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@Lanny , Chicken casserole sounds good, I’ll be round the tomorrow :D Snap my weekly shopping is coming tomorrow too . I’ve not bought anything interesting though as my freezer needs defrosting , so just stuff for the fridge and cupboards
 
B. My usual and coffee with cream.
L. Nowt
D. Burger , frozen mash, peas and a Coke Zero.
S. 8 Strawberries
Water throughout the day
I though it was about time I behaved myself 🙂
 
Yesterday
Tea
Banana
B: Bacon, eggs, mushrooms, water.
Tea
L: Cheese & tomato butty (in local pub with a friend), & we shared a bowl of chips 😱, diet coke
Tea
T: Turkey tikka masala (no rice cos of the earlier chips)
Iced coffee.
 
11/09/18
00:01 6 units Levemir & went to bed.

11:05 BS 9.5. 18 units Novorapid 24 units Levemir & all other meds, exercises & Breakfast:- 1 tempura cod fillet youngs, 100g potato lattices asda & 150ml pure apple juice tesco growers harvest. 13: 10 BS 13.0. Correction of +2 units.

Shopping arrived after 12:00 & started chicken casserole around 12:30 for dinner later!

Recipe for chicken casserole (8 portions, guessing)
1x1.5kg whole chicken willow farms tesco
400g closed cup mushrooms
3 oxo pots chicken with garlic & thyme
3 or 4 tsp of mixed herbs schwartz
Water to a third of the way up the ingredients.
Slowed cooked on med for 8 hours. Oops! The chicken was very big & I could only fit 1 punnet of mushrooms in with it! Only then looked up the instructions & it states the biggest size of chicken suitable for the slow cooker is 1kg & only fill water up to a third of the way up!

16:30 BS 7.9. Came down nicely after correction. 6 units Novorapid Lunch:- 1 serving veg soup & 150ml pure apple juice tesco growers harvest. 18:23 BS 7.0.

18:30 put in 6 large baking potatoes into the oven at 190c for 2 hours. Will scoop out the insides, add butter & black pepper when done. Have a bit less than 1 potato with casserole later & freeze the rest with the rest of the chicken. Was actually done in 90 minutes & put into 8 boxes.

20:30 BS 6.2. 8 units Novorapid Dinner:- 0.5 chicken leg, 1 chicken oyster or mini breast fillet (only learnt the first term from the film Amelie), a few mushrooms & some stock, reheated 1 box, three quarters, of mash potato & bottled water. 22:10 BS 6.8.

Waited for the chicken to cool down, took it out on a plate, used my hands to remove the bones, put it back in with the mushrooms & stock then, pulled it with 2 forks. I left the skin in, I like it, but, you can leave it out! Put it into 7 boxes so, considering I ate some, 8 portions was bang on the nose! Which matched perfectly with the 7 boxes of baked mash potato.

Thanks to this forum I learnt about the cooking, cooling & reheating method of dealing with pasta & potato with minimal effect on BS. Tried it before & it works. I LOVED baked potatoes but, that made my BS soar & now, using this method, it doesn’t! But, the potato needs to be scooped out freshly hot otherwise the taste from the baked skins, when cooled down, is overwhelming, to me as a super taster!

Had a bath & my midnight Levemir. Going to bed!

Hope you all had a good day!🙂
 
B. My usual and a large coffee with cream.
L. Nowt.
D. 3slices of roast chicken breast, frozen mash, Brussels sprouts and a Coke Zero
S. A few walnuts and I’m back on the wotsits again
Water throughout the day
 
Lanny said:
11/09/18
00:01 6 units Levemir & went to bed.

11:05 BS 9.5. 18 units Novorapid 24 units Levemir & all other meds, exercises & Breakfast:- 1 tempura cod fillet youngs, 100g potato lattices asda & 150ml pure apple juice tesco growers harvest. 13: 10 BS 13.0. Correction of +2 units.

Shopping arrived after 12:00 & started chicken casserole around 12:30 for dinner later!

