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<blockquote data-quote="Juicyj" data-source="post: 1363353" data-attributes="member: 53162"><p>Hi [USER=294253]@Cashers12[/USER] just back from France and have some tips if they help.. I always ski with a bag of jelly babies in the pocket as hypo awareness at altitude is poor, so as soon as I can stop to test I do, generally at the ski lifts. I keep my meter next to my body to keep it warm otherwise my meter gives me an error message. I try to start the day with carbs so bread/porridge to keep my BG levels up, if I'm out all day skiing I reduce my basal by 50%, if just a half day I top up with glucose, so stop for a hot choc mid morning - testing is the key.</p><p></p><p>If I am going to be honest my Bg levels aren't great when skiing, too many adjustments for exercise then eating carbs at night so I have to just take a mental holiday when skiing, I literally just aim to avoid going low so I can ski every day and not get floored with a hypo <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="Juicyj, post: 1363353, member: 53162"] Hi [USER=294253]@Cashers12[/USER] just back from France and have some tips if they help.. I always ski with a bag of jelly babies in the pocket as hypo awareness at altitude is poor, so as soon as I can stop to test I do, generally at the ski lifts. I keep my meter next to my body to keep it warm otherwise my meter gives me an error message. I try to start the day with carbs so bread/porridge to keep my BG levels up, if I'm out all day skiing I reduce my basal by 50%, if just a half day I top up with glucose, so stop for a hot choc mid morning - testing is the key. If I am going to be honest my Bg levels aren't great when skiing, too many adjustments for exercise then eating carbs at night so I have to just take a mental holiday when skiing, I literally just aim to avoid going low so I can ski every day and not get floored with a hypo :) [/QUOTE]
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