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Lea76

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Hiya

I have recently started doing an hours intense exercise. I checked my bloods just before exercising and I was at 4.9 I thought that was a little low for the amount of exercise i would be doing so ate a choc biscuit (drifter) and had a glass of water. Whilst exercising I started shaking, felt sick and generally "not with it". I thought I had gone low but on checking my blood I was 6.0. It's taken me over an hour to stop shaking and feel normal again
Does anybody know why I felt like this?
Was it the chocolate?

Thank you


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Oooooo not sure Hun but 4.9 would be way too low for me before exercise
Next time you go have a snack I usually have a sandwich take plenty of water with you and some glucose tablets just in case
Sorry I can't be more help


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hi, maybe you pushed yourself to hard, when I see the personal trainer I have to sign the ticket at the end and sometimes I cant even write my name or walk out of the gym, don't know apart from that, I wouldn't eat a drifter though, there are plenty of healthy options for a snack, a drifter is just junk (imho).... yummy though lol
 
Thanks guys. I was with a personal trainer and he does push me hard but I've never felt like that before. I try keep my bloods between 5-6. What do you suggest I do before exercise should I eat about an hour before? What levels should they be before starting??

Can't believe I actually ate chocolate don't know what I was thinking!


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well I assume your type 2 as that's the area you posted this, the lower the better in my opinion, eating an hour or some say 2 hours before exercise is for energy to work as hard as possible during the exercise, type 1`s have to avoid hypos so they must get the numbers right but not so for us type 2`s I exercise as low as possible but then everything I do is as low as possible im making several assumptions here and I could be wrong if you are taking meds that cause hypos but if you are type 2 on metformin like me then don't worry about your bg being too low because it cant be, unless you are in the 2`s I suppose then there are other issues to be concerned about

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Oooooo andy if I go below 4 I start with the shakes
Lower than 3 and I become disorientated
Your just a rebel lol


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Hey Hun
I have a snack about 2 hours before exercise then I know am covered
There are lots of good snacks you can have the choc won't keep you going for long


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oh sorry netty I thought you were type 1, are you on medication that causes hypos? you shouldn't be able to go hypo otherwise apparently, I am often 3.1 to 3.5 without any hypo symptons at all and when ive asked the question folks have told me its impossible for me to go hypo on metformin
 
Netty what snacks do you suggest?

Andy I didn't realise you couldn't go hypo on metformin. I usually get really shaky and irritable when I get in the lower 4's.

Maybe I had a sugar spike due to the chocolate and burnt it off too quick. I hate being sick!


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I am type 2 andy and I can start with a hypo very easily if am not careful
I currently take
4 x 500mg metaformin
1 x 2mg of gliprimide
Daily I think that I find it hard a can't imagine how hard it Is for a T1


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im sorry if im wrong about the hypos, is the gliprimide a hypo causing drug? to say its impossible to go hypo isn't correct lea, I believe a non diabetic can be hypoglycemic if they don't eat, but I have been told (here) that if not eating anything for a period of time isn't the case then in normal circumstances we cant get hypos, we can get false hypos especially if our bg has been high for a long while then recently been brought into normal levels until our bodies adjust, I stopped worrying about being 3.1 because I was told this so would be interested to know it if this is wrong, I don't get symptons from 3.1 to 25 so I wouldn't know what hypos feel like, netty at least type ones can eat bread lol the grass is always greener
 

I eat bread ???? Burgen or granary my DN said it was fine ????
I started taking gliprimide to bring my sugars down as I was so high and the metaformin wasn't enough don't know if it causes hypos am still pretty new to all this andy :-(
I know if I have weetabix it really lowers my sugars and I was having the start of a hypo every time I had it
Maybe am special ? Don't like hypos though it scares me :-(


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Gliprimide can cause hypos. Metformin can't. Even non-diabetics can have hypos though ! As far as exercise, we're all different. I wouldn't work out unless I was at least 7. It also depends what sort of exercise, steady aerobic generally lowers levels, heavy weights, competitions or intense workouts can raise levels. Ideally, whether T1 or T2, testing is key ! A one off shaky feeling can be many things. Not always diabetes related. However you manage things, exercise is extremely important for diabetes complication control.


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I agree Mo exercise is really important good job I love it and always have
Just call me the Zumba queen lol
Thanks for the info on my medication am learning new stuff all the time
Thank you


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hehe, bread is fine im sure, just not for me its too carby for one and gives me sustained higher numbers for two so i dont eat it, but if it dosent affect you its fine especially the breads you are eating, if as it seems you are having hypo meds then what i said dosent apply if some one is only on met then what i said dosent apply because im an idiot who should leave advice to people who have a first clue about the subject lol but im pretty sure the drifter wasnt great hehe


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Hahaha Andy your so witty
But hey we can't always be right can we ?? Well us women can haha


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That made me chuckle ... **** that drifter!

I shall try a different approach next time. At least I won't be doing a repeat of today. Will try eat some more substantial.

Thanks for all the replies x


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its not fair being genetically predisposed to being wrong but then again not mentstrating is all of the sudden making being wrong not seem so bad


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its great that your exercising my bg cant do without it, it makes all the difference so well done you (apart from that dang drifter) lol


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