Stark Reminder on the value of exercise

Ronin · #1 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 03:46 AM

Hi Everyone!

Today I got a stark reminder of the value of exercise and BG levels. Yesterday was a very busy day, and quite rainy to boot so I bypassed my usual indoor training to just take care of things. Well, this moring I was greeted with an FBG of 115. While that is not the end-of-the-world kind of reading it is a reminder that regular daily exercise does bring down BG levels and even one day of not exercising (without adjusting your diet accordingly) will show up quite fast.

Fortunately the weather for today is predicted to be excellent so I'll be out on the roads (playing in traffic) aboard our Tandem Bicycle and burning up glucose and calories.

morrisma · #2 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 04:49 AM

As a type 1, I'd love to have 115 be bad but I do agree with your assessment. Get out and move! Enjoy the roads but watch out for downed branches!

Mike

xMenace · #3 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by morrisma

I do agree with your assessment.

I do agree in general, but we all should know that tying a single BG reading to any cause is at best a guess. Meter variance, infection, stress from adressing all those tasks, the rainy weather ... who can really say? However, the nature of the beast dictates that we make these conclusions to improve our control.

Ronin · #4 (**permalink**) 05-15-2008, 02:49 AM

Everyone:

Back at it and this morning's reading was 91.

I do have one comment on the issue of meter variance. I have generally found that meters are true-to-themselves. Simply put, if a meter runs low, or high, when compared to lab tests, it generally always runs low or high in the same direction. To be sure new batches of test strips may have an effect but if the quality control is good then the resuts remain within the general direction of the meter in question.

morrisma · #5 (**permalink**) 05-15-2008, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Ronin

... I do have one comment on the issue of meter variance. I have generally found that meters are true-to-themselves. Simply put, if a meter runs low, or high, when compared to lab tests, it generally always runs low or high in the same direction. To be sure new batches of test strips may have an effect but if the quality control is good then the resuts remain within the general direction of the meter in question.

I agree. This is what I've noticed too so it's important to take the meter to the lab when I get blood work done & compare a couple of lots.
Mike