Walking.

[Fleegle]

Hi all - I am once again trying to understand what all the things that impact my blood glucose. I use a Libre freestyle just at the moment to get really informative data in these early stages (diagnosed just a few weeks ago).

So today I had a reasonably large breakfast - all protein and fats - just some tinned tomatoes which did add some sugar as a result but I had less than a qtr of a can. And of course and as expected my BG rose over two hours by a little under 2mmol but it kind of stayed there for over two hours so I decided to do a walk. When I did that my BG went up by a further .5mmol pushing me about 2.3mmol over the original fasting BG.

The BG hovered around these figures the entire time I was walking which was about an hour. And I was mixing up a bit of fast pace and leisurely stroll.

When I got home they dropped like a lead balloon 2 then 2.5 came off within 15-20mins.

Is that normal to see you BG rise so much with brisk walking and is that ok or just as bad as eating?

I have eaten since and my BG doesn't blip at all in fact even after eating it is falling and currently at 4.2 an hour in.
I also find overnight my BG just goes down and down and in the early hours I am dropping below 3 then up a bit then drop again. Again when I woke up according to Libre I was 3.9 but just getting up cleaning my teeth and going downstairs caused it to go up to about 4.8.

Just interested in all of the things that raise my BG and what ones to be really concerned about and what ones are ok.

Thank you

 

[dbr10]

Hi all - I am once again trying to understand what all the things that impact my blood glucose. I use a Libre freestyle just at the moment to get really informative data in these early stages (diagnosed just a few weeks ago).

So today I had a reasonably large breakfast - all protein and fats - just some tinned tomatoes which did add some sugar as a result but I had less than a qtr of a can. And of course and as expected my BG rose over two hours by a little under 2mmol but it kind of stayed there for over two hours so I decided to do a walk. When I did that my BG went up by a further .5mmol pushing me about 2.3mmol over the original fasting BG.

The BG hovered around these figures the entire time I was walking which was about an hour. And I was mixing up a bit of fast pace and leisurely stroll.

When I got home they dropped like a lead balloon 2 then 2.5 came off within 15-20mins.

Is that normal to see you BG rise so much with brisk walking and is that ok or just as bad as eating?

I have eaten since and my BG doesn't blip at all in fact even after eating it is falling and currently at 4.2 an hour in.
I also find overnight my BG just goes down and down and in the early hours I am dropping below 3 then up a bit then drop again. Again when I woke up according to Libre I was 3.9 but just getting up cleaning my teeth and going downstairs caused it to go up to about 4.8.

Just interested in all of the things that raise my BG and what ones to be really concerned about and what ones are ok.

Thank you

Walking would normally lower your BG after a meal. Were you still being affected by the meal perhaps? Strenuous exercise might cause the liver to produce glucose for energy.

 

[Fleegle]

I don't think I was being impacted by the food - but I don't know - all I know is that whilst walking my BG goes up and when I sit and watch tele it goes down. I did start off at a fair pace - and I suppose the high protein nature of the breakfast.

I will try it again when I have not eaten at all. I want to reiterate - when I completed my walk - it dropped rapidly.

 

[jonbvn]

I don't think I was being impacted by the food - but I don't know - all I know is that whilst walking my BG goes up and when I sit and watch tele it goes down. I did start off at a fair pace - and I suppose the high protein nature of the breakfast.

I will try it again when I have not eaten at all. I want to reiterate - when I completed my walk - it dropped rapidly.

It is normal for your BG to increase when you exercise. Your liver is just provding fuel to your muscles.

 

[DCUKMod]

@Fleegle , many find that brisk, or hard exercise leads to an increased blood score, whereas more relaxed walking, like strolling, tends to drop it down. We're all different, but as you have found the rise isn't usually maintained for long.

 

[DavidGrahamJones]

Is that normal to see you BG rise so much with brisk walking and is that ok or just as bad as eating?

Sometimes I think that the FreeStyle Libre, although a wonderful piece of kit, might give us too much information, stuff that we start to try analyse.What you have noticed isn't unusual, I've certainly heard of people's BG rising when exercising and as mentioned it's the liver giving you some glucose for energy.

I also find overnight my BG just goes down and down and in the early hours I am dropping below 3 then up a bit then drop again. Again when I woke up according to Libre I was 3.9 but just getting up cleaning my teeth and going downstairs caused it to go up to about 4.8.

Again, not unusual, the liver puts some glucose into our blood to help us get up.