dafne and exercise

[laurajkelly]

Hi ,
I have recently been reading about the dafne course. I am a type 1 diabetic and it suggests I reduce my insulin dose before exercise if I want to lose weight. It also suggests that I don't exercise if my bm is above 13mmol as it will make my bm go higher. If I reduce my insulin before breakfast, have my breakfast then go to the gym, by the time I get to the gym my bm is too high!! Does anyone else have this problem and how do you deal with it?

LK

 

[lionrampant]

You can technically reduce the insulin enough so it covers your food and no more exactly - but as you've seen yourself it gets tricky.

It's a physical impossibility most of the time. You just have to keep yourself topped up on isotonic lucozade and avoid a hypo.