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

1spuds said:
Error on my end,comp buggy today.Works now,think one of my harddrives just bit the dust
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I replaced all my primary HDDs with SSDDs, have had no problems, but I always make monthly off line backups. Computers are fickle work mates, they only seem to do what their smart human masters tell them (or not) to do... :)
Snowing right now, hope there is no shoveling tomorrow morning, heading to sleepyland...
 
Wednesday 1/5
FBG (05:30) 4.2
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), plum, blackberries, walnuts {263 Cal / 33.7g Carbs}
….………………………...….2 mile run
……………………………….7 x 500m [sprints, 1 minute rests] on rowing machine
Breakfast (7.30am): Poached duck egg, tomatoes, avocado toast (one slice, seeded)/
Juice from half a grapefruit {297 Cal / 17.0g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Lunch whilst shopping / Values estimated
Olives/ Brandade de bacalau, polenta chips/ Pork belly pintxos, carrot hummus, labneh/
Pastel de nata {501 Cal / 33.0g Carbs}
Prosecco (2oz)/ Malbec (2 x 4oz)/ Negroni {535 Cal / 17.9g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Mushroom soup {81 Cal / 3.1g Carbs}
Chicken, fig, hummus & avocado salad {307 Cal / 12.3g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {115 Cal / 8.9g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee (1 of these decaf)

Calories 2177
Carbs 137.0g
Protein 100.3g
Fat 84.5g (Sat Fat 17.1g / Trans fats 0.3g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
As requested, my recipe for mushroom soup.

Mushrooms 350g (use whatever you have, I used a mix of large field mushrooms & portabellos as that is what I had spare).
Shallot (one, c.50g)
Garlic (2 or 3 cloves)
Crème fraiche (I used CF light, about half fat, but regular is fine)
Stock 800ml (I used chicken as I had some in the fridge, but veg is fine too)
Dark soy sauce

Heat the stock in a large pan.
Finely dice shallot and garlic and fry until soft. Transfer to stock pot.
Chop mushrooms and fry in a little oil (rapeseed for me) and butter, with a splash of soy sauce.
Best to do this in batches unless you have a very large pan.
Transfer to stock pot.
Simmer for 20-30 minutes.
Add a generous dollop of crème fraiche (or cream if you prefer, I used some leftover brandy cream after Christmas and that did it no harm at all)
Blitz well. (I prefer a jug blender but the stick blenders are fine too).
Eat. This is very low in carbs, if that is important to you.

Any bits of leftover cooked chicken, chopped and added after mushrooms is also great. I tend to use any bits I can find on the carcass after it has been used to make the stock (waste not want not and all that).
Hope you enjoy.
 
Thursday May 02

FBG was 5.6 at 0705, food yesterday was;
Breakfast: 3/4 cup honey nut cheerios w/2% milk, black tea, 500 mg metformin
Lunch: slice of black forest ham, several slices pickled beets, pickled egg, 4 dried apricots, black tea
Dinner: leftover bbq steak, green salad w/Kraft Catalina dressing, 1/2 cup blueberries, 3 glasses red wine, 500 mg metformin
Snack: glass of dark rum w/diet Pepsi, 1/4 cup blueberries

FBG a bit higher than expected (blueberries at about 2300?), 7 or so cm (2.5 inches) of snow on ground, likely will all melt today. Learning all (? or something anyway) about using manual lenses on digital auto everything camera, very entertaining... :snaphappy:
 
0630-FBG after 10.5 hr fast-5.1
0715-90g steak,large tomato
1620-Small cup grilled veggies in sauce at dine out place
1915-90g fried kielbasa sausage + cabbage,and spinach
1930-Bloody Mary

0330-FBG after 8 hour fast-5.2
1115-FBG after fasting 15.75 hr-5.83 ,retest verified- Making bacon,sausage and tomato for late breakfast

That would be an expected rise,metabolic? Also weight is falling off,very nice!Lost 10 lbs in 8 weeks,SUPERB!

enb54,where is it snowing?In my hemisphere, US,California, its start the gardens time.
midnightrider,thanks for the requested mushroom soup recipe,going to try it.I see lots of folks talk mushrooms so what makes them SO popular besides being tasty?
 
