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T2s: What was your fasting BG this morning, and what did you eat yesterday?

Thursday 20/02/2020

7:20 Morning run for 1.5 miles

8:20 Breakfast: Scrambled Egg with Mushrooms and Spinach
Tender stem broccoli, Asparagus and Red peppers fried with butter
Slice of sour dough bread
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate

One Black Coffee and three Green tea at work

Blood glucose before Dinner 5.7
18:00 Dinner: Chicken curry
Cauliflower and broccoli rice
Salad and Papad
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate

19:30 One hour badminton

Friday 21/02/2020
FGB(6:30) 5.9
 
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Friday 21/2
FBG (06:30) 4.3
Staying with friends so will eat what we are given, values estimated

Snack (5.30am): Banana {69 Cal / 15.6g Carbs}
……...…...……...……………5 mile walk
Breakfast (8.30am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, cherries, almonds {285 Cal / 37.9g Carbs}}

Lunch (12pm): Out for the day, very limited choice
Fish & chips [very small portion] {353 Cal / 41.6g Carbs}
Ice cream {104 Cal / 11.5g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.3
Dinner (6pm): Tomato & basil soup {48 Cal / 4.2g Carbs}
Ham & avocado salad {239 Cal / 10.9g Carbs}
Mango, raspberries, yoghurt {87 Cal / 11.5g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1272
Carbs 144.7g
Protein 43.7g
Fat 49.9g (Sat Fat 13.4g / Trans fats 0.3g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Friday 21/02/2020

7:50 Breakfast: Oven cooked omelette
Strawberries, blue berries and cherries
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate

Cycle to work and back home
One Black Coffee and three Green tea at work

Blood glucose before Dinner 6.0
19:50 Dinner: Spinach curry
Cauliflower and broccoli rice
Raw bitter guard and red chilli pickles
Salad and Papad
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate


Saturday 22/02/2020
FGB(6:30) 5.9
 
Saturday 22/2
FBG (06:30) Not measured today
Staying with friends so will eat what we are given, values estimated

……...…...……...……………5 mile walk
Breakfast (7.30am): Scrambled eggs with smoked salmon, avocado toast {292 Cal / 18.3g Carbs}}

Snack (10am): Carrot cake {154 Cal / 18.5g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Pub lunch on the way home
Oysters/ Rioja blanco (5oz) {193 Cal / 8.2g Carbs}
Slow cooked belly pork with rhubarb, celeriac fondant, kale {470 Cal / 10.3g Carbs}

Back home, nobody to blame but myself now!
Dinner (6pm): Tomato & lentil soup {121 Cal / 17.6g Carbs}
Prawn & avocado salad {171 Cal / 5.g Carbs}
Mango, raspberries, yoghurt {87 Cal / 11.5g Carbs}

……………………………….7 x 500m [sprints, 1 minute rests] on rowing machine
Funny, but I enjoyed the workout. I've missed it.

6 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1638
Carbs 104.2g
Protein 65.9g
Fat 87.6g (Sat Fat 24.3g / Trans fats 0.2g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Saturday 22/02/2020

8:20 Breakfast: Oven cooked omelette
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate

10:00 one hour tang soo do

Blood glucose before Dinner 5.1
18:00 Dinner: chicken curry
Cauliflower and broccoli rice
Raw bitter guard and red chilli pickles
Salad and Papad
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate

Sunday 23/02/2020
FGB(7:10) 7.0
 
Sunday 23/2
FBG (06:00) 4.1

Breakfast (7.30am): Porridge (almond milk), peach, strawberries, pecans {277 Cal / 35.0g Carbs}


Snack (11am): Banana bread [small piece] {78 Cal / 12.8g Carbs}

……………………………...2 mile run
……………………………...5 km on rowing machine [training run, not timed]

Lunch (12pm): Sweet potato, coconut & chilli soup {89 Cal / 14.3g Carbs}
Chicken & avocado salad {293 Cal / 9.4g Carbs}
Mango, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {140 Cal / 11.7g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Lamb, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes (2 small), celeriac,
cauliflower, carrots, runner beans / Douro (4oz) {589 Cal / 35.1g Carbs}
Kiwi, blueberries, yoghurt, pistachios {126 Cal / 12.1g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1688
Carbs 143.6g
Protein 91.6g
Fat 63.2g (Sat Fat 14.7g / Trans fats 0.9g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just as
 
Sunday 23/02/2020

8:45 Breakfast: Slice of homemade sourdough bread
Quinoa with peppers and cheese
Asparagus frid with butter
Blue berries
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate

