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I've often mixed a bit of fasted exercise into my week, but as i'm a bit creaky most mornings i have just limited it to Saturday morning's 5km parkrun.
Lockdown changed all this.
As we were initially allowed out for exercise once per day avoiding others, I (accompanied by the other half) started going for jogs at 8am, every day to avoid people. These runs were initially for about an hour but got longer as the weeks went on. So since late March some form of fasted exercise, from an hour's run to 10 miles (3 hours) walking, has been a regular feature -with only had 4 or 5 days off. I have a delayed breakfast when I get back then eat lunch etc as normal.
I have always been very irregular with taking BS readings. I have tended to do a lot for a couple of weeks than hardly any for a month or two. The pattern has always been the same, high (7ish) morning BS then bouncing around the 6's all day long on a LCHF diet but with mainly evening exercise. Carbs push it up but I have largely avoided very high (over 10) readings.
A few weeks into this latest fasted exercise regime I randomly tested an got my lowest ever reading (4.6). I have since tested on numerous occasions and seem to be getting much lower numbers than before lockdown - and I am probably eating more carbs (my wife has been making home baked bread!). My weight has stayed the same.
I appreciate that this amount of fasted exercise is not recommended by sports nutritionists, who say that it will negatively impact performance and lower immunity. However the impact on my BS levels seems, on the face of it, to be entirely positive.
Has anyone else had this experience? Or cast any light onto why this may have happened?
Lockdown changed all this.
As we were initially allowed out for exercise once per day avoiding others, I (accompanied by the other half) started going for jogs at 8am, every day to avoid people. These runs were initially for about an hour but got longer as the weeks went on. So since late March some form of fasted exercise, from an hour's run to 10 miles (3 hours) walking, has been a regular feature -with only had 4 or 5 days off. I have a delayed breakfast when I get back then eat lunch etc as normal.
I have always been very irregular with taking BS readings. I have tended to do a lot for a couple of weeks than hardly any for a month or two. The pattern has always been the same, high (7ish) morning BS then bouncing around the 6's all day long on a LCHF diet but with mainly evening exercise. Carbs push it up but I have largely avoided very high (over 10) readings.
A few weeks into this latest fasted exercise regime I randomly tested an got my lowest ever reading (4.6). I have since tested on numerous occasions and seem to be getting much lower numbers than before lockdown - and I am probably eating more carbs (my wife has been making home baked bread!). My weight has stayed the same.
I appreciate that this amount of fasted exercise is not recommended by sports nutritionists, who say that it will negatively impact performance and lower immunity. However the impact on my BS levels seems, on the face of it, to be entirely positive.
Has anyone else had this experience? Or cast any light onto why this may have happened?