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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
- Dislikes
- Broccoli, Cauliflower and Cabbage
I'm new to T2 and have been testing my BG levels for only shy of two weeks. I've gone straight onto a low-carb diet and extra exercise the diet is going really well and the running I'm building up. I'm still getting used to my readings, but they've been relatively stable and only gone outside 'the zone' twice - once up and once down. However, they don't really fluctuate much beyond +/- 1 in a day and not in a short space of time. Today I saw it go from 10.7 to 4.7 in 60 minutes after a walk.
It's not that I'm complaining I just want to know. I'm aware from research I've done that exercise can have different effects causing readings to go up or down. Is the difference I found today one would expect in such a short space of time?
Before lunch my reading was 5.2. I had planned a run, so had ministrone soup with two tortilla wraps (90grams Carbs). 2 hours later my reading was 10.7. instead I went for a 45 minute walk (I included a couple of 10-20 second jogs). When I returned from the walk my reading was 4.7.
It's not that I'm complaining I just want to know. I'm aware from research I've done that exercise can have different effects causing readings to go up or down. Is the difference I found today one would expect in such a short space of time?
Before lunch my reading was 5.2. I had planned a run, so had ministrone soup with two tortilla wraps (90grams Carbs). 2 hours later my reading was 10.7. instead I went for a 45 minute walk (I included a couple of 10-20 second jogs). When I returned from the walk my reading was 4.7.