Day - 2

I know it’s still early days but I have a good feeling about this diet. I haven’t mentioned that I always check my blood sugar before going to bed to see if it’s too high (extra insulin) or too low (eat more). And last night before bed my blood sugar was 3.6, which means that the insulin and what I ate were in good balance.
And this morning before breakfast the blood sugar reading was perfect too. I’m very pleased :-).

I’m lucky in a way that my husband is very supportive and my kids eat almost anything I put on the table, even though some need more persuasion than others.

My husband comes from a very conservative (regarding food) Irish family and growing up with what Irish people usually eat (in my opinion it’s not enough variety, mostly meat with two vegetables, with potatoes included in the vegetable part). Nothing strange there because Ireland was not really a culturally diverse country until recently.
His food adventures started when he travelled all around the world, but still he would choose something that he was familiar with if he could (lucky McDonalds are everywhere all around the world :-D).
When I gave up my job and started cooking as a hobby he did quite well supporting me. Sometimes he liked it, sometimes it was just too adventurous for him (e.g. squid, liver and chicken hearts, or feet definitely a no-no), but most of the time he ate (or tried) them all. Not only that, buying groceries in Asian shops is not cheap especially the Japanese ingredients, so at the moment our groceries spending is twice than usual (if not triple). I’m very grateful to him.

Then what happened last night for me was quite funny when first I asked him what he thinks about this Japanese diet and he asked back with worried expression, “Will it be fish every night?”
I’m not sure how I answered that. It is suggested to eat more fish or other seafood in the diet book but I don’t think he will be a happy husband if I make him eat fish everyday. I’m glad my kids’ palates are more like mine than my husband’s so they have no problem with seafood or any “weird” ingredients.
Despite all of that I don’t want to impose my diet food on them every single day, even though these are not really strictly diet foods, it’s more like healthy food, but kids do need some fat beside other nutrients in their diet.
It’s good that lots of the dishes in the diet book are quite easy to make so I will also be able to cook a completely different dish for my husband and the kids.

The rice the book suggested is brown rice but I mix it 50-50 with Japanese rice so the kids can still enjoy it.

This was my menu for today:
Breakfast:                Blood sugar: 4.0         Novorapid: 6 units
50g Oat porridge with dried fruits cooked with 250ml water
Coffee
6 green grapes

Note:
I really don’t like the texture of oats, makes me feel like I’m eating horse food :-(. 
My blood sugar went down again even though I reduced the insulin so I ate some grapes to bring up the blood sugar.

Lunch:     Blood sugar: 4.9            Novorapid: 15 units
Mix mushrooms domburi
Tea

Dinner:
Blood sugar: 4.2   Novorapid: 14 units   Lantus: 28 units

Carrots and Daikon salad with sushi vinegar dressing
Grilled bratwurst



Tea & 2 Pandan Mochi