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Permalink Reply by Margaret on July 27, 2010 at 6:39am

Hi Tee,
Have you seen a diabetes educator and/or Nutritionist? I have been regularly seeing one who is both a diabetes educator and a Nutritionist. She has helped me to make adjustments to my insulin for different needs including when exercising. I have recently been working out regularly about 3-6 times a week now for 45-60 minutes. She has advised me on how much carbs I need to have eaten prior to exercising based on how long my workout will be and what my blood sugar needs to be also before exercising. Taking insulin right before exercise may also accelerate how fast your bloodsugar will drop, so you have to watch out for that too. I would recommend you meet with a healthcare professional like a diabetes educator (preferrably one who is also a Nutritionist) who can help tailor a plan for your insulin needs and adjustments for days you plan to exercise. I found it very beneficial and think it would be for you as well. Good luck.

Margaret

Permalink Reply by barbraann on August 8, 2010 at 9:21am

It's a very complicated situation trying to balance with MDI. I workout 4 times a week and try to cut my fast insulin back on those days. If you exercise right after eating it will work but if I do it late afternoon it becomes a problem. My Dr. said I could cut my Novolog back up to half at meals. It seems counter productive to workout but have to eat more! I've been cutting back on my lunch insulin or eating very low carbs or no carb at lunch and saving my carb for before I workout later in day. Or I'll cut back on my lunch insulin when I workout at 1pm.