Comment by karebear1966 on May 17, 2011 at 4:25am

I had to tweak my workouts also. I cant tell you how frustrated I was having to eat a chocolate bar after my workout just so I could drive home.I dont want to eat crap, especially after working out so hard! What I do now that seems to work for me is I drink Glucerna DURING my workout . I has slow releasing carbs that level me out, and I dont have to eat garbage afterwards!

Comment by Brian (bsc) on May 17, 2011 at 5:17am

There are more complex effects related to exercise. I find that exercise causes hormone changes, rise in cortisol and adrenaline leading to blood sugar rises during and after exercise as well as overnight releases of growth hormone. After weightlifting, I'll often have bad case of Darn Phenomenon, probably made worse by the growth hormone. With practice, your body will adjust to the exercise and you will figure out how to manage things. It will get much easier.

Comment by SuFu, Ph.D. on May 17, 2011 at 6:47am

I had to quit working out at night for the same reasons. Now I either go early in the morning or over the lunch hour. It allows me to add extra insulin following the workout to suppress the post-workout spikes and be awake for the latent onset hypoglycaemia that goes along with intense workouts.

I also agree with bsc. The hormonal changes can really mess w/ your BG. Adrenaline can cause it to spike. However, (again like bsc said) it's the overnight hormonal secretions that will really mess with you. Androgens and growth hormones secrete in a circadian rhythm, with max secretion between 2-4 am (on the average). It's a big time adjustment phase to get it all figured out. My basal rates are 20% higher from 0200-0600 than they are for the rest of the day to cover for the GH timing.

Keep it up, once you get going on it and start seeing the results its like a drug. My wife and I were talking about this a couple days ago. For me, exercising is a true addiction. I love it and need to do it. You might not hit that level (i'm borderline obsessive), but it does make you feel good when you're done with a great workout.

Comment by 1type2go on May 18, 2011 at 8:25pm

Hey I'm glad I've spotted you blog Holger.
I just started Back on this road,I've been out of the fitness loop since tearing my rotator cuff four years ago.

Now :I've been taught the greatest tool for replenishing glycogen is honey.In a shake or on it's own and this tip is not for the low carb'r. As for the spikes after peak hi intensity ,this is the time to be blousing to eat and you will not need as much as you think.Muscles will absorb all you can eat backed by a 45min workout.

The other train of thought is to not carb load before so much as to intake 30-50 grams of carb 1\2 hour before, so you burn fat as well as build muscle then at the end of the workout bolus if needed for the High carb protein shake to replenish.

These high carbs and the protein is burned up or SOAKED up by your sponge muscles in no time. I have had to resort to slow sipping a Gatorade YUCK, but it is a great tool to keep on truckin'

All of this is considering the Dawn Phnom and the liver dump I have had to deal with as well.
Donovan

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