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

@midnightrider Ohhhh, I thought it was better to test straight away as that’s catching your BG “in the act” so to speak so you get a better understanding of how it spikes. I’ve only been testing for a bit over a week and I do it as soon as I wake up, even before having a drink of water or going to the bathroom.
 
FBG at 0840 was 5.9, food yesterday was;

Breakfast: 3/4 cup honey nut cheerios w/2% milk, black tea, 500 mg metformin
Lunch: Five Guys loaded small hamburger on lettuce, and a no-no... many fries and ketchup, water
Dinner: 5 pieces buffalo chicken wings w/really hot hot sauce, green salad w/oil and vinegar, 70 g chunk of baker's semi sweet chocolate, 2 glasses red wine, black tea, 500 mg metformin
Snack: 2 glasses of Gekkeikan sake

Today we are splurging for dinner and having BBQ meat, roast brussels sprouts, stir fried snap peas with bean sprouts and thus I will be starving myself for most of the day. In the interim will be installing shelves and fixing electrical problems at daughter # 1's...
 
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@midnightrider Ohhhh, I thought it was better to test straight away as that’s catching your BG “in the act” so to speak so you get a better understanding of how it spikes. I’ve only been testing for a bit over a week and I do it as soon as I wake up, even before having a drink of water or going to the bathroom.
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I usually test first thing myself, but when you have had a sudden shock (e.g. alarm) your body goes into fight or flight mode and pumps a good slug of glucose into your blood so you have the energy available to fight or run away. You get this to a lesser extent whenever you wake as your body prepares for increased activity.
If you have a problem with insulin resistance / metabolic syndrome then your body will have difficulty reducing this high BG level. Otherwise it should come down pretty quickly. You can check this out if you measure immediately after any shock.
Anyway, I find it fair to wait 20 mins or so if I am woken with a start to get a 'real' fasting value, though this is quite rare as I usually wake 10 mins or so before my alarm goes off.
 
Thursday 18/4
FBG not measured today
Away from home, quantities estimated

Snack (5.30am): Banana {62 Cal / 14.2g Carbs}
……………………………….5 mile walk

Breakfast (8am): Porridge (almond milk), pear, blueberries, walnuts {284 Cal / 38.1g Carbs}

Snack (10.30am): Carrot cake {72 Cal / 7.3g Carbs}

Lunch (12.30pm): Mushroom soup {85 Cal / 2.8g Carbs}
Prawn, crayfish & avocado salad {210 Cal / 4.9g Carbs}
Strawberries, mango, yoghurt {79 Cal / 11.6g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Out for dinner
Olives / Cuisses de grenouille (frogs legs) {124 Cal / 1.2g Carbs}
Canard a la presse (pressed duck), pommes Anna, green beans /
Chateauneuf-du-Pape (8oz) {572 Cal / 22.1g Carbs}
Tarte Tatin, ice cream / Sauternes (2oz) {237 Cal / 28.7g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee too (2 of them decaf)

Calories 1912
Carbs 155.2g
Protein 114.3g
Fat 61.0g (Sat Fat 17.4g / Trans fats 0.3g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
midnightrider said:
Thursday 18/4
FBG not measured today
Away from home, quantities estimated

Snack (5.30am): Banana {62 Cal / 14.2g Carbs}
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I have to ask, after catching quite a few frogs as a child, I have never ever thought of eating their legs. Do they taste like chicken? My mother, who turned 99 on Dec 07 last year has entertained thoughts I may be an alien life form (long story) and I may have mentioned to her that what if "my people" arrived here and regarded us as their food? Just a thought, don't get alarmed...

P.S. I may have had a few too many tequila...
 
enb54 said:
I have to ask, after catching quite a few frogs as a child, I have never ever thought of eating their legs. Do they taste like chicken? My mother, who turned 99 on Dec 07 last year has entertained thoughts I may be an alien life form (long story) and I may have mentioned to her that what if "my people" arrived here and regarded us as their food? Just a thought, don't get alarmed...

