Re: AM numbers better with PP exercise

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On Aug 18, 4:09 pm, "hemyd" <myd!!!...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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news:1187415335.533855.5570@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks for
the help last week when I was searching for a solution to
my high AM BG readings. I was exercising and then eating breakfast,
and getting readings from 120 to 180 (highly variable). This whole
week I have switched it around and see numbers consistently below 120
after eating the same food, with the exercise afterward. I admit I am
eating a little less knowing that I will be exercising within 30 mins
or so, but either way I like the trend. Thanks :)

Andrew T2
D&E

My exercise consists of riding about 8 miles to work on my bicycle almost
each day. As I mentioned here before, I have to wait about 50 minutes
after
eating breakfast before going on my ride, or else my bg will go up
instead
of down. This routing is making it tedious for me, as I have to get up in
the morning before I want to. Unfortunately that is the only way I can
get
my bike riding to reduce my bg after breakfast instead of increasing it.

Henry Mydlarz.

I wish I could do that, but I commute about 50 miles. It would be
great, but I'd never get to work on time. That's weird that you're
BG's go up still when exercising after eating. I guess everybody's
metabolism is different. I need to wait only about 20-30 mins before
exercising. Perhaps what you eat also makes a difference?

Andrew

Hello Andrew,

My problem had always been (1) high fasting bg (2) Huge spike after as much
as looking at any carb type breakfast. Going onto Lantus Insulin took care
of the fbg. In 2005 I started commuting to work on my bicycle. My breakfast
consisted of (and still generally does) a single slice of low carb
multigrain bread, toasted, with some ricotta cheese and a slice of thin
yellow cheese. Initially, after arriving at work, I found my bg had gone up
instead of down! They it kept on going up through the morning. It was one of
the original regular posters, Beavis, who theorised that when I set out on
my intensive bike ride soon after eating, my breakfast still hasn't started
to raise my bg; my body (liver") then thinks "hey, this fellow needs a boost
of glucose", and glucose to set me up for the ride is pumped into my
bloodstream. I get to work, and that glucose has made my bg shoot up. Then,
on top of that, the food I ate for breakfast starts further affecting my bg,
which now goes up even more. Beavis' solution was for me to wait an hour or
so after eating, then ride to work. That fixed the problem.

Interestingly enough, many if not most doctors are unaware of this
condition, despite the "high bg after exercising" being a persistent
complaint some diabetics have had on this newsgroup for years.

I like to eat moderate carbs before riding to work, and an hour before
riding home. I have not worked out a formula exactly what to eat. Many folks
on this newsgroup have theories on that, but the theories are, as is typical
in diabetes, good for some and not for others.

The solution for everyone is to constantly measure your bg, at least when
trying a new diet or exercise routine, to know what your bg is doing when.

Henry Mydlarz.


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