How do you avoid lows while exercising? Do you mess with your basals? Do you eat to exercise? Today I came home after lowering my basal for 2 hours and my bgs was 68, so I did not exercise. 
Karen besides using a temp basal that’s lower you could instead when eating before exercising bolus less insulin.
I have done it all, and eveyday is different and overwhelming for me.
Hi karen,
I am curious as to what your doctor says about the lows?
change my basal for exercise, yada, yada, yada, lower my bolus for meals, yada, yada, yada. You are going to have lows with tight control, yada, yada, yada.
Since I started pumping and tighter control, which I thought would help with exercise, it has been worse, not that I would trade my pump in…
I cannot exercise on a bolus. Tonight I went out to eat with my nieces and then we walked the town and I was low when I got home.
I have many issues, very insulin resistant when hormones are raging and then when hormones are calm like today, I have extreme lows with movement.
It is just hard and I know others have these issues as well, thanks for letting me vent.
Are ya glad ya asked??!! 
I am glad I asked. Vent anytime.
I ride my bike to and from work every day (about 20 minutes of fast biking), and I have found that living in a city makes regular exercise much easier and convenient! We don’t own a car, so I walk or bike everywhere. Plus we have a dog (once again - city living means no yard so very frequent doggie walks regardless of the weather!!) so that adds a long morning walk before work and a long evening walk once home. On the weekends my husband and I tend to do lots of hiking, skiing (in the winter) and pretty much any other outdoor sport.
Exercising makes me feel good, besides being crucial for keeping my diabetes under control.
I usually run every other day (on average some 6 km), trying to stick to the same schedule (i.e. run at the same time). On the day in which I don’t run, I cycle (45 minutes). I usually have 1 day off a week.
In the summer, I love hiking while in the winter I try to ski as much as I can (actually, not much, because of work!!).
As I said, exercising is a wonderful way of taking a break from the every-day routine and working stress.
I have a problem with that as well … I have to decrease my basal an hour before exercising, then totally suspend while exercising and for a while after and sometimes I still go low. I’ve been trying to drink gatorade right before and during too which seems to help a little. There are so many times when I do exercise, that I have to cut it short b/c of going low. I understand how frustrating it can be.
I love walking. I d o it 3-4 times a week. It’s great for the BG’s.
Walking and chasing around my oldest granddaughter (at 3 months my youngest is too young to chase around just yet! HA) That’s my form of exersise now but I’ve had to quit alot of my exersise due to lows. But I love walking so that has helped me alot!
Karen yours sounds like mine! I get really upset when I start falling low after eating…Done that a little while back when I was stawing at my grandmothers and I loved it when my cousin and grandmother got on my case about not eating enough!!! " I don’t understand it you ate when we went our to eat. What’s wrong did you not eat enough??" GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
I am blessed to live by the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area here in Ohio. I cycle through the area probably 5 days a week covering 150-250 miles in a week. I love riding my bike and like you said it’s my sanity check, no one around to bother me while being surrounded by nature, rivers and all types of animals!!!
I love taking walks. I also love rollerblading and shooting some hoops. All fun things as long as the weather is nice =)
ahhhhhh, I hate that, that is not the concern and care that I need!!!
It is a crapshoot in my opinion.
Too True! (My opinion olly here) HA!!!
I know that when I exercise on a regular basis, I use way less insulin and have better overall control of my bgl’s. I use a pump, and lower my basal rate a couple of hours before planned exercise, or have myself a carby treat before unplanned exercise. I walk my dogs, golf, garden, ride my bike, and do aerobics (at home with dvds). I’m thinking of adding a regular schedule of weight training, maybe three days per week, for the winter months this year.
Great job everyone! Regular exercise is the KEY to keeping my glucose under control. I find that when I’m dedicating time to the iron, I also make better food choices! When I’m off season, I tend to eat more freely. I also eat 6 or 7 times a day when I’m training for a show, so that makes it less likely that I fall off the wagon…
Exercise has been beneficial to me not just in glucose control. Prior to exercising regularly, my kidneys had started to give up on me. But with regular lifting and close monitoring by my doc, I’ve been able to get those numbers back into high normal range as opposed to trending toward end stage renal failure. I’m actually on a HIGH PROTEIN diet and have found that only amino acid supplements throw my numbers back out of whack. The other natural supplements that I take haven’t made a bit of difference to either my control or my kidney function. Understand, I lift like a maniac and I would not recommend this to anyone with kidney issues. But I approached it with my doctor’s knowledge and consent, and I don’t adjust either diet, exercise or supplements without going over it with her.
I have to ask, does a 45 year old running after a 23 month old and a 31/2 month old count? Also I tend to take those lovely children on looooong walks to tire them out so I can sit down for atleast 20 minutes before I go to sleep!! I get more exercise from getting something for them than I do just walking! I don’t work out b/c of those lows your talking about! By the way these are GRANDCHILDREN I’m talking about here! HA!
Hi Doris,
I would say yes. Sounds like you are pretty active as it is. They say normal activity does not create change, so if you are sustaining good control… congratulations!
Randy