12:30 Couple of hour in garden cleaning

Blood glucose before Dinner 5.6
17:00 Dinner: Ragi Roti(Brown millet)
chicken curry
Cauliflower and broccoli rice
Raw bitter guard and red chilli pickles
Salad and Papad
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate

Monday 24/02/2020
FGB(6:00) 6.9
 
Monday 24/2
FBG (06:30) Not measured today

Breakfast (7.30am): Scrambled eggs with smoked salmon, avocado toast /
Juice from one orange {343 Cal / 21.7g Carbs}}

Lunch (12pm): Sweet potato, coconut & chilli soup {89 Cal / 14.3g Carbs}
Chicken, fig, fennel & green bean salad {221 Cal / 16.4g Carbs}
Mango, strawberries, yoghurt, pecans {136 Cal / 12.0g Carbs}

……………………………….7 x 500m [sprints, 1 minute rests] on rowing machine

Dinner (6pm): Squash & pea risotto {270 Cal / 50.7g Carbs}
Nectarine, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {128 Cal / 9.3g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1319
Carbs 139.8g
Protein 68.5g
Fat 46.4g (Sat Fat 13.7g / Trans fats 0.4g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Monday 24/02/2020

7:30 Breakfast: Oven cooked omelette
blue berries
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate

Cycle to work and back home
One Black Coffee and three Green tea at work

Blood glucose before Dinner 7.2
19:30 Dinner: Kale stirfry
Courgette and black eye beans
Raw bitter guard and tamarind pickles
Ridge Guard curry
Salad and Papad
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate


Tuesday 25/02/2020
FGB(6:00) 7.6
 
Becks96 said:
T1 had for over 24 years my bm this morning was 26 find it hard to control plus recently lost my left leg due to vascular disease and diabetes didnt help im 33 finding it hard to manage.
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Hi - eat low carbs and reduce insulin accordingly - insulin makes you eat more. Test blood sugars 2 hours before and after2 hours of eating
 
Tuesday 25/2
FBG (05:30) 4.3

Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), pear, blackberries, walnuts {273 Cal / 34.7g Carbs}
……………………………...2 mile run
……………………………….7 x 500m [sprints, 1 minute rests] on rowing machine

Breakfast 2 (8am): Garlic mushrooms, toast/ Juice from one orange {216 Cal / 23.9g Carbs}

Snack (11am): Banana {61 Cal /14.0g Carbs}
……...…...……...……………2 mile run
……………………………...5 km on rowing machine [training run, not timed]

Lunch (12pm): Scotch broth {118 Cal / 15.0g Carbs}
Tuna & avocado salad {365 Cal / 7.2g Carbs}
Plum, strawberries, yoghurt, pecans {123 Cal / 10.3g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Partridge breast, celeriac mash, runner beans, peas, rowan jelly {408 Cal / 26.5g Carbs}
Sadly, the last of this years rowan jelly, have to wait until September now for berries to be ripe.

Blueberry pancake, ice cream {185 Cal / 25.4g Carbs}
Much of the world has Mardi Gras today - we have pancake day, bummer.

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1918
Carbs 182.1g
Protein 125.6g
Fat 64.7g (Sat Fat 13.5g / Trans fats 0.4g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Tuesday 25/02/2020

7:30 Breakfast: Oven cooked omelette
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate

Cycle to work and back home
One Black Coffee and three Green tea at work

Blood glucose before Dinner 6.9
19:00 Dinner: Chicken curry
Cauliflower and Broccoli rice
Raw bitter guard pickles
Ridge Guard curry
Salad and Papad
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate

Wednesday 26/02/2020
FGB(6:00) 7.6
 
Wednesday 26/2
FBG (05:30) Not measured today
Rest day today, no exercise

Breakfast (8am): Porridge (almond milk), strawberries, raspberries, pecans {276 Cal / 33.3g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Scotch broth {117 Cal / 14.9g Carbs}
Prawn & avocado salad {251 Cal / 10.1g Carbs}
Nectarine, blackberries, yoghurt, cashews {118 Cal / 9.7g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Salmon, sweet potato fries, fennel & apple salad {413 Cal / 24.3g Carbs}
Plum, blueberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {120 Cal / 9.7g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1392
Carbs 115.2g
Protein 83.7g
Fat 57.0g (Sat Fat 8.7g / Trans fats 0.2g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Wednesday 26/02/2020

7:30 Breakfast: Oven cooked omelette
Slice of sour dough bread and blue berries
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate

Cycle to work and back home
One Black Coffee and three Green tea at work

Blood glucose before Dinner 5.6
18:40 Dinner: Chicken curry
Cauliflower and Broccoli rice
Beans Curry
Salad and Papad
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate

