[Ronin]

Hi Everyone:

While I mentioned this incident on the Pre-Diabetes Forum, I also want to mention it on the Exercise Forum because it really belongs here.

On Tuesday Linda and I went out for our daily tandem ride and the weather was perfect for a late fall ride and there was no wind to speak of, so we hammered (made an all-out effort) that resulted in a Personal Record for our 22 mile loop. We went anerobic more than a few times during the ride -- it hurt so good! Yeah, we were beat at the end but feeling good -- tired and hungry, but proud of our accomplishment.

No changes to our eating following the ride but, as you would suspect, the legs were still achy from all the lactic acid that we got from hammering up the hills and grades on the loop. (Yes, I am aware that lactic acid is part of the glucose cycle and causes both the liver and fat cells to release glucose/glycogen into the blood stream.)

Wednesday morning my legs were still a bit sore and stiff and my FBG registed at 128! Ouch, it's never been that high before. However, one hour post breakfast I'm back to 95. So, I'm thinking that the extreme effort that worked the muscles hard had something to do with the higher than normal (normal for me that is) FBG levels.

I do know that Tuesday evening I had to resist some pretty strong hunger sensations to stick to my planned diet for the day but thought that more fat would be consumed. I did drink a lot of water to asuage the hunger feelings.

Just curious to know if anyone else has had a similar experience after a particularly hard workout.