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    Need help with breaking a food addiction!

    Re: Need help with breaking a food addiction! Hey cupcake!! I've been a type 1 diabetic for 16 years. I'm also a personal trainer & nutritionist!! Come and chat to me on my Facebook anytime! X www.facebook.com/charlottedobiept
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    Type 1 and exercise issues

    Hi Kate! Before and after working out it is all about complex carbs and slightly reducing your insulin with meal you eat before you workout. Putting your sugars right up with simple sugars (lucozade/jelly babies etc) wont hold without complex carbs (wholegrains). But every diabetic is different...
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    Guys if i stop insulin what will happen ????? Or should i re

    Re: Guys if i stop insulin what will happen ????? Or should - sorry about the awful spelling mistakes!!! Spellcheck!!!!!! But you get the gist!!!
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    Guys if i stop insulin what will happen ????? Or should i re

    Re: Guys if i stop insulin what will happen ????? Or should Sameer, forgive my bluntness, but if you think your insulin is making you sick, stopping taking if will really make you sick!!!!!! You'd morning sugars are high because you need 'more' insulin somewhere during your day!!! TALK TO YOUR...
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    Bodybuilding with Type-1

    Hey!! Im type 1 and a Personal Trainer - Exercise with diabetes is generally just a trial and error thing at first. You need to find out what your body will let you do with regards to your blood sugars. As far as bodybuilding is concerned, lifting heavy weights uses bags of glucose so hypo's are...
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    For Weight Loss, Less Exercise May Be More

    Hey Mike (moakley39) I am a T1 myself but also a personal trainer. COPD patients usually benefit from 20-30mins of cardio exercise 3-5 times a week. Interval training or circuit training may be better, rather than the same exercise for the whole workout. Interval training will also raise your...
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    How can I make my booty bigger?

    Hey Areyanna, I am T1 but also a personal trainer. To make your bum bigger you need to target that specific area. To target your glutes you need Squats and lunges, either with your own body weight which will tone your bum,or with dumbells for added weight - which will slowly build the muscle...