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I am still struggling a little with an addiction to porridge in the morning and justifying it by my now increased fear of having a hypo with exercise.
So this morning I took a few readings to get a handle on what's happening.
Waking level: 6.4
Now that's a little high for me because I wasn't being too careful last night and ate too much.
Then I had a bowl of porridge and went to the pool and tested myself just before I started swimming. This was about 45mins after the porridge.
Before swim: 11.7
Then I swam for 30 mins - not particularly vigorously though today
After swim: 7.9
Then I tested again when I got home (30 mins later)
1hr after high reading: 7.3
So obviously Porridge is not good for me, as it raised my levels 5.3 points. But 30 mins swimming, which is what I do most weekday mornings, drops my levels by 3.8 - which would mean if I'd had bacon and eggs for breakfast and kept my levels in the low 7's, then I'd have been at risk of a hypo.
Modern aquatic science has not developed a way for me to eat porridge whilst swimming, yet. Do I have to find a half-way-house of no carb and then half a banana before a swim or something. What do you think?
S
So this morning I took a few readings to get a handle on what's happening.
Waking level: 6.4
Now that's a little high for me because I wasn't being too careful last night and ate too much.
Then I had a bowl of porridge and went to the pool and tested myself just before I started swimming. This was about 45mins after the porridge.
Before swim: 11.7
Then I swam for 30 mins - not particularly vigorously though today
After swim: 7.9
Then I tested again when I got home (30 mins later)
1hr after high reading: 7.3
So obviously Porridge is not good for me, as it raised my levels 5.3 points. But 30 mins swimming, which is what I do most weekday mornings, drops my levels by 3.8 - which would mean if I'd had bacon and eggs for breakfast and kept my levels in the low 7's, then I'd have been at risk of a hypo.
Modern aquatic science has not developed a way for me to eat porridge whilst swimming, yet. Do I have to find a half-way-house of no carb and then half a banana before a swim or something. What do you think?
S