Exercise is good for you!
Here's a list of suggestions:
- Be sure to check the blood sugar before, and after exercise, regularly. It'd also be very helpful to check one hour before, as well as immediately before exercise, so you can tell which way your sugar is heading!
- Usually, people with four injections a day are taking
insulin lispro (Humalog),
insulin aspart
(NovoLog), or Regular insulin
at mealtime as part of their program.
We suggest that people on
such a program
decrease the dose of insulin
at the meal before the exercise by one-half.
Sometimes the dose of insulin at the following meal also needs to be decreased (depending on the blood sugar level at that time).
- Use the abdomen or buttocks (rather than an extremity that you'll be using during the exercise) for your shot before exercise.
- If your exercise will occur a long time after a meal, be sure to have a snack that's high in carb before starting the exercise.
- Of course, it'd be smart to carry some carbohydrate food with you while exercising, in case you feel like you're starting to crash. And, if it's prolonged exercise, when thirsty, we advise drinking fruit juice or a commercial product like Gatorade, instead of pure water, to help keep the sugar level up.
- For more information about carbohydrate and exercise, look at the discussion on the Internet about
ExCarbs.
- Ideally, it'd also help if your exercise were at the same time every day (though this isn't realistic for most people).
- For more hints about avoiding hypoglycemia related to exercise, look at
How to Protect from Hypoglycemia.
Also see
DIABETES on the WEB: Exercise and Diabetes
DIABETES REGISTRY: Management: Exercise
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