Thursday 2/5
FBG (05:30) Not measured today
Snack (5.30am): Banana {61 Cal / 14.0g Carbs}
….………………………...….5 mile walk
Breakfast (7.30am): Scrambled egg, bacon, mushrooms, toast (one slice, seeded)/
Juice from one orange {309 Cal / 19.9g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom soup {76 Cal / 2.9g Carbs}
Prawn & avocado salad/ Flatbread, hummus {285 Cal / 15.5g Carbs}
Nectarine, strawberries, yoghurt, pecans {144 Cal / 12.2g Carbs}

Snack (4pm): Pear, walnuts {99 Cal / 10.3g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.5
Dinner (6pm): Lamb tagine with dates & pistachios, couscous, cantaloupe & mint salad {534 Cal / 55.9g Carbs}
Chocolate ice cream, raspberries, hazelnuts {172 Cal / 18.1g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee (1 of these decaf)

Calories 1758
Carbs 159.8g
Protein 104.5g
Fat 69.9g (Sat Fat 17.0g / Trans fats 0.8g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Wednesday 01/05/2019

7:30 Breakfast- Oven cooked omelette

8:00 Cycle to Office 11 miles

Lunch - Fasting
3 Green Tea and Black coffee at work

17:30 Cycle to Home 11 miles

18:40 Dinner - Cauliflower rice, Chicken curry and salad

20:40 blood sugar after dinner 8.1

Thursday FBG(06:15) 7.6

07:30 Breakfast -Oven cooked omelette

18:20 blood sugar before dinner 6.3

18:40 Dinner - Cauliflower rice, Aubergine stir fry Chicken curry and salad

Friday FBG(06:30) 7.3
 
enb54 said:
Central Alberta, between Calgary and Edmonton but most of it melted, perhaps more to come, spring is late this year...
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Lovely part of the world. I spent some time in Banff a few years ago when travelling across Canada on a train.
 
Friday May 03

FBG was 5.6 at 0805 (8 hr fast), food yesterday was;
Breakfast: zero, zilch. nada... starving for restaurant lunch at Cora's, black tea, 500 mg metformin
Lunch: Cora's western omelette, sliced tomato instead of fruit, (no toast) and tried a few pan fries (not a good idea), several coffees with cream and splenda
Dinner: jumbo shrimp (stir fried in butter, garlic and Harvey's Bristol Cream), 1 cup mushrooms stir fried the same way, 4 glasses red wine, 500 mg metformin
Snack: glass of "Traditional" dark beer, 2 hefty glasses dark rum w/diet Pepsi

FBG measurements as expected, will have to cut out the snack and see what happens if fasting for more than 8 hrs. Temp here +2C & cloudy skies, snow has all melted and am continuing with photography manual lens experiencial learning...

Edit at 0858... Spoke too soon about snow, it just started snowing right now...
 
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Venkat Kommi said:
Wednesday 01/05/2019

7:30 Breakfast- Oven cooked omelette

8:00 Cycle to Office 11 miles

Lunch - Fasting
3 Green Tea and Black coffee at work

17:30 Cycle to Home 11 miles

18:40 Dinner - Cauliflower rice, Chicken curry and salad

20:40 blood sugar after dinner 8.1

Thursday FBG(06:15) 7.6

07:30 Breakfast -Oven cooked omelette

18:20 blood sugar before dinner 6.3

18:40 Dinner - Cauliflower rice, Aubergine stir fry Chicken curry and salad

Friday FBG(06:30) 7.3
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Gosh,thats unusually elevated for you.
 
1115-FBG 5.8 after 15.75 hr fast
1200-2 bacon,1 sausage patty,1 egg,large tomato
1400-BG-5.7
No lunch
2030-120g butter fried fish (Swai),zucchini,green salad with olive oil/vinegar and blue cheese sprinkles
2230-BG 5.3
2245-Snack,150g dill pickle

0930-FBG 4.9 after 10.25 hr fast

Had fatty pork scratchings for breakfast,50g,should be interesting.5.99/pound either lean or fat styled at Cardenas,a local Mexican chain grocery.Saved back some chicken broth from the homemade dog food,thinking miso soup with mushrooms soon,yumm! Picked up a pound of mushrooms.Going to be 70F,no wind and sunny today in the SoCal mountains today.
 
Friday 3/5
FBG (05:30) 4.3
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), blackberries, blueberries, walnuts {264 Cal / 33.8g Carbs}
……………………………...2 mile run
……………………………...5 km on rowing machine [23 min 42 sec]
Breakfast 2 (8.30am): Mackerel, toast (one slice, sourdough)/ Tangerine {230 Cal / 18.7g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Mushroom soup {74 Cal / 2.8g Carbs}
Tuna & avocado salad/ Flatbread, hummus {343 Cal / 17.5g Carbs}
Nectarine, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {136 Cal / 13.5g Carbs}

Snack (4pm): Scotch broth {99 Cal / 13.7g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Malbec (4oz) [whilst cooking] {100 Cal / 3.1g Carbs}
Basa fillet in breadcrumbs, sweet potato wedges, peas, sweetcorn {408 Cal / 38.5g Carbs}
Strawberries, passion fruit, yoghurt, hazelnuts {144 Cal / 13.6g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee (3 decaf)

Calories 1876
Carbs 166.0g
Protein 119.9g
Fat 59.3g (Sat Fat 8.3g / Trans fats 0.4g)

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