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

[Venkat K]

I like the sound of this "nuts mixture and dark chocolate" you have! We only have that at Christmas. (And also with crystallised ginger)

My Nuts mixtures is like cake made with 60% sesame seeds and rest with Almond nuts, Walnuts, Brazil nuts, Hazel nuts, Sunflower seeds... made into powder mix with Costco Coconut butter then leave it in fridge.

I eat couple of 30cm squares. That keeps me full till next meal.

 

[Tannith]

My Nuts mixtures is like cake made with 60% sesame seeds and rest with Almond nuts, Walnuts, Brazil nuts, Hazel nuts, Sunflower seeds... made into powder mix with Costco Coconut butter then leave it in fridge.

I eat couple of 30cm squares. That keeps me full till next meal.

Sounds lovely - not what I had expected though. A bit like halva perhaps? I've always enjoyed that.

 

[Tannith]

Breakfast: 80g porridge oats 266.4 cals + 1 tbsp flaxseed 37 cals + 300 ml ss milk 155 cals. 1tbsp rice bran, 16.7 cals Total 475. cals

Lunch: 75g dry spaghetti (wholemeal), 261 cals; home made Bolgnese sauce made with lentils, black beans ,beef mince, tomatoes, peppers , red onions. GUESS 250 cals. Low fat cheese on top 100 cal total 611 cals

Supper: stewed apples with sugar and strawberries, 260.5 cals with greek yoghurt ff 146 cals (150g). Total cals 406.5
3x tea + ss milk 75 cals
Total cals 1567.5
FBG 5.6 - Oh dear!

 

[Deleted member 371625]

what's panzanella?

An Italian salad (from Tuscany), made with cubes of stale bread (soaked in oil and toasted or fried), tomatoes, red onion, basil & olive oil. I usually add capers & anchovies, sometimes olives too. I often make it if I have some left over bread and don't need any breadcrumbs (I hate waste).

 

[Deleted member 371625]

Wednesday 27/10
FBG (05:30) Not measured today

................................6 km run [33 min 54 sec]
Breakfast (8.30am): Smoked salmon, scrambled eggs, trout roe, toast,
juice from one orange {410 Cal / 27.3g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Out with son at a museum then ate at a street food stall in the market
Chicken gyros wrap {311 Cal / 23.1g Carbs}
Baklava {145 Cal / 12.4g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.1
Dinner (7pm): Bubble round for a midweek tea
Prawn, squash, mango & cashew rendang, fennel seed paratha {452 Cal / 30.2g Carbs}
Strawberries, ice cream {128 Cal / 18.3g Carbs}
Duoro Brando (4oz)/ Syrah (5oz) {239 Cal / 7.7g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1752
Carbs 128.1g
Protein 90.4g
Fat 67.1g (Sat Fat 16.5g / Trans fats 0.5g)

Thursday 28/10
FBG (05:30) 4.3

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), black & blueberries, walnuts {270 Cal / 37.1g Carbs}
................................11.5 km run [57 min 33 sec]

Snack (11am): Toast, damson jam {156 Cal / 28.1g Carbs}
Shifting flagstones all morning, very hungry

Lunch (12pm): Tomato & lentil soup {100 Cal / 14.4g Carbs}
Tuna & lentil soup {303 Cal / 6.5g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {125 Cal / 10.8g Carbs}

Dinner (7pm): Goat curry, fried plantain, Jamaican rice & peas {561 Cal / 53.3g Carbs}
Banana bread [warm, from the oven], ice cream {128 Cal / 18.3g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1797
Carbs 186.3g
Protein 102.4g
Fat 60.5g (Sat Fat 16.4g / Trans fats 0.6g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask

 

[Tannith]

An Italian salad (from Tuscany), made with cubes of stale bread (soaked in oil and toasted or fried), tomatoes, red onion, basil & olive oil. I usually add capers & anchovies, sometimes olives too. I often make it if I have some left over bread and don't need any breadcrumbs (I hate waste).

Sounds gorgeous! Can I come round to yours for lunch?

 

[Venkat K]

Sounds lovely - not what I had expected though. A bit like halva perhaps? I've always enjoyed that.

Yes like halva but no sugar or sugar alternatives added.

