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    Weightlifting and Type 1

    Hi Sam, Congrats on your first post, glad to hear that you are into weightlifing! I'm also into weightlifting - recently completed the stronglifts 5x5 program and the gains from it were incredible. In my first 2 weeks of training, my sugars were all over the place and i would sometimes hypo...
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    Type 1: Extremely high blood sugars after exercising before breakfast

    Really, I thought porridge oats was supposed to be a super food?
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    Type 1: Extremely high blood sugars after exercising before breakfast

    Getting up at 4am sounds tough. Not too sure what you mean by DP?
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    Type 1: Extremely high blood sugars after exercising before breakfast

    Hi All, I thought I would be brave by waking up 30 minutes earlier than I normally do, to squeeze in a workout - as I just cant be bothered to during my lunch break or when I get back home from work. I decided to do a low intensity, 20 minute cycling session on my stationary bike. I checked my...
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    Type 1 Blood pressure really high for 2 weeks now..What do I do??

    Right guys - I had my appointment today, bp was 160/95. My doctor advised that i double my bp medication to 5mg ramipril. Will be monitoring my bp at various times during the day to see how things go
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    Type 1 Blood pressure really high for 2 weeks now..What do I do??

    Thanks for your messages guys - I will let you know the outcome of my doctors appointment on here - @Freema - I will also give the avacados a try and @Energize I will just relax a bit over the weekend.
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    Type 1 Blood pressure really high for 2 weeks now..What do I do??

    Thanks for sending the link - interesting stuff
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    Type 1 Blood pressure really high for 2 weeks now..What do I do??

    Hi Maggie, Thanks for those suggestions. I will give them a try first thing Monday morning - wish me luck :)
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    Type 1 Blood pressure really high for 2 weeks now..What do I do??

    Hi Guys, Its my first post on here... I've been type 1 diabetic now for over 26 years. My control hasn't been that great. At the start of this year (2016) my hba1c was 9% and I have managed to get it down to 8.5% (I'm slowly improving). Hoping to reach 8% soon. For me, I have always struggled...