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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 527103" data-source="post: 2342174">[USER=533834]@HomerSimpson[/USER] unfortunately, as we are all different and do different jobs and have different lifestyles, much of or diabetes management tends to involve a bit of trial and error to find out what works for us. Like others my job is desk based but when not at my desk working, I am very active so understand your quandary. When I do something like go for a day hike with a lunch/picnic in the middle, I will still take my bolus with my meal but will take less than normal. If my ratio was 1 unit of insulin to 10g carbs, I would change it to 1 unit of insulin to 15g carbs (which is the same as taking 2/3 of the amount of insulin I would normally take for that meal). This works for me and may be a starting point for you but you are likely to need to tweak it. If you are concerned about having a hypo at work, you could start more conservative (e.g take half as much insulin as you would normally take).Test regularly to see what impact the insulin and food has had and keep hypo treatment with you at all times (you should not need to get back to a staff room when you have a hypo.)Remember, not every day is equal. You may be more active one day and less the next; you may be stressed one day and partying the next; you my have a sniffle one day and be drinking over night the next; ... If activity effects your blood sugars, you will see differences in your readings. For this reason, unless your blood sugars go very high or your hypo, I would trial a dose for a few days before tweaking.</blockquote>

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