Still making mistakes I think.

[Rachox]

Hi @fendertele , and @HSSS thank you for the tag.


Here’s some info on UK meters, and to be clear I have no commercial connections with any of the companies mentioned.


Home Health have recently bought out the Gluco Navii, but I haven’t heard any reviews yet, links to strips and the meter:

https://homehealth-uk.com/all-produ...ose-meter-test-strips-choose-mmol-l-or-mg-dl/

There are also discount codes for when you come to buy more strips - "navii5" and "navii10" will give you 20% off purchases of 5 packs of strips and 25% off 10 packs of strips respectively.


Disclaimer, I haven’t used the discount codes that I have quoted recently so I don’t know if they are still current.





Spirit Healthcare have a meter called the Tee2 + found here:

http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-plus-blood-glucose-meter/

with the strips found here:

http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-testing-strips/

Some members have got a free Tee2+ by phoning up to order, with a large order of strips they often throw the meter in for free:

Phone number 0800 8815423


With more expensive strips is their Caresens Dual which I currently use, this one has the advantage of glucose and ketone testing in one machine, it’s to be found here:

https://shop.spirit-health.co.uk/collections/caresens-dual





Don’t forget to check the box if you have pre diabetes or diabetes so you can buy VAT free. (for all meters and strips)

 

[HSSS]

I think going full keto might be bad as i like body building and go through stages of bulking and cutting and only way to gain muscle is to be in a caloric deficit and also carbs for energy/cortisol control ? unless maybe theres another way to look at ?

I think @Mbaker might be the person to answer this. (Apologies if I’m misremembering who).

I asked my butcher what was in the sausages other than meat and they talked about the fillers and offered gluten free, which turned out had rice instead of wheat. So sadly for me it’s back to the supermarket shelves.

 

[bulkbiker]

I mean, even hellmans Mayo is 1.3G per 100g so to be fair it’s pretty low carb

Its low carb but made with rapeseed oil.
You may or may not want to load your body up with that..personally I avoid it.
In the US its called canola oil and is often considered not very good for you.

 

[Resurgam]

I get sausages from Iceland, under 3 percent carbs and £2 for 6.

 

[Mbaker]

I think @Mbaker might be the person to answer this. (Apologies if I’m misremembering who).

I asked my butcher what was in the sausages other than meat and they talked about the fillers and offered gluten free, which turned out had rice instead of wheat. So sadly for me it’s back to the supermarket shelves.

@fendertele it is more than possible, I would say desirable to lean bulk. Carbs are good for the "pump", but that is it. An electrolyte drink such as a teaspoon of lo - salt in water before a workout will fill the muscle out also, the science is simple carbs hold onto water, hence the fuller look.

Here's real people who are doing this:
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/adjusting-macros.179835/#post-2367041
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/bulking-with-type-2.174591/#post-2267742
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/reversing-keto.176527/#post-2301506

Some other examples are on MeatRX.com

I am really old and making strength and muscle gains. I am sure I note in one of the above posts, but basically hit failure (real failure....no really real failure and this will force the muscle to grow). Obviously if you are using weights this is risky without a spotter, so you can achieve the same with bands or bodyweight - Ted Naimen does this and you only need to hit failure once in the session; I use the X3 Bar to do the same, after the previous lockdown, I went to the gym and deadlifted a further 20 kg whilst only doing X3 for several months.

 

[Mezza n]

So my new diet list looks like the following.

Sausages ( square lorne)
Eggs lots of them.
Double Cream
Spray Dairy Cream
Sugar free jelly.
95% dark Chocolate.
Coconut flour.
Cacao powder organic.
Butter
Chicken
Tuna
Real Mayonnaise.
Beef
Frozen Veg
Baking powder
Coke Zero
Xylitol Sugar subsitute.
Coffee/Tea
50% less sugar tomato ketchup.
Block of cheese.


This seems to be about it so far and I like to note down what I have on a lifesum which calculates calories and carbs/protein/fat intake...

I keep seeing my carbs sitting around 60g per day and thinking am i still a little too high ?

Regular meals look something like this.



Breakfast one:

2/3 sausage and 3 eggs with 2/3 Tbsp of Mayo or just cover with tomato.

Breakfast two:

Two cans of tuns/onion/mayo mixed.

Breakfast 3:

Omelette with eggs/onions/cheese/butter made in omelette machine x 2.



Dinner 1:

Chicken and omelette with frozen veg and mayo.

Dinner 2 :

beef and omelette with frozen veg and mayo.



Treat 1 :

Sugar free jelly and dairy spray cream.

treat 2 :

Few Squares of dark choc

treat 3 :

Cup of Coconut Choc cake.

1 TBSP cacao
1tbsp Coconut flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 egg
1 tbsp xylitol
double cream on top.

and coffee with double cream and 1 xylitol for sweetening.



And this is kind of my diet... I hate eating dry food more than limiting my diet. I could eat same meals all day as long as they are not dry and so far I've only been able to choose anything else but mayo and tomato ketchup the lower sugar version as most sauces and things are full of sugar..

Any tips or variation to offer ? Maybe something I'm eating i should cut out or replace ?

Two things I do have sweet tooth and I hate dry food.

thanks

Have you tried this company for sauces I use these a lot they do loads of different flavours sweet and savoury https://theskinnyfoodco.com/collections/zero-calorie-sauces

 

[fendertele]

Have you tried this company for sauces I use these a lot they do loads of different flavours sweet and savoury https://theskinnyfoodco.com/collections/zero-calorie-sauces

Bookmarked thanks that would be great for some bulk buying.

 

[Goonergal]

You might also be interested in these: https://hunterandgatherfoods.com/collections/unsweetened-sauces

‘Cleaner’ ingredients.