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<blockquote data-quote="AdamJames" data-source="post: 1655702" data-attributes="member: 459333"><p>I've been doing all sorts of experiments for the last 3-4 months to a general background of losing weight.</p><p></p><p>One thing I noticed, when I went through a phase of attempted weight maintenance via lots-of-food-but-lots-of-exercise, eating 4,000 calories a day and up to 300g carbs a day, was that, provided I had the carbs just before I went on a very fast 1-hour walk up and down some small hills with a heavy rucksack on, I could get non-diabetic numbers 2 hours after I started eating.</p><p></p><p>But I also noticed that my morning fasting levels crept up over those days, to the point I wasn't happy with. Also, the ability to lower bg levels with immediate exercise eventually diminished drastically.</p><p></p><p>I've since realised, from a similar "phase" but this time much less carbs, that it may be all to do with whether or not I am losing weight through calorie restriction. When losing weight, I have an image of my liver being emptied of glycogen and fat. In that state, I can use exercise to burn off lots of carbs to control spikes, however, when I do that, I am also liable to get carried away with calories and stop losing weight, probably even start gaining weight, so the effect eventually disappears.</p><p></p><p>I will be doing one more experiment: once I get consistent good fasting readings through calorie restriction again (and I have plenty more weight to lose), I'm going to try the carbs-then-exercise thing again, this time making damned sure I'm still overall in significant energy deficit. It may seem a silly experiment, but I'd really like to get a feel for how my body behaves in certain circumstances. I'm hoping to be a lot more active in 2018 so it's good to know these things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AdamJames, post: 1655702, member: 459333"] I've been doing all sorts of experiments for the last 3-4 months to a general background of losing weight. One thing I noticed, when I went through a phase of attempted weight maintenance via lots-of-food-but-lots-of-exercise, eating 4,000 calories a day and up to 300g carbs a day, was that, provided I had the carbs just before I went on a very fast 1-hour walk up and down some small hills with a heavy rucksack on, I could get non-diabetic numbers 2 hours after I started eating. But I also noticed that my morning fasting levels crept up over those days, to the point I wasn't happy with. Also, the ability to lower bg levels with immediate exercise eventually diminished drastically. I've since realised, from a similar "phase" but this time much less carbs, that it may be all to do with whether or not I am losing weight through calorie restriction. When losing weight, I have an image of my liver being emptied of glycogen and fat. In that state, I can use exercise to burn off lots of carbs to control spikes, however, when I do that, I am also liable to get carried away with calories and stop losing weight, probably even start gaining weight, so the effect eventually disappears. I will be doing one more experiment: once I get consistent good fasting readings through calorie restriction again (and I have plenty more weight to lose), I'm going to try the carbs-then-exercise thing again, this time making damned sure I'm still overall in significant energy deficit. It may seem a silly experiment, but I'd really like to get a feel for how my body behaves in certain circumstances. I'm hoping to be a lot more active in 2018 so it's good to know these things. [/QUOTE]
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