- Messages
- 299
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
- Dislikes
- Routine
Thanks Alexandra! It pretty much sums me up, lioness heart and personality, and I *love* lifting.I love your pseudo!
I have a friend at my gym who is T2. When he was diagnosed his GP told him he would soon be on insulin. He was terrified of this, which was somewhat misguided but fortunate, as he was inspired to start training seriously with weights. By the time I met him he was rising 60 but had built himself a terrific physique and amazed his GP with his A1cs. This despite the fact that he is pretty clueless about diet!
I am pre-diabetic, not sure if I am pre-T1 or pre-T2. I train regularly with weights and also run and walk. I have frequently checked my bg before and after exercise and have certainly not seen a rise in bg, but perhaps my exercise is just not vigorous enough! I make sure to eat lots of real-food protein before, after, and even during exercise if I start to feel hungry or tired. I don't eat carbs for exercise, as they raise my bg too much. I am probably consuming <20g carbs daily. I am hoping that my body is gradually getting used to this but it is difficult to tell as I have had a bad few months health-wise which has impacted my training, so I am necessarily weaker than I was before.
Some people find that walking after eating carbs lowers bg, but this has not worked for me.
I am not clear if you have a meter?
I don't have a BG monitor/test kit yet but I'll get one as soon as I'm home on Thursday, ironically I got the call from the Doctor last week but I'm away on a work trip, talk about timing!
You're spot on, I'm building strength but also going for a full body transformation, too. I really need to figure out an optimal training regime that factors in high protein and *some* carbs, especially if today was anything to go by. That was freaky with the dizziness etc, yeesh.
I'll definitely do as Sean suggested too, monitor my BG before and after training, as at the moment I'm working 'blind', so to speak, until I get the monitor. Overall aim is to get back under diabetic range within the 3 months, then go onwards and keep building strength, discipline and consistency.