Type 2s: What have you eaten today?

Lainie71

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B - Cold hard boiled egg, chopped asparagus with 3 rashers of chopped bacon. Cream tea with almond milk.
L - Small portion of salted nuts, two spoonfuls of Arla Skyr yogurt
D - Homemade bolognaise with bean spouts. Cream tea

3 hrs after work out 5.7 bg - yipeee!!!
 
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filly

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Coffee and cream x 2
Bacon, 2 eggs, sausage, tomato and mushrooms
Prawns, tomato and cucumber
1 oz Mixed Nuts
 
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Sugarstre

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Yesterday.

B- nothing
L- 8oz shrimp fried in spray oil
D- salad with 8 oz chicken breast, no skin.

Still over 200mg/dl this morning.
 
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the-mental-one

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Yesterday
B chicken wings
L caesar salad without croutons
D nothing
S really late banana after I felt nauseous from forgetting to eat dinner

Today
B 2 scrambled eggs with fried peppers, cherry tomatoes, and goat's cheese
L is going to be quail with sweet potato and turmeric, leeks, and maybe some sweetcorn
D is planned to be venison chops but I have no idea what to have with them, I probably need to do a shop.
 
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dewisant123

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hi all I am a 74 year old type 2 - I inject around 20 units of novarapid and 48Toujeo - I have a breakfast mug of rolled oats with the same mug filled with milk then 4min and 30 secs in the 900w microwave - this does just send my figures crazy but I need a good breakfast but the readings are 25ish - by dinner time the reading would still be around 20 even if I break sweat exercising by bedtime they would have dropped to 11 or 12 and that's before I eat
 
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Floraidh

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My OH has not been able to give up his morning porridge but has been able to stabilise his BG numbers by eating mushrooms and an egg fried in olive oil before his oat bran porridge(25g). It seems the order he eats his food makes a big difference. Mushrooms 1st, egg 2nd and porridge 3rd. If he has the same food but eats his porridge 1st, then there is always a big jump in his numbers.
 

flonvic

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hi all I am a 74 year old type 2 - I inject around 20 units of novarapid and 48Toujeo - I have a breakfast mug of rolled oats with the same mug filled with milk then 4min and 30 secs in the 900w microwave - this does just send my figures crazy but I need a good breakfast but the readings are 25ish - by dinner time the reading would still be around 20 even if I break sweat exercising by bedtime they would have dropped to 11 or 12 and that's before I eat
Hi.I have porridge but I reduced the amount of oats and added ground almonds.I found my numbers not as high after breakfast.i also add yogurt
 
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mansingh01

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hi all I am a 74 year old type 2 - I inject around 20 units of novarapid and 48Toujeo - I have a breakfast mug of rolled oats with the same mug filled with milk then 4min and 30 secs in the 900w microwave - this does just send my figures crazy but I need a good breakfast but the readings are 25ish - by dinner time the reading would still be around 20 even if I break sweat exercising by bedtime they would have dropped to 11 or 12 and that's before I eat

Eggs
 

Floraidh

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My OH is 71 and has multiple health conditions. It's been a slow progress but he has gradually been able to get his BG lowered.

We managed to reduce the spike caused by porridge by doing a couple of things.

1. Switching to oat bran porridge (oat bran has 46g carbs per 100g, rolled oats 66g per 100g. Almost 1/3 less carbs. Oat bran takes only 2 to 3 mins cooking in a pan. I've never tried making it in the microwave.

2. Cooking the porridge and then chilling it overnight in the fridge. I usually cook enough for a few days and pop it in the fridge and reheat in the microwave. I understand that the cooling overnight creates some resistant starch, which doesn't affect blood glucose numbers the same way.

I hope that might help you bring you numbers down a bit. Let us know how you get on.
 
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IanBish

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For lunch I had ham and egg mayonnaise in a wholemeal pitta bread.

For dinner I had sirloin steak, mushrooms, green beans and runner beans (pictured).

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Lainie71

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The term "big boned" lol repeatedly told this growing up!
Today so far - cold chicken breast from yesterday and a small portion of salted peanuts. x2 cups of cream/almond milk tea. Feeling poorly is making me hungry all the time. Craving carbs but will not cave :banghead:
 

LivingLightly

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Morning everyone

Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day.
At 7.45, I enjoyed two poached eggs, some tiger prawns and slices of avocado garnished with a knob of butter and one or two grindings of black pepper. Water to drink.

At 9.00, I followed up with an espresso plus cream.
 
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filly

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Spicy food which is too hot. Nasty people who have no idea on your life journey but feel the need to comment and be cruel.
Coffee and cream x 2
Ponchetta and tomatoes
Coppra and plenty of cream cheese.
 

LivingLightly

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B: Two eggs scrambled in butter with a generous dollop of cream, sauteed chestnut mushrooms and a tomato, garnished with flat-leaved parsley and seasoned with one or two grindings of black pepper. Water to swallow tablets, followed by an espresso.

L: Baked sea bass with garlic, thyme, olive oil and a selection of baked, non-starchy vegetables, followed by raspberries and Greek-style full fat yoghurt.

D: Prawn salad made with lettuce, fennel, Romano peppers, celery, cherry tomatoes and salad onions, dressed with an olive oil and balsamic vinegar based vinaigrette and scattered with macadamia nuts roasted in butter.
 
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Dappi

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Meter reading this morning................................5.5
Breakfast = 2 slices of toast with marg and jam followed by a 2 1/2 mile walk
meter reading 2 hrs on........................................5.2
Dinner = 2 x quarter pounder burgers, 3 x large bratwurst sausages, portion of shredded lettuce and a dollop of greek yoghurt followed by 1/2 hour on treadmill and a walk to town and back (3 miles)
meter reading 2hrs on..........................................5.4
Tea will be pasta with cheese sauce and bacon sprinkled on top.
Wow that’s encouraging. Obviously the walking helps to reduce blood sugar