I was very busy in the office today so I had a very late lunch and therefore never had a proper evening meal. Didn't even make my five a day. Sighhhh.
porridge
a bagel with tuna and mayonnaise
a large chunk of raw white cabbage
four Dutch crisbake thingies (like dried-out bread) with butter
a banana with custard (so wrong and yet it felt so right - not good for my diabetes but at least the custard was low-fat)
a bowl of cornflakes
an orange
But hey, it could be worse. And my blood sugar was 7.3 before breakfast which is the lowest it's been in ages. It should be below 7 and mine never is.
Monday, 19 January 2009
Sunday, 18 January 2009
London
Today I went to London, to the Greenwich Theatre to see Northern Broadsides do Heidi (it was excellent)
porridge
small bottle of orange juice
ham and cheese baguette
Snickers bar (!!!) I don't usually eat such things but for some reason I just craved one
small French pastry thing with cheese and leek
granola cereal with natural yogurst and a few strawberries
pot of fresh strawberrries, orange and pineapple
banana
apple
bowl of Readybrek
It seems quite a lot but at least there's quite a bit of fruit in there.
porridge
small bottle of orange juice
ham and cheese baguette
Snickers bar (!!!) I don't usually eat such things but for some reason I just craved one
small French pastry thing with cheese and leek
granola cereal with natural yogurst and a few strawberries
pot of fresh strawberrries, orange and pineapple
banana
apple
bowl of Readybrek
It seems quite a lot but at least there's quite a bit of fruit in there.
Saturday, 17 January 2009
Hurrah for Peanut Butter
Today I ate:
porridge
parsnip, carrot and coriander soup with two slices of rye bread (and it was delicious! I wouldn't have expected to like parsnip in soup)
a mango
two slices of toast with peanut butter (I love peanut butter! Anyone else remember the Olden Days when you used to have to churn it up before you ate it?)
a banana
an orange
a large chunk of raw white cabbage
Yes, it does look strange when you write it down.
porridge
parsnip, carrot and coriander soup with two slices of rye bread (and it was delicious! I wouldn't have expected to like parsnip in soup)
a mango
two slices of toast with peanut butter (I love peanut butter! Anyone else remember the Olden Days when you used to have to churn it up before you ate it?)
a banana
an orange
a large chunk of raw white cabbage
Yes, it does look strange when you write it down.
Writing it Down
If you write down what you eat, so the theory goes, you'll be more careful about it.
Now then, I'd like to be thinner. Not that I'm hugely overweight, but I'd like to be not overweight at ALL.
Also, I'm diabetic - type 2 - and my blood sugar's always a bit high and I'd really like it not to be. Nasty thing, high blood sugar - - it basically coats every organ in your body in sugar, and that doesn't do them any good. Diabetes shortens your life by fifteen years on average. I don't want it to shorten mine.
Since I found out that I was diabetic, about five years ago, I have made great changes in my diet, though the occasional chocolate digestive biscuit slips through the net - - or did yesterday, anyway.
One problem I have is that the tablets I'm on tend to make me feel rather queasy, especially in the evening: so I often don't really feel like eating anything "proper" then. But at lunchtime I'm often too busy to eat much.
I usually have my five portions of fruit and veg a day - - but I'm trying to find out what else I eat!
So I'm going to write down what I eat, and see what happens. And I'm not going to lie.
Feel free to comment or to criticise!
Yesterday I ate:
porridge, made nearly, but not entirely, with milk, with Canderel as sweetener
a baked potato with grated cheese and salad with no dressing
a drink of orange and raspberry juice
a fruit scone with butter (I love butter - I usually have the half-fat stuff but this was glorious full-fat)
pasta with tomato and basil sauce and grated cheese on top (it was a bit of a cheesy kind of a day)
two chocolate digestive biscuits
an orange, an apple, a banana, at different times of the day.
My other blog is more interesting. I hope. It's www.mydadsacommunist.blogspot.com
Now then, I'd like to be thinner. Not that I'm hugely overweight, but I'd like to be not overweight at ALL.
Also, I'm diabetic - type 2 - and my blood sugar's always a bit high and I'd really like it not to be. Nasty thing, high blood sugar - - it basically coats every organ in your body in sugar, and that doesn't do them any good. Diabetes shortens your life by fifteen years on average. I don't want it to shorten mine.
Since I found out that I was diabetic, about five years ago, I have made great changes in my diet, though the occasional chocolate digestive biscuit slips through the net - - or did yesterday, anyway.
One problem I have is that the tablets I'm on tend to make me feel rather queasy, especially in the evening: so I often don't really feel like eating anything "proper" then. But at lunchtime I'm often too busy to eat much.
I usually have my five portions of fruit and veg a day - - but I'm trying to find out what else I eat!
So I'm going to write down what I eat, and see what happens. And I'm not going to lie.
Feel free to comment or to criticise!
Yesterday I ate:
porridge, made nearly, but not entirely, with milk, with Canderel as sweetener
a baked potato with grated cheese and salad with no dressing
a drink of orange and raspberry juice
a fruit scone with butter (I love butter - I usually have the half-fat stuff but this was glorious full-fat)
pasta with tomato and basil sauce and grated cheese on top (it was a bit of a cheesy kind of a day)
two chocolate digestive biscuits
an orange, an apple, a banana, at different times of the day.
My other blog is more interesting. I hope. It's www.mydadsacommunist.blogspot.com
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