Dory
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Hi guys, just back now from Loughborough now and sad to be home!!
This weekend was the best weekend I've ever had! for a few reasons:
1. value for money in terms of the one to one advice from Alistair Lumb and Ian Gallan: so, SO helpful in terms of advice on what was likely to happen to bG during different types of exercise (aerobic, anaerobic, resistance, HIIT) so how we should consider altering our basals, suggestions for how to counter a post exercise hyper, etc etc
2. value for money in terms of the location (ie the place we stayed): it really was excellent and for the food alone I'd go back. We had so much to choose from at every meal, the rooms were perfectly suitable for needs and of course there was the gym which we were allowed to use as well 🙂
3. course content: BRILLIANT. not only did we get the advice from experts (invaluable) but also there was a good variety of workshop activities so I wa able to see just how differently my body reacted to different exercise - eg during a spin class, with a 70% basal reduction my bG remained stable at 6.0, yet a 70% reduction in bootcamp (think kettebell lifts, squats, lunges, skipping rope, ab crunches, basically resistance work) saw me rise from 7.0 to 9.0! I did a spin class (1st time and I'm now HOOKED!), then bootcamp, then badminton and after the day finished I went for a little 2.5k run in the gym so felt pretty amazed at how much I was able to do. We had a group rounders game this morning which was so fun too. The guest speakers were interesting too: Ironmen, triathletes, etc.
4. the chance to really get to know other T1s and realise that I shouldn't be so hard on myself! I was initially annoyed that my bG had risen 2.0mmol during bootcamp, but then was listening to others who had risen from 8.0 to 13.0, 15.0 and even 18.0 in one case!
All in all this weekend has been invaluable in terms of advice on how to change my regime to cope with the different exercise I do. Simply brilliant and i'll certainly be putting my name down for next year's too (whether I'll get a spot is questionable!). If anyone's got any questions I'll do my best to answer!! 🙂
This weekend was the best weekend I've ever had! for a few reasons:
1. value for money in terms of the one to one advice from Alistair Lumb and Ian Gallan: so, SO helpful in terms of advice on what was likely to happen to bG during different types of exercise (aerobic, anaerobic, resistance, HIIT) so how we should consider altering our basals, suggestions for how to counter a post exercise hyper, etc etc
2. value for money in terms of the location (ie the place we stayed): it really was excellent and for the food alone I'd go back. We had so much to choose from at every meal, the rooms were perfectly suitable for needs and of course there was the gym which we were allowed to use as well 🙂
3. course content: BRILLIANT. not only did we get the advice from experts (invaluable) but also there was a good variety of workshop activities so I wa able to see just how differently my body reacted to different exercise - eg during a spin class, with a 70% basal reduction my bG remained stable at 6.0, yet a 70% reduction in bootcamp (think kettebell lifts, squats, lunges, skipping rope, ab crunches, basically resistance work) saw me rise from 7.0 to 9.0! I did a spin class (1st time and I'm now HOOKED!), then bootcamp, then badminton and after the day finished I went for a little 2.5k run in the gym so felt pretty amazed at how much I was able to do. We had a group rounders game this morning which was so fun too. The guest speakers were interesting too: Ironmen, triathletes, etc.
4. the chance to really get to know other T1s and realise that I shouldn't be so hard on myself! I was initially annoyed that my bG had risen 2.0mmol during bootcamp, but then was listening to others who had risen from 8.0 to 13.0, 15.0 and even 18.0 in one case!
All in all this weekend has been invaluable in terms of advice on how to change my regime to cope with the different exercise I do. Simply brilliant and i'll certainly be putting my name down for next year's too (whether I'll get a spot is questionable!). If anyone's got any questions I'll do my best to answer!! 🙂
