Managing diabetes and exercise

Hello, I do a little running, body attack classes, kettlebell circuits and boot camp. Occasionally I swim.

Challenges for me lie in exercising enough to get real benefit while neither starting with a sugar too high or finishing with one too low.
I find that I take the insulin I need and make basal rate adjustments before and during exercise.

I have not found a particular type of exercise that gives me quite what I am looking for but like the exercises aImed do.

I use an insulin pump, am 45 with two kids, 10 and 13 and have been diabetic for 34+ years. I would like to loose weight although I am quite fit from regular exercise and busy life.
Interested in ideas and advice,thanks.Rx

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Walkies. About three miles a day in woodland and then there's Tesco and the house etc.

I walk about a lot, with and without shopping to and from home/garden tools to & from the allotment (where I do nothing at all at present.) Also I live up 2 flights of stairs.
I am very thin, which is ok since I have a mild heart condition and don't want to carry more weight than I need to. I'm not as strong as I was a few years ago but at 73 I feel ok asking somebody else to lift that wardrobe etc.
On my walks I have several upward slopes, some severe, which I use as benchmarks and if I struggle a bit I try to figure out why. Could be not exercising enough, could be just a down energy day.
In summer I have cycle routes up to 5 miles with similar benchmarks.
I love being in control (or so I imagine) and enjoy feeling a steady flow of energy since going LCHF.
I used a gym for a while after a hip replacement and hated it. I really only like exercising in a practical way, either working or just enjoying the countryside.