Re: Christmas reports here is mine

[Guest guest]

Rita, what a good report. G

[Guest guest]

Happy New year!

I've just arrived home after over three weeks visiting my daughter

and baby granddaughter etc in Adelaide, and also a week in Perth with

my eldest son and his Vietnamese partner. The best fasting BGs I have

ever had were when my diet consisted almost completely of Vietnames

meals - so I think I will be trying to copy some of those dishes.

Luckily I went to the Asian markets with Thinh and so know know what

to look for.

The other factor in my good fasting BGs is drinking 100 ml of red

wine before bed - I forgot three times while I was away and each

morning the FBG was up again.

In contrast whilst with my daughter I tried to limit myself to low GI

foods and occasional small amounts of festive treats - but the FBGs

were a little higher. Of course cooking, and decorating the cake for

my granddaugher's Christening party and New Year did not help!

Next challenge will be the Australian mango season! my tree has some

good fruit on it - and I can't waste it - so I'll eat a little and

freeze the rest so I can eat small quantities throughout the year.

Bea - back home Gold Coast, Australia

[Guest guest]

Mmmmm.... Vietnamese food, sounds good (I love Asian food in general).

Can you post some links to recipes?

Or better, recipes from Thinh?

blithe

> Happy New year!

>

> I've just arrived home after over three weeks visiting my daughter

> and baby granddaughter etc in Adelaide, and also a week in Perth

with

> my eldest son and his Vietnamese partner. The best fasting BGs I

have

> ever had were when my diet consisted almost completely of Vietnames

> meals - so I think I will be trying to copy some of those dishes.

> Luckily I went to the Asian markets with Thinh and so know know

what

> to look for.

[Guest guest]

We missed you, Bea...welcome back and Happy New Year!

Vicki

Re: Christmas reports here is mine

> Happy New year!

>

> I've just arrived home after over three weeks visiting my daughter

> and baby granddaughter etc in Adelaide, and also a week in Perth with

> my eldest son and his Vietnamese partner. The best fasting BGs I have

> ever had were when my diet consisted almost completely of Vietnames

> meals - so I think I will be trying to copy some of those dishes.

> Luckily I went to the Asian markets with Thinh and so know know what

> to look for.

>

> The other factor in my good fasting BGs is drinking 100 ml of red

> wine before bed - I forgot three times while I was away and each

> morning the FBG was up again.

>

> In contrast whilst with my daughter I tried to limit myself to low GI

> foods and occasional small amounts of festive treats - but the FBGs

> were a little higher. Of course cooking, and decorating the cake for

> my granddaugher's Christening party and New Year did not help!

>

> Next challenge will be the Australian mango season! my tree has some

> good fruit on it - and I can't waste it - so I'll eat a little and

> freeze the rest so I can eat small quantities throughout the year.

>

> Bea - back home Gold Coast, Australia

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the welcome home Vicki.

Robin and Blithe -

Thinh has no recipes written down - that's why I spoke of copying them.

I observed very closely - but will only be guessing the quantities. I'll

experiment for a while with what's available here and let you know if I have

success with both the taste and of course the lower FBG. We had a lot of

prawns and scallops and greens - plus chicken, and just a few dishes with

beef and pork. I ate no rice - but ate a small amount of mung bean noodles

when they were served.

For ages my meals have been similar but I use 100 gm of beef or chicken plus

broccoli, onion, garlic, chillies - plus various other low GI vegetables.

Seafood and fish is dearer and so Ibought it infrequently. Generally I used

no oil, no sugar, and a little soy and fish sauce - from the supermarket.

The big differences are using more seafood, and the different greens - and

of course the better brands of the sauces from the Asian market.

Last night I went over my records. Until I started drinking 100 ml red wine

before going to bed I rarely if ever had a fasting BG below 110. In November

it was below 110 on 8 mornings, and in December FBG was below 110 on 14

days - all while I was away - including every day after eating vietnamese

food for lunch and dinner. December average FBG was 115 - well down from the

October average of 133.

My 2 hour PP levels have remained about the same - averaging 118.

Bea

blithe wrote

> Mmmmm.... Vietnamese food, sounds good (I love Asian food in general).

> Can you post some links to recipes?

> Or better, recipes from Thinh?>

[Guest guest]

I would still love to hear about your successes with the meals. Also, I've had

similar results with drinking red wine before bed. I skipped it last night, and

my FBG is up 15 points from the day before.

Robin G.

Robin and Blithe -

Thinh has no recipes written down - that's why I spoke of copying them.

I observed very closely - but will only be guessing the quantities. I'll

experiment for a while with what's available here and let you know if I have

success with both the taste and of course the lower FBG. We had a lot of

prawns and scallops and greens - plus chicken, and just a few dishes with

beef and pork. I ate no rice - but ate a small amount of mung bean noodles

when they were served.

For ages my meals have been similar but I use 100 gm of beef or chicken plus

broccoli, onion, garlic, chillies - plus various other low GI vegetables.

Seafood and fish is dearer and so Ibought it infrequently. Generally I used

no oil, no sugar, and a little soy and fish sauce - from the supermarket.

The big differences are using more seafood, and the different greens - and

of course the better brands of the sauces from the Asian market.

Last night I went over my records. Until I started drinking 100 ml red wine

before going to bed I rarely if ever had a fasting BG below 110. In November

it was below 110 on 8 mornings, and in December FBG was below 110 on 14

days - all while I was away - including every day after eating vietnamese

food for lunch and dinner. December average FBG was 115 - well down from the

October average of 133.

My 2 hour PP levels have remained about the same - averaging 118.

Bea