P.S. I may have had a few too many tequila...
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Yes, they do have a resemblance to chicken. I have always loved them though, since childhood summers spent in France, eating stuff that most of my friends found disgusting.
 
On a more serious note, FBG of 5.3 at 0910 and yesterday's food was;

Breakfast: one hard boiled egg, black tea, 500 mg metformin
Lunch: green salad w/oil and balsamic vinegar, 3 tablespoons Chapman's salty caramel and vanilla ice cream, black tea
Dinner: BBQ steak (5 oz.), roast brussels sprouts, stir fried snap peas, onions and bean sprouts, small dish zero calorie orange Jello, black tea, one glass red wine, 500 mg metformin
Snack: 6 oz. of Bacardi 1873 rum with diet Pepsi, 2 shots of tequila

Making preparations for the big family meal on Easter Sunday, which undoubtedly will involve many high carb junk foods and chocolate for the grandchildren. I will content myself with roast turkey and a few slices of low carb ham, maybe even some (not very much) homemade stuffing...
 
Friday 19/4
FBG (06:00) 5.5
Awake from 1am with an ear infection (I think). In absolute agony and feeling very sick. Not sure of the relevance of todays reading with a temperature of 101F.
Away from home, quantities estimated

Breakfast (7am): Toast (one slice, granary) {146 Cal / 18.4g Carbs}
Trip to A & E, furnished with strong antibiotics & industrial strength painkillers

Snack (10.30am): Yoghurt, apple & blackberry jam, granola {147 Cal / 19.6g Carbs}

Lunch (2pm): Tomato & basil soup, bread roll {160 Cal / 19.1g Carbs}
Raspberries, blueberries, yoghurt {77 Cal / 10.9g Carbs}

BG (7pm) 4.9
Dinner (7pm): Fish pie {268 Cal / 19.6g Carbs}
Strawberries, mango, yoghurt {75 Cal / 13.2g Carbs}

Snack (9pm): Toast (one slice, seeded), milk {123 Cal / 13.0g Carbs}

1 cup of coffee too (decaf)

Feeling rotten, off to bed now.

Calories 1019
Carbs 116.7g
Protein 67.3g
Fat 23.4g (Sat Fat 6.7g / Trans fats 0.6g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Yesterday (19/4).
0600: Coffee with cream & sweetener.
Fasted all day.
1910: Battered plaice & oven chips. Strawberry trifle & double cream.
2000: Dark (54% cocoa) chocolate with almonds & cranberries.
2100: Camembert.

Fbg today 6.4.
 
FBG at 0910 was 4.9 and food yesterday was;

Breakfast: scrambled eggs w/tabasco sauce and fried ham, black tea, metformin 500 mg
Lunch: minimal... 4 dried apricots, 1/2 dozen radishes, 4 dill pickles, 1/2 bowl zero calorie orange Jello, black tea
Dinner: minimal... small plate of shepherd's pie, leftover steak and butter fried carrots, 1/2 doz pickled garlic cloves, slice of brie cheese, glass of red wine, black tea, 500 mg metformin
Snack: 1 hefty shot of Nicaraguan "Flor de Cana" rum w/water

Tomorrow is Easter Sunday family dinner, we'll be having 13 plus ourselves so turkey, carrots, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, mashed potatoes (not for me), two types of salad and an assortment of grandchildren's treats should satisfy most...
 
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Saturday 20/4
FBG (06:00) 5.0
Still in a lot of pain and feeling very sick. Another poor night sleep.
Away from home, quantities estimated

Breakfast (7am): Porridge (made with 2% milk), strawberries, raspberries {149 Cal / 21.5g Carbs}
Only ate half a bowl

Travelling back home toda

Lunch (1pm): Vanilla ice cream [didn't fancy anything else] {114 Cal / 12.6g Carbs}

Snack (3pm): Avocado toast (two slices, granary), hummus {329 Cal / 25.2g Carbs}

Dinner (7pm): Prawn, squash & mango Thai curry, jasmine rice {293 Cal / 37.2g Carbs}
Ginger cake, Malaga raisins, ice cream {267 Cal / 43.2g Carbs}

No coffee today

Feeling rotten, off to bed now.

