# Basal Rates and Hormones **URL:** \ **Category:** Hormones\ **Created:** [May 31, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/basal-rates-and-hormones/4133 "2018-05-31T12:51:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 28
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/basal-rates-and-hormones/4133/28 "2018-06-26T19:45:32Z")
My personal methodology on tracking needs for basal increases and decreases from another thread: > [@The IOB Predicament... What do you do with a climbing blood sugar prior to starting exercise?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-iob-predicament-what-do-you-do-with-a-climbing-blood-sugar-prior-to-starting-exercise/4259/55): > > One other thing… I have two ways of tracking insulin resistance/sensitivity. (1) I eat the same breakfast everyday. How the bolus performs day after day gives a good indication of when insulin resistance starts to ramp up and by how much. (2) My overnight bg patterning. When it starts to consistently drift up and level somewhere overnight, it’s time to start cranking up temporary basals to deal with the hormone-induced resistance. When it starts drifting up to 160 and staying there overnight,… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/basal-rates-and-hormones/4133)._