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

Today's FBG: 5.5
Yesterday's food:

B: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs
L: Penne giardiniera
Snack: Fig, blueberries, raspberries, Greek yoghurt, protein powder, peanut butter
D: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs


Physical Activity
Steps: ~10000

Workout:

After dinner
4 x 6 minute rounds as below with 20 kg kettlebell:
  • 2 mins cleans
  • 2 mins diamond press ups (hands on kettlebell)
  • 2 min kettlebell squats
You’ve had pasta!
 
Monday 31/10
FBG (05:30) 4.5


Breakfast (6.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blackberries, walnuts {276 Cal / 36.9g Carbs}

Snack (9.30am): Carrot cake {167 Cal / 19,2g Carbs}
Giving a lecture this morning, snack to keep me going.

Lunch (2pm): Back home from university
Celeriac & apple soup. toast with hummus {263 Cal / 24.9g Carbs}
Nectarine, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {131 Cal / 10.9g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 3.8
Dinner (6.30pm): Salmon, new potatoes, primavera sauce {524 Cal / 35.9g Carbs}
Persimmon, kiwi, yoghurt, pistachios {143 Cal / 17.6g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1546
Carbs 152.1g
Protein 75.6g
Fat 60.4g (Sat Fat 10.2g / Trans fats 0.2g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
Fbg
Libre 5.2
Contour 5.3
Yesterdays food
B/ 2 boiled eggs, roast chicken, Brazil nuts, benecol
S/ casien with coconut milk
L/ cold roast pork, cherry tomatoes, Brie, walnuts, homemade butternut squash, sweet potato & chilli soup
S/ 2 cheese strings
D/ roast chicken, parsnips, stuffing, carrots, Brussels, broccoli, bisto
Exetcise
1 mile cycle
3x12 barbell deadlifts
5x 12 barbell back squats
3x12 then 3x8 barbell thrusters (pb 75kg over 1.5 times body weight)
3x20 Bulgarian split squats
3x20 single leg bench squats
3x20 single leg rdls
Stretch
Steps 12,730
 
Today's FBG: 5.7
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
Afternoon: Fig, raspberries, blueberries, Greek yoghurt, protein powder, peanut butter
D: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs



Physical Activity
Steps: ~10000

Workout:

Rest day
 
Tuesday 1/11
FBG (05:30) Not measured today


Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), black & blueberries, walnuts {270 Cal / 38.1g Carbs}
.................................3 km jog to the gym
.................................rowing machine (8 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
.................................2.5 km jog home

Breakfast 2 (7.30am): Toast, peanut butter {159 Cal / 14.9g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Celeriac & apple soup {52 Cal / 8.7g Carbs}
Green bean & fig salad {221 Cal / 21.0g Carbs}
Nectarine, strawberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {134 Cal / 12.6g Carbs}

Dinner (6.30pm): Duck breast, mashed potatoes, roast cauliflower, carrots,
swede, peas, rowan jelly {567 Cal / 43.1g Carbs}
Malaga ice cream {159 Cal / 25.6g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1604
Carbs 170.6g
Protein 80.7g
Fat 55.4g (Sat Fat 13.5g / Trans fats 0.4g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
Today's FBG: 5.7
Yesterday's food:

B: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs
L: Kale, garlic, red chillies, tuna, 2 fried eggs
AL: Fig, raspberries, blueberries, Greek yoghurt, protein powder, PB
D: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs


Physical Activity
Steps: ~10000

Workout:

Late after dinner

4 x 6 minute rounds with 20 kg kettlebell. Each round as below
  • 2 minutes KB clean and press
  • 2 minutes KB squats
  • 2 minutes diamond press ups (hands on KB)
 
Libre 6.5
Contour 6.3
Yesterdays food
B/ cheese Frittata, benecol
S/Cheese string
L/ roast chicken salad
D/ roast pork, parsnips, stuffing, broccoli, carrots, Brussels, bisto
Exercise
Peleton
20 minutes recovery ride
5 minutes post ride stretch
Steps 14,629
 
Wednesday 2/11
FBG (05:30) 4.8


Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), peach, blueberries, pecans {272 Cal / 38.5g Carbs}
.................................2.5 km jog to the gym
.................................rowing machine (8 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
.................................2.5 km jog home

Breakfast 2 (7.30am): Avocado toast, OJ {216 Cal / 23.7g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Tomato & lentil soup {105 Cal / 15.1g Carbs}
Plum, blackberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {127 Cal / 10.0g Carbs}

Dinner (6.30pm): Casarecce with romanesco, artichoke & chilli {552 Cal / 60.9g Carbs}
Apple, pecan & maple cake, creme anglais {260 Cal / 29.4g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1574
Carbs 184.3g
Protein 45.8g
Fat 55.2g (Sat Fat 13.6g / Trans fats 0.4g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
FBG
Libre 5.4
Contour 5.2
Yesterdays food
B/ cheese frittata, benecol, cold roast chicken
L/ cold roast pork, Brie, walnuts, cherry tomatoes, alpro yogurt, blueberries & raspberries
S/ cheese string
D/ casien with coconut milk, seed crackers, peanut buttet
Steps 10,182
Rest day
 
