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

midnightrider2 said:
Friday 5/1
FBG (05:30) Not measured today
Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), nectarine, raspberries, pecans {278 Cal / 37.3g Carbs}
...........................15km run [75 min 33 sec] new route, felt good today
Breakfast 2 (8am): Garlic mushrooms, toast, OJ {253 Cal / 23.3g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Carrot & ginger soup, avocado toast {247 Cal / 26.2g Carbs}
Pear, blueberries, yoghurt, pistachios {19 Cal / 14.0g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Salmon en croute, celeriac mash, asparagus {571 Cal / 38.0g Carbs}
Mango, passion fruit, yoghurt, pecans {124 Cal / 16.3g Carbs}

(8-10pm): Wine & cheese (3 glasses or so) {537 Cal / 12,7g Carbs}
Friend dropped in, and we shared a couple of bottles and grazed on leftover cheese

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 2181
Carbs 172.3g
Protein 80.1g
Fat 82.3g (Sat Fat 23.1g / Trans fats 0.7g)

Saturday 6/1
FBG (05:30) 4.2
Rest day

Breakfast (7.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), black & blueberries, walnuts {271 Cal / 37.6g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Carrot & ginger soup {80 Cal / 12.8g Carbs}
Chicken salad {338 Cal / 17.8g Carbs}
Peach, strawberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {128 Cal / 10.9g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Out for dinner, pre theatre, values estimated
Whitebait, lemon mayonnaise, salad {264 Cal / 16.8g Carbs}
Spaghetti alla Norma/ Chianti (6oz) {613 Cal / 50.6g Carbs}
Tiramisu [shared] {171 Cal / 12.0g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1907
Carbs 165.1g
Protein 76.5g
Fat 81.1g (Sat Fat 21.0g / Trans fats 0.7g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
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What did you watch at the theatre mate?
 
Sunday 7/1
FBG (05:30) Not measured today
Rest day

...........................5 km walk
Breakfast (7.30 am): Bacon, mushrooms, scrambled eggs, toast, OJ {502 Cal / 22.5g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom & fennel soup {63 Cal / 5.1g Carbs}
Tuna & avocado salad {274 Cal / 6.0g Carbs}
Persimmon, kiwi, yoghurt, pecans {146 Cal / 17.1g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Goat curry, fried plantain, rice & peas {633 Cal / 45.0g Carbs}
Pomelo meringue pie {238 Cal / 29.8g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1896
Carbs 132.1g
Protein 120.0g
Fat 91.5g (Sat Fat 25.4g / Trans fats 0.7g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just as
 
08/01/2024

FBG: 5.4​


Yesterday's food:​

B: Huel, Chocolate Black edition, protein powder, PB, cocoa nibs
L: Tuna sandwiches, G Yog, berries, protein powder
D: Huel, Banana Black edition, protein powder, PB, cocoa nibs
AD: G Yog, berries, protein powder, PB large orange

Yesterday's Physical Activity​

Steps​

~10,000

Workout:​

4 times around circuit below:
A. 20 stretch band chest press
B. 10 slow push ups
C. 10 stretch band rows
D. 25 air squats
 
Libre 7
Yesterdays food
B/ soughdough toast with butter, marmite, avocado & poached eggs, benecoll
S/ walnuts
D/ roast chicken, couple of roast potatoes, broccoli, Brussels, pork stuffing, pigs in blankets, bisto
Exercise
10x12 barbell deadlifts (light)
3 mile walk
Hospital doubled medication on Friday & told to eat more, in double figures most of the day, today they’ve quadrupled it & doctors have put me on steroids,
getting ridiculous now, don’t know if it’s illness raising blood sugars or the high blood sugars causing the illness
 
DEBBIESCOTT said:
Libre 7
Yesterdays food
B/ soughdough toast with butter, marmite, avocado & poached eggs, benecoll
S/ walnuts
D/ roast chicken, couple of roast potatoes, broccoli, Brussels, pork stuffing, pigs in blankets, bisto
Exercise
10x12 barbell deadlifts (light)
3 mile walk
Hospital doubled medication on Friday & told to eat more, in double figures most of the day, today they’ve quadrupled it & doctors have put me on steroids,
getting ridiculous now, don’t know if it’s illness raising blood sugars or the high blood sugars causing the illness
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Oh my word mate. That sounds so tough. How're things feeling physically?
Hope you begin to recover soon.
Why are they saying that you need to eat more?

