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What did you eat yesterday?

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Took my midnight Levemir at 23:00 & going back to bed!

Goodnight folks!🙂
 
Lanny said:
26/09/18
00:05 BS 7.4. 20 units Novorapid 6 units Levemir Dinner:- 1 pack 12 chicken gyzoya steamed & 150ml apple juice tesco growers harvest. 02:21 BS 12.6. Correction 2 units Novorapid. Slept.

07:28 Awake BS 6.5. 18 units Novorapid, cautious reduction, exercises & Breakfast:- 1.5 packs 12 tempura prawns & bottled water. Not really hungry. 09:05 BS 8.9.

10:33 BS 9.9 at GP’s waiting room! Bit stressed!

12:26 just back home after getting ear spray at chemist & buying lunch at the chip shop next door. 24 units Novorapid, carbs guess, 24 units Levemir & all other meds Lunch:- 2 sausages, chips & beans with half bottle 250ml coke. Very naughty & I don’t normally eat this but, was very relieved after visit to GP! @Ljc, feel free to slap me!:D 14:22 BS 9.5. Whey hey! Not a bad guess!🙂

Dozed off after applying ear spray after eating, in case it permeates the ENT tract & tastes horrible: tea tree oil; yuck!:(

17:20 Awake BS 5.4. That’s quite a drop while I was asleep. Know I’m not done sleeping: wee call of nature, really! Don’t want to risk going lower during more sleep so, had the other half bottle 250ml coke & 1x32.5g pack crisps roast chicken walkers & 10 units Novorapid, guessing dose. Went back to sleep.

21:55 Awake BS 10.5. Eh! Obviously under guessed the dose a little. Not hungry yet! May or may not eat before midnight: most likely NOT. But, midnight Levemir will help bring that down! Which I might take a bit earlier & go back to sleep!

I hope you all had a good day & not been as naughty as I was!🙂

Had to carb guess twice today & didn’t get it right! I forgot that my pre lunch reading was still elevated by the stress of going to see the GP? Hence the drop after I dozed off? Then, under estimated the insulin dose for the precautionary snack before going back to sleep! I can’t get it right every time!🙄
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Here you go :D
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I am only jealous lol I’ve been fancying cod roe and chips for ages, we hav a wonderful chippy in the next town
 
@Ljc, must be done & couldn’t have been done by a nicer person!🙂

Just you wait & read what I had for breakfast today!😱
 
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B. 2 slices of wholemeal3FE3D0C7-E60D-49D0-BDAF-013D95ACD4D6.gif toast with peanut butter and a large coffee.
L. 4 sesame seed Ryvita’s 2 with Brussels pate, coffee and an apple.
D. Was rather naughty, frozen mashed potato with cheese around 46 carbs , luckily I had no baked beans in else I would have had some of them too 😱, and a Coke Zero.
Bedtime S. Some walnuts
Water throughout the day.
 
Ljc said:
B. 2 slices of wholemealView attachment 9913 toast with peanut butter and a large coffee.
L. 4 sesame seed Ryvita’s 2 with Brussels pate, coffee and an apple.
D. Was rather naughty, frozen mashed potato with cheese around 46 carbs , luckily I had no baked beans in else I would have had some of them too 😱, and a Coke Zero.
Bedtime S. Some walnuts
Water throughout the day.
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Ah! Normal service is resumed & you enjoyed your much missed usual!:D😉
 
Thursday 27/9
FBG (5.30am) 4.1
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (made with almond milk),
pear, blackberries, walnuts {292 Cal / 36.7g Carbs}
……………………………….2 mile walk
……………………………….5 km on rowing machine
Breakfast (8am): Toast (one slice, seeded), avocado, garlic mushrooms,
tomatoes / Juice from half a grapefruit {211 Cal / 18.9g Carbs}

Snack (10.30am): Sweet potato & chorizo soup{79 Cal / 11.7g Carbs}
……………………………...5 km row

Lunch (12pm): Shepherds pie [leftovers], cauliflower,
runner beans {362 Cal / 32.8g Carbs}
Strawberries, blueberries, yoghurt, pecans {150 Cal / 11.4g Carbs}

Snack (3pm): Banana, 100% chocolate {92 Cal / 14.6g Carbs}
……………………………...4 mile walk

Dinner (6pm): Prawn & lemon orzo / Soave (4oz) {435 Cal / 44.2g Carbs}
Nectarine, raspberries, yoghurt, pistachios {132 Cal / 11.4g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too

Calories 1834
Carbs 192.7g
Protein 95.0g
Fat 53.6g (Sat Fat 11.4g / Trans fat 0.6g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
27/09/18 Well today has been a day of too much insulin as the ear spray is doing its thing & I’m MUCH better! Still slept a lot, though!

