I can almost guarantee I am the only person who stops at the newsstand to pickup a candy bar before going to the gym.
Pre-workout status: BG 150, Zero COB pre-test, Zero IOB, 45g carbs (candy bar)
My workout was a 4 mile run, 1.5 mile stair climb, 20 minutes of lifting to cool down.
For 45g of candy I would generally use 4.5u of insulin, or else my BG would rise by 270+ to 400+ within an hour. However, considering I am using an extremely high basal rate for my current exercise regimen and metabolism my 150 BG would start coming down closer to 100 even without working out. Therefore, I need a pretty big bump in carbs to attack this somewhat intense hour long workout.
Through this hour long workout, my body worked like it had almost 5u of insulin working on that candy bar.
If you see me in the gym walking to the locker room to change and I am eating a candy bar; believe it or not, I am not eating it because I like the taste of chocolate.
