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Pneu

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So a couple of years ago I started on a plan to improve my health... this started with good blood glucose control, then I stopped smoking, then I lost some weight... I am at the stage now where I think to help re-kick start my weight loss and to improve my health in general I need to look at getting more physically active!...

So at the moment my physically activity consists of around 45 mins of walking a day and some time spent doing the garden at the weekends... What I want to do is to use the exercise to help lose weight so I want to try and avoid covering all the exercise with carbs... any ideas on the best way to approach this? I would think maybe 1 - 2 hours 'low intensity' exercise starting an hour after eating where I haven't used rapid acting to cover the meal would be a good place to start?
 
Pneu,

You would need to cut back on the insulin slightly to allow for the exercise, exercise one hour after injecting/eating will result in a hypo unless adjustments are made.

I walk for 1 hour after my evening meal, to allow for this I reduce my bolus dose by around a third but should I forget then I seize the oppertunity to indulge in a medium sized banana.

Nigel
 
I can only offer my experience. My plan was to increase muscle and make my metabolism work harder. I'm an endo/mesomorph, meaning that building muscle and fat comes easy for me - and losing either comes hard. The trouble with bodybuilding is that it increases growth hormones like cortisol and that impacts on insulin sensitivity. So, after a week's research, I have modified my exercise regime to HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). The reason is that the High Intensity period is not long enough to stimulate growth hormones and the enhanced calorie burn continues hours after.

If you've not encountered this, check out these pages at:
http://www.livestrong.com/search/?mode=standard&search=HIIT+diabtetes

The basic idea is that you start off with a 10-minute warmup, go hell for leather for about a minute, ease off for three minutes - repeat four times. Cool down over a final 10 minutes.

Diet and exercise are extremely personal choices. I'm just offering a suggestion.
 
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