I think if you are working out so extensively, you body needs more fuel in the way of more carbs to keep up with all the work your muscles are doing. I would increase your carb intake until you get decent glucose levels. I can't tell you how many carbs you should be eating. Maybe a visit with a Registered Dietician will help you determine how many carbs are good for your lifestyle.
Need to adjust net carbs?
Good morning all,
I am new and hope you wouldn't mind answering a question for me. Although I have been diagnosed for three years, I don't totally have a handle yet on what my various blood sugar results mean. I know that between 4-8=feeling great. My doc and naturopath have always coached me to manage through diet, tracking carbs and how I feel. So aside from the first few weeks after diagnosis, I have never tested very often, as I have just gone by feel and my quarterly lab results (I don't know if this is a cardinal sin or not - eak).
Since last August I have been on a diet that restricts me to 30 grams of NET CARBS/DAY. It was prescribed by my naturopath who is himself a Type 1 diabetic. I have been feeling GREAT!
However, now that I have been weight training for the last 6 weeks at 6 days/week, I am worried that my Carb amounts aren't carrying me anymore. The last three days, I have been feeling very low. I have been testing frequently (before meals, 2 hours after, before gym, after gym). I have yet to have a reading over 4.8 in the last 3 days no matter when I test. When I got home from the gym last night I was at 3.8 (had a snack directly before). This a.m. when I woke up I was 4.7
I am on metformin 2x/day at 500mg
What do these numbers mean? Are they okay? Could my feeling low be due to another cause? (Maybe catching a cold?) Or do I need to adjust my net carbs to account for my weight training? (I train intensively)
I feel rather embarassed that I know so little about these numbers...
I am new and hope you wouldn't mind answering a question for me. Although I have been diagnosed for three years, I don't totally have a handle yet on what my various blood sugar results mean. I know that between 4-8=feeling great. My doc and naturopath have always coached me to manage through diet, tracking carbs and how I feel. So aside from the first few weeks after diagnosis, I have never tested very often, as I have just gone by feel and my quarterly lab results (I don't know if this is a cardinal sin or not - eak).
Since last August I have been on a diet that restricts me to 30 grams of NET CARBS/DAY. It was prescribed by my naturopath who is himself a Type 1 diabetic. I have been feeling GREAT!
However, now that I have been weight training for the last 6 weeks at 6 days/week, I am worried that my Carb amounts aren't carrying me anymore. The last three days, I have been feeling very low. I have been testing frequently (before meals, 2 hours after, before gym, after gym). I have yet to have a reading over 4.8 in the last 3 days no matter when I test. When I got home from the gym last night I was at 3.8 (had a snack directly before). This a.m. when I woke up I was 4.7
I am on metformin 2x/day at 500mg
What do these numbers mean? Are they okay? Could my feeling low be due to another cause? (Maybe catching a cold?) Or do I need to adjust my net carbs to account for my weight training? (I train intensively)
I feel rather embarassed that I know so little about these numbers...
