Knysna
Blood sugars
Fasting 5,4 mmol/L (target 4 – 6mmol/L)
2 hours after meals 5,3 mmol/L (target, less than 7.8 mmol/L)
Weight 87Kg
Adventures of a late-onset diabetic
Knysna
Fasting 5,4 mmol/L (target 4 – 6mmol/L)
2 hours after meals 5,3 mmol/L (target, less than 7.8 mmol/L)
Weight 87Kg
Montagu
Snow on the mountains. Blue finger pads. That’s when they are warm enough to move beyond their frozen state. The result of trying to coax blood icicles to measure my sugar levels.
Last minute trip down to Montagu. Grab bag. Toys and food for Prince. Extra jackets for rain and cold. Books. Quick clean out of the fridge for bits that would grow. Jar of French pate and a couple of bottles of wine for emergencies. Riedel travel glasses and Nespresso machine, because why deal with bad wine glasses and coffee.
A decent prosciutto and pecorino salad for lunch. Even if the pasta dishes were tempting in the cold weather.
A veggie, packed bobotie dinner (made without the optional honey) with Dad and Mary for their 8th anniversary. A compulsory extra glass of wine.
https://realmealrevolution.com/recipe/veggie-packed-bobotie/
Blood sugars
Fasting 5,4 mmol/L (target 4 – 6mmol/L)
2 hours after meals 5,3 mmol/L (target, less than 7.8 mmol/L)
Weight 87Kg
Diabetic Carbs 27g (ideal daily target, less than 20g)
Veggie-Packed Boboti
5 tbsp butter
1 onion , chopped
2 carrots, peeled and chopped
1 red pepper, seeded and chopped
1 cup grated courgette
1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tbsp mild curry powder
1 tsp tumeric
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp ground coriander
3 whole cloves
5 whole allspice
2 tbsp honey (optional)
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
400 g tin whole peeled tomatoes, blended
800 g beef mince
1 tsp dried mixed herbs
salt and pepper
for the custard
1 cup milk
2 eggs, beaten
8 bay leaves
1 Melt the butter in a wide-based pot and gently fry the onion, carrots, red pepper and courgette until soft. Stir in the ginger and the garlic and fry for minute or so. Add the spices and fry for another minute to release their flavour.
2 Pour in the honey, vinegar and tomato, and bring to the boil.
3 Mix in the remaining ingredients, ensuring that everything is combined well; you don’t want meatballs in your mince.
4 Cook for about 15 minutes, stirring all the time. When it’s done, season well with salt and pepper.
5 Spread the mixture in a greased ovenproof dish.
6 To make the custard, lightly beat together the milk and the eggs.
7 Press the bay leaves into the bobotie mixture and carefully pour over the custard.
Bake for 30minutes, until the egg topping has set.
Knysna
Higher than expected fasting BS levels.
Insides churned to mush from the jarring cycle along the contours through the forest.
Nothing in my daily food tracker that should have pushed my blood sugars to such levels. Nuts with a couple of glasses of wine at friends and the cappuccino after the cycle being the cause of my daily carbs being above the 20gram level I’m trying to maintain.
It does mean a day of vigilance and while the colder weather may have been an excuse to hide in the studio (read, lazy), I will need to schedule vigorous exercise into the day.
Perhaps it’s the moon?
Blood sugars
Fasting 7.4 mmol/L (target 4 – 6mmol/L)
2 hours after meals 6.4 mmol/L (target, less than 7.8 mmol/L)
Weight 87Kg
Diabetic Carbs 48g (daily target, less than 50g)
Low 3.4 mmol/L (Fasting target 4 – 6mmol/L)
High 5.9 mmol/L (2 hours after meal target, less than 7.8 mmol/L)
Weight 87Kg
Low 5.8 mmol/L (Fasting target 4 – 6mmol/L)
High 6.7 mmol/L (2 hours after meal target, less than 7.8 mmol/L)
Weight 87kg
Graaf Reinert ‘Our Yard’
Fabulous wine selection. Art, a tad scary. Maria’s coffee roaster on the premises, ensuring stunning espresso at an unbelievable price.
Karoo lamb. Flavored by sparse, arid plains, fragrant ‘rhinosterbos’. (Memories of which, are festering wounds under my skin caused by hours of ‘fire and movement’ drills as a soldier during the crazy years)
Overpowering tomato sauce that screamed with sugars. A bucket full of vegetables, perfectly cooked. Shaded, comfortable courtyard. Attentive service that was accommodating to a puppy who has spent six hours being buffeted by howling winds confined in his ‘mobi-kennel’.
The ‘onion rings’, sublime!
Blood sugars
Low 5.3 mmol/L (Fasting target 4 – 6mmol/L)
High 6.5 mmol/L (2 hours after meal target, less than 7.8 mmol/L)
Weight 87kg
Diabetic Carbs 53g (daily target, less than 50g)
Knysna
Hi,
Jan here.
A tad listless. Can’t imagine the spare ribs with their bbq basting had that much of an impact? Certainly my fasting sugars were a bit elevated at 6.5mmol/L, but nowhere near crazy levels.
Thrilled that the ‘lifestyle’ management of my diabetes is handling the occasional food that I know is off the the rigid dietary guidelines without flying outside the safe limits.
It did mean that instead of heading out for my morning run (the day grey with a slight chill), I did the Border Collie meander, with Prince, around Harbour Town visiting the important ‘sniff spots’. Tea to warm my cold hands.
Tea is not my best, and certainly hasn’t been able to excite like a glass of good red wine does! However, at East Head Cafe I had a cup of TWG rooibos (Crème Caramel Tea), which is blend of delicate French spices and red tea/rooibos. Delicious. I’m hunting a supply.
Blood sugars
(30 day averages)
Low 5.7 mmol/L (Fasting target 4 – 6mmol/L)
High 6.0 mmol/L (2 hours after meal target, less than 7.8 mmol/L)
Weight 87kg
Diabetic Carbs 38g (daily target, less than 50g)