Hiya!
I was diagnosed a year ago (Jan 2017, happy anniversary to me) with Type 1. I'm 26...
So I've always been really active, however in the past year due to diabetes related complications, I had to cut down on the exercise.
I've started getting back into training again (both running and cycling) and I'm seeing some crazy BG spikes...
I wake up with BG levels of around 6-8, have a bowl of porridge at 7.30am (50g standard oats from Morrisons, with a splash of milk and the rest water), with a few berries and a heaped teaspoon of sugar free peanut butter.
I cycle to work just after breakfast, it's about 30 mins cycling through London, approx 10k. About 15 mins after cycling, my levels are between 15-19 which is absolutely crazy. I haven't had spikes like this before (except obviously in the very very early days)
I inject just before I eat porridge, have tried pre-injecting about 20 mins before, but I end up having a massive hypo by about 11am, literally dropping in a really short space of time.
Just wondering if anyone else is having the same issue with porridge and exercise etc. ??
I have tried switching to protein breakfasts, but porridge is so easy first thing in the morning, it's cheap and it's super filling!! (sorry, bit of a porridge fan as you can probably tell...) I do like eggs, but not first thing in the morning!
Anyone having/had similar issues?
Thank you!!
Becca
I was diagnosed a year ago (Jan 2017, happy anniversary to me) with Type 1. I'm 26...
So I've always been really active, however in the past year due to diabetes related complications, I had to cut down on the exercise.
I've started getting back into training again (both running and cycling) and I'm seeing some crazy BG spikes...
I wake up with BG levels of around 6-8, have a bowl of porridge at 7.30am (50g standard oats from Morrisons, with a splash of milk and the rest water), with a few berries and a heaped teaspoon of sugar free peanut butter.
I cycle to work just after breakfast, it's about 30 mins cycling through London, approx 10k. About 15 mins after cycling, my levels are between 15-19 which is absolutely crazy. I haven't had spikes like this before (except obviously in the very very early days)
I inject just before I eat porridge, have tried pre-injecting about 20 mins before, but I end up having a massive hypo by about 11am, literally dropping in a really short space of time.
Just wondering if anyone else is having the same issue with porridge and exercise etc. ??
I have tried switching to protein breakfasts, but porridge is so easy first thing in the morning, it's cheap and it's super filling!! (sorry, bit of a porridge fan as you can probably tell...) I do like eggs, but not first thing in the morning!
Anyone having/had similar issues?
Thank you!!
Becca