Thursday 27/02/2020
FGB(6:00) 7.7
 
Thursday 27/2
FBG (05:30) 3.8
I had a really good night sleep, always helps

Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), peach, raspberries, pecans {278 Cal / 34.2g Carbs}
……...…...……...…………..2 mile walk
……………………………...5 km on rowing machine [training run, not timed]
Breakfast 2 (8am): Garlic mushrooms, toast/ Juice from half a grapefruit {203 Cal / 19.0g Carbs}

……………………………...2 mile run
……………………………...7 x 500m [sprints, 1 minute rests] on rowing machine

Lunch (12pm): Sweet potato, coconut & chilli soup {84 Cal / 13.5g Carbs}
Salmon & fennel salad {382 Cal / 8.9g Carbs}
Persimmon, strawberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {127 Cal / 10.8g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Shepherds pie (celeriac mash), cauliflower fondant, carrots {318 Cal / 34.1g Carbs}
Malaga ice cream {125 Cal / 19.6g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1613
Carbs 153.3g
Protein 81.4g
Fat 64.5g (Sat Fat 12.8g / Trans fats 0.4g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Thursday 27/02/2020

7:30 Breakfast: Okra, Peppers, Asparagus and Mushrooms pan fired with butter
Slice of sour dough bread and Straw berries
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate

One Black Coffee and three Green tea at work

Blood glucose before Dinner 5.3
17:30 Dinner: Beans curry
Cauliflower and Broccoli rice
Bitter Guard Pickle
Salad and Papad
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate

19:00 Badminton for an hour

Friday 28/02/2020
FGB(6:00) 6.7
 
Friday 28/2
FBG (05:30) Not measured today

Breakfast (7.30am): Scrambled eggs, avocado toast (sourdough)/
Juice from one orange {372 Cal / 21.6g Carbs}

Snack (11am): Banana {69 Cal / 15.6g Carbs}
……………………………...2 mile walk [warm up]
……………………………...5 km on rowing machine [21 min 49 sec], New PB by 1 second

Lunch (12pm): Scotch broth {111 Cal / 14.2g Carbs}
Chicken & fig salad {364 Cal / 24.7g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, walnuts {146 Cal / 9.9g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Hake & prawn rendang, fennel seed paratha {517 Cal / 24.0g Carbs}

Cru de Cotes du Rhone (2 x 5oz) {251 Cal / 7.8g Carbs}
Blueberry pancake, ice cream {179 Cal / 24.7g Carbs}
Leftover mixture

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 2043
Carbs 150.8g
Protein 120.1g
Fat 73.0g (Sat Fat 17.5g / Trans fats 0.4g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Friday 28/02/2020

7:30 Breakfast: Oven cooked omelette
Strawberry and blue berries
Slice of sour dough bread and Straw berries
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate

Cycle to work and back home
One Black Coffee and three Green tea at work

Blood glucose before Dinner 6.7
19:40 Dinner: Chicken curry
Cauliflower and Broccoli rice
Red chilli chutney
Salad and Papad
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate


Saturday 29/02/2020
FGB(7:00) 6.2
 
Saturday 29/02/2020

7:30 Breakfast:Scrambled eggs with spinach and mushrooms
Asparagus, peppers and sprouts pan fried with butter
Slice of sour dough bread and Blue berries
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate

10:00 tang soo do for couple of hours

One Black Coffee and one black tea afternoon

Blood glucose before Dinner 5.2
18:30 Dinner: courgette and Chicken cooked oven with mozzarella
Cauliflower and Broccoli rice
Salad and Papad
Nuts mixture and Dark Chocolate


Sunday 01/03/2020
FGB(7:00) 7.2
 
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Saturday 29/2
FBG (05:30) 4.1
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blackberries, pecans {280 Cal / 34.9g Carbs}
……………………………...2 mile run
……………………………...7 x 500m [sprints, 1 minute rests] on rowing machine
Breakfast 2 (8am): Mackerel (in tomato sauce), toast {312 Cal / 16.5g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Sweet potato, coconut & chilli soup {120 Cal / 19.3g Carbs}
Ham & avocado salad {304 Cal / 12.1g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {128 Cal / 8.9g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Chicken Milanese, fries, salad {578 Cal / 38.8g Carbs}
Nectarine, blueberries, yoghurt, cashews {141 Cal / 13.5g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (4 of them decaf)

Calories 1959
Carbs 157.2g
Protein 122.6g
Fat 80.5g (Sat Fat 18.2g / Trans fats 0.4g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
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