well done Gudrun on your walk and fab news about your bs. I went for an hour's walk after my lunch and my bs was 4.5 before lunch, 6.1 2 hours after lunch. I thought it would have been lower after a walk. It is good to test but I also remember how confused I was by the results!
The boys on the exercise threads are saying that steady exercise drops blood glucose (walking, slow jogging, rowing), and intense exercise ( sprinting, weight training, intervals), raises it. Very interesting reading. And translated into my overweight unfit bod, I would say that gentle trundling will lower, while hills, flights of stairs, kettle bell swings will raise it. Of course exercise does raise the metabolic rate, so even if levels rise, they will drop again more quickly than if sedentary.
May have to test my brilliant theory. If I turn out to be completely wrong, I'll let you all know. Lol.
we did our walk the other way round today and it involved walking uphill towards the end of the walk. Maybe that made a difference.
The boys on the exercise threads are saying that steady exercise drops blood glucose (walking, slow jogging, rowing), and intense exercise ( sprinting, weight training, intervals), raises it. Very interesting reading. And translated into my overweight unfit bod, I would say that gentle trundling will lower, while hills, flights of stairs, kettle bell swings will raise it. Of course exercise does raise the metabolic rate, so even if levels rise, they will drop again more quickly than if sedentary.
May have to test my brilliant theory. If I turn out to be completely wrong, I'll let you all know. Lol.
Flights of stairs will not raise it - that is gentle. There is a japanese paper I read that showed that the people walking 230 steps about an hour after eating had much better control. Found it quite interesting and weaved it into my routine for those days when I can't exercise. Have been known to be seen walking up and down the towers at work whilst on calls. It doesn't need to be fast just anything that makes the muscles ache a littleThe boys on the exercise threads are saying that steady exercise drops blood glucose (walking, slow jogging, rowing), and intense exercise ( sprinting, weight training, intervals), raises it. Very interesting reading. And translated into my overweight unfit bod, I would say that gentle trundling will lower, while hills, flights of stairs, kettle bell swings will raise it. Of course exercise does raise the metabolic rate, so even if levels rise, they will drop again more quickly than if sedentary.
May have to test my brilliant theory. If I turn out to be completely wrong, I'll let you all know. Lol.
OK found a reference to the paper
http://professional.diabetes.org/Abstracts_Display.aspx?TYP=1&CID=88884
Yes when I do it I do 20 flights, 260 steps. Used to take me 20 mins but now do it in under 10 min's but it doesn't seem to have the same effect on my blood glucose as I am so much fitter than I was.That is very interesting, Andrew. Thanks for that link. I do climb one flight of stairs a lot (live in a semi with the bathroom upstairs), and have no problem with that. Climbing more than one flight may be more exhausting, but I think I'll incorporate this into my substitute for a pudding.
Yes when I do it I do 20 flights, 260 steps. Used to take me 20 mins but now do it in under 10 min's but it doesn't seem to have the same effect on my blood glucose as I am so much fitter than I was.
@Gudrun All I can tell you is that I can now reduce my glucose levels from 9 to 5 in about 5 mins but it takes more physically demanding exercise to do it. My rate of use has increase but the trigger point seems to have gone up as well. I will still use it at lower rates but that is much slower. Maybe all I have got is a second gear now whereas before I only had a first gear
I think it is because my muscle mass has increased so my muscle glucogen store is larger so unless I push it harder I do not exhaust them and therefore the slower uptake at low levels of exercise. Eventually it will kick in but takes longer and then faster (may be)I like to know more about this. Will try and find some research next week. I always like to understand what's happening and why.
I am visiting the UK in May and plan to bring my own Optifast with me as I have a gastric Band and will need it after a long flight is it illegal to do that does anyone know?You can't get Optifast in the UK, so I use an alternative, Shake that Weight. I have an incredibly healthy meal at night, with lots of veg, homemade soups etc. from the recipes they give on their website. I wanted the drastic reduction in calorific intake to try to reverse the diabetes - but the weight loss has been great and I intend to keep going. But everyone must do what works for them!