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Vegetarians: What have you eaten today?

B: coffee/cream
S: soy/wasabi almonds & some 85%
L: mushroom/garlic/cheddar flax muffin
D: vegemite/avocado/eggs on burgen toast
 
B: 1 Banana.
L: 2 slices Hovis Wheatgerm toasted with butter & Peanut Butter.
D: Rest of Vegetables in Tomato Sauce (from yesterday) with Basmati Rice.

Later about 8pm: Going to have Fruit Scone with butter.
 
Brunch: Toasted Lidl roll with peanut butter. 2 cups soya decaf
Dinner: Quorn chilli with cheese again - I'm going mad. Will not make that again for a while.

I'm a bit peed off this evening. I just logged into Mydiabetesmyway and got my recent hba1c test result. Up to 40 (5.8%) this January from 39 (5.7%) last January. Ok, not the end of the world, but I am going to ask for 6 month tests in future in case I am on the slippery slope. Meanwhile, I am going to have to up my game...IF, HIIT, something like that. I will put my thinking head on. Off to polish my anti-statin battle armour before my appointment with nursey in a couple of weeks :mask:
 
Avocado Sevenfold said:
Brunch: Toasted Lidl roll with peanut butter. 2 cups soya decaf
Dinner: Quorn chilli with cheese again - I'm going mad. Will not make that again for a while.

I'm a bit peed off this evening. I just logged into Mydiabetesmyway and got my recent hba1c test result. Up to 40 (5.8%) this January from 39 (5.7%) last January. Ok, not the end of the world, but I am going to ask for 6 month tests in future in case I am on the slippery slope. Meanwhile, I am going to have to up my game...IF, HIIT, something like that. I will put my thinking head on. Off to polish my anti-statin battle armour before my appointment with nursey in a couple of weeks :mask:
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Avo - Whilst I can't knock you wanting to re-focus, I would urge you not to get too stressed over an HbA1c variance of a whole single mmol/mol. As these things are on a sliding scale, we have no way of knowing whether your 39 was effectively rounded down (to 39), or indeed if your 40 involved any rounding upwardly.

I have set myself a small range where I have promised myself I won't throw a wobbler, provided I di my best and stay within that range. To expect, over years and years, to have virtually no variances at all isn't really realistic. All we need is a couple of months of stress, or an unlucky run of infections, roughly adjacent to an HbA1c test and it appears our control is scuppered.

Do you still do any finger prick testing?

Yes, stay focused, but please don't self flagellate over a very small margin.
 
@AndBreathe Thank you x. You make a very good point about rounding which I hadn't considered.

I still test, but not as much. Mainly if I try any new foods or if I feel odd (like a late afternoon drop). The one I don't regularly test is my fasting. Might sound daft, but it feels like it's the only one over which I have little control so I think "why bother?" My liver means well, I'm sure. Has anyone cracked the DP puzzle yet? I did have a spell in the summer of curfew eating which helped my DP a bit - will read the 16:8 threads as that was a similar idea. I am not upset really, just a bit grumpy. Nursey wont care - she thinks anything under 58 is a good result.
 
Safi said:
I'm a bit the same - comes in fits & starts with me & I find I just have to get in there & do it whether I feel like it or not :) I'm trying out a new recipe for low carb okonomiyaki later this week - will post it in the low carb recipe section if it's any good.
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Good luck .. Have no idea what it is . So interesting X ;)
 
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Tonight cauliflower and leek cheese bake .. Sauce with almond milk ..
Will have a couple of roast potatoes and carrots .. Roasted with olive oil and cumin seeds ..

I have taken raspberries from the freezer , tiny bit of cream I am not a cream person ..
 
Today.

B: 2 slices Hovis Wheatgerm toasted with butter.
L: 2 slices Hovis Wheatgerm toasted with butter & Peanut Butter.
D: Shop bought Balsamic Onion + Mature Cheddar Cheese Quiche and Homemade Pasta Salad + Vegetables, (Red Onion, Celery, Red, Yellow, Green Peppers, sliced/cooked in Rapseed Oil & 2 Vegetable Oxo)+ Red Kidney Beans, splash of Lemon / WhiteWineVinegar/Rapeseed Oil all mixed together with Pasta.
 
B: cheese omelette
L: chia, berry and coconut pudding. Soya decaf with a tsp of coconut oil (because I am so cold!)
D: mushroom cauli rice risotto. 85% choc.

I had a look at the 16:8 intermittent fasting threads and ran screaming. Will go back to my eating curfew for a while and ease myself in. 7pm curfew works out at 14:10 (It's a thing. I read it on another thread, honest)
 
Usual breakfast ..

Homemade soup Stilton with cauliflower ..and a pear with a bit of cheese bread ..

Tonight I have a chilli .. Made for today and tomorrow , going to have a few homemade chips to .. Yum .. And more grated cheese .. But have to watch my cholesterol levels so just a bit for me ..

Sour cream and avacardo would be nice but not food shopping today ..
 
Broccoli and brie soup for lunch today, very yummy! Will be having sweet potato, asparagus and omelette for dinner.
 
Today. My fasting blood result was 7.9 (not like me!).

B: Just a Latte.
L: 2 slices of Hovis Wheatgerm toasted with butter. (b.s. 6.5 before).
D: Shop bought Cheese & Onion Quiche and Pasta & Vegetable Salad that was left from yesterday's tea.
 
B: cheese omelette
L: chia, berry and coconut pudding. Soya decaf with coconut oil
D: aubergine and mushroom moussaka. 85% choc
Snack: some leftover cold mushroom cauli risotto

I put the moussaka recipe on the veggie recipe thread. I liked it and would make it again :)
 
Avocado Sevenfold said:
B: cheese omelette
L: chia, berry and coconut pudding. Soya decaf with a tsp of coconut oil (because I am so cold!)
D: mushroom cauli rice risotto. 85% choc.

I had a look at the 16:8 intermittent fasting threads and ran screaming. Will go back to my eating curfew for a while and ease myself in. 7pm curfew works out at 14:10 (It's a thing. I read it on another thread, honest)
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what is cauli rice risotto? Made with rice or cauliflower? So many things to do with cauliflower
 
Kat100 said:
Good luck .. Have no idea what it is . So interesting X ;)
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It's a savoury Japanese pancake @Kat100 - almost always has shredded cabbage in it & sweet mayo on it but other than that can vary from region to region. I'm planning to use shredded cabbage, some grated carrot, some smoky tempeh bacon & spring onion.
 
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