Recipe for chicken casserole (8 portions, guessing)
1x1.5kg whole chicken willow farms tesco
400g closed cup mushrooms
3 oxo pots chicken with garlic & thyme
3 or 4 tsp of mixed herbs schwartz
Water to a third of the way up the ingredients.
Slowed cooked on med for 8 hours. Oops! The chicken was very big & I could only fit 1 punnet of mushrooms in with it! Only then looked up the instructions & it states the biggest size of chicken suitable for the slow cooker is 1kg & only fill water up to a third of the way up!

16:30 BS 7.9. Came down nicely after correction. 6 units Novorapid Lunch:- 1 serving veg soup & 150ml pure apple juice tesco growers harvest. 18:23 BS 7.0.

18:30 put in 6 large baking potatoes into the oven at 190c for 2 hours. Will scoop out the insides, add butter & black pepper when done. Have a bit less than 1 potato with casserole later & freeze the rest with the rest of the chicken. Was actually done in 90 minutes & put into 8 boxes.

20:30 BS 6.2. 8 units Novorapid Dinner:- 0.5 chicken leg, 1 chicken oyster or mini breast fillet (only learnt the first term from the film Amelie), a few mushrooms & some stock, reheated 1 box, three quarters, of mash potato & bottled water. 22:10 BS 6.8.

Waited for the chicken to cool down, took it out on a plate, used my hands to remove the bones, put it back in with the mushrooms & stock then, pulled it with 2 forks. I left the skin in, I like it, but, you can leave it out! Put it into 7 boxes so, considering I ate some, 8 portions was bang on the nose! Which matched perfectly with the 7 boxes of baked mash potato.

Thanks to this forum I learnt about the cooking, cooling & reheating method of dealing with pasta & potato with minimal effect on BS. Tried it before & it works. I LOVED baked potatoes but, that made my BS soar & now, using this method, it doesn’t! But, the potato needs to be scooped out freshly hot otherwise the taste from the baked skins, when cooled down, is overwhelming, to me as a super taster!

Had a bath & my midnight Levemir. Going to bed!

Hope you all had a good day!🙂
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Erm you’ll find you’re two boxes short, don’t worry you’re not going mad,
their keeping my fridge company
 
Yesterday
Tea
B: Raspberries with Greek yogurt, mushroom omelette, water.
Tea
L: 5 Ryvita crispbreads with Philadelphia cheese spread, raspberries, natural Greek yogurt.
Tea
T: Ikea meatballs and a few chips.
Iced coffee.
 
Monday 11/9
FBG (5.30am) 3.9
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (made with almond milk),
nectarine, blackberries, walnuts {292 Cal / 35.1g Carbs}
……………………………….2 mile walk
……………………………….5 km on rowing machine
Breakfast (7am): Toast (one slice, seeded), mackerel / Tangerine {241 Cal / 17.9g Carbs}

Snack (11am): Banana {62 Cal / 14.2g Carbs}
………………………………...5 km row

Lunch (12pm): Beef & pearl barley broth {102 Cal / 11.4g Carbs}
Prawn & avocado salad {274 Cal / 5.5g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {123 Cal / 10.6g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Turkey meatballs, ragu, tagliatelle, Parmesan {518 Cal / 36.6g Carbs}
………………………………….2 mile walk

Unexpected guest
Goat cheese, crackers / St.Emilion (3x 4oz) {448 Cal / 18.2g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too

Calories 2139
Carbs 161.4g
Protein 113.7g
Fat 75.7g (Sat Fat 17.4g / Trans fat 0.5g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Wednesday 12/9
FBG (5.30am) Not measured today
Breakfast (8am): Scrambled eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes,
toast (one slice, seeded) / Juice from one orange {289 Cal / 22.3g Carbs}

………………………………...5 mile walk

Lunch (12pm): Beef & pearl barley broth {109 Cal / 12.1g Carbs}
Ham & avocado salad, hummus {306 Cal / 12.4g Carbs}
Greengages, blackberries, yoghurt, almonds {140 Cal / 10.5g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm): Trout, sweet potato wedges, peas, corn {374 Cal / 30.4g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, ice cream {146 Cal / 17.3g Carbs}
………………………………….2 mile walk

Snack (9pm): Toast (one slice, seeded), almond milk {119 Cal / 11.8g Carbs}

3 cups of coffee too

Calories 1549
Carbs 125.7g
Protein 95.4g
Fat 61.5g (Sat Fat 14.3g / Trans fat 0.6g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
B. My usual and coffee with cream.
L. Nowt.
S. Coffee with cream and 3 gingernuts.
D. 3 slices of roast chicken breast, frozen mash, broccoli and a Coke Zero
S. Some walnuts
Water throughout the day.
 
