DaftThoughts
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone!
I've been doing really good with my bolus and basal regime since the beginning of the month. My diet isn't what it should be, but I am getting a good insight in how my body works with it and the insulin right now, so I am expecting to adjust this in the next 1-2 months without any real issues, budget permitting.
One thing I'm noticing is that my glucose shoots up when I exercise, but most particularly in the morning. The bread I eat in the morning is very fiber rich, so net carbs add up to 10 grams per slice. Two with a carb-free or low carb sandwich topping means I take 2 units of Novorapid. Without exercise within an hour or two after eating, I barely go up 1 or 2 points with this and then drop again.
But if I have to cycle somewhere within an hour or two after eating, my glucose can shoot up to 11 or even 13 afterwards. I'm assuming this is a liver dump in response to the cycling, but I'm not sure how to prevent it from happening. Do I eat a bit more carbs and take the corresponding amount of insulin? Do I inject more insulin than I should for what I eat because I can expect the liver dump?
Maybe the more important question is why the liver feels the need to dump the glucose when I have food and insulin in my system to fuel my muscles as I bike.
Curiously enough, this doesn't happen later in the day after I had lunch. Lunch tends to be almost exactly the same as breakfast, but I definitely end up lowering my glucose levels when I exercise in the afternoon. So no liver dumps then.
Anyone have thoughts or suggestions?
I've been doing really good with my bolus and basal regime since the beginning of the month. My diet isn't what it should be, but I am getting a good insight in how my body works with it and the insulin right now, so I am expecting to adjust this in the next 1-2 months without any real issues, budget permitting.
One thing I'm noticing is that my glucose shoots up when I exercise, but most particularly in the morning. The bread I eat in the morning is very fiber rich, so net carbs add up to 10 grams per slice. Two with a carb-free or low carb sandwich topping means I take 2 units of Novorapid. Without exercise within an hour or two after eating, I barely go up 1 or 2 points with this and then drop again.
But if I have to cycle somewhere within an hour or two after eating, my glucose can shoot up to 11 or even 13 afterwards. I'm assuming this is a liver dump in response to the cycling, but I'm not sure how to prevent it from happening. Do I eat a bit more carbs and take the corresponding amount of insulin? Do I inject more insulin than I should for what I eat because I can expect the liver dump?
Maybe the more important question is why the liver feels the need to dump the glucose when I have food and insulin in my system to fuel my muscles as I bike.
Curiously enough, this doesn't happen later in the day after I had lunch. Lunch tends to be almost exactly the same as breakfast, but I definitely end up lowering my glucose levels when I exercise in the afternoon. So no liver dumps then.
Anyone have thoughts or suggestions?
