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<blockquote data-quote="Chickenboy" data-source="post: 1905652" data-attributes="member: 489505"><p>Hi [USER=214632]@James_Donnelly[/USER] . I do a lot of exercise and over time have developed some simple rules that I try and live by. I also suffered quite a lot with rapidly dropping BG but this is an inevitable part of diabetes and exercise. There are some things you can do to improve it however. Time of day is very important. Ideally you wouldn't exercise within 4-5hrs of doing a bolus injection. this is because you will have insulin still left over in the background that will exacerbate it. I tend to find, as [USER=371859]@Al_H[/USER] points out that the morning is the best time to do this. The reason is that you don't have lots of background insulin/food in your system. I can do 2 units of Novorapid and go out for 2-3hrs without having to take on any carbs. Realistically though, most of us try and exercise whenever we can get the chance. For those of us on MDIs, we just need to try and maximise the distance in time from our most recent bolus, or failing that then reduce bolus significantly before exercising. </p><p></p><p>Re: eating toast before exercising. My experience shows that it just doesn't bring up BG quickly enough. I take either OJ or some form of quick acting glucose. I then top it up with glucose tabs/juice to address in BG drops during exercise.</p><p></p><p>Good on you for getting back into exercise. The long game is definitely worth it <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="Chickenboy, post: 1905652, member: 489505"] Hi [USER=214632]@James_Donnelly[/USER] . I do a lot of exercise and over time have developed some simple rules that I try and live by. I also suffered quite a lot with rapidly dropping BG but this is an inevitable part of diabetes and exercise. There are some things you can do to improve it however. Time of day is very important. Ideally you wouldn't exercise within 4-5hrs of doing a bolus injection. this is because you will have insulin still left over in the background that will exacerbate it. I tend to find, as [USER=371859]@Al_H[/USER] points out that the morning is the best time to do this. The reason is that you don't have lots of background insulin/food in your system. I can do 2 units of Novorapid and go out for 2-3hrs without having to take on any carbs. Realistically though, most of us try and exercise whenever we can get the chance. For those of us on MDIs, we just need to try and maximise the distance in time from our most recent bolus, or failing that then reduce bolus significantly before exercising. Re: eating toast before exercising. My experience shows that it just doesn't bring up BG quickly enough. I take either OJ or some form of quick acting glucose. I then top it up with glucose tabs/juice to address in BG drops during exercise. Good on you for getting back into exercise. The long game is definitely worth it :-) [/QUOTE]
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