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Background info:
T1 Diagnosed 5 months ago
Carb Counting: 1:20 at breakfast, 1:10 after 1pm
8 unit of lantus in evening
Still Honeymooning
I came back from a skiing holiday a couple of weeks ago (first time skiing with Diabetes). I was snowboarding for about 8 hours everyday, mostly on red/black/off piste so pretty tiring. I didn't have to take any insulin with breakfast (pan o' choc) or lunch (sausage n chips, pizza etc)! I also had to top myself up with chocolate inbetween meals. I then had to take 1:20 in the evening - normally high carb rice, pasta etc.
I was shocked by how little insulin I was on, and I had better control whilst on holiday than i do normally! (I work in an office, so don't do a whole lot of exercise in a normal day).
It seemed to me like the body is a lot better at controlling it's levels than i am manually. It has obviously lost the ability to do this with its beta cells but still manages very well during exercise.
It was almost like a bit of a break from diabetes - only injecting 2 times a day (still testing quite often tho'). It felt pretty good to 'burn' of the carbs, rather than inject to cover them.
It may just because I am still honeymooning. But I'm going again in March, so fingers crossed
T1 Diagnosed 5 months ago
Carb Counting: 1:20 at breakfast, 1:10 after 1pm
8 unit of lantus in evening
Still Honeymooning
I came back from a skiing holiday a couple of weeks ago (first time skiing with Diabetes). I was snowboarding for about 8 hours everyday, mostly on red/black/off piste so pretty tiring. I didn't have to take any insulin with breakfast (pan o' choc) or lunch (sausage n chips, pizza etc)! I also had to top myself up with chocolate inbetween meals. I then had to take 1:20 in the evening - normally high carb rice, pasta etc.
I was shocked by how little insulin I was on, and I had better control whilst on holiday than i do normally! (I work in an office, so don't do a whole lot of exercise in a normal day).
It seemed to me like the body is a lot better at controlling it's levels than i am manually. It has obviously lost the ability to do this with its beta cells but still manages very well during exercise.
It was almost like a bit of a break from diabetes - only injecting 2 times a day (still testing quite often tho'). It felt pretty good to 'burn' of the carbs, rather than inject to cover them.
It may just because I am still honeymooning. But I'm going again in March, so fingers crossed