What did you eat yesterday?

[Midnightrider]

Sounds deelish 🙂

Would you like the recipe, it is quite straightforward.

 

[scousebird]

Would you like the recipe, it is quite straightforward.

yes please

 

[Ljc]

B. My usual
L. Sparkling water
D. Haddock

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Young’s so it was in batter 😱 was loverly though

,8 oven chips , beans 😱 and a Coke Zero 55 carbs
Water throughout the day

 

[Midnightrider]

Saturday 10/11
FBG (5.30am) 3.8
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), peach, blueberries, pecans {288 Cal / 37.8g Carbs}
……………………………….2 mile walk
……………………………….5 km on rowing machine
Breakfast (8am): Toast (one slice, sourdough), garlic mushrooms / Juice from one orange {149 Cal / 25.2g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Lebanese snack bar in the market
Chicken kebab, flatbread {209 Cal / 11.4g Carbs}

Snack (3pm): Vegetable soup {87 Cal / 16.9g Carbs}
Nectarine, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {121 Cal / 10.9g Carbs}

……………………………….3 mile walk
Dinner (7pm): Meatballs, linguine, ragu / Pinot Noir (6oz) {588 Cal / 52.5g Carbs}
Cheese (Chaource & Gouda), crackers / Port (2oz) {291 Cal / 21.8g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too

Calories 1792
Carbs 184.8g
Protein 85.7g
Fat 54.5g (Sat Fat 16.8g / Trans fat 0.7g)

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

 

[Midnightrider]

yes please

Okay, the following amounts serve 4 people

Khoresh e Fesenjan
Ingredients

600g chicken thighs (I use boneless, skinless but any cut is fine)
150g walnuts
2 shallots
5 cloves of garlic
60g pomegranate molasses (Sainsburys £2.50)
Chicken stock (hot)
Tsp each of cinnamon, nutmeg, cumin, turmeric
..........................Coat chicken before browning
Pomegranate seeds

1. Toast walnuts for a few minutes then blitz to fine powder in a blender.
2. Chop onion & garlic and fry (I use rapeseed oil) to soften. Transfer to slow cooker.
3. Brown chicken pieces. Transfer to slow cooker.
4. Add stock to just cover the meat.
5. Add walnuts & molasses.
6. Cook on medium for 3 or 4 hours.

Parsi Pulao
Ingredients

200g basmati rice
0.4g saffron (1 pack, Sainsburys, about £2)
10 cardamom pods
2 Tbsp sultanas
2 Tbsp pistachios

1. Add 50ml hot water to the saffron, leave for 30 minutes
2. Add saffron water & cardamoms to the rice. Heat, adding more water as necessary (just like for a risotto)
3. Remove cardamom (I count them in and count them out)
4. Mix in sultanas & pistachios

Serve stew alongside the rice. Add a few pomegranate seeds to stew to serve,
There should be enough leftover sauce for another one or two meals (it freezes nicely).

Good luck

 

[Midnightrider]

Sunday 11/11
FBG (5.30am) Not measured today,
Lie in today, slept until 7am
Breakfast 1 (8am): Porridge (almond milk), black & blueberries, walnuts {282 Cal / 34.9g Carbs}

Snack (11am): Banana {63 Cal / 14.4g Carbs}
……………………………….2 mile walk

Lunch (12pm): Vegetable broth {71 Cal / 13.9g Carbs}
Turkey, ham & avocado salad, hummus {344 Cal / 10.5g Carbs}
Peach, strawberries, yoghurt, pecans {134 Cal / 11.3g Carbs}

……………………………….2 mile walk
Dinner (6pm): Roast chicken, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes (2), carrots, swede,
cauliflower, runner beans / Verdejo (4oz) {530 Cal / 38.8g Carbs}
Kiwi, raspberries, yoghurt, pistachios {111 Cal / 12.3g Carbs}

Snack (9pm): Toast (two slices, seeded), almond milk {162 Cal / 16.9g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too

Calories 1788
Carbs 163.5g
Protein 88.9g
Fat 65.4g (Sat Fat 12.4g / Trans fat 0.5g)

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

 

[scousebird]

Tea
B: In Weatherspoons - 2 eggs, 2 bacon, sausage, grilled tomato, beans, 1 toast, latte
S: A few Gullon NAS biscuits
T: Roast pork, 2 roast spuds, sprouts, carrots, mangetout, gravy, red wine.
Red bush tea.

