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What did you eat yesterday?

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Thursday 6/12
FBG (5.30am) 4.0
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), raspberries, blueberries, pecans {286 Cal / 35.4g Carbs}
……………………………….2 mile walk
……………………………….5 km on rowing machine
Breakfast (8am): Toast (one slice, seeded), mushrooms, tomatoes, baked beans / Juice from half a grapefruit {173 Cal / 25.1g Carbs}
……………………………….5 km row

Lunch (12pm): Jerusalem artichoke soup {88 Cal / 15.7g Carbs}
Crab & avocado salad, flatbread, hummus {275 Cal / 17.2g Carbs}
Peach, strawberries, yoghurt, almonds {111 Cal / 12.6g Carbs}

Snack (3pm): Banana, cookie {138 Cal / 23.8g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm) King prawn linguine {423 Cal / 44.4g Carbs}
Pear, blackberries, yoghurt, walnuts {154 Cal / 15.5g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too (2 of them decaf)

Calories 1737
Carbs 200.3g
Protein 88.2g
Fat 52.5g (Sat Fat 8.1g / Trans fat 0.3g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Friday 7/12
FBG (5.30am) Not measured today
Breakfast (8am): Toast (one slice, seeded), avocado, scrambled eggs, smoked salmon, tomatoes /
Juice from one orange {407 Cal / 18.7g Carbs}
……………………………….2 mile walk
……………………………….5 km row

Snack (10am): Banana {62 Cal / 14.2g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Christmas shopping, lunch out
Brandade / Polenta fries / Belly pork pintxos / carrot hummus / Prosecco (2oz) {577 Cal / 30.5g Carbs}
Pastel de nata {219 Cal / 28.0g Carbs}

Drinks with friends
Pinot Noir (8oz) / Champagne (4oz) {295 Cal / 9.2g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm) Hake in breadcrumbs. sweet potato wedges, peas, sweetcorn {308 Cal / 34.6g Carbs}

3 cups of coffee too (1 of them decaf)

Calories 1767
Carbs 137.6g
Protein 65.9g
Fat 65.7g (Sat Fat 15.3g / Trans fat 0.4g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Saturday 8/12
FBG (5.30am) 4.0

Breakfast (8am): Toast (one slice, seeded), poached egg, bacon, mushrooms, baked beans /
Juice from half a grapefruit {320 Cal / 25.2g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm):Celeriac & apple soup {62 Cal / 12.1g Carbs}
Prawn & avocado salad, flatbread, hummus {401 Cal / 18.6g Carbs}
Strawberries, grapes, yoghurt, pecans, passion fruit {167 Cal / 16.1g Carbs}

Snack (3pm): Banana, cookie {139 Cal / 24.0g Carbs}
…………………………...3 mile walk
…………………………...5 km on rowing machine

Dinner (6pm) Turkey meatballs, ragu, linguine {436 Cal / 37.2g Carbs}
Plum, blackberries, yoghurt, walnuts {118 Cal / 8.6g Carbs}

Christmas party at friends' house. Amounts estimated but could easily be wrong as glasses were liberally topped up and people wandered round with trays of nibbles all evening.
Champagne (6 small glasses, maybe) / Canapes (crab & sourdough/ beef & horseradish stuffed into tiny Yorkshire puds / olive tapenade on melba toast/ Prawn & chorizo skewers) {438 al / 19.5g Carbs}

5 cups of coffee too (2 of them decaf)

Calories 2173
Carbs 171.9g
Protein 113.6g
Fat 77.6g (Sat Fat 20.3g / Trans fat 0.2g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Sunday 9/12
FBG (5.30am) Not measured today
Breakfast (8am): Porridge (almond milk), raspberries, blueberries, walnuts {297 Cal / 37.2g Carbs}

……………………………….4 mile walk
Lunch (12pm): Celeriac & apple soup {60 Cal / 11.6g Carbs}
Crayfish & avocado salad, flatbread, hummus {346 Cal / 16.9g Carbs}
Nectarine, strawberries, yoghurt, pecans {132 Cal / 8.9g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.5
Dinner (6pm) Roast chicken, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, carrots, swede,
baked cauliflower, runner beans {488 Cal / 38.6g Carbs}
Pear, blackberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {134 Cal / 11.7g Carbs}

