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<blockquote data-quote="Sapien" data-source="post: 2074195" data-attributes="member: 507939"><p>I am looking to better control blood sugar without losing weight. I am a bit too thin. I am doing more resistance / weight training and going for more HIIT instead of longer runs. </p><p></p><p>I was really surprised that when I eat carbs before exercise my blood sugar is lower after exercise than when I don’t eat before it. I would have expected to see my blood sugar lower when exercising on an empty stomach. </p><p></p><p>Since I started testing, I have been surprised how high my blood sugar can spike at 30 minutes (once with lot of carbs up to 10.0 (180)!) although it usually comes down rather quickly and at two hours it is usually 5.9 (106) or less. I would like to stay below 6.6 (120) at all times and get my fasting blood sugar back to 4.5 (82) or so. It had been creeping up and was 5.7 (102) on one lab test which is in the pre-diabetic range. The trend wasn’t looking good. The most recent test was 5.1. (92), but I still see readings in the upper 5’s some days testing at home. Most days in the lower 5s. (Home meters aren’t perfect so I try to look more at the trend than the actual reading) </p><p></p><p>I tried going really low carb for a little while but I lost too much weight and it didn’t seem to help lower the fasting blood sugar much. I think it actually raised it a bit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sapien, post: 2074195, member: 507939"] I am looking to better control blood sugar without losing weight. I am a bit too thin. I am doing more resistance / weight training and going for more HIIT instead of longer runs. I was really surprised that when I eat carbs before exercise my blood sugar is lower after exercise than when I don’t eat before it. I would have expected to see my blood sugar lower when exercising on an empty stomach. Since I started testing, I have been surprised how high my blood sugar can spike at 30 minutes (once with lot of carbs up to 10.0 (180)!) although it usually comes down rather quickly and at two hours it is usually 5.9 (106) or less. I would like to stay below 6.6 (120) at all times and get my fasting blood sugar back to 4.5 (82) or so. It had been creeping up and was 5.7 (102) on one lab test which is in the pre-diabetic range. The trend wasn’t looking good. The most recent test was 5.1. (92), but I still see readings in the upper 5’s some days testing at home. Most days in the lower 5s. (Home meters aren’t perfect so I try to look more at the trend than the actual reading) I tried going really low carb for a little while but I lost too much weight and it didn’t seem to help lower the fasting blood sugar much. I think it actually raised it a bit. [/QUOTE]
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