 

[Venkat K]

Thursday 28/10/2021

07:30 Morning run for 1.5 miles

08:30 Breakfast: Omelette with Half Grapefruit
Nuts mixture and dark chocolate

Couple of black coffees in the morning
One samosa around lunch time

Blood sugars before dinner 7.0
18:00 Dinner : Tofu curry
Cauliflower and Broccoli rice
salad
Nuts mixture and dark chocolate

18:30 Evening walk for 1.5 miles

Friday 29/10/2021

FBG(07:00)- 8.1

 

[Tannith]

Breakfast: 80g porridge oats 266.4 cals + 1 tbsp flaxseed 37 cals + 300 ml ss milk 155 cals. 1tbsp rice bran, 16.7 cals Total 475. cals

Lunch: Half can ratatouille 82 cal;half can chicken in white sauce 258 cals, 90g barley 318.6 cals. Total 658.6

Supper Half can peaches 126 cals

3x tea +ssmilk 75 cals

Total 1334.6 cals

FBG 5.2

 

[Tannith]

Breakfast: 80g porridge oats 266.4 cals + 1 tbsp flaxseed 37 cals + 300 ml ss milk 155 cals. 1tbsp rice bran, 16.7 cals Total 475. cals

Lunch: 75g dry spaghetti (wholemeal), 261 cals; home made Bolgnese sauce made with lentils, black beans ,beef mince, tomatoes, peppers , red onions. GUESS 250 cals. Low fat cheese on top 100 cal total 611 cals

Supper: stewed apples with sugar and cherries, 260.5 cals with greek yoghurt ff 146 cals (150g). Total cals 406.5
3x tea + ss milk 75 cals
Total cals 1567.5
FBG 5.0 Strange I ate almost exactly the same the other day (but strawberries in the stewed apple, not cherries) and got FBG of 5.6! Maybe it's the timing of meals. Or stress levels - I'm going through a health scare at the moment.

 

[Deleted member 371625]

Friday 29/10
FBG (05:30) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, raspberries, pecans {273 Cal / 34.5g Carbs}
................................1 km run
................................rowing machine (12 x 500m, 30sec rests)
Snack (7am): Banana {69 Cal / 15.6g Carbs}
................................7.5 km run [39 min 48 sec]

Lunch (12pm): Celeriac & apple soup {59 Cal / 9.7g Carbs}
Ham salad {247 Cal / 12.8g Carbs}
Figs, yoghurt, pistachios {119 Cal / 12.9g Carbs}

Dinner (6-10pm): At a friends house for a party, grazing through the evening so a bit of a guess
Quiche, tuna sandwiches, cocktail sausages, chicken, fries, salad {509 Cal / 29.9g Carbs}
Various red wines (5 glasses, total guess, may have been much more) {501 Cal / 15.0g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee (1 of them decaf)

Calories 1821
Carbs 136.4g
Protein 85.1g
Fat 64.9g (Sat Fat 17.6g / Trans fats 0.3g)

Saturday 30/10
FBG (07:30) 4.3

Breakfast (9.30am): Stayed over, friends cooked a Borders fry up
Bacon, Lorne sausage, Ayrshire fruit pudding, haggis, fried egg,
toast, baked beans {526 Cal / 29.0g Carbs}

Lunch (2pm): Back home
Tomato & lentil soup {106 Cal / 15.3g Carbs}

Dinner (5pm): Fish & chips [half portion] {429 Cal / 40.0g Carbs}

Buffet (9pm): At rugby club for 50th birthday party, not drinking tonight except toast
Chicken curry, flatbread/ Fruit cocktail/ Champagne (small) {356 Cal / 20.1g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (2 of them decaf)

Calories 1486
Carbs 113.0g
Protein 85.1g
Fat 64.9g (Sat Fat 17.6g / Trans fats 0.3g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask

 

[Tannith]

Breakfast: 80g porridge oats 266.4 cals + 1 tbsp flaxseed 37 cals + 300 ml ss milk 155 cals. Total 458.4 cals
Lunch Lunch:500g (raw weight) baked potatoes 385 cals + 50g low fat cheddar 47 cals,+half can baked beans, 195cals,Total 627 cals
Supper: stewed apples with sugar and blueberries, 260.5 cals with Greek yoghurt ff 146 cals (150g). Total cals 406.5
bedtime wholemeal bread + no sugar peanut butter 296 cals
3x tea + ss milk 75 cals
Total for day cals 1862.9
FBG 5.0

 

[Deleted member 371625]

Sounds gorgeous! Can I come round to yours for lunch?

Anytime, though it does rather depend on where you live.

