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<blockquote data-quote="NicoleC1971" data-source="post: 2430198" data-attributes="member: 365308"><p>Hello there.</p><p></p><p>I work in a gym so I am guessing you gave yourself and the staff a bit of a fright?!</p><p>I am assuming you had no other symptoms or any heart disease concerns?</p><p>It could be that the light exercise caused your blood sugars to drop but since you're on no meds this would surprise me? But do check the bg before you start and when you finish just to see a typical reaction. The gym team know that fainting tends to happen when someone has a low bg then overdoes it which is why the Apple Tango was applied.</p><p>My other thought is that this is blood pressure related so it would be worth checking how your body has reacted to your low carb/light exercise lifestyle especially if you are on medications to control it. If you are running low it would be worth either changing meds of if not taking them to add a little extra pink salt to your life to bring your bp up a little. Low bp is a good thing obviously unless it causes you to faint when you get up suddenly (postural hypotension).</p><p>There is no reason to eat before the gym but try it and see if that helps then always do a 5-10 minute gentle warm up.</p><p>Doing the weights is great btw as you will become more insulin sensitive so it will help with long term bg control and lowering of insulin levels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NicoleC1971, post: 2430198, member: 365308"] Hello there. I work in a gym so I am guessing you gave yourself and the staff a bit of a fright?! I am assuming you had no other symptoms or any heart disease concerns? It could be that the light exercise caused your blood sugars to drop but since you're on no meds this would surprise me? But do check the bg before you start and when you finish just to see a typical reaction. The gym team know that fainting tends to happen when someone has a low bg then overdoes it which is why the Apple Tango was applied. My other thought is that this is blood pressure related so it would be worth checking how your body has reacted to your low carb/light exercise lifestyle especially if you are on medications to control it. If you are running low it would be worth either changing meds of if not taking them to add a little extra pink salt to your life to bring your bp up a little. Low bp is a good thing obviously unless it causes you to faint when you get up suddenly (postural hypotension). There is no reason to eat before the gym but try it and see if that helps then always do a 5-10 minute gentle warm up. Doing the weights is great btw as you will become more insulin sensitive so it will help with long term bg control and lowering of insulin levels. [/QUOTE]
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