Frustrated with exercising and unpredictable BGs
I need help. I went to work out this AM, I reduced my basal & ate 15g of carb like I'm supposed to and I couldn't even finish my workout with my trainer, I crashed to 56 and my CGMS didn't even go off. So I treated with a Dex liquid glucose shot, which is 15g of carb and waited to drive home. Now my freaking sugar is shooting through the roof and it climbing up past 170. 15g of carb NEVER brings me up this much, WTF? Sometimes I crash, other times I go over 200 for no reason, there is no pattern. Even on days where I do the exact same workout at the same time of day eating the same foods for breakfast and preworkout, I get no consistency. My doc says I am doing all the right things but nothing is working. What else can I try to do?
I am getting tired of trying to do the right thing and work out. My motivation is waning! I appreciate your feedback on things I can try.
I am getting tired of trying to do the right thing and work out. My motivation is waning! I appreciate your feedback on things I can try.
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Permalink Reply by Gerri on -
So frustrating!
Morning exercise sends me soaring. My endo told me Type 1s frequently have this problem because of morning glucagon dumping.
Not what we're supposed to do for cardio, but I'm now sticking to more moderate exercise, stretching, weights, anything but a real work-out. I couldn't stand the highs & lows. I couldn't find a pattern either. I don't have a pump, so even more difficult during exercise.
When correcting lows, I trend carefully during exercise because of rebound highs.
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Permalink Reply by nel on
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And after exercising today I also had to change infusion set...now number HI -er than I like ..is it the 1 ) infusion set , scar tissue or is it the 2 ) exercise ( about 10 k walk finished before noon for my 1/2 marathon training . ) ...who knows . I already have put my Sure-T set else where and given a needle correction ...well folks : ready for my dry red wine .I am trying to stay cool . See my page of how things went this morning .Actually quite OK .
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Permalink Reply by marty peters on -
I like to do a class called Body Combat which is a high intensity aerobic routine for 60 mins. I discovered to prevent bad lows to reduce my basal rate by 90% for an hour before the class starts and return to normal basal rate an hour after the class.
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