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
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
Jan here.
The utmost care is taken to source the highest quality organic ingredients for the country cuisine served at The Table restaurant. Limited seating under ancient oak trees ensures that the service matches the care taken with food preparation.
While the Beetroot Tarte Tatin starter wasn’t an option for me, the green and sour-cream salad was tasty, and the olives delicious. It’s accompanying stone-ground bread very tempting!
I didn’t understand the slow roasted Karoo lamb, with a cold aubergine tagine and roasted veg dish. While perfect for my diabetic needs, the cold veggies made the tender lamb ‘soapish’. Something even the delish Merlot couldn’t sort.
The panna cotta with raspberry gelato looked amazing and there were a bunch of takers to ensure my serving wasn’t wasted.
Low 5.0 mmol/L (Fasting target 4 – 6mmol/L)
High 5.8 mmol/L (2 hours after meal target, less than 7.8 mmol/L)
Weight 86Kg
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Kommetjie
Hi,
Jan here.
There is something special about being on the road at sunrise. How to deal with fingers that get increasingly frigid on the steering wheel while driving something I will need to think about. Particularly as winter approaches.
Road works added an extra hour and a half to the trip. Fortunately, Terry had packed a box of cold braai bits so we could eat at one of the long ‘stop-and-go’ points, which kept my blood sugars from plummeting on the six hour trip.
Bistro 1682 at Steenberg. Mouth watering options. The risotto with pecorino cheese and Steenberg Sauv Blanc too tempting to resist. It didn’t disappoint. Terrifyingly morish. I did limit the damage to the starter portion and didn’t succumb to the equally tempting dessert menu
Blood sugars
Low 5.3 mmol/L (Fasting target 4 – 6mmol/L)
High 6.9 mmol/L (2 hours after meal target, less than 7.8 mmol/L)
Weight 85Kg
Johannesburg
Hi,
Jan here.
Larger than normal jump in my blood sugars after my morning run. Body screaming for extra energy to cope with the hills and unaccustomed altitude?
Some good news as elevated blood sugars only seems to kick in when exercising above ones VO2 max (maximum or peak volume of oxygen consumed in exhaustive exercise). Although this does make me wonder if I’m only ‘coasting’ the rest of the time!
Jenny made a delicious diabetic sensitive meal on the Weber with boereworse wrapped in cheese and bacon. Served with cold grilled veggies and a tomato and avocado salad. Mum’s cream and strawberry cake not an option.
A lazy Border Collie puppy.
Blood sugars
Low 5.3 mmol/L (Fasting target 4 – 6mmol/L)
High 7.3 mmol/L (2 hours after meal target, less than 7.8 mmol/L)
Weight 86Kg
Emirates, Business Class
Hi,
Jan here.
Spoilt with Business Class lounges and lights in Emirates, thanks to accumulated miles on UN missions.
Salmon gravlax, cheese and a stir fried steak with seasonal veggies the easy choices. Scallop tartare. Bresaola with Parmesan and more smoked salmon the in-transit options in the revamped terminal B lounge.
A very good Hermitage red wine irresistible.
Blood sugars
High 5.0 mmol/L (2 hours after meal target, less than 7.8 mmol/L)
Low 4.7 mmol/L (Fasting target 4 – 6mmol/L)
Weight 84Kg
Hi,
Jan here.
Can Tho City – Mekong Delta
An organised tour, with nothing in our control, other than being ultra cautious.
Elephant ear fish, presented whole, on a rack, with all the pride of a prize catch. The flesh is peeled from the fish and wrapped in rice paper with greens and more noodles than anything else. Served with a chilli sauce, it didn’t taste like much. Ginger chicken bits, spring rolls and a plate of green beans and carrot. The dressing the worry.
Particularly after a morning of being shown through the other delicacies of the Mekong Delta. Coconut candy made from caramelised coconut juice, sugared ginger, rice popcorn, sticky rice cakes with honey and peanuts, jasmine tea with honey and kumquat, rice flower and sesame seed cake. Fortunately they were happy with small, polite samples.
A modest supper of green mango salad and pork spring rolls.
Blood sugars
High 7.3 mmol/L (2 hours after meal target, less than 7.8 mmol/L)
Low 5.6 mmol/L (Fasting target 4 – 6mmol/L)