Noticed the new sensor is reading significantly higher than my previous one even after the 24h warm up phase but the graph shapes are the same, and I def feel less hypoglycemic since altering how I work out

As a complete in fairness, the OTC CGM is likely to be more inaccurate for numbers but the trending should be ok. Can't calibrate them like a prescription one, so I'm trying to ignore the exact numbers and compare off trends and body feelings

Also I noticed I did more of a high intensity borderline anaerobic work out today and my sugar spiked, which makes some sense with the cortisol levels for anaerobic stuff. I ate after so hopefully it won't crash and then I'll feel like shit

Yeeeah it kinda feels like that! Ofc there's some short term data and changes that reflect immediately but I'm going to keep using it for a while to see what long term trends will do now haha.

Also legumes like beans are crazy good from what I'm seeing--i feel full, no blood sugar spikes, and generally more stable. Also I moved my exercise earlier in the day because it seemed like I was getting night time hypoglycemia if I exercise later lol. But more beans might've helped too idk

The hard part is everyones body will act differently to exercise and foods, so what I'm seeing may not be as effective for you etc. It's funny reading how some ppls blood sugars react super badly to like, potatoes. Then others are like "potatoes do nothing"

React on my blood sugar. Like I'm a lot more mindful about grabbing the shit candy sitting on the table at work lol. But definitely the biggest thing was helping the exercise part.

Oooh I'm glad it was helpful!! It really isn't the most intuitive and goes against the disordered eating thoughts. Idk if you'd find it helpful for the cost but you can get the OTC glucose monitoring for $50 (cheaper for longer). I definitely find it useful to see in real time too how certain food..

This is really frustrating since I already have to keep the eating disordered thoughts from getting toxic, and micromanaging my nutrition to support fitness kinda reopens some of that BUT it'll be ok and I can redirect it to be healthy

But complexer carbs barely do anything to my sugars and focusing too much on low carb/high protein snacks was not helping my training 🙃

I was eating some banana or whatever fruit on those 60+ min rides but not the 45-60. I also thought with my eating disordered brain that there's no way that I'm not getting enough carbs. If anything I eat too many. Of course reality was simple carbs def not great for blood sugar (duh)

This is sort of counter intuitive because most of the trainers stress carbs mid-workout for 60+ mins cardio. But in reality the advice that 15-30g for every 30 mins of endurance or intense cardio seems accurate. The body can't mobilize fat fast enough into glucose and hypoglycemia harms fitness gain

I thought I just felt kinda shitty after esp long or harder cardio days bc vasodilation is a thing I've struggled with but a blood sugar of 50 is actually Bad woops

I don't expect huge meaningful data right away bc I need to see trends on days I work vs days I don't etc. But I noticed that right away, and it's a huge one I need to fix lol

Thx 😌

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Besides the waking up before dawn part, I look forward to my future rotations