Snack (9pm): Toast (one slice, seeded), almond milk {110 Cal / 10.7g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too (2 of them decaf)

Calories 1646
Carbs 147.0g
Protein 89.5g
Fat 66.4g (Sat Fat 12.5g / Trans fat 0.4g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Monday 10/12
FBG (5.30am) 3.9
Snack (5.30am): Banana {65 Cal / 14.8g Carbs}
……………………………..5 mile walk
Breakfast (8am): Toast (one slice, seeded),mackerel, clementine {230 Cal / 16.5g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Vegetable soup {111 Cal / 13.1g Carbs}
Prawn & avocado salad, flatbread, hummus {336 Cal / 16.3g Carbs}
Nectarine, cherries, yoghurt, pecans {156 Cal / 15.9g Carbs}

Snack (3pm): Gingerbread {67 Cal / 10.1g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm) Game stew, celeriac mash, carrots, green beans {376 Cal / 32.6g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {110 Cal / 8.2g Carbs}

Snack (9pm): Toast (two slices, seeded), almond milk {164 Cal / 16.9g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too (2 of them decaf)

Calories 1704
Carbs 155.0g
Protein 112.0g
Fat 59.1g (Sat Fat 12.4g / Trans fat 0.6g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Tuesday 11/12
FBG (5.30am) Not measured today
Snack (5.30am): Banana {66 Cal / 15.0g Carbs}
……………………………..5 mile walk
Breakfast (8am): Egg, bacon, mushrooms, baked beans, toast (one slice, seeded) /
Juice from one orange {326 Cal / 25.4g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Celeriac & apple soup {59 Cal / 11.5g Carbs}
Chicken, fig & avocado salad {339 Cal / 14.9g Carbs}
Plum, blackberries, yoghurt, walnuts {130 Cal / 9.2g Carbs}

Snack (4pm): Vegetable broth, sourdough {126 Cal / 20.1g Carbs}

Dinner (6pm) Albacore tuna steak, sweet potato wedges, peas, sweetcorn {432 Cal / 39.7g Carbs}
Pear poached in elderflower cordial, ice cream, pecans {194 Cal / 22.8g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too (2 of them decaf)

Calories 1739
Carbs 163.9g
Protein 99.2g
Fat 60.4g (Sat Fat 12.8g / Trans fat 0.5g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Wednesday 12/12
FBG (5.30am) 3.8
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), nectarine, blackberries, walnuts {269 Cal / 33.4g Carbs}
……………………………….2 mile walk
……………………………….5 km on rowing machine
Breakfast (8am): Toast (one slice, seeded), avocado, smoked salmon,
scrambled egg, tomatoes / Juice from one grapefruit {284 Cal / 17.9g Carbs}

Lunch (12pm): Beef & pearl barley soup {109 Cal / 12.7g Carbs}
Crawfish & avocado salad {150 Cal / 4.2g Carbs}
Figs, passion fruit, yoghurt, pistachios {128 Cal / 15.0g Carbs}

BG (6pm) 4.1
Dinner (6pm) Chicken & ham pie, carrots, turnip, green beans, peas {413 Cal / 32.3g Carbs}
Peach, strawberries, yoghurt, hazelnuts {153 Cal / 10.2g Carbs}

Snack (9pm): Toast (one slice, seeded), almond milk {102 Cal / 9.9g carbs}

5 cups of coffee too (2 of them decaf)

Calories 1656
Carbs 146.6g
Protein 105.9g
Fat 59.8g (Sat Fat 12.2g / Trans fat 0.5g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
Possibly one of the strangest meals ever:
chiken tikka strips, oven chips, leeks and spring greens fried in butter, all served with sweet chilli sauce...
 