Calories 1152
Carbs 139.7g
Protein 43.6g
Fat 41.0g (Sat Fat 15.8g / Trans fats 1.0g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
FBG 6.9 @ 0710, food yesterday was;

Breakfast: 5 large strawberries, black tea, 500 mg metformin
Lunch: 1 bowl Mrs. Campbell's condensed mushroom soup, black tea
Dinner: Chicken pot pie, garden salad w/Kraft Catalina dressing, glass of red wine, black tea, 500 mg metformin
Snack: 1 shot dark rum, 2 Voortman diabetic (?) "no sugar added" wafer cookies and 1/2 glass 2% milk

Looks like the Voortman "no sugar added" wafers are somehow affecting my FBG, resulting in a reading of 6.9 this morning, so no more of them for this taste tester. Getting ready for today's Easter dinner event...
 
Sunday 21/4
FBG (06:00) 4.3
A better nights sleep, still in a quite a lot of pain but temperature is down and feeling a fair bit better.
First BG at my usual levels for 3 days, so probably on the mend.

Breakfast (7am): Porridge (almond milk), pear, blackberries, walnuts {275 Cal / 35.7g Carbs}

…………………………….2 mile walk
Lunch (12pm): Scrambled duck egg, avocado toast (two slices, seeded) {399 Cal / 22.3g Carbs}
Nectarine, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {135 Cal / 9.5g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Roast lamb, mint sauce, roast potatoes, cauliflower fondant, carrots, turnip,
green beans, celeriac crisps {436 Cal / 32.1g Carbs}
Lemon meringue pie [first one in I have had in years] {265 Cal / 32.1g Carbs}

Snack (9pm): Toast (one slice, seeded), peanut butter / milk {185 Cal / 14.9g Carbs}

No coffee today

Calories 1695
Carbs 144.7g
Protein 75.7g
Fat 81.5g (Sat Fat 19.6g / Trans fats 0.5g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
FBG was 6.7 at 0810 this morning, food yesterday was;

Breakfast: zilch, black tea, 500 mg metformin, starvation diet until dinner
Lunch: nada, black tea, still starving, waiting for 1600 dinner
Pre Dinner: veggies and dip (snap peas, celery slices, cauliflower pieces, red and yellow peppers w/french onion dip), tequila and red wine
Dinner: roast turkey w/cranberry sauce, stuffing, brussels sprouts, buttered carrots, mashed rutabaga, beet salad, red wine, 500 mg metformin
Dessert: Granddaughter's homemade trifle (2 small bowls), more red wine
Snack: tequila, red wine and 1 shot of "Mamamango" (Italian moscato & mango liquer)...

The actual dinner was not very threatening blood glucose wise, but the homemade trifle (strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and kiwi slices in a thick cream/custard with whipped cream on top) definitely (likely) had an effect, didn't bother checking until about 10 PM when it was 7.2. The Italian Mamamango liquer was also not likely a good thing for me to sample, especially since moscato is too sweet all by itself. As I don't really like moscato and/or mango juice I won't be testing that particular liquer again, but once or twice a year a small taste of the trifle should be manageable...
 
All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
enb54 said:
FBG was 6.7 at 0810 this morning, food yesterday was;
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enb54 said:
Breakfast: zilch, black tea, 500 mg metformin, starvation diet until dinner
Lunch: nada, black tea, still starving, waiting for 1600 dinner
Pre Dinner: veggies and dip (snap peas, celery slices, cauliflower pieces, red and yellow peppers w/french onion dip), tequila and red wine
Dinner: roast turkey w/cranberry sauce, stuffing, brussels sprouts, buttered carrots, mashed rutabaga, beet salad, red wine, 500 mg metformin
Dessert: Granddaughter's homemade trifle (2 small bowls), more red wine
Snack: tequila, red wine and 1 shot of "Mamamango" (Italian moscato & mango liquer)...