 

[Deleted member 371625]

Sunday 31/10
FBG (05:30) Not measured today

Snack (9.30am): Banana bread {156 Cal / 28.1g Carbs}
Peckish after an hour at the allotment, it was only later on that I realised that I'd missed breakfast

Lunch (12pm): Tomato & lentil soup {106 Cal / 15.4g Carbs}
Green bean & fig salad {235 Cal / 26.5g Carbs}
Mango, kiwi, yoghurt, pistachios {129 Cal / 15.1g Carbs}

Snack (4pm): Fruitcake {122 Cal / 22.6g Carbs}
Visiting friends

BG (6pm) 4.6, very happy as only 2 hours after a small piece of cake
Dinner (7pm): Basa fillet, kohlrabi, tomato & watercress orzotto {496 Cal / 42.5g Carbs}
Black & blueberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {131 Cal / 11.3g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1414
Carbs 165.9g
Protein 60.3g
Fat 45.6g (Sat Fat 9.5g / Trans fats 0.6g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask

 

[Venkat K]

Saturday 30/10/2021

FBG(07:00)- 6.9

Sunday 31/10/2021

FBG(07:00)- 7.4

08:00 Badminton for an hour

09:30 Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with Sough dough bread and Halloumi cheese
Water melon
Nuts mixture and dark chocolate


18:00 Dinner : Aubergine curry
Cauliflower and Broccoli rice
salad and papad
Nuts mixture and dark chocolate

No Evening walk

Monday 01/11/2021

FBG(06:30)- 8.5

 

[Tannith]

Anytime, though it does rather depend on where you live.

Thanks. If we live on the same continent it would be a start!

 

[Deleted member 371625]

Monday 1/11
FBG (05:30) 4.3

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), black & blueberries, walnuts {270 Cal / 37.3g Carbs}
................................1 km run
................................rowing machine (12 x 500m, 30sec rests)
................................1 km run

Snack (11am): Banana {67 Cal / 15.2g Carbs}
................................1 km run
................................rowing machine (12 x 500m, 30sec rests)
................................1 km run

Lunch (12pm): Prawn pho [made by Bubble] {100 Cal / 11.7g Carbs}
Ham & avocado salad {285 Cal / 14.5g Carbs}
Cherries, chocolate mousse, pistachios {124 Cal / 10.4g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Duck breast, sunchoke dauphinoise, roast parsnips, green beans,
mashed butternut squash, rowan jelly {534 Cal / 34.0g Carbs}
Homegrown, parsnips, artichokes & squash
Plum, blueberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {133 Cal / 11.8g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1582
Carbs 143.5g
Protein 93.5g
Fat 60.2g (Sat Fat 15.0g / Trans fats 0.3g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask

 

[Venkat K]

Monday 01/11/2021

07:00 Morning run for 1.5 miles

08:00 Breakfast: Avocado dip with Ryvita, boiled eggs and Berries
Nuts mixture and dark chocolate

Couple of black coffees in the morning

Blood sugars before dinner 7.7

17:00 Dinner : Grilled Chicken
Courgette Stir fry
Cauliflower and Broccoli rice
salad and Grilled Sweet potato
Nuts mixture and dark chocolate

18:00 Evening walk for 1.5 miles

Tuesday 02/11/2021

FBG(06:30)- 8.6

 

[Tannith]

Breakfast: Porridge: 80g dry 266.4 1tbsp chia seed 37; 300 ml ss milk 155. Total 458.4

Lunch lamb burger 232 cals, green beans 40 cal, 500g together mashed potato & sweet potato 365 cal. Total 637cal

Supper: stewed apple + blueberries + sugar 260.5; Greek yoghurt ff 150g 188 cal total 448.5 cal

3 x tea +ss milk 75 cals

FBG 5.2,

Total 1618 cals

 

[Deleted member 371625]

Tuesday 2/11
FBG (05:30) Not measured today

Breakfast (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blackberries, walnuts {273 Cal / 37.2g Carbs}
................................Half marathon [1 hr 46 min 01 sec]
Very slow, had cramp for the last 6 or 7 km which was extremely painful at the time
Snack (8am): Toast, peanut butter, half a banana {209 Cal / 26.9g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Spiced parsnip soup {68 Cal / 10.1g Carbs}
Tuna & avocado salad {314 Cal / 6.3g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {127 Cal / 9.8g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Melanzane alla parmigiana / Primitivo (5oz) {449 Cal / 26.9g Carbs}
Tweaked my recipe a little, absolutely delicious
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {133 Cal / 10.4g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee (3 of them decaf)

Calories 1643
Carbs 136.2g
Protein 78.8g
Fat 64.4g (Sat Fat 16.4g / Trans fats 0.4g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like a recipe, please just ask