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<blockquote data-quote="Snapsy" data-source="post: 1090367" data-attributes="member: 265172"><p>Until last April I did nothing, but since then I built up to swimming 800m x 4-5 times a week. Cut down to 600m after starting pump (October), and now I'm in week 2 of the couch to 5k program with the aim of running a local 5k event this summer.</p><p></p><p>Since the start of last week I have been swimming 3 mornings a week, running (walk/run at this early stage, strictly speaking) 3 mornings a week and a long bike ride on 1 day per week. And on both of my rest days I walked for half an hour...... to the pub.</p><p></p><p>And I'm loving it. The exercise, I mean, not just the pub.</p><p></p><p>In terms of a rise in blood glucose - the swimming makes me go up for 2 hours afterwards, the running (only half an hour, half walking half running) keeps me very stable, and cycling makes me just crash. I'm type 1 on a pump (I notice you're type 2) so I can tweak my insulin to try to match my peaks and troughs. That's the theory, anyway, although I'm still trying to get my head around it.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line, though? Exercising, when carried out safely and appropriate to ability, is, I would say, definitely a good thing. It's a very new part of my life but I'm so glad I do it.</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snapsy, post: 1090367, member: 265172"] Until last April I did nothing, but since then I built up to swimming 800m x 4-5 times a week. Cut down to 600m after starting pump (October), and now I'm in week 2 of the couch to 5k program with the aim of running a local 5k event this summer. Since the start of last week I have been swimming 3 mornings a week, running (walk/run at this early stage, strictly speaking) 3 mornings a week and a long bike ride on 1 day per week. And on both of my rest days I walked for half an hour...... to the pub. And I'm loving it. The exercise, I mean, not just the pub. In terms of a rise in blood glucose - the swimming makes me go up for 2 hours afterwards, the running (only half an hour, half walking half running) keeps me very stable, and cycling makes me just crash. I'm type 1 on a pump (I notice you're type 2) so I can tweak my insulin to try to match my peaks and troughs. That's the theory, anyway, although I'm still trying to get my head around it. Bottom line, though? Exercising, when carried out safely and appropriate to ability, is, I would say, definitely a good thing. It's a very new part of my life but I'm so glad I do it. :) [/QUOTE]
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