Today's FBG: 5.1
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
AL: Fig, raspberries, blueberries, Greek yoghurt, protein powder, PB
D: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs


Physical Activity
Steps: ~10000

Workout:

During lunch break

  • 4 x 25 KB squats with 16 kg bell
  • 4 x press ups to failure (1st 5 super slow, then fast and explosive to failure each set)
  • 4 x 50 bent over rows 16 kg bell
  • 4 x 10 biceps curls 16 kg bell
  • 4 x 10 hanging toe to bar touches
 
Thanks, hope your mum is too, has she still got the boot on?
Still got the boot on but healing very well. Should be fully healed in a couple of weeks all being well. Hopefully she'll also be used to being more mindful of exactly what she's doing as she moves around. Poor thing .. it has been a hard time. Being old and frail is tough. But they are tough too. They get through it.
 
FBG
Ew libre 4.9/5.7
Contour 5.3
Yesterdays food
B: cold roast chicken, 2 fried eggs, avocado, benecol
S/ cheese string
S/ keto protein bar
L/ chicken salad
S/ blueberries , mixed nuts
D/ homemade bolognaise, roasted broccoli
S/ cold roast chicken, cheese string
Exercise
10 minutes peloton core
Steps 12,716
 
Today's FBG: 5.4
Yesterday's food:

B: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs
L: Kale, garlic, red chillies, tuna, 2 fried eggs
AL: Fig, raspberries, blueberries, Greek yoghurt, protein powder, PB
D: Huel Black chocolate + cocoa powder + protein powder + almond butter + cocoa nibs
AD: Choc protein pudding


Physical Activity
Steps: ~7000

Workout:

During lunch break
4 x 6 min rounds with 20 kg kettlebell
  • 2 minutes clean and press
  • 2 minutes reverse lunges
  • 2 minutes diamond press ups (both hands on bell)
 
Thursday 3/11
FBG (05:30) Not measured today

.................................6km walk

Breakfast (7.30am): Avocado toast, mushrooms, tomatoes/ Half a grapefruit {383 Cal / 27.2g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Tomato & lentil soup {105 Cal / 15.1g Carbs}
Tuna salad {176 Cal / 5.4g Carbs}
Plum, blueberries, yoghurt, walnuts {123 Cal / 13.7g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.1
Dinner (6.30pm): Meal at Bubble's house, values estimated
Cod loin with kohlrabi & watercress orzotto / Malbec (2 glasses) {701 Cal / 59.5g Carbs}
Eve's pudding, custard {312 Cal / 30.4g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1844
Carbs 157.9g
Protein 82.8g
Fat 64.5g (Sat Fat 19.2g / Trans fats 0.6g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask
 
Today's FBG: 5.3
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
AL: Pear, raspberries, blueberries, Greek yoghurt, protein powder, PB
D: 3 chicken thighs roasted with garlic and spices, kale stir fried with garlic and red chilli
AD: choc protein pudding

Physical Activity
Steps: ~10000

Workout:

Before dinner

  • 4 x 15 bicycle squats with 16 kg bell
  • 4 x press ups to failure (1st 5 super slow, then fast and explosive to failure each set)
  • 4 x 25 bent over ballistic single arm rows 16 kg bell
  • 4 x 15 shoulder press pair of 16 kg bells
  • 4 x 10 hanging toe to bar touches
Not done loaded bicycle squats for a long time .. quads have a righteous ache!
 
FBG
Libre 5.8
Contour 5.6
Yesterdays food
B/ cold roast chicken, avocado, 2 fried eggs, benecol
S/ casien with coconut milk
S/ peanut butter
L/ roast chicken salad
S/ blueberries, mixed nuts
D/ homemade chilli
Exercise
Gym
2km cycle
Warm up
3x12 dumbell seated strict army press
3x12 dumbell bench press
12/10/8 assisted pull ups ( making it harder each set)
3x12 lat pull downs
3x12 seated rows
3x10 plate front & side raise
3x12 dumbell bicep curls
3x10 push-ups
3x10 bench tricep dips
Back extensions
1 minute on 1 minute rest, 3 sets
Stretch
Steps 13,072
 
FBG
Libre 5.8
Contour 5.6
Yesterdays food
B/ cold roast chicken, avocado, 2 fried eggs, benecol
S/ casien with coconut milk
S/ peanut butter
L/ roast chicken salad
S/ blueberries, mixed nuts
D/ homemade chilli
Exercise
Gym
2km cycle
Warm up
3x12 dumbell seated strict army press
3x12 dumbell bench press
12/10/8 assisted pull ups ( making it harder each set)
3x12 lat pull downs
3x12 seated rows
3x10 plate front & side raise
3x12 dumbell bicep curls
3x10 push-ups
3x10 bench tricep dips
Back extensions
1 minute on 1 minute rest, 3 sets
Stretch
Steps 13,072
Great workout!!
 
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