04:38 BS 8.4. 24 units Novorapid, exercises & Breakfast:- 1 serving lamb curry, 1 bag steam veg rice birdeye & bottled water. Ear spray after eating. Forgot to test as I started slow cooking chicken casserole & baking potatoes, for dinner later, & was too busy posting, a lot, on the music thread! Scooped the baked potatoes out of their skins when done, added butter & black pepper & cooled in the fridge to be reheated when eating.

Same recipe with a smaller whole chicken, 1.25kg so, managed to fit in 1.5 punnets of closed cup mushrooms, 2 diced onions & 1 extra oxo pot, 4 in total, to cover the extra ingredients. Slowed cooked on med for 8 hours.

10:56 BS 6.6. 18 units Novorapid, cautious reduction, 24 units Levemir, all other meds plus an allergy tablet, as suggested by GP to help with sinuses as I can’t have decongestants due to blood pressure meds: handy tip from GP; not as effective as a decongestant but, still helps! Lunch: 1 herb, cheese & mushroom omelette, 1 bag steam veg birdseye sunshine mix & 150ml apple juice tesco growers harvest. Ear spray after eating. Was tired & slept!

17:16 BS 4.1. Awake. Felt light headed when vertical & VERY unsteady on my feet so, sipped half can 165ml coke!

17:46 BS 5.8. Come back up nicely. 12 units Novorapid, very cautious reduction, Dinner:- 1 serving reheated baked potato mash, half a chicken leg, 1 chicken oyster or mini breast fillet & bottled water. 20:19 BS 6.2. A bit low but, ok, ish since I forgot to test earlier & it’s past the 2 hour window: again posting a lot on the music thread!

23:27 BS 7.5. Going to bed! A little rise there from the hypo treatment just before dinner?

Feel MUCH better today &, although I reduced doses today, that improvement kept me on my toes as I STILL over bolused!

Goodnight everyone! I tired & will take my midnight Levemir, a bit early again, & go to bed!🙂
 
@Lanny glad you’re feeling better, insulin sure keeps us on our toes doesn’t it.
 
Brunch. A cheese n onion sarnie , coffee and a bit later an apple
D. Meatballs Al Forno ? I didn’t fancy any veg, a Coke Zero.
Sadly I’m all out of walnuts , may have a few almonds
Water throughout the day
 
Friday 28/9
FBG (5.30am) Not measured today
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (made with Alpro coconut milk),
raspberries, blackcurrants, cashews {299 Cal / 34.8g Carbs}
……………………………….2 mile walk
……………………………….5 km on rowing machine
Breakfast (8am): Toast (one slice, seeded), avocado, scrambled eggs,
tomatoes / Juice from one orange {379 Cal / 19.1g Carbs}

Snack (10.30am): Lamb & pearl barley broth {88 Cal / 10.5g Carbs}

Lunch (2pm): Buffet after a funeral, quantities estimated
Vegetable quiche, pork pie, fries /
Gin & tonic (large / slimline) / Champagne (8oz) {652 Cal / 41.2g Carbs}

Dinner (7pm): Celeriac & chestnut soup {72 Cal / 10.2g Carbs}
Ham salad, hummus {175 Cal / 13.1g Carbs}
Strawberries, blackberries, yoghurt, walnuts {138 Cal / 8.5g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too

Calories 1878
Carbs 148.6g
Protein 65.4g
Fat 73.3g (Sat Fat 18.0g / Trans fat 0.6g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Yesterday
Tea
B: Greek yogurt & raspberries, 2 boiled eggs
Tea
Now, this is where the day went downhill, rapidly 🙄. We held a Macmillan coffee morning at work - there was cake, lots of cake. Are you getting the picture? Anyway, my part in the cake eating exercise helped us to raise almost £600 :D
After the cake I had to have something savoury, I was almost craving it so ended up with a tuna salad sourdough roll.
Coffee
T: Slow cooked gammon with 2 sweet potato and cheese slices. G&T's
 
scousebird said:
Yesterday
Tea
B: Greek yogurt & raspberries, 2 boiled eggs
Tea
Now, this is where the day went downhill, rapidly 🙄. We held a Macmillan coffee morning at work - there was cake, lots of cake. Are you getting the picture? Anyway, my part in the cake eating exercise helped us to raise almost £600 :D
After the cake I had to have something savoury, I was almost craving it so ended up with a tuna salad sourdough roll.
Coffee
T: Slow cooked gammon with 2 sweet potato and cheese slices. G&T's
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Ahhh!:D BUT, did you enjoy it?😉
 