Sunday 16/12
FBG (6am) 4.3
Breakfast (8am): Toast (one slice, seeded), eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes / Juice from one orange {289 Cal / 22.5g Carbs}
…………………………….5 mile walk

Lunch (12pm): Squash & chilli soup {54 Cal / 9.6g Carbs}
Ham & avocado salad, flatbread, baba ghanoush {318 Cal / 17.2g Carbs}
Strawberries, blueberries, yoghurt, walnuts {151 Cal / 14.6g Carbs}

Dinner (5pm) Pheasant breast, roast potato & cauliflower, carrots, runner beans {449 Cal / 23.5g Carbs}
Nectarine Melba {160 Cal / 16.6g Carbs}

Snack (8pm) Toast (one slice, wholemeal), almond milk {108 Cal/ 10.9g Carbs}

3 cups of coffee too (2 of them decaf)

Calories 1589
Carbs 123.5g
Protein 91.9g
Fat 70.5g (Sat Fat 13.6g / Trans fat 0.5g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
 
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Well I've been off colour for a little while and lost my appetite so I've not eaten very much at all ~ in fact, apart from keeping up my fluid intake, nothing at all for the past two days😱
WL
 
I’ve been high all day for some weird reason. I’ve no idea what I’m supposed to do because nobody thought to tell me, so I’ve just been drinking plenty of water and avoiding carbs.

Dinner was a plate of green beans, with some diced ham, and a little parmesan grated on top. Dull, but I’m back in single figures again. Revising my plans to scoff over Christmas, I don’t know if I can hack feeling weird.
 
Madeline said:
I’ve been high all day for some weird reason. I’ve no idea what I’m supposed to do because nobody thought to tell me, so I’ve just been drinking plenty of water and avoiding carbs.

Dinner was a plate of green beans, with some diced ham, and a little parmesan grated on top. Dull, but I’m back in single figures again. Revising my plans to scoff over Christmas, I don’t know if I can hack feeling weird.
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Madeleine you've done the best thing by drinking water. How much do you drink in any one day? I drink between 1.5ltrs ~ 2ltrs per day and that helps keep my numbers low ~ though lately they've been a tad higher than normal coz recently I had steroid injections in both my knees and I'm taking strong painkillers that impact my bg levels ~ devil & the deep blue sea it seems!!

Good to hear you've got your bgs back to single numbers. Well done. Yes Christmas give us all something to think about as to what best to eat. I'll be having the turkey of course but will fill most of my plate with veggies ~ no potatoes unless their baby new, then I'll have maybe two. I might chance a small roastie and I mean small. I think the best thing you can do from now until Christmas is try to out some Christmas fare each day to see if you can tolerate them ~ forewarned is forearmed. Test your bg beforehand then just add a little of something to your plate ~ then test 2hrs post meal. But of course its entirely up to you hun how you work it. If & when my numbers are a tad higher than is normal and I feel 'weird' then I lie down on my bed til the feeling has passed. It's better than dropping on to the floor!!! I usually feel ok after about 30~40mins.

If you fancy Christmas pudding then I have posted a low-carb recipe in the food/carb/ recipes thread that you can make yourself.
Here's the link~
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/forums/food-carb-queries-recipes.4/

Take care & good luck hun.x
WL

Edited to add the link for low carb Christmas pudding
http://thelowcarbdiabetic.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-best-low-carb-christmas-pudding.html
 
Oh I LOVE Christmas pudding, that recipe makes me so happy!

I think it’s the steroids, I’m on 10-20mg a day permanently, plus a whole shedload of other medication, and inhaled steroids. I’ve also not been feeling 100% as we had the stairs and landings carpeted on Monday - it’s a 4 storey house, so a lot of stairs. Thinking about it, tjat could have been enough, but I’ve had 2 hypos in the v low 2s last week, and the complete opposite this week. I drink at least 2l a day, kidneys are dodgy so I’m supposed to drink plenty.

Potato doesn’t seem to be as bad as white flour stuff and fruit, they are worse. I have a load of alarms set for meds anyway, and need to eat with some of them, so adding in a few extra to test after hasn’t really made much more effort for me, and I’m v motivated to get my BG down. Faceplanting is not a good look.

Thank you lovely, you’ve been really helpful
 
Madeline said:
Oh I LOVE Christmas pudding, that recipe makes me so happy!