The actual dinner was not very threatening blood glucose wise, but the homemade trifle (strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and kiwi slices in a thick cream/custard with whipped cream on top) definitely (likely) had an effect, didn't bother checking until about 10 PM when it was 7.2. The Italian Mamamango liquer was also not likely a good thing for me to sample, especially since moscato is too sweet all by itself. As I don't really like moscato and/or mango juice I won't be testing that particular liquer again, but once or twice a year a small taste of the trifle should be manageable...
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Yes, it was the afters that was high sugar for me too. Lemon meringue pie is traditional Easter fare in our house (after the roast lamb). I didn't indulge the last couple of years since diagnosis but what the hell, my BG has been perfectly normal for over 2 years now so worth a risk.
(I shall be having some leftovers after my meal this evening too!).
 
Monday 22/4
FBG (06:00) Not measured today
A better nights sleep, still in some pain but basically on the mend.

Breakfast (7am): Porridge (almond milk), nectarine, raspberries, pecans {277 Cal / 34.7g Carbs}
……………………………...2 mile run
……………………………...5 km on rowing machine [23 min 43 sec]
Breakfast 2 (8.30am): Mackerel (in tomato sauce), toast (one slice, sourdough) {308 Cal / 17.4g Carbs}

Snack (11am): Banana {66 Cal / 15.0g Carbs}
….………………………...….2 mile run
……………………………….7 x 500m [sprints, 1 minute rests] on rowing machine
Snack (11.30am): Chocolate muffin {143 Cal / 16.9g Carbs}

Lunch (1pm): Lamb, vegetable & barley broth {156 Cal / 17.6g Carbs}
Strawberries, kiwi, yoghurt, hazelnuts {135 Cal / 9.5g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 3.9
Dinner (6pm): Spaghetti al colombaccio e funghi {381 Cal / 45.4g Carbs}
Lemon meringue pie [leftovers] {214 Cal / 26.5g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee (2 decaf)

Calories 1761
Carbs 196.5g
Protein 85.2g
Fat 63.9g (Sat Fat 15.8g / Trans fats 0.5g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Friday 19/04/2019

FBG(06:00) 5.9

Food twice a day morning Egg omelette Night Cauliflower rice, salad and Chicken or Lamb

Saturday 20/04/2019 FBG(06:00) 7.6

Saturday 19:00 Blood sugar 5.7

Sunday 21/04/2019 FBG(06:20) 6.8

Sunday 18:00 Blood Sugar 6.3

Monday 22/04/2019 FBG(06:10) 6.9

Monday 19:20 Blood Sugar 5.2

Tuesday 23/04/2018 FBG(06:00) 7.2
 
FBG today at 0825 was 6.1, food yesterday was;

Breakfast: 3/4 cup honey oat cheerios w/2% milk, black tea, 500 mg metformin
Lunch: 1/2 cup unsalted cashews, 2 turkey slices w/cranberry sauce, mashed rutabaga, black tea
Dinner: 2 slices turkey w/cranberry sauce, mashed rutabaga, buttered cooked carrots, 2 heaping tablespoons stuffing, 1 glass red wine, black tea, 500 mg metformin
Snack: 1 shot dark rum w/diet Pepsi

Not sure why FBG was 6.1 this morning, plus seemed to have gained 1 lb overnight, will starve myself a bit today and drink more water to see if I can lower my morning FBG for tomorrow. Am working on old motorcycle solid state ignition, installing shelf racks and extending range of wireless ethernet connection so hopefully should be busily converting excess blood glucose into useful energy...


Oooops! It may have been that 1/2 sack of pork "scratchings" I forgot to include as a snack last night! FBG was higher than I expected...
 
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