What did you eat yesterday?

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Breakfast - yogurt and blackberries
Lunch - burger topped with cheese and salad
Dinner- veg stir fry and medley of fish (cod squid and prawns)
Snacks - 1 apple and 2 squares G&B mint chocolate
BGL breakfast 4.6-5.2 Lunch 5.0-4.1 Dinner 4.7-4.3
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Lovely dinner Spireite.
 
21/06/18
05:50 BS 6.2. 6 units Novorapid Breakfast:- 4 slices toast with butter & tea with longlife almond milk. 07:22 BS 6.3.

13:04 BS 8.4. 4 units Novorapid 29 units Levemir & all other meds Lunch:- 1 serving my veg soup & 2 slices bread & butter. 15:16 BS 5.8. A bit low! Correction of 150ml pressed pear juice. 16:42 BS 5.1. 17:25 BS 6.2. Phew!

18:13 4 units Novorapid Dinner:- 1 baked haddock fillet, 2 bags steam veg tesco greens & corn, 10g pure butter dromona & bottled water. 20:13 BS 8.8.

Going to bed soon!

My BS has taken a long time to come within range for the whole day this year & I finally achieved that yesterday: even the blip was within range! They started a little lower today & the low after lunch kept me hopping!

I HAD noticed that my target ranges, given by my DSN, are higher than most of you here! I wasn’t bothered by that as my BS was some way off that! I had started thinking recently they’re getting in range now & wondering if I should change my targets?

2 hours after meals BS 7.0 to 10.0. Was told if below 7 could go hypo so, I snacked if around that figure. My after dinner readings have been hovering around that, recently, & I did snack but, found my waking BS rising. Waking BS seemed ok, & even better, if I didn’t snack.

I posted a thread earlier about “When are after meals readings too low?” on the general forum & got a very helpful answer from @Robin! Thanks 🙂

As I understand it, it comes down to what I ate: more protein & fat & the slower release of glucose cancels out the tail end of the bolus dose so, not much of a drop, if any, after 2 hours; more carbs & BS will continue to drop after 2 hours as they have been digested!

Made sense to me! I had previously noticed my bolus doses not lasting as long & asked my team about it & they had no answer. I have been eating less carbs & more protein & fat!

It’s very satisfying to see an all green day of readings, yesterday & today, in the mySugr app on iPhone for within target! They had been mostly orange, just outside targets, & a few reds, high! 🙂 😎 Yay! :D

Goodnight all! 🙂, more of a smug emoji, if one exists? :D
 
Thursday 21/6
FBG (5.30am) 4.0
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (made with almond milk),
peach, raspberries, pecans {293 Cal / 37.4g Carbs}
......................................2 mile walk
………………………..5 km on rowing machine
Breakfast 2 (8am): Ham, scrambled egg, mushroom, tomatoes,
toast (one slice, seeded) / Juice from one orange {278 Cal / 22.4g Carbs}

Snack (11am): Carrot & fennel soup, croutons {108 Cal / 9.6g Carbs}
………………………...5 km row

Lunch (12pm): Baked sweet potato, baked beans,
cottage cheese {269 Cal / 34.7g Carbs}
Pear, blackberries, yoghurt, walnuts {152 Cal / 13.0g Carbs}

Snack (3pm): Nectarine, almonds {93 Cal / 11.0g Carbs}
…………………………...2 mile walk

BG (6pm) 3.9
Dinner (6.30pm): Pumpkin & sage ravioli, parmesan, salad {490 Cal / 46.9g Carbs}
Raspberries, blackcurrants, yoghurt, macadamias {146 Cal / 8.3g Carbs}

…………………………...5 km row
BG (8pm, 90 min pp) 4.6

4 cups of coffee too

Calories 1881
Carbs 197.5g
Protein 74.4g
Fat 66.5g (Sat Fat 17.3g / Trans fat 0.6g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
My Yesterdays.
B-
2 slices Morrisons protein bread taken from freezer and toasted, smoked salmon and a mashed AVOCADO, Piccolo toms..
Mid Morning –
Nowt
L-
Low carb cheese scones x2, selection of salami, Piccolo toms, Stilton cheese
Chocolate peanut cup.
Mid Afternoon –
Nowt
D –
Bavette steak with blue cheese melt, steamed asparagus, tenderstem.
Blackberry clafoutis (I made another one) with cream.
Mid Evening –
Nowt
About 1 ltr of coffee.
1 ltr STUR berry no added sugar cordial
0.5 ltr Alpro
2 Double espressos.
End for today.
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Breakfast - yogurt and blackberries
Lunch - 2 slices Burgen toast with mackerel
Dinner - subway chicken bacon ranch salad bowl
Snacks - 2 pieces G&B chocolate 1 apple
BGL breakfast 4.8-5.1 Lunch 4.8-4.2 Dinner 4.4-4.2
 
Well I started out ok
B . My usual 2 slices of wholemeal toast with peanut butter and a large coffee.
L . Sparkling water, 4 Ryvita’s 3 had a little Brussels pate @nd 6 strawberries .
D. Roast chicken breast, 4 small new potatoes, peas, ketchup, and a Coke Zero.


