Hello all. Haven't been around much because of personal committment's, but thought I'd run this one by to see some reaction's and get some input.
When I awake in the morning's I normally have a fasting value of between 4.5-5.5 (81-99). I then eat my breakfast which consist of two swedish knacker brood (a rather large quaker each containing 6 carb's) smeared with a low carb cheese spread (contains only 2 carb's p/100gr and I spread it very, very thin) plus a small cup of skimmed milk. (By small, I mean really, really small. About 100ml only containing 5 carb's).
I know most of you are going to disapprove of what I'm about to say and probably flame me big time, but it's the way I am. I smoke small cigarello's and right after my breadfast I smoke one of these.
Once I'm finished with that I put on some sport clothing and go for a 45 minute, really hard/fast bike ride. Been doing this now for over a year.
Two hour's after my breakfast, and after taking my ride, I check my value's and am normally between the 5.6-8.0 (100.8-144).
Now...here's what I need some input on. This morning I was not able to take a bike ride because of incredibly stormy weather and my bad weather clothing was in the wash. So...I decided to grab an umbrella and take a fast 30 minute walk. Worked up quite a good sweat as well.
Again, two hour's after my breakfast and after my walk, I checked my value's and I was
3.6 (64.8)!
My question is: Is a fast 30 minute walk better, as far as exercising goes, than a very hard 45 minute bike ride, or is it on an individual basis?
I intend to do this again tomorrow morning and see if I have the same result's.
My afternoon value's (at 4:15 pm daily) I'm always between 2.8-4.5 (50.4-81). I attribute these value's to the fact that in the afternoon's about and hour and a half after lunch I always go for a one hours hard/fast bike ride and like my morning ride, have been doing this now for over a year.
I watch my diet and have lost 13 kilo's (28.7 lbs) since February of this year making my weight 80 kilo's (176.3 lbs). My intention's are to lose 5 more kilo's (11.02 lbs) and the Dr. will take me off my insuline and med's (so he says).
My HbA1c was:
- March of this year: 7.2
- July of this year: 6.2 and
- my most recent one of last week: 5.8
This time last year my HbA1c was always around the 15-18!!!
My cholesterol is 3.4 and my b/p is 120/80.
So...for the exercise expert's...how would you handle this? Throw away the bike and concentrate on walking very hard twice a day? Keep the bike and walk very hard in the morning and ride very hard in the afternoon or continue riding very hard twice a day as I've been doing writing this new result off as a fluke?
Just to let you know...I'm shooting 12 unit's of Humolog Mix at breakfast along with taking 2mg Amaryl and 8 unit's Humolog Mix at dinner along with taking 2mg Amaryl.
You input and idea's are most valued and appreciated and I look forward to hearing those. BTW...my apology's for this being such a long post but I wanted to provide as much info as I could, and no...I'm not a long-winded southern Baptist preacher.
Take care everyone and
Greeeeetz
