes post ride stretch
Steps 18,097
 
This Morning's FBG: 6.0

Yesterday's food:
B: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs
L: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs
Snack: Peach, raspberries, blueberries, Greek yoghurt, peanut butter
D: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs


Yesterday's Activity:
Steps: ~4,000

Workout:
Using a pair of 18 kg dumbbells
  • 4 x 25 chest press
  • 4 x 25 decline press ups
  • 4 x 25 bent over rows
  • 4 x 12 shoulder press
  • 4 x 12 squats
  • 4 x 20 crunches
 
Wednesday 5/10
FBG (5.30am): 4.3

................................5 km walk
Breakfast (7.30 am): Harissa courgette scramble, avocado toast {392 Cal / 19.9g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Mixed squash, coconut & chilli soup {63 Cal / 10.4g Carbs}
Green bean & fig salad {232 Cal / 23.8g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {133 Cal / 11.2g Carbs}


BG (6pm) 4.1
Dinner (6pm): Moroccan chicken with aubergine & chickpea salad, honey roast carrots.
couscous with pomegranate, preserved lemon & pistachios {605 Cal / 48.5g Carbs}
Plum, blackberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {129 Cal / 12.5g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1596
Carbs 133.0g
Protein 75.2g
Fat 71.4g (Sat Fat 13.3g / Trans fats 0.2g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
FBG
Libre 4.4
Contour 4.4
Yesterdays food
B/ 2 boiled eggs, Greek yogurt, dessicated coconut, raspberries, almonds
S/ protein shake with coconut milk
L/ tofu Buddha bowl, cheese string
S/ peanut butter
D/ chicken breast with cheese & leeks, Brussels, carrots, broccoli
Exercise
Am-gym
Warm up
3x12 seated dumbell army shoulder press
3x12 dumbell bench press
3x12 incline bench press
3x12 lat pull downs (increasing weight each set)
3x12 seated rows
3x12 bicep curls
3x10 barbell plate front raise, side raise
3x10 bench tricep extensions
5 minutes squat practice
Stretch
Pm
1 mile treadmill run
Steps 19,102
 
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