I think it’s the steroids, I’m on 10-20mg a day permanently, plus a whole shedload of other medication, and inhaled steroids. I’ve also not been feeling 100% as we had the stairs and landings carpeted on Monday - it’s a 4 storey house, so a lot of stairs. Thinking about it, tjat could have been enough, but I’ve had 2 hypos in the v low 2s last week, and the complete opposite this week. I drink at least 2l a day, kidneys are dodgy so I’m supposed to drink plenty.

Potato doesn’t seem to be as bad as white flour stuff and fruit, they are worse. I have a load of alarms set for meds anyway, and need to eat with some of them, so adding in a few extra to test after hasn’t really made much more effort for me, and I’m v motivated to get my BG down. Faceplanting is not a good look.

Thank you lovely, you’ve been really helpful
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You're more than welcome Madeleine. So glad too that the Christmas pudding recipe appeals to you. ENJOY😛 Determination ~ motivation ~ and patience are the keywords in an effort to manage our individual diabetes. I am sorry to hear you have to take a minefield of meds but it sounds like you have them under control. Steroids are poo!😱 Take care hun and keep your chin up if you can x
WL
 
Yesterday
Tea
B: Out. 2 bacon, sausage, egg, tinned toms, fried slice & coffee
A few nuts
T: Roast pork, 2 roast potatoes, cabbage, broccoli, gravy. Red wine.
 
wirralass said:
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Well I've been off colour for a little while and lost my appetite so I've not eaten very much at all ~ in fact, apart from keeping up my fluid intake, nothing at all for the past two days😱
WL
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Hope you are feeling better soon. It isn't a good time of year to be sick.
 
wirralass said:
Yes Christmas give us all something to think about as to what best to eat. I'll be having the turkey of course but will fill most of my plate with veggies ~ no potatoes unless their baby new, then I'll have maybe two. I might chance a small roastie and I mean small.

Edited to add the link for low carb Christmas pudding
http://thelowcarbdiabetic.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-best-low-carb-christmas-pudding.html
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I don't have a problem with having a couple of smallish roast potatoes. However, someone once made a good suggestion to me. If roast spuds cause you a BG problem, just eat the outside bit, leaving most of the starchy middle. This should help keep the carbs down.
 
Today
B - jumbo oats, raspberries and a knob of butter in almond milk and a coffee with almond milk
S - coffee with almond milk and a boiled egg
D - wholemeal german smoked baked ham sandwich, couple of thick slices of cheese, 2 baked cheddars and a salted caramel protein bar, pint of water
S - coffee with almond milk while I was mixing some e liquid samples 🙂
T - 3 egg ham and mushroom omelette, steamed green beans, boiled potatoes, Dijon dressing and a bar 85% moser roth
Coffee with almond milk
S - babybel xx
 
Monday 17/12
FBG (5.30am) Not measured today
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (almond milk), blackberries, blueberries, walnuts {272 Cal / 33.9g Carbs}
……………………………….2 mile walk
……………………………….5 km on rowing machine
Breakfast (8am): Toast (one slice, seeded), scrambled egg, mushrooms, tomatoes / Juice from one orange {287 Cal / 22.6g Carbs}

Snack (11am): Banana {66 Cal / 15.0g Carbs}
……………………………….2 mile walk
……………………………….5 km on rowing machine

Lunch (12pm): Vegetable soup {55 Cal / 9.8g Carbs}
Prawn & avocado salad, flatbread, hummus {337 Cal / 27.9g Carbs}
Strawberries, blackcurrants, yoghurt, pecans {146 Cal / 12.5g Carbs}

………………………………..5 km row

Dinner (6pm): Butternut squash, fennel & pancetta risotto / Saove (3oz) {445 Cal / 48.8g Carbs}
Plum, summer fruits, yoghurt, hazelnuts {151 Cal / 13.5g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too (2 of them decaf)

Calories 1838
Carbs 194.7g
Protein 87.6g
Fat 62.0g (Sat Fat 11.5g / Trans fat 0.3g)

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