Sports and Exercise

Have a look at this :
http://www.runsweet.com/Rugby.html

I'm a Granny of 62 and do 4 exercise classes a week, plus walking miles.
I am a T2, so it's not quite your situation, but i would say you should just check in with your medics and start your exercise proramme gently. ( Is there and aquarobics class in your area? Check sugar before and after each session snd keep some lucozade in case you need it.
After all Steve Redgrave is a diabetic. I don't know if T2 or LADA, but he uses insulin.

Hi Marky,

I'm really impressed by your bg numbers before a meal! They're bang on where they would be if you weren't diabetic, so you're obviously doing very well.
Post swimming, your numbers are dropping lower as a result of your insulin receptors being a bit more frisky after exercise. Either dropping your Novorapid dose before your meal, or eating a little more afterwards should smooth that out for you.
If you are snacking afterwards to keep your bg from dropping, I find things like nuts or cheese work well. They won't shoot your bg up too much and they will do a lot more to satisfy your appetite than chocolate or crisps ever would. If your mates have a nut allergy, so much the better! :lol:
Other suggestions might be olives, some roast chicken, celery sticks with a dip, that sort of thing?

All the best,

fergus

No worries Mark.

I keep Dextro Energy tabs handy when I exercise, but I rarely use them in fact. I don't like the idea that we need to have elevated blood sugar levels before we exercise. Non-diabetics don't. I find that if insulin doses are kept low then the tendency to hypo is reduced much more effectively than if bg is higher and more insulin is needed to keep it in control.

fergus