Two hours after breakfast this morning (around 7:30), my BG was 96. About 9:45, I got hungry, and decided to eat something (practice group lunch later today, at 1:30–no way I was going to make that without sustenance). I walked downstairs and grabbed an egg, sausage, and cheese cup from the sandwich place (they make it without a bagel for me, and give me an extra egg).
I decided to walk back up to my office, on the 24th floor. When I got there, my BG was 120. Usually, I only measure my post-exercise blood sugar after a half-hour bike ride, and the exercise takes my BGs down. This is the first time I’ve seen a post-exercise rise in BG. (Of course, this is exactly why Dr. Bernstein says that he’d rather have his patients run a mile than run a block to catch a bus.)
45 minutes later–and after eating my snack–BG is down to 110. I guess I will continue to climb the stairs (I like the benefits to my cardiovascular health), but I will probably try waiting until later in the day, when my BGs tend to run lower anyways.