Then I lost it completely and I’m not telling , nope , not ever.
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Ljc said:
Then I lost it completely and I’m not telling , nope , not ever.
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AH Go on Lin, be a sport and tell us 😉:D
 
B: Yoghurt, berries & mixed nuts
L: Tuna salad (this was an absolute delight after 3 days of kale & spinach smoothies!)
D: CARB THURSDAY!!! Hunters chicken, peas & fried square potato thingys
Pud: Plum tart & double cream
 
22/06/18
13:09 BS 9.8. 2 units Novorapid Breakfast:- not hungry 1 oatcake. To stop BS rising

Walked 8000 steps to the town & back, in total! Had lunch first, then went to the chemist to pick up a prescription & walked back. There was a bit of a light breeze, at the start of my walk, & the wind picked a little bit so, not too hot to make walking uncomfortable! 🙂

14:00 9.9. 8 units Novorapid 29 units Levemir & all other meds Lunch:- eating out cod & chips, mint tea.

The cafe was out of my favourite irish stew & the only other choices were lasagne with garlic fries or chicken curry with rice: picked the lesser evil! Compared to the chip shop takeaway, it was much less greasy & smaller but, still yum! 😛

15:56 BS 8.5. Just got back from chemist.

17:30 BS 7.9. 4 units Novorapid Dinner:- 1kg veg soup mckees. 19:30 BS 6.8.

22:30 BS 5.1. Going to bed soon! Lowest figure I’ve been to bed on but, no active insulin so, will see what BS is in the morning?

Back at the end of Jan. & start of Feb. 2018, series of 8 hypos in 10 days, I went to bed with a few 5.4’s & rose with 13, 12 & 9’s! 🙄
 
My Yesterdays.
B-
2 slices Morrisons protein bread taken from freezer and toasted with scrambled eggs.
Mid Morning –
Nowt
L-
2 x buttered low carb cheese scones with Stilton.
Peanut and chocolate cup
Mid Afternoon –
Nowt
D –
Slow cooked beef and ale casserole to which I added mushrooms and radishes. The radishes are really like small potatoes and bulk the casserole up.
Cauliflower rice.
Mid Evening –
2 x low carb cheese scone withStilton
Peanut choc cup, 3 left .
About 1 ltr of coffee.
1 ltr STUR berry no added sugar cordial
0.5 ltr Alpro
1 Double espressos.
End for today.
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Friday 22/6
FBG (5.30am) Not measured today
......................................2 mile walk
Breakfast 2 (7am): Ham, scrambled egg, mushroom, tomatoes,
toast (one slice, seeded) / Juice from one orange {270 Cal / 22.2g Carbs}

Snack (9am): Banana {59 Cal / 13.4g Carbs}
………………………...5 km on rowing machine

Lunch (12pm): Carrot & fennel soup {100 Cal / 12.5g Carbs}
Turkey & avocado salad, hummus {372 Cal / 13.6g Carbs}
Cherries, mixed berries, yoghurt, pecans {162 Cal / 15.0g Carbs}

Snack (3pm): Nectarine, pistachios {91 Cal / 8.8g Carbs}

Dinner (6.30pm): Basa fillet in breadcrumbs, sweet potato fries,
peas, sweetcorn / Picpoul de Pinet (4oz) {379 Cal / 35.6g Carbs}
Malaga ice cream {170 Cal / 27.5g Carbs}

…………………………...3 mile walk
Snack (9pm): Toast (one slice, seeded), milk {137 Cal / 14.6g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too

Calories 1795
Carbs 170.0g
Protein 100.2g
Fat 59.5g (Sat Fat 15.3g / Trans fat 0.6g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
B: Yoghurt, berries & nuts
L: Haslet sandwich on Morrison's Protein bread (5.5 before & 6.7 2 hours after)
D: Meatballs stuffed with goats cheese with ratatouille.
 
