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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jenni_1984" data-source="post: 118658" data-attributes="member: 24589">Thanks for posting this - I didn't know.  I am sometimes tempted to exercise in the morning before taking my insulin, but I've had really high readings after doing this when I've tested.  I - like everyone who has posted - have felt amazing benefits from exercise and am a regular at aerobics classes.  As well as losing weight that really had to go I feel an awful lot more energetic and my general health has benefited.I've found a great 'extra' before exercise is a small milky bar - I had forgotten how much I loved these!  I always have lucozade with me, which is easy as I can leave it at the side.  When I got into running last year it was a nightmare as I had a water bottle to juggle, a bottle of lucozade, house keys...and more often than not 2 dogs!  It never occured to me to invest in energy tablets!!I don't know if anyone else feels like it's trial and error?  Something will work for me one day and then another day I'll get a higher reading or later at night I'll run into hypo.  My 'safe' exercise level is 6.0.  If I get a reading below this then I'll have something to eat and wait until my level comes up before I exercise.  If I go below 6.0 it doesn't take much for me to hypo and I would normally start to feel 'funny' at 5.0.Jenni</blockquote>

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