Hang in there. It will pass. Big hug.
 
AGC_68 said:
Oh my word mate. That sounds so tough. How're things feeling physically?
Hope you begin to recover soon.
Why are they saying that you need to eat more?

Hang in there. It will pass. Big hug.
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Told to eat more as doubled medication on Friday, they don’t want me to hypo, more chance of winning the lottery without a ticket
Felt good to get barbell out, coughing put a dampner on it though,
Feel hungry & sick all the time
 
DEBBIESCOTT said:
Told to eat more as doubled medication on Friday, they don’t want me to hypo, more chance of winning the lottery without a ticket
Felt good to get barbell out, coughing put a dampner on it though,
Feel hungry & sick all the time
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Poor you
Those anti-inflammatory steroids can really make you feel like you're running on empty.
Don't worry, you'll turn the corner and start getting better.
Keep sharing your blood glucose levels with them so they know that they are staying consistently high. Ask them how long they'd be ok with them staying so high. They may have good cause to be cautious but good to hear when they think their recommended protocols would need to change.
Again big hug. Hang in there.
 
Monday 8/1
FBG (05:30) 4.6

Breakfast (5.30 am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blueberries, walnuts {271 Cal / 38.0g Carbs}
..................................2 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine (12 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................2 km jog home

Snack (11 am): Banana {70 Cal / 16.0g Carbs}
..................................2 km jog to the gym
...................................rowing machine (6 x 500m sprints, 30 sec rests)
..................................2 km jog home

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom & fennel soup {61 Cal / 5.1g Carbs}
Chicken & fig salad {246 Cal 13.2g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {122 Cal / 11.3g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Jerusalem artichoke risotto {373 Cal / 51.4g Carbs}
Cherries, chocolate mousse, hazelnuts {218 Cal / 23.5g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1403
Carbs 165.1g
Protein 56.6g
Fat 51.0g (Sat Fat 12.2g / Trans fats 0.1g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes, please just ask
 
09/01/2024

FBG: 5.1​


Yesterday's food:​

B: Huel, Chocolate Black edition, protein powder
L: Chicken cheese melt sandwich, toasted cheese sandwich, G Yog, berries, protein powder
D: Huel, Banana Black edition, protein powder
AD: G Yog, berries, protein powder, cocoa powder, PB, cream

Yesterday's Physical Activity​

Steps​

~10,000

Workout:​

4 times around circuit below:
A. 20 stretch band chest press
B. 10 stretch band shoulder press
B. 10 slow push ups
C. 10 stretch band rows
D. 25 alternating front lunges
 
AGC_68 said:
09/01/2024

FBG: 5.1​

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Yesterday's food:​

B: Huel, Chocolate Black edition, protein powder
L: Chicken cheese melt sandwich, toasted cheese sandwich, G Yog, berries, protein powder
D: Huel, Banana Black edition, protein powder
AD: G Yog, berries, protein powder, cocoa powder, PB, cream

Yesterday's Physical Activity​

Steps​

~10,000

Workout:​

4 times around circuit below:
A. 20 stretch band chest press
B. 10 stretch band shoulder press
B. 10 slow push ups
C. 10 stretch band rows
D. 25 alternating front lunges
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Great FBG & workout
What’s the difference between a cheese melt sandwich & a toasted cheese sandwich? (Apart from one having chicken in)?
 
