2 skydancer - too much exercise

January 12, 2006

Original Message:

Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:43:20 -0500

Subject: 2 skydancer - too much exercise

Hi Sky:

Yes, I've seen that many times. Before the bike, if I walked around my

subdivsion (Woodland, about 1 mile) My BGs would be lower, at the end

Where it joins Edgemount.

However if I also walk Edgemount, my BGs will start raising. One walk I

can remember, is at the end of Woodland, my BGs was around 95, so I

tried Edgemount (1.2 miles half-way). At the end of it, my BGs was 105.

It had to be some sort of liver dump. By the time I returned home, it

was 113. You can see, that's the last I did both in one walk

It's a blessing and a curse. But that's diabeties for you.

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In " Day 6 " in Gretchen's book - The First Year - Type 2 Diabetes - An essential

Guide for the Newly Diagnosed; I was drawn to a Paragraph entitled " Will

Exercise always make my BG levels go down? "

She explains the reasoning and suggests the answer to the conundrum. As you may

recall the last few times I posted about the 3 mile quick paced walk I do twice

a week at my husband's cardiac rehab centre have been discouraging as the BG's

were going UP!

In a nutshell - Gretchen's answer was to have some carbs 30 - 45 minutes before

exercise!

If you start exercise with a high BG - it will come down, if you begin exercise

with a low BG - it will go up!!

So today I set out to prove the theory for myself!

I had brunch almost an hour before exercise, an egg a slice of turkey bacon a

few mushrooms and a cup of coffee with cream and Da Vinci flavouring.

Then I dressed and drove to the rehab. Testing just before we started I was a

little over an hour after my meal - about my peak BG time - and I was a 6.1.

After my 3 miles, I tested again: 4.3 !!!

The muscles need glycogen to work, and if the BG's are low when you start out -

that old liver dumps glucose into the system - of course us D2's with insulin

resistance don't use it up to well and our readings bring dismay

Thanks Gretchen - it really works!

CJ

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