Exercise & BG levels

Fab. thanks so much
I have just shared my diary with you
When i woke this morning i was 11.. I took 4 QA (scared this was too much but hey ho).. I ran 2.6 miles in around 25 minutes at 6:20am, I had my BI which is levemir at 7:30 and i have now just had my breakfast and my BG was 4.8!!
I do exercise quite often and have been doing this more since i finished DAFNE mid august.
I have 2QA - 1CP , so 2:1 ratio.
I have always had high levels after exercising.

BG Diary

Scary. Your diary looks a lot like mine. :-) Lots of hypos after exercise. :-)

OK, so sounds like things went well today which is great news. I suggest that you keep an eye out for hypos later on today though as exercise tends to lead to hypos for up to 24 hours after exercise.

2.6 miles in 25 minutes is aerobic exercise (actually anything longer than 15 minutes is aerobic exercise), and it is unusual for BGLs to rise during and after aerobic exercise without taking in excess carb, but everybody is different and it sounds like that is what is happening in your case.

I like that you have listed your exercise types in the comments. That is very helpful. Can I suggest that for future exercise sessions, you test just before your exercise as you currently are doing (before any food intake), and then again as soon as you finish? Just select the type as "After Exercise". At the moment it is a bit hard to tell - e.g. Sunday 15/9 you have exercise start at 10.03 and then no test until an hour and half later at 11.33 and I'm pretty sure it didn't take you 90 minutes to run 3 miles. :-) Then I can see if the rise has happened during the exercise or between the exercise ending and the next meal.

Hope that all makes sense.

Warwick.

So I need to test again as soon as I am back from my run or swim? Drives me insane not being able to get it right. I recently dropped my morning bi from 16 to 14 bcos of all those hypos

Well, if you get this part of your insulin dosage right, then you may be able to drop your BI a bit too and avoid some of those hypos.

I've shared my diary with you so you can look and see that you are in no way abnormal. I might even win the prize for most hypos. :-)

I get to see my endo tomorrow morning and I don't think that she will be happy. :-)

So i should leave everything dosage wise as it is for now, But make sure i test straight after my exercise?
Shall i carry on having QA before exercise too?

Leave everything as is for now. Test straight after exercise in addition to all the good things you are currently doing. And yes, it looks like having QA before exercise is working for you, so continue with that.

I'm sure that you already carry jellybeans or the like on your runs, so continue with that in case you take too much QA, but experiment a little until you get it right. By the look of it, you are pretty close to that, and if you are running the same route each time, then you'll be able to work out how much insulin is appropriate depending on your starting BG levels.

I shall try & we shall see
Thanks for all your help )

HI
Warwick: is the guy for exercise knowledge
when I started running especially when I switched to the omnipod2 from MDI I wanted to know what was happing to my BG after exercise.
test before and soon as you finish
all but a small fraction of my tests are around mid 4 when I finish a 10km run, I always carry QA carb with me,
and try and run with a buddy
I don't react on this test,
I test again 15mins later, surprise its 9 or 10
this is the test I correct on.
I've asked sport professionals, doctors what causes this, the answer Adrenalin
The good point is the exercise is working when your body produces this chemical, a bit like a de-toxt clears the system.
I know from experience after a run I feel better my BG are good and over time my insulin intake has drop considerable.

Im still very unsure of where I am going wrong with this, I was away for 1 week so didn;t have much exercise at all and was having to 'guess' my cp's as was on holiday so my BG were a little crazy at times. I can go to sleep on a 5.8 and then i wake on around 12.. Yet other mornings i will wake on 5.5 for example! My levels 9 times out of 10 are high before exercise so i am still taking 3 or 4 units before i run, then i test when im back and often around 10-14, I then correct with my breakfast and am normally okay around lunch time.