FBG 6.5
15 mins spin bike
25 mins treadmill
20 Russian twists with a 5kg weight plate
20 dumbbell glute bridges
15 press ups
15 minutes yoga for cool down
Food
Breakfast - Mug of tea, avocado on seeded Ryvita
Lunch - Chicken salad
Dinner - Left over chicken with curry sauce and cauliflower rice
Snacks - Peperami, walnuts, olives and cucumber
Drinks sparkling water, decaf tea and herbal tea

Garage was freezing and took me 30 minutes to warm up. Does it take longer for muscles to warm up when its freezing as I found it really hard yesterday.
 
AGC_68 said:
Pretty much nothing .. except a different cheese ;)
How are you today mate?
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I’m at work, eating lunch & looking lovingly at the peleton
Got up at 3 coughing, made a cuppa & stayed up, cough every time I talk or go into the cold
Hopefully these new tablets will work quickly, only been to the gym once since Christmas
Haw are you all, any luck with a new school?
 
DEBBIESCOTT said:
I’m at work, eating lunch & looking lovingly at the peleton
Got up at 3 coughing, made a cuppa & stayed up, cough every time I talk or go into the cold
Hopefully these new tablets will work quickly, only been to the gym once since Christmas
Haw are you all, any luck with a new school?
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You must be shattered! That's really rough.

Been very tough over here to be honest. After an initial flurry of engagement by teams with various acronyms it has all gone quiet. The kid's problems are escalating .. need to get her in front of someone from the paediatric core team for a full psychiatric assessment to really start getting help. That's where the bottleneck is. All the other teams are just there to try and provide some kind of running repairs until a proper assessment can be made by someone who is qualified if you're unfortunate enough to have serious mental health conditions. School application has gone off. Waiting to see what happens next. She needs more than counselling or support, but there will be no meds or prescriptions until the core team sees her. It is a broken system, have to wait it out as best as we can.

Hope your husband is doing ok?
 
AGC_68 said:
You must be shattered! That's really rough.

Been very tough over here to be honest. After an initial flurry of engagement by teams with various acronyms it has all gone quiet. The kid's problems are escalating .. need to get her in front of someone from the paediatric core team for a full psychiatric assessment to really start getting help. That's where the bottleneck is. All the other teams are just there to try and provide some kind of running repairs until a proper assessment can be made by someone who is qualified if you're unfortunate enough to have serious mental health conditions. School application has gone off. Waiting to see what happens next. She needs more than counselling or support, but there will be no meds or prescriptions until the core team sees her. It is a broken system, have to wait it out as best as we can.

Hope your husband is doing ok?
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I am so sorry you are going through all of this. The system is definitely broken, without going into too much detail mental health has been cut so much. CAMHS made things worse for my son but no two kids are the same and hopefully it will help when she does get the help. Its just juggling until its sorted. Just make sure you get counselling as family also as heaven knows you will need it, it takes its toll.
 
Lainie71 said:
I am so sorry you are going through all of this. The system is definitely broken, without going into too much detail mental health has been cut so much. CAMHS made things worse for my son but no two kids are the same and hopefully it will help when she does get the help. Its just juggling until its sorted. Just make sure you get counselling as family also as heaven knows you will need it, it takes its toll.
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Thank you Lainie. Your know exactly how it is. People care, but the process is very much oriented around protecting the overrun core services. We'll get there. Thank you for the kind and supportive words. Much appreciated.
 
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AGC_68 said:
Thank you Lainie. Your know exactly how it is. People care, but the prices is very much oriented around protecting the overrun core services. We'll get there. Thank you for the kind and supportive words. Much appreciated.
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No worries x
 
Libre 5.7 at 3am when I got up coughing
Libre 5 at 6am
Yesterdays food
B/ wholemeal toast, butter, marmite, avocado & 2 poached eggs, benecol
S/ skipped
L/ skipped
S/ d/g, 3 Brazil nuts
D/ cheese & white onion wholemeal sandwich, roast ham
Steps 11,045
 
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