12/09/18 A very painful day for my neck!:(

00:02 6 units Levemir & went to bed.

12:00 BS 8.3. Midday alarm went off & I woke up propped half upright on my right side with my right arm very numb. Fell asleep reading on the opposite side to my injury! Sat up to take meds & the right side of my neck was KILLING me! 24 units Levemir & all other meds except metaformin: on empty stomach gives me the tummy runs! Very reluctantly did my exercises which were very painful but, got easier, & more comfortable, as I went along. Didn’t want to eat & felt VERY tired like I hadn’t slept at all so, 12:53 BS 8.6. Phew! Thought it would be higher! Went back to bed.

19:11 BS 7.6. That surprised me! Thought it would be higher! Levemir did its job of keeping my BS level! Sleep was restless as I felt the pain on the right of my neck. Tossed & turned as the injured left arm hurt & the right side of my neck hurt too: from one pain on one side to the other! Metaformin & 12 units Novorapid, exercises again, REALLY loosened me up this time, & Lunch:- 1 tempura cod fillet youngs, 1 bag steam veg birds eye sunshine mix, 5g butter kerrymaid & 150ml pure apple juice tesco growers harvest. 20:48 BS 11.7. A bit high: tested just before my bath when I usually test just after!

Had a hot bath: heavenly!

22:32 BS 9.2. 12 units Novorapid Dinner:- 1 serving chicken casserole, 1 serving baked mash potato & 150ml pure apple juice tesco growers harvest.

00:22 Forgot to take my midnight Levemir earlier! 6 units Levemir.

00:36 BS 9.2.

Going to be up for a while so, sleeping pattern will be affected the next few days as well but, my neck & arm finally feel comfortable!

I hope you all had a better day than me!🙂
 
13/09/18 Sleeping pattern is still off but, a much better day with no pain!

02:38 BS 5.9. Quite a drop again! I keep getting these drops every now & then. Is it delayed reaction of exercises? 6 units Novorapid Late Supper:- 1 slice veg roll hulls, 2 sausages, 100g baked beans heinz & cup of twinings everyday with alpro longlife almond milk. 04:36 BS 5.6. Too low! Correction snack of half an oatcake nairns.

12:00 BS 8.1. *24 units Levemir. 13:01 BS 9.6 went to bed.

17:09 BS 7.5. 16 units Novorapid, yesterday’s 12 wasn’t enough, exercises & Breakfast:- 1 serving lamb casserole & 150ml pure apple juice tesco growers harvest. 18:56 BS 10.4. Just before bath so, ok, ish!

20:31 BS 6.6. I’m getting these drops regularly now? 6 units Novorapid Lunch:- 2 slices of buttered toast with 100g baked beans (kingsmill no crusts 50/50 & 10g butter kerrymaid) & a cup twinings everyday with alpro longlife almond milk. 22:47 BS 7.5. Ah! I got the dose bang on the nose!🙂

Will post the rest tomorrow as I’ll still be up for a while!

I hope you all had a good day! Goodnight & sleep tight!🙂

Edited to correct Levemir dose!😳 *
 
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@Lanny . Glad you had a much better day with no pain.
 
Brunch . A cheese and pickle wholemeal sarnie and a large coffee.
D . Roast beef, frozen mash a few peas and a Coke Zero
S. Some walnuts.
Water throughout the day.
 
