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Exercise and Levemir

Lynz84

Lynz84

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Hi Guys,

Im going back to levemir as toujeo is too erratic with exercise for me. I will be on split dose. Any advice regarding adjustments for exercise? I will be starting kettlebell exercises and am a little wary of hypos!
 
Hi @Lynz84 It really depends on the length and intensity of the exercise, however it's best to use the bum for injections if you're not doing this already to save it being absorbed too quickly.
 
Levemir is nice and reactive to dose adjustments. So on days when you aren't working out you can take your standard levemir dose as normal. On days when you are working out you can reduce your levemir dose to avoid hypos during and after exercise. So you might take a couple of units less, or 10-20% less levemir than usual on the morning of a workout and then a similar reduction in levemir the evening after a workout (to avoid post workout hypos). You need to figure out by your own trial and error how much of a reduction, if any, you need for your exercise. With something like kettlebells, depending on what kind of weight your using and how intense you are going you might find it actually raises your blood sugar. When you are doing anaerobic exercise you release adrenaline which works opposite to insulin so a lot of weight lifters will bolus for their exercise to try and combat the raise it causes.
 
Attached is an extract from the DAFNE handbook which may give you an idea.....
 

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On mdi, I don't adjust basal for excercise but try to have no bolus on board.
 
Thankfully I don't need any meds for my diabetes, but I do go out for walk's on a daily basis & sometimes I go out twice.
 
Paul_Harris said:
Thankfully I don't need any meds for my diabetes, but I do go out for walk's on a daily basis & sometimes I go out twice.
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That's nice. What exactly was your motivation for posting this in the type 1 sub forum? It's an incredibly inappropriate post for the forum and terribly insensitive for this thread.
 
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