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ydojcod

ydojcod

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Wolverhampton
Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Insulin
Hi. I have just started exercising at the gym and was told by my doctor to sip lucozade. I've started off slow doing 20 mins on the bike and 20 mins on the treadmill burning about 100 calories on each. Have noticed tonight there's 175 calories in half a bottle of lucozade. Surely this is defeating the object??
 
Not if it stops you going hypo @ydojcod.

You could try reducing your previous bolus dose and see if that alone stops your bg levels from dropping low, much will depend on the duration and intensity of the exercise so do test regularly.
 
Thanks for swift reply. I understand it will stop me going hypo but I'm going to the gym to lose weight. Just seems that if I'm only burning 200 calories and I'm drinking 175 of them then its a bit pointless?!
 
ydojcod said:
Thanks for swift reply. I understand it will stop me going hypo but I'm going to the gym to lose weight. Just seems that if I'm only burning 200 calories and I'm drinking 175 of them then its a bit pointless?!
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Try the reduced bolus dose with your meal if exercising within a couple of hours of eating.
 
One of the core points about losing weight is that 90% of it is about what you eat. You really need to make sure you focus on that. The gym just helps make your body more efficient at burning calories, and in reality the best fat burning workouts are High Intensity Interval Training (if you are in a fit state to undertake it) and German Body Composition weight training programmes.
 
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