More activity = higher readings?

[Smiter55]

Type 2 for 30+ years. Apart from a 3 year remission 13 years ago. Metformin 500mg 1 a day, glimepiride 1mg x 1 day was twice but was having night hypos.

I have a libre sensor, and since starting with it, i have felt much more in control.

I'm normally quite sedentary. Don't do a lot of anything. I'm 67 with a heart issue. I've also had bariatric rny surgery in 2009.

However, I have come to notice something which, to me, seems super odd. Twice in the last week, I've been quite busy preparing my caravan and car for a weekend away . On Saturday I had my breakfast at around 9.30 am. Had no other food, just drinks of black tea with no sugar, till about 9pm. During that time, after the letdown after my breakfast, my levels went between 7 and 10.2 all day. When I ate, they went really high because it obviously started quite high.

Today, I've again eaten nothing since breakfast, and my blood has been the same, staying between 8 and 10 with no input.

Now I know about the morning thing. My blood goes down to about 4 in my sleep, then sneaks up to 7+ before I get up

But why is it the more I do, the more my sugar stays high? My conclusion is that my liver is made of sugar and pushes it into my system in bucket loads

Screenshot of Saturdays and todays chart for info.

 

[nutribolt]

Well when we exercise the blood glucose does go high because brain sends signal to Liver asking for more energy... now that signal does vary based on an individual's normal activity level and brain will send such signal only when the threshold is met and that threshold will be fairly high for someone very athletic and low for others to varying degrees.

If I were to see such spikes for the activities you have mentioned, I would take it as a call to action and try incorporating more activity in my daily schedule.

As a side note, Dawn Phenomena is a pain but if you can go for a 45 minute morning walk, the effects will over time be less pronounced ans hopefully will stay in single digits.