Slept for over 15 hours after lunch yesterday & only awake briefly at midnight for Lemevir.😱 Sleeping emoji

So, will ACTUALLY post yesterday’s meals later this morning: have to rack brains after this morning’s breakfast!😱🙄
 
28/09/18
06:05 BS 8.5. Awake but, not hungry! So, 10 units Novorapid & half an oatcake to stop BS rising! I find that half my breakfast dose & half an oatcake is the right combination for this. 07:46 BS 4.9. Too low! Sipped half can 165ml coke. 08:26 BS 6.2. 8 units Novorapid, exercises & Breakfast:- 1 serving chicken casserole, 1 serving reheated baked potato mash & the rest of the coke. Because it was quick to microwave. 10:50 BS 9.9. Just outside target range!

Judging from that I think, at present, I need 16 or 18 units for breakfast so, might have been ok with 6 or 8 units for the half oatcake?

12:15 BS 10.0. With meter tolerances that’s about the same reading with no drop: the coke? 14 units Novorapid, guessing dose, 24 units Levemir, all other meds & Lunch:- 2 sausages cookstown, 1 slice veg roll hulls, 100g baked beans, herb, cheese & mushroom omelette & bottled water. 13:57 BS 9.1.

Very tired & conked out after testing: don’t know when.

Woke all bright eyed, bushy tailed & raring to go this morning!:D
 
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Derry said:
I don't understand. Are your BG levels ok when you eat Potatoes, Oatcake, Porridge, Parsnips? If I ate these foods, my Glucose levels go up to higher levels if I were not to eat those foods mentioned above. My typical day is nothing for breakfast. Lunch a meat salad or homemade soup, Dinner would be..Broccoli and Cauliflower mash, pork chop, and greens or other vegs that grow above ground. Rice pasta couscous potatoes bread is all no-no for me. I will eat Berries full fat cream, full fat butter, Olive oil, all meat, fish, certain nuts eggs cheese etc. I have looked around this site and am shocked at what Diabetes.UK are telling Diabetics to eat. I used to eat all so I thought healthy food what this site are recommending and I ended up being a Pre-Diabetic. Now I have changed my diet and my sugar levels are under control
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Well done Derry & welcome 🙂
 
scousebird said:
Too right I did :D
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That’s good to hear 🙂
It r3minds me of the time some years ago now, that my team decided to fund raise for think I it was children in need, we provided our blood donors with some real nice edibles near to the refreshment table. Well I Played my part in adding to the contributions. I seem to remember they were very nice too, we managed to raise just under £200
 
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Saturday 29/9
FBG (6.30am) 4.1
Breakfast 1 (7.30am): Porridge (made with Alpro coconut milk),
nectarine, blackberries, walnuts {335 Cal / 39.1g Carbs}

Snack {10am): Banana {61 Cal / 14.0g Carbs}
……………………………….2 mile walk
……………………………….5 km on rowing machine
Snack (11am): Sweet potato & chorizo soup {82 Cal / 12.2g Carbs}

Lunch (1pm): KFC, quantities estimated
KFC chicken breast, small fries {326 Cal / 21.9g Carbs}

Snack (4pm): Carrot cake {148 Cal / 17.1g Carbs}

Dinner (8pm): Out at restaurant, quantities estimated
Pastis (2oz) {85 Cal / 10.1g Carbs}
Chicken liver parfait, plum chutney, melba toast / Picpoul (3oz) {280 Cal / 26.7g Carbs}
Wild duck breast, celeriac puree, spinach / Malbec (5oz) {299 Cal / 5.8g Carbs}
Pear tarte tatin, blackberry ice cream / Sauternes (2oz) {255 Cal / 22.9g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee too

Calories 1950
Carbs 180.6g
Protein 79.1g
Fat 65.3g (Sat Fat 17.4g / Trans fat 1.4g)

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