exercise

  1. T

    Exercise

    I'm new here but the libre as handy as it is, it falls off all the time. I am pretty fit and exercise alot an put it just below my shoulder on the fatty bit before triceps It falls of all the time. Help
  2. DianaMC

    Prediabetic Adjustments

    Hello, I've been looking at this forum for a while as a source of support after being told about a month ago that I'm prediabetic. To put this in context - and apologies ahead that this will be quite a long post - I thought I might be at risk (because I have the body type and do have some...
  3. Debandez

    Can Anyone Help Please - Event/meeting 1st September- Birmingham

    DIABETES.CO.UK MEETING/EVENT DATE - SATURDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER (exact times to be confirmed) PLACE – BIRMINGHAM (venue to be announced in the next few days) I'm currently working on putting together a Low Carb High Fat to control blood sugars, regain your health, avoid complications, and perhaps...
  4. ivan 2

    Low Bg

    Type 2 with Insulin.Heart attack in March and 4 stents.Lost 40 lb on low carb diet. Excellent BG control. Within last week very low BG (2.9 - 3.9 two hours after meal). Changed nothing in diet, but far more exercise. Walking 4 hours every day instead of 2. Being away cannot contact my...
  5. E

    What's Wrong With Exercising?

    I was diagnosed a year ago with type 2. For three months, I successfully controlled my diabetes with diet and exercise. Exercising would bring my sugars down - about 20-30 points. Lately though the opposite happens- my sugars spike anywhere from 20-60 points after exercise. I exercise 3-5 times...
  6. ThePenguinPimp

    Article: 'insulin Sensitivity: Why You Can't Blast That Fat For Good!'

    Article: Insulin Sensitivity: Why You Can't Blast That Fat For Good. This may be of wider interest but I've put it in the fitness forum for obvious reasons. https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/insulin-sensitivity-blast-fat-for-good.htm
  7. JustMMB

    Ultra Running

    Hi - i was just browsing looking for some Type 1's that run ultra marathons and couldn't really find any so thought i'd start a thread. I have run a bunch of ultra's up to 50 miles or so and have ambitions to run a 100 miler within the next 12 months. I'm an Omnipod user which is brilliant and i...
  8. ivan 2

    Exercise

    Post coronary with 4 stents. BG well controlled. After 4 months I manage moderate walk 2 hours every day. Is that enough, shall I try more ?
  9. AllieRainbow

    Type 2: Has Anyone Been Referred By Their Health Provider To A Program To Get More Active?

    Has anyone got experience of exercise program referral from their GPs surgery or health provider/practitioner? I am seeing the (non-diabetic) nurse soon to get referred onto our local scheme, which involves group or individual activity programmes over 45 weeks. I only found out about it today...
  10. P

    Exercise Instructors For People With Diabetes

    Afternoon all. I have just joined the forum and hoping someone can offer some advice?? I am a level 3 personal trainer and also a Phase 4 Cardiac rehabilitation instructor. But I would like to start offering exercise classes to people with diabetes. To train cardiac patients I have had to do...
  11. AllieRainbow

    Newly Diagnosed, trying LCHF and exercise.

    Hello, I am Allie, and I was diagnosed with T2 on 27th April 2018. I am very overweight, with most of the fat around my stomach, so if I only looked at the arms and legs I could kid myself that I was OK. That changed when we got wardrobes with mirrored doors. I asked my Doctor for blood tests...
  12. D

    Exercising with Diabetes (any advice???)

    Hi Diabetes family, I am quite a new diabetic at around 6 months since being first diagnosed, I've put my weight back on, currently my normal weight before being struck with diabetes and my b/g levels have been great with my Hba1c dropping from a 146 to a 46 from October to January. Now, I...
  13. Alexandra100

    Training can increase blood volume

    https://trailrunnermag.com/training/increase-your-blood-volume-get-faster.html An interesting article here from "Trail Runner" magazine claiming that by training consistently (over weeks) and preferably adding in some intensity, we can increase the volume of our blood and become faster runners...
  14. TheMiziko

    High exercise sensitivity ?

    Hey guys ! So, I'm currently facing a pretty difficult times with managing any kind of daily activities/exercise and m diabetes. In fact, it's gotten to the point where I can't even wash, or move 3 boxes from my office without my blood sugar suddenly going down. I can confirm it's not due to...
  15. E

    Best CGM for triathlete

    Hi all, My Dr has proposed I try out using a CGM. 3 options put forward are 1. Freestyle Libre 2. Dexcom G5 mobile 3. Medtronic Guardian Connect I have a very active lifestyle, with a lot of cycling as well as running and swimming, >10 hours a week and very vigorous - I sweat buckets...
  16. C

    what type of exercises are best suitable for diabetic person ?

    what type of exercises are the best suitable for diabetic person ?
  17. NewTD2

    What did you do for exercise yesterday?

    I did 30 minutes brisk walking and 1 hour swimming!
  18. jmurphy16

    New to this forum!

    Hi everyone, I'm Jude and I have been Type 1 Diabetic for 6 years now. Trying to really get on top of my diabetes so thought this was a good place to do that. Hope to connect with some Diabetics and learn from them. I try to exercise 3-4 times a week (this tends to cause my Diabetes to act...
  19. P

    Hi Im new From Australia: Diabetes and heart disease

    This is an awesome forum I have been following awhile- its 50 years ahead of diabetes education in Australia! I'm 'diet controlled type 2', in fact my numbers often show I'm 'not diabetic' but the symptoms are still there, I have hypos (two nearly killed me as they are not widely recognised in...
  20. Alexandra100

    Exercise benefits T1s

    https://www.diabetesdaily.com/blog/what-can-exercise-do-for-people-with-type-1-diabetes-534172/