Runners high. And not in a good way.
Just capturing some frustrating evidence here. Like a good girl, I got up early Monday morning and went for a 3o minute run in an attempt to start the week off right. I came home to a love blood sugar of 79, just perfect for a little breakfast and coffee. Things were ok for a while, but soon I watched helplessly as the BG rose, and rose, and rose. By 10am, you can see where I was in the pic below. And that’s with more than one bolus along the way. I know that exercise can throw things off in the BG department, but after-workout highs are especially frustrating - it feels like you’re being punished for doing something good. I feel like this issue is just as frustrating as the opposite: lows during a workout which force you to eat the exact calories you’re trying to burn. These are the moments that make me want to throw my glucose meter out the car windom on the freeway.
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Marcus - good call on both! I have been playing around with leaving my basals untouched and also the small bolus idea, right after the run. I too only have this issue with morning workouts, so I think it has more to do with the liver than anything else (e.g we’re in a fasting state and the liver puts our glucose to get us through the workout). I also try to take Symlin with my breakfast on those to days - Symlin supresses the liver and can help with some of those highs that stick around forever.
Curious what - if anything - you’re doing to your basal rates during your runs. I’ve gotten away from reducing them, particularly with morning runs, because of results like this.
In addition, I usually take a small post workout bolus, but again, only after AM workouts. Never needed for PM workouts.