Food Diary!

I've wanted to do a food diary post for a while now. I read a lot of different kind of blogs and many fitness writers post a lot of food diaries. I love reading them but there's one thing that I always find a bit disturbing - how much food they actually do eat?! Also it would be good to know the measurements of the person, at least their height. Otherwise it can be misleading for the reader. A good few times I've found myself thinking "he/she eats so little and exercises like crazy". 

As a diabetic I have to weigh and measure all the food I eat. That's how I know how much insulin to take. The amount of insulin is determined by carbohydrates, aka carbs. Besides carbs, insulin intake is determined also by exercise, stress, current blood sugar level, previous and next day, weather (!)..everything really! I use MyFitnesspal for counting, it's a really handy app and will count all your macros and nutritients for you. You can also scan products with it. 

So without further do here's an example from yesterday, that happened to be a day off :) And my measurements are: 175cm (5'9"), 72kg (158 pounds). Active and sporty lifestyle, type 1 diabetes since I was 10 years old.

BREAKFAST
Egg whites 200gr
Cold smoked salmon 60gr
1 tbs Avocado (leftovers)
Oat porridge 50gr with Almond milk (unsweetened) 300mll
Strawberries 50gr
Raspberries 50gr

482kcal, 37gr Carbs

GYM
45min legs and glutes workout, stretching 10min.

Blood sugar rise after breakfast so not enough insulin. The workout took it down a bit, and towards lunch it was almost in balance. 

SNACK
1/2 protein cookie
190kcal, 19gr Carbs

Some protein bars are ok, and after workout you should take some extra protein anyway. I try to find bars etc that are low in sugar and carbs and over all have not many ingredients. I don't eat them every day though. 

LUNCH
Quorn "mince" (vegetarian) 200gr
Peas-corn-pepper mix 100gr
Chickpea-rice mix 125gr
Avocado 70gr (half)

483kcal, 36gr HH

Using leftovers form the freezer ;)

SNACK
1/2 protein cookie
190kcal, 19gr carbs

Rest of the cookie. Blood sugar decides to go down, probably the workout is still working in my body and I took too much insulin on lunch. The cookie brings it up slowly but surely. 

Dairy Milk Chips Ahoy
2 pieces (one row has 3 pieces)
56kcal, 5gr carbs

I bought this for my boyfriend :) We were travelling to Dublin, this time first to Ikea and then to ENFUSION martial arts fightr & show. 

DINNER
Roast beef & Egg on Flat Bread
444kcal, 38gr carbs (--> estimation!)

*Exceptional situation*, aka on the road. I was lazy, and we just bought ready made stuff from the garage. Sometimes I just can't be bothered to cook dinners to go, like I usually do for gigs. Here you can see how difficult it can be with diabetes if you don't know exactly what you're eating. There can be something surprising in the sandwhich and it can be difficult to assess how much insulin to take. In this case I got it pretty much right. 

SNACK
340kcal, 38gr carbs

I tried a new bar, from the same cookie company. Tasted good, but was heavy in calories. 

NIGHT SNACK
1/2 cookie
190kcal, 30gr carbs

It was a very late evening so I needed some extra food. 

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So during today I ate a lot of protein bars.. But I had just bought them and hadn't tried this brand before so wanted to test them. Also on the road they are really handy. I need a lot of food and energy for snacks as well, so I would need to pack insane amounts of food with me. So sometimes this is the best option! 

WHOLE DAY
2375kcal