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Exercise and LCHF

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jackthelad69

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I am a type 2 diabetic on Metformin and although I do some exercise walking the dog, I want to go back to the gym. This would mainly be to keep my joints supple into my old age. Haha. I have been following LCHF for 4 months and recall reading that exercise can increase BG. Is this true and if so, how do I combat this rise?
 
Normally I try to answer on things I have tried out on myself or at least firmly believe but I have not been to a gym. I have done a great deal of walking though and it is absolutely magic at getting blood sugars down. Walking your dog should be wonderful exercise if that's what you want to do.

I suppose you could have your dog delivered to the gym at end of session and walk him home. That might do it.
 
Squire Fulwood said:
Normally I try to answer on things I have tried out on myself or at least firmly believe but I have not been to a gym. I have done a great deal of walking though and it is absolutely magic at getting blood sugars down. Walking your dog should be wonderful exercise if that's what you want to do.

I suppose you could have your dog delivered to the gym at end of session and walk him home. That might do it.
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Ha, ha. Great idea about the dog!
 
exercise can raise blood glucose if one get stressed from it by raising adrenaline; then one also raises the the speed the liver converts proteins and reserves into blood glucose,,, but that said of cause initially the body will be stressed from starting fitness again.. it is hardest initially and gets better and better the more fit you get and you´ll not be as stressed out any more sooner you´ll gain energy and have a wellbeing many have lost decades ago while their bodys have decayed..

so well the raise in the short term does not outweigh the great benefit one will get in the longer run..

I love my exercise now, but was really exhausted the first 2-3 month... now I feel so good...

do yourself a favor and do go 3 times a week initially






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Thanks Freema. Seems good advice to me and means I will get better value from my gym subscriptions that I have been paying for the last 6 months and not visiting the gym!!
 
Just my experience. I rejoined the gym in April, and did a few sessions with a trainer as there was an offer on. Now he bases his training around HIIT ( High Intensity Interval Training) and looks at diet/Insulin which is what caught my attention. In the sessions we did virtually no cardio work and focused on free weights (although this does work the heart too). The sessions were fun and he pushed me to a place I didn't want to go, but really needed to. Sure I ached for a few days, but I expected that and I didn't die.

Anyway, since those sessions, and now going to the gym 3 times a week and doing mostly weights, I'm seeing 6's on the meter regularly. Yes, it does rise initially but it soon drops again, and the effect seems to last a few days. The one piece of cardio kit I never thought I'd like and yet do is the rower - it gives a good overall workout and doesn't seem as tedious as bikes or running machines to me. Sometimes I do 5 minutes as a warm up before the weights. Sadly, my diet has slipped in the last 2 weeks so I need to nail that again.
 
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