Ljc said:
Brunch . A cheese and pickle wholemeal sarnie and a large coffee.
D . Roast beef, frozen mash a few peas and a Coke Zero
S. Some walnuts.
Water throughout the day.
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What? Shock emoji No usual toast with peanur butter? No bacon snacks? Who’s been a GOOD girl, then?:D
 
Yesterday
Tea
B: 2 toasted sunflower & pumpkin seed bread, 1/2 an avocado & 2 poached eggs, water.
Tea
L: Ham salad sourdough roll, berries.
Tea.
T: Bolognese on wholemeal pasta, red wine 🙂
 
Thursday 14/9
FBG (5.30am) 4.0
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (made with almond milk),
peach, raspberries, pecans {297 Cal / 35.5g Carbs}
……………………………….2 mile walk
……………………………….7.5 km on rowing machine
Breakfast (7am): Poached duck egg, toast (one slice, seeded),
mushrooms, tomatoes / Juice from one orange {265 Cal / 22.5g Carbs}

Snack (11am): Banana {61 Cal / 13.8g Carbs}
………………………………...7.5 km row

Lunch (12pm): Sweet potato & chorizo soup {117 Cal / 14.4g Carbs}
Turkey & avocado salad, hummus {362 Cal / 9.7g Carbs}
Figs, Greek yoghurt [fat free, bought by mistake] {139 Cal / 15.0g Carbs}

Snack (4pm): Pear, walnuts {122 Cal / 10.1g Carbs}
…………………………………..2 mile walk

Dinner (6pm): Duck breast, celeriac mash, carrots, green beans, peas {528 Cal / 31.7g Carbs}
Spiced plums, yoghurt {67 Cal / 9.5g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too

Calories 2038
Carbs 172.2g
Protein 126.1g
Fat 81.1g (Sat Fat 14.8g / Trans fat 0.7g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
14/09/18 Sleep back on track, more or less, & first foray walking back from town!🙂

05:02 BS 7.1. Tired & tried to sleep but, hungry so, 10 units Novorapid, for noodles Dinner:- 1 pack chicken instant noodles nissin, 3x1cm slices of luncheon meat & bottled water. More or less fell asleep straight after.

11:56 BS 9.7. Woke just before midday alarm. 18 units Novorapid 24 units Levemir & all other meds. Exercises & Breakfast:- 150ml pure apple juice tesco growers harvest, 1 bag steam veg birds eye sunshine mix & herb & cheese omelette.

Took taxi into town to pick up my prescription, bought my favourite soup from local shop & walked 3500 steps home. After doing Physio for a while now & my neuropathy has improved, I thought I’d give it a go & test where my energy levels are at. Not 100% there as I struggled a lot the last third of the way home but, I WAS carrying a kilo of soup, thank goodness I didn’t buy anything else, & my prescription items! My back got VERY stiff & my legs were just beginning to wobble a bit before I got home! Phew! Any longer & my legs will progress to the collapsing stage! Will maybe give it another week of Physio &, hopefully, more improvements before testing myself again? About 75% there with the energy levels today!

15:16 BS 6.3. 4 units Novorapid Lunch:- 1kg veg soup mckees. My favourite soup & thought I REALLY deserved it after walking home with it: tasted extra nice!🙂 17:09 BS 8.7.

19:07 BS 5.0. A drop after the walk! 10 units Novorapid, REALLY hungry Dinner:- 2 sausages cookstown, 1 slice veg roll hulls, 200g baked beans heinz, 2 slices buttered toast (kingsmill no crusts 50/50 & 15g butter kerrymaid), 150ml pure apple juice tesco growers harvest & 100g approx. 2 scoops of salted caramel ice cream carte dor. 21:04 BS 6.8. I’m shocked by that! MUST be the continued effects of my walk!😱:D😎

Very tired & off to bed!

A VERY goodnight everyone!🙂
 
Friday 14/9
FBG (5.30am) Not measured today
Exercise free day today, always tough but rest days are important

Breakfast (7am): Mackerel, toast (one slice, seeded) / Tangerine {239 Cal / 18.8g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Beef & pearl barley broth {119 Cal / 13.2g Carbs}
Prawn & avocado salad, hummus {324 Cal / 10.8g Carbs}
Kiwi, blueberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {125 Cal / 10.0g Carbs}

Snack (4pm): Celeriac & apple soup {53 Cal / 10.4g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.2
Dinner (6pm): Breaded hake goujons, fries, baked beans {352 Cal / 33.6g Carbs}
Raspberries, blackcurrants, yoghurt, pecans {145 Cal / 10.7g Carbs}

Snack (9pm): Toast (one slice, seeded), almond milk {158 Cal / 16.2g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too

Calories 1593
Carbs 134.3g
Protein 106.6g
Fat 57.1g (Sat Fat 8.7g / Trans fat 0.5g)

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