Saturday 23/6
FBG (5.30am) 4.2
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (made with almond milk),
nectarine, passion fruit, pecans {290 Cal / 35.8g Carbs}
......................................2 mile walk
………………………..5 km on rowing machine
Breakfast 2 (8am): Garlic mushrooms, tomatoes, hummus,
toast (one slice, seeded) / Juice from one grapefruit {201 Cal / 23.7g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm):Carrot & fennel soup {100 Cal / 12.4g Carbs}
Ham & avocado salad, hummus {253 Cal / 10.3g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt, almonds, biscotti {137 Cal / 11.3g Carbs}

Snack (3pm): Pear, walnuts {114 Cal / 9.6g Carbs}
…………………………...2 mile walk

Dinner (6.30pm): Celeriac & chestnut soup {106 Cal / 12.0g Carbs}
Grouse, roast potatoes, carrot & swede mash, red cabbage, green beans,
Cumberland sauce / Malbec (4oz) {473 Cal / 40.5g Carbs}
Cherry & chocolate sundae {135 Cal / 18.5g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too

Calories 1865
Carbs 180.1g
Protein 83.3g
Fat 67.5g (Sat Fat 14.8g / Trans fat 0.5g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
23/06/18
05:27 BS 9.4. 4 units Novorapid & half an oatcake to bring down it down a bit before eating breakfast later! It seems that the threshold for bedtime BS that doesn’t need a snack is 5.8: lower than that & my BS is higher in the morning! So, will snack next time I go lower than that limit! But, of course it’s only a theory until I try it out!
07:36 BS 6.3. 08:23 BS 6.1. Slight drop & hungry so, cooked breakfast.

09:00 Breakfast:- 120g smoked salmon asda, 2 poached eggs, 2 slices toast with butter & bottled water. 11:00 BS 7.7. 6 units Novorapid, usual dose, straight after eating with about 20mins to the 4 hour mark of active insulin!

13:30 BS 8.1. 2 units Novorapid 29 units Levemir & all other meds Lunch:- 1 serving my veg soup & 2 slices bread & butter. Went too low, 2 days ago eating the same thing so halved the dose. 15:30 BS 7.3. 🙂 Spot on!

17:30 BS 6.2. 4 units Novorapid Dinner:- 2 lamb grills birds eye, 2 bags steam veg (1 tesco greens & corn & 1 birds eye sunshine mix), 10g pure butter dromona on the veg & 300ml (2x150ml cans) sprite. 19:30 BS 7.7.

I posted about stocking up little cans of coke, sprite & 1 orange fanta in the thread “Be Aware of Coke Label”. My BS readings ate now in target ranges & I’m preparing for any future hypos that may happen with further tighter control. Saw that my local asda is offering 5 little 150ml cans for £1. The cans look exactly the same as normal cans but, the sprite & fanta have written on the front “now with less sugar & with natural sweeteners”, at the bottom. I got 7 of coke, 2 of sprite & 1 orange fanta. The 2 cans of sprite were 9.9g carbs: 3.3g carbs/100ml. The fanta is a little more, don’t remember the figure, & only the coke is still full sugar at 16g carbs. Only the coke is suitable for hypos & I’ll drink the fanta too, with a meal, some time!
It’s the sugar tax & it might only be a matter of time before the coke recipe is changed too! Grr! 😡

My brother rang me just before my after dinner test to tell me that my sister passed away last night!

My family are connected via facebook & whatsapp but, I left both last year! Nobody called me until he remembered that I’m not connected by social media anymore! :(

I had a series of dreams about my childhood & my siblings *last night! My sister was there & they were silly impossible things that never happened! I had similar dreams after mum passed: doing things she never did in life! :(

My youngest brother said, about dreams of mum, that they might have been things I’d wished she HAD done from the things she said! :(

Going to bed soon but, might not sleep! My brother & sister, the 2 I flew with, are coming round tomorrow afternoon for discussion about the cremation! My sister has asked for no flowers!

Goodnight all! Albeit with no enthusiasm! Not because I don’t want you to have one but, because I don’t feel good! :(

But, sometimes it makes a difference to say things when not feeling it & pretend I do until I DO feel it! A Mona Lisa straight glimmer of a smile! I’ve heard some jokes about her having PMS & not feeling like smiling when da Vinci asked her to for the portrait! It’s apposite it now!

I’ll try again! Goodnight everybody! 🙂

Edited to add *last night!
 
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Lanny said:
23/06/18

My brother rang me just before my after dinner test to tell me that my sister passed away last night!
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So very sorry to hear about your sister. Take care of yourself xxx
 
@Lanny, I'm so very sorry for your loss. My thoughts are with you and your family ~ take care and stay strong if you can. xxx
WL
 
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