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<blockquote data-quote="tomrose" data-source="post: 1860210" data-attributes="member: 488134"><p>Hi Juicyj -</p><p></p><p>As I have mentioned in previous posts I have recently been diagnosed with type 1 and am currently going through the honeymoon period so my levels are easier to manage, so this might not be 100% applicable to you but I thought it might be worthwhile sharing my experience adapting to exercise and a newbie anyway.</p><p></p><p>Prior to diagnosis I ran between 5k-10k 2-3 times a week, played 5 a side football for between 1-2 hours once a week and cycled to work (only a couple of miles each way) Mon-Friday.</p><p></p><p>I have just about got back to this level of exercise 6 weeks after being diagnosed. In regards to insulin, the advice for me was to cut out mealtime insulin for my evening meal after I had done some exercise (9 times out of 10 I exercise between 5pm-7pm). This was because I was on quite a low dose (I am currently not taking anything for any meals).</p><p></p><p>The difficult thing for me has been 1. Finding a way to carry all the stuff I need on a run and 2. Judging how much sugar I need to avoid a hypo. For running I found that a stretchy running belt works well rather than a bum bag to put my meter, phone and back up jelly babies in (<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Belt-Hydration-belt-Great-Medium-29-32Waist/dp/B076P7Y654/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1534419104&sr=8-19&keywords=running+belt" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Belt-Hydration-belt-Great-Medium-29-32Waist/dp/B076P7Y654/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1534419104&sr=8-19&keywords=running+belt</a>). The first couple of exercise sessions I did I used jelly babies to top up my glucose levels, but I found that they were hard to eat whilst running and they gave me a massive spike when I played football (I may have eaten too many)... I have now switched over to Lucozade sport which works really well and I go running with this in one of those hand held bottles.</p><p></p><p>I test before I set off and if my glucose level is under 8 I have been having either a full banana or part of a banana depending on how low it is and then having sips of Lucozade every 15mins or so. I still find that on run (between 30-45mins) even with a banana and some Lucozade I return just above 4mmol/L and have to keep an eye on myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tomrose, post: 1860210, member: 488134"] Hi Juicyj - As I have mentioned in previous posts I have recently been diagnosed with type 1 and am currently going through the honeymoon period so my levels are easier to manage, so this might not be 100% applicable to you but I thought it might be worthwhile sharing my experience adapting to exercise and a newbie anyway. Prior to diagnosis I ran between 5k-10k 2-3 times a week, played 5 a side football for between 1-2 hours once a week and cycled to work (only a couple of miles each way) Mon-Friday. I have just about got back to this level of exercise 6 weeks after being diagnosed. In regards to insulin, the advice for me was to cut out mealtime insulin for my evening meal after I had done some exercise (9 times out of 10 I exercise between 5pm-7pm). This was because I was on quite a low dose (I am currently not taking anything for any meals). The difficult thing for me has been 1. Finding a way to carry all the stuff I need on a run and 2. Judging how much sugar I need to avoid a hypo. For running I found that a stretchy running belt works well rather than a bum bag to put my meter, phone and back up jelly babies in ([URL]https://www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Belt-Hydration-belt-Great-Medium-29-32Waist/dp/B076P7Y654/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1534419104&sr=8-19&keywords=running+belt[/URL]). The first couple of exercise sessions I did I used jelly babies to top up my glucose levels, but I found that they were hard to eat whilst running and they gave me a massive spike when I played football (I may have eaten too many)... I have now switched over to Lucozade sport which works really well and I go running with this in one of those hand held bottles. I test before I set off and if my glucose level is under 8 I have been having either a full banana or part of a banana depending on how low it is and then having sips of Lucozade every 15mins or so. I still find that on run (between 30-45mins) even with a banana and some Lucozade I return just above 4mmol/L and have to keep an eye on myself. [/QUOTE]
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