Thursday Jan 15

Bible- Job 35:1-37:24

morning glucose  82

breakfast- 2 artichoke hearts, 1 egg scrambled in coconut oil with 1 oz Brie and 1T pine nuts coffee, cream, coconut oil, stevia  Fat 38, protein 14, carb is 6

salad with oil & vinegar 8 shrimp with butter to dip in after lunch

12:36   83

1:09  87

1 oz brie, .4 oz butter, 1/2 tsp sugarfree boysenberry preserves,  tea with coconut oil,

1 1/2 oz cream cheese 2 slices Kroger bacon 1.5 oz ground beef & mustard mixed greens, 1 T Newmans Own Caesar dressing 1 mushroom dipped in butter 1 T pine nuts. 1 T coconut oil in tea

6:30  82

7:30 87

Macros  fat 131  protein 61, Carb 19.7 (fiber 3.6)

bedtime glucose 72  ketones 4.2

Weds Jan 14

Bible – Job 32:1-34:37

6:30 a.m.   88 before breakfast

10 situps, deadlifts, squats, bench press (20# barbell) treadmill 20 min 3.5 mph 7:30

86 after exercising

breakfast- tuna, egg, celery & mayo salad coffee, coconut oil (22 fat, 16 protein, 1.5 carb (1.1 fiber) tea  coconut oil

lunch- 12 macadamia nuts, 3 1/2 oz meatballs made with no carbs, 1/3 c cooked cabbage (in oil) tea & coconut oil

2:06   82

5:45 dinner – corned beef, cream cheese, more coconut oil

10:00 p.m.  104 ( I took it again immediately because that didn’t make sense and it was even higher- 110 – I went shopping after dinner and maybe was stressed?)

macros  133 fat, protein 59,  carb 11.3 (4.9+ fiber)

10:26 p.m. glucose 104  ketones 1.8

Tuesday Jan 13

Job 30:1-31:40

I went and bought some Kroger bacon without sugar yesterday and today I went to the health food store and found some Kalona Super Natural cream with nothing but cream (compare to Organics cream from Safeway which had Cream and Carrageenan)) and Nancy’s cream cheese with cream, dry milk, L acidophilus, bifidum and 4 strains of lactic cultures and salt – (compare to Philadelphia which has milk and cream, whey protein concentrate, salt, carob bean gum, xanthan gum and cheese culture).  Also got Nancys sour cream – just cream, milk, milk powder, and same enzymes that were in cream cheese (compare to Meadow Gold with Cream, skim milk, whey, modified corn starch, gelatin, sodium phosphate, guar gum, Carrageenan, sodium citrate, calcium sulfate and Locust bean gum

So, Thank you for pointing that out, Holly.
6:30 a.m.  88

20 min treadmill

1/12 breakfast quiche I made Saturday and froze
coffee with coconut oil & Da Vinci (no cream)
8:49 a.m.  94

1:00 p.m (before lunch)  74
30 pumpkin seeds, 1 can wild sardines, salad greens with Newman’s own dressing

4:00   83
1 T Nancys cream cheese & little taste of organic cream
6:00   84

2.2 oz meat balls made with bison & chorizo sausage & celery & green onions.
cabbage cooked in oil with little butter & salt.

7.04  87

7:25 85  (much more stable today – have not had as big a swing in blood glucose)

bedtime glucose 87  ketones 3.0

Monday Jan 12

Job 27:1-29:25

6:30 a.m.before breakfast but after levothyroxine  91
10 sit ups
10 deadlifts
10 squats
10 bench press

Breakfast – 1/12 of 8×12 Quiche (frozen from Sat) & coffee, cream, coconut oil, Da Vinci (38 fat, 20 protein, 3 carb)

11:24   90

ate lunch at 1:00- had Wendys baconator without bun and tried to wipe off all catsup.  Also salad with 1.1 oz ranch dressing (17 fat, 22 protein, 5 carb)

1:20    93
2:25    87
tea with 1 tsp coconut oil
snack 1/2 oz macademia nuts, .5 oz parmesan chunk.
18 fat 5 protein, 2 carb

dinner- 15 slices yellow squash in oil
1 oz flank steak
.4 butter (3 fat, 10 protein,  5 carb)
7:33       103
7:56       98
8:15       103  Ate salad with 1 whole avocado & 1 T Caesar dressing (31 fat, 4 protein, 15 carb)
8.35       105
10:00     105   ketones 2.2
Macros for day- fat 115  protein 61  carb 32

I watched first 4 videos on Diabetes University by Dr Bernstein.  Interesting – I liked diagrams of cell showing insulin receptor and clear explanation of how insulin brings glucose into cell. I was struck by him saying every cell of the body is affected by high glucose and roller coaster numbers are worse than steady high. Understood basal & bolus insulin.  Learned more about ketones and how they are a by product of the body burning fat.