 

[Ljc]

B. My usual
L. 4 buttered Ryvita’s 2 with Brussels pate, an apple and sparkling water
D. Frozen mash, peas, haggis and a Coke Zero

 

[woody]

hello got a question can anybody tell me when I eat junk food my sugar readings are lower then wen I have a Sunday dinner (roast beef)

 

[Ljc]

hello got a question can anybody tell me when I eat junk food my sugar readings are lower then wen I have a Sunday dinner (roast beef)

What junk food do you eat and how long after starting to eat do you test your BG

 

[woody]

I can eat up to 6 bag crisps half a packet of biscuit's and I can test my bg up to 6 hours l8er with readings 4.2 to 4.6

 

[Emmakeets]

I wish I could do that @woody !!

 

[Tickledpinknot]

hello got a question can anybody tell me when I eat junk food my sugar readings are lower then wen I have a Sunday dinner (roast beef)

I’m guessing it’s all the carbs in the roast dinner but as I’m not a ‘normal’ diabetic I can’t comment from personal experience.
Being steroid-induced, what I eat and do in terms of exercise, appears not to make a difference to my BG.

 

[woody]

prob is when I have roast dinner (tatters, veg, roast beef.) readings are about 8.9 after 6/8 hours l8er.

 

[Tickledpinknot]

Can that be offset by the nutritional benefits?

 

[Midnightrider]

Monday 12/11
FBG (5.30am) 4.0,
Snack (5.30am): Banana {63 Cal / 14.4g Carbs}
……………………………….6 mile walk

Breakfast (8am): Scrambled eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes, toast (one slice, seeded) /
Juice from one orange {292 Cal / 22.3g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Celeriac & apple soup {97 Cal / 14.1g Carbs}
Prawn & avocado salad, hummus {354 Cal / 16.1g Carbs}
Persimmon, strawberries, yoghurt, macadamias {153 Cal / 14.0g Carbs}

Snack (3pm): Parsnip, pear & walnut soup {120 Cal / 11.1g Carbs}
A new idea, pretty good but needs a couple of tweaks.
……………………………….2 mile walk

BG (6pm) 4.0
Dinner (6pm): Lamb fillet, aubergine curry, rice {514 Cal / 41.4g Carbs}
Melon, plum, yoghurt, almonds {120 Cal / 13.7g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too

Calories 1814
Carbs 161.1g
Protein 88.1g
Fat 80.9g (Sat Fat 20.1g / Trans fat 0.3g)

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

 

[scousebird]

Tea
B: 2 eggs on Allinsons seedy bread toasted, milky coffee
Tea
L: 3 roast chicken thighs, mini melon slices, mullerlight Greek yogurt.
Tea
T: Large cod from the chippy with mushy peas.
Coffee

 

[Midnightrider]

Tuesday 13/11
FBG (6am) Not measured today
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), pear, blackberries, pecans {293 Cal / 37.2g Carbs}
……………………………….2 mile walk
……………………………….5 km on rowing machine
Breakfast (8am): Toast (one slice, seeded), mackerel / Tangerine {236 Cal / 17.6g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Parsnip, pear & walnut soup {169 Cal / 15.6g Carbs}
Grated on a little fresh nutmeg today, definite improvement
Chicken & avocado salad {408 Cal / 16.1g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {131 Cal / 9.3g Carbs}

Snack (3pm): Banana {71 Cal / 16.2g Carbs}
……………………………….2 mile walk
……………………………….5 km row

Dinner (6pm): Chicken & ham pie [mashed squash & sweet potato topping] {470 Cal / 36.4g Carbs}
Kiwi, blueberries, yoghurt, cashews {134 Cal / 15.5g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too

Calories 1971
Carbs 172.0g
Protein 115.1g
Fat 78.1g (Sat Fat 15.9g / Trans fat 0.7g)

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

 

[Ljc]

B. Wholemeal buttered cheese n pickle toasted sarni, and a large coffee, still hungry so had another half 😱
L. Not hungry, I shouldn’t think so after that brekkie. Sparkling water
S. An apple
D. Still not hungry
S. Coffee , I can’t remember what I had to eat but it wasn’t naughty.
Water throughout the day

 

[Tickledpinknot]

B - seeded toast and marmite
L - cheese n tomato sandwich, ready salted crisps, half grapefruit navel orange, kiwi, grapes
Why had my BG spiked to 21.0 before dinner? It’s my week off treatment...Welcome to my wonderful world of steroid induced diabetes!
D - roasted veg, chick peas, grapefruit orange and kiwi