Yeah it takes a few trial and errors but I try to never let it put me off doing it
That computation would mean that at 76 (180-76=104) I could not run at all, nor even walk uphill. As far as I can tell neither running in training nor training with weights raises my bg, but I'll know more when I have had a go with a Libre. Meanwhile, I suspect that when I FEEL very tired, no matter how slowly I walk, my bg goes up.
My understanding is that when you exceed your aerobic threshold, you begin shifting more toward burning only glucose, and so the liver will begin secreting more of it. I believe that this “threshold” (which isn’t actually a ‘line in the sand’ at all) is generally somewhere around 180bpm (beats per minute) minus age. The closer to it, or the further you go above it, the more likely you are to experience a blood glucose spike.
This topic is a practical example of why you’ll see many people refer to “moderate” exercise being ideal for diabetics - anything too much more for too long will raise your glucose level instead of lowering it. Brisk walking and mild resistance training = good. Olympic 400m hurdles = bad.
I am however very sure that there’s far more to it than my simplistic explanation
That's the beauty of Parkrun, you get some folks do it in 16 minutes and others take an hour, but it's friendly and inclusive. I always hang around at the end and encourage othersI try never to race round the park run apart from not having the stamina it’s becau
Well done on your 50th parkrun Bri
It's great running with other T'1s I'm always interested in how their approach is compared to mine. I get more out of helping and encouraging others than I do out of running a personal best i think
No, I am not on insulin. I suspect I am LADA. I am currently eating <7g carbs daily and taking 2g Glucophage but this does not give me normal bgs. My bg tends to rise in the afternoon and evening whether I eat or not. I remain very under-weight despite eating plenty of fat and protein. I often feel very tired straight after eating. My fasting bgs are gradually rising. I think that if my problem were mainly insulin resistance, my VLC diet + maximum dose Glucophage + exercising after meals would cause my bgs, in Jenny Ruhl's words, to "sink like a stone". Sadly, no such thing! I am seeing bgs in the high 5s and even low 6s far more often than I was, and far more often than I like. I see no prospect of ever attaining Dr Bernstein's "truly normal bgs" but I would dearly like to keep to Jenny Ruhl's target of the lower 5s.
Sorry to have upset you. I had given up on posting, but was tempted back out of concern for a fellow parkrunner. I didn't think recommending an interview with the impeccably T1 Dr B could offend. I was hoping that other Dr B enthusiasts might share my delight in this interview, where, among other things, I learned that Dr B sings as a hobby. How the man has time to have hobbies beats me.