Should not have eaten entire avocado (Dr Bernstein does not advocate subtracting fiber so I will not do “net carbs”) – I am going to quit eating so many nuts and see if that helps stabilize glucose.

bedtime blood glucose 105  Ketones 2.3

Sunday Jan 11 

Job 22:1-26:14

Trying to find what impacts blood glucose – took blood glucose every 20 minutes for part of day.

breakfast-  1 egg, 2 pieces of bacon, 2 cups coffee (half decaf) with cream, coconut oil & stevia
(fat 21, protein 16, carb 1.7)
10:15  98 then went to church so didn’t eat or drink anything
12:54  84  (before lunch)

lunch- 3 slices bacon and small bowl of ham & cauliflower soup (fat 28, protein 21, carb 5.2)
1:34  106  surprised this was so high – then found that bacon and ham have sugar
1:54  104
2:15  102
2:35    90
3:00    92
3:20    95
hungry so I had 2 Tennessee pride frozen sausage, 19 pecan halves, 12 Macadamia nuts
(50 fat 12 protein 5 carb)

3:41    96
3:50 had tea with coconut oil
4:00    96
4:21    78
4:49    86
5:17    82
5:40    88
dinner- beef soup- cooked chuck roast in water with celery, turnips,& spices in crock pot. had 1 slice carrot.
cream cheese
( 13.6 fat, 24 protein, 5.5 carb)
6:04    97
6:27    86
ate 34 pistachios (11 fat, 5 protein 6.4 carb)
6:55   115 – I obviously had too many pistachios
7:15   94
7:35   86
8:03   89
9:00   88

total macros for day: fat 125, protein 79, carb 23

Job 19:1-21:34

Jan 9 Friday

Job 15:1-18:21

7:30 a.m. before breakfast   92

1 egg, 1 oz Brie, 1/3 T coconut oil, 6 green olives
2/3 c coffee, cream, coconut oil, stevia

12:45 before lunch  71

Lunch;
Arby’s classic 3 oz meat without bun, side salad & 1 T Newmans Own Caesar salad dressing

4:40  87

snack – 19 pecan halves, 1 oz Macadamia nuts

dinner-tried making ham & cauliflower soup.  I made chicken broth, added ham, cream, ricotta cheese & whole cooked cauliflower blended smooth. Sautéed some celery in bacon fat and added that.  It was OK – not great

Job 11:1-14:22

Jan 8  Thursday
glucose before breakfast 82

1/4 of tuna egg salad (1 can albacore tuna, 2 hardboiled eggs, 1/4 c mayonnaise, 4 sticks celery)
coffee, cream, coconut oil, stevia

lunch – went out with Dad – had 3/4 blackened hamburger patty, 1 bacon & .5 oz cheese, big salad with oil & vinegar

blood glucose at 4:00  74
snack- 1 oz Macadamia nuts & 1 oz pecans

dinner- 4 oz white fish with little spices quickly cooked in grapeseed oil and little butter, 1/2 c cooked spaghetti squash with 3 pats of butter, cucumbers with Newman’s own Caesar salad dressing.

macro’s  fat 130, protein 70, carbs 22

Job 8:1-10:22

Job 4:1-7:21

glucose at 7:00  85 before breakfast

• breakfast- 1.5 oz left over meat loaf, 1 egg, coconut oil, 18 pecan halves
• coffee, cream, coconut oil, stevia
• glucose 80 at 11;24 – before lunch
• lunch – 20 pumpkin seeds, 4 oz left over chicken, 1 c sautéed cabbage with butter,
• glucose 81 at 4:00 before snack
• 1 oz macadamia nuts
• little stroganoff, zucchini w sour cream, large spinach & ice berg lettuce salad, Newman’s Own salad dressing,

Macronutrients-  145 g fat, 60 g protein, 27.8 g carb- 10.2 g fiber