Type 1 Diabetes and exercise

[jamiejones10]

Hi,

I've had type 1 diabetes a couple of months now and have managed to maintain good glucose control.
However, I haven't started back at the gym or playing football yet.
I usually do 20-30 minutes cardio and 30 minutes weight training and play a 90 minute football match once a week.
I wondered if anyone had any advice with regards to how I should go about re-introducing my two passions back into my life,
any advice whatsoever would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[TorqPenderloin]

My suggestion is to ease back into things and test very frequently so you can get an idea of how your levels are affected by each type of exercise.

-Generally, we're more sensitive to insulin when working out and most people have to adjust their insulin accordingly before exercise.
-Many people also find that certain types of exercise may cause them to spike at the beginning of a workout while other types of exercise may not cause initial spikes.
-Consistency is very important in my opinion. To avoid frustration, you don't want to reintroduce EVERYTHING all at once because there will be times when you go high/low. Eventually, when you get a better fell of things, you can get back to 100%, but ease back into it.

 

[MikePea]

Sounds like very good advice. One gets a lot of that here.