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exercise

  1. Northerner

    parkrun diabetes survey for non-parkrunners

    Parkrun organise free, weekly, 5km timed runs around the world, that are open to everyone to take part in. On behalf of the Parkrun Diabetes Champions group a survey has been set up about Parkrun and any possible barriers for people with diabetes to taking part. The survey is aimed at people...
  2. Pet70

    Exercise, cycling, carbs...

    Hi All, It's been a month since I was diagnosed. I am slowly getting to grips with everything (apart from the erratic tendency of my BG levels) and intend on starting to exercise. Before I was diagnosed I cycled quite a bit - up to 60 miles at a time. I need to break back in gently because I...
  3. Lauren8443

    Training for 1/2 marathon ...BS everywhere!

    Hi, I am currently training for a 1/2 marathon and have recently switched to Levemir. I 'think' I have sorted my doses out and am taking split doses of 9u at 9pm and 17u at 7am. Things seem to be going ok...until training. Since running more my night time hypos have come back! Do I reduce my...
  4. robert@fm

    Man cycles frm Land's End to John o'Groats — without leaving home

    No escape from virtual reality. :cool:;)
  5. D

    parkrun

    Anyone else do Park Runs? They're 5k runs in a local park, at the weekends, totally free, and they'll time you and publish results later that day. I've just done my first and it was a great experience. I've been going to the gym for over 6 months and running on the treadmill and mostly can...
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    • exercise fitness parkrun running
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Exercise/Sport
  6. Northerner

    The enzyme that makes physical activity healthy: AMPK

    Physical activity benefits diabetics and others with insulin resistance. One of the reasons is that a single bout of physical activity increases the effectiveness of insulin. Thus, physical activity helps to reduce the risk of developing diabetes, while also reducing the effects of diabetes if...
  7. V

    Pre-diabetic: I want to do something positive about it

    I am going to try to prevent, and reverse, my slide towards Type 2 diabetes. I have been impressed, in the past, with Dr Michael Mosley's programmes on TV about health. Just been told I am pre-diabetic by my GP. So I want to take control and fight this, instead of taking tablets. This means...
  8. L

    Coping techniques.

    Being type 2 and being under a lot of stress due to where I live, I am struggling to maintain a monitoring schedule. I bought all the equipment, but just haven't gotten around to trying them out. One problem is I am a night person, and so never sure when would be the right time to test with a...
  9. R

    Don't you just hate it when the goalposts move!

    All last week I discovered that my established rules for coping with exercise were failing. Until then I had always experienced significant falls in my blood glucose after cycling to work, so had reduced my pre breakfast bolus and reserved some of my lunch to eat without a bolus just before the...
  10. fitfirst30

    Crossfit and Diabetes

    Hi Guys My name is Ant and I am an active diabetic. Let me tell you about what I did, having travelled alot for work I found it difficult to train, I had gotten out of shape and unfit, so I seen an info-advert for Insanity. Having had enough I completed it after a few false starts. I really...
  11. R

    Adjusting basal for exercise

    The instructions that came with my pump said that I should only adjust my basal for exercise of more than 45 minutes' duration. Since I never exercise for that length of time, the only exercise for which I adjust my basal is swimming, because I have to take the pump off. Over the past few...
  12. M

    diagnosed 10 days ago, my journey begins....

    Hello everybody, great to see such energy and enthusiasm invested in this difficult modern disease, its clearly at epidemic levels and frankly I have wondered if the contagion could really gave reached these levels. Ironically I'm now diagnosed as Type 2 myself. My first investigations into Type...
  13. SlowRunner

    Unexpected exercise!

    Well, not entirely unexpected. I decided to go for a little run 1 hour after lunch with it being a nice day. Tested BS, was a robust 6.9 - good to go. The intention was to do maybe 40 - 45 mins gentle paced run... But it was such a nice day I got a bit carried away!! 2 hours & 15 minutes later...
  14. L

    Hypers and hypos.

    Needing some knowledge on these matters. Under a lot of stress here, so tend to rest during the daytime, on and off, and use the night time, quieter then, to make some progress in my life. Been feeling quite lethargic, exhausted really, for some time now, really slowing me down, thirsty...
    • Lydia1960
    • Thread
    • daytime exercise hyper knowledge lethargy monitoring nighttime passing urine stress thristy
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: General Message Board
  15. Northerner

    Intensive exercise with intervals 'more effective'

    Short bursts of intensive exercise provide a more "time-efficient" and realistic way of preventing, delaying and managing Type 2 diabetes and also losing weight, a study has found. Small amounts of vigorous activity in quick successions are more "effective" compared to longer forms of exercise...
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