What did you eat yesterday?

[bakebeans]

Breakfast: eat natural granola and yogurt
Snack: bar of Aldi chocolate
Lunch: chicken salad
Mini milk ice cream before I left work (37oc in our warehouse and I couldn’t say no) bg 4.9 after an hour and 3.8 after 2 hours
Dinner: chicken baked in the oven covered with half a bag of chilli heatwave Doritos crumbled on top, salad, homemade coleslaw and a huge mushroom stuffed with cheese
Snack: handful of peanuts, cashews and Brazil nuts

I know the bg monitors aren’t 100% accurate but most days this week when I’ve got home I’ve tested and seen either low 4s or even in some cases higher 3s should I be worried?

 

[Kaylz]

I know the bg monitors aren’t 100% accurate but most days this week when I’ve got home I’ve tested and seen either low 4s or even in some cases higher 3s should I be worried?

Sorry my lovely, I can't remember if your on medication or not? I don't think you are though in which case I wouldn't worry as non diabetics dip below 4 too xx

 

[bakebeans]

Sorry my lovely, I can't remember if your on medication or not? I don't think you are though in which case I wouldn't worry as non diabetics dip below 4 too xx

Thanks for the reply, nope not on any medication. I’ll keep an eye on it and see if it changes if not I wonder if it would be worth maybe adding a little pasta to my salads to help me though until dinner time

 

[Toucan]

chilli which I thought was an ordinary pepper till my mouth exploded agh.

Oww - I bet that was a bit of a shock, supposed to be good for you metabolism though!
Looks like your best day yet though , well done.

 

[Toucan]

Fairly basic sort of day yesterday, and thank goodness it was a bit cooler so I felt a bit more like cooking something.

Breakfast: Greek yoghurt, pumpkin seeds, and a little chopped apple ( Fortunately only a little as it was a windfall and the rest of it was bruised.) Apple can spike me but the small portion seemed to be OK.
Lunch: Tuna and mayo salad
Supper: 'No pasta' bolognaise - used shredded iceberg lettuce instead of spaghetti.

No snacks! - I'm working on reducing these and made it through yesterday,

 

[Docb]

Congratulations on the no snacks @Toucan. If nothing else eliminating snacks between meals gives your system more time to deal with the last lot of carbohydrate before it gets its next hit. My simple mind says that it is an approach that could help many so keep it up and report back on whether there is any noticeable effect.

 

[Toucan]

If nothing else eliminating snacks between meals gives your system more time to deal with the last lot of carbohydrate before it gets its next hit

Yes I agree @Docb. On the same basis I also try to eat dinner as early as possible and breakfast as late as I can to give my insides as much time as possible to cope with what I've thrown in to them!
My usual time when I feel I need a snack is late afternoon, so the current strategy is to eat a little more at lunch time and have dinner a bit earlier. It has worked for one day and I hope that I will be able to report back that it continues!

 

[Toucan]

Breakfast: Egg on toast (Livilife bread)
Lunch: 4 melba thins with soft cheese and a tomato
Supper: Duck breast, apple and mint sauce, peas, glass of red wine
.... and day 2 with no snacks!

 

[freesia]

blackberry & blueberry, first juice I've had for years and actually quite enjoyed it!

@Kaylz, nice to know you enjoyed it. Did you enjoy your caramel cake bar as well?

 

[freesia]

Ok, so yesterday i ate
Breakfast, 25g porridge with a spoon of peanut butter, coffee
Lunch, 2 slices wholemeal bread chicken salad sandwich, small orange,, yoghurt with cacao nibs and walnuts
Dinner, steak with chilli, garlic and tomato salsa and celeriac chips
Snack, few peanuts with a glass of wine

All very nice

 

[Kaylz]

@Kaylz, nice to know you enjoyed it. Did you enjoy your caramel cake bar as well?

Yes in fact I really did lol, so much so that I've now eaten 6 of them with only 4 left in the house, probably doing a Morrisons order at some point this week so may just have to add a packet of the caramel ones to my trolley, maybe even a pack of the Milky Way ones too 😳 and the award for the worst diabetic goes to....Kaylz lol xx

 

[Kaylz]

@freesia may I ask where you get your cacao nibs please? xx

 

[freesia]

@freesia may I ask where you get your cacao nibs please? xx

Ordered from Amazon. I used to get them from Aldi but they stopped selling them at my local branch.
I usually get the NaturalBio Cacao Nibs from Amazon 1kg is £11.95 i think but i know they do different sized bags. I've had a few of these and they've always been ok, although the last bag seem to be a lot more crunchy and hard. May have to look for another brand on there.

 

[freesia]

just have to add a packet of the caramel ones to my trolley, maybe even a pack of the Milky Way ones too

go for it and enjoy them.

 

[Kaylz]

go for it and enjoy them.

I will, over 3 years I've gone without so time to take advantage and treat myself lol xx

 

[freesia]

I will, over 3 years I've gone without so time to take advantage and treat myself lol xx

Most definitely. What else would you fancy? Chocolate mini rolls?x

 

[Kaylz]

Most definitely. What else would you fancy? Chocolate mini rolls?x

Hmm, I dunno, not chocolate mini rolls though lol xx

 

[freesia]

Hmm, I dunno, not chocolate mini rolls though lol xx

Ooooohhh, how about a Jaffa Cake cake bar?x

 

[Kaylz]

Ooooohhh, how about a Jaffa Cake cake bar?x

I preferred the raspberry and strawberry jaffa cakes from Lidl lol but Mcvities sometimes do a strawberry one so I can live in hope they do a strawberry jaffa cake bar for Halloween! Settled on just the caramel and milky way ones in current order though as essentials were needed too haha xx

 

[freesia]

raspberry and strawberry jaffa cakes from Lidl

Sound nice. I've stayed away from cake completely since being diagnosed. That was a big downfall for me, i used to like baking and loved eating it. Now there is only me and hubby i'd be too tempted and my weight is going on without trying. Need to get back to exercise.