Diet/Exercise and raised glucose levels

By Kellianna Monday, October 25, 2010

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So after being diagnosed for a year and my medication increased twice, it dawned on me that I need to get serious. I started eating right, watching my carb intake and began a "bootcamp" at a local gym. The result - my blood sugar levels are all over the place...but mostly higher than they have been. How can this be? My medicine increased at the same time I began exercizing and eating right so I thought for sure I was going to be on the right path.

I did some research and found that intense workouts can increase you blood sugar. What I can not find is how to deal with that. My workouts are intense (how could they not be...I had a very sedentary lifestyle.) So I will continue to exercise as I know that is the best for me...but I have to figure out why my sugar levels are the highest I have seen them.

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Gretchen Becker, Health Guide

10/25/10 10:55pm

You didn't say what "eating right" means to you. That could be a factor.

GingerVieira, Health Guide

10/27/10 12:08pm

Good for you for wanting to figure this out! It's important and it can be done.

I've lived with Type 1 for 12 years, and I'm also a record-holding powerlifter. It is VERY NORMAL for certain exercise to raise blood glucose levels because depending on whether you're performing anaerobic or aerobic, your body will actually release glycogen (sugar stored in your muscles) to give your body more fuel. Without the extra insulin, though, that extra glucose just sits in your bloodstream. A non-diabetic's body would produce extra insulin to help cycle that glucose back into the muscles.

If you'd like to chat more about your goals, I am a cognitive health coach and diabetes coach at www.Living-in-Progress.com. I'll also be publishing a book this January that breaks down this process in even more depth and guides you to balancing your blood sugar around it.

And feel free to add me on Facebook! Under "Ginger Vieira."

-Ginger

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