I was wondering if there are any people here with diabetes. Right now I am trying to get to 1/2/3/4, and i am currently at 1/2/2.5/3. Am 24 years old, had have had diabetes since I was 13. Current stats are 5'11" (lolmanlet) and 185 lbs.
Often I get a hypo in the end of my workouts. Most workouts are 60 to 90 minutes. I try to counter this by eating some carbs like bread or rice before the workout. But I don't really like this. my sugars often peak. They go from normal -> too high -> too low during the workout.
Do you have any tips for people with diabetes type 1 who are trying to become fit? Is there any way to use diabetes to become fitter (since I have a huge amount of insulin avaiable). What is a good diet for someone with diabetes who works out 4 times per week?
My doctor couldn't help me at all. She is a overweight women in her 50's who never did any training in the gym.
Keep an isotonic drink on hand for the end of your workout to keep yourself from going hypo, drink half and see how you fair. Find another doctor in the meantime.
Matthew Garcia
Thanks for your replay. I always have some lemonade with me in case I get to low. But the problem is that when my sugar gets to low I am fucking useless. It takes about 30 minutes until I feel okay again to lift heavy stuff.
Andrew Hill
isn't type 1 very rare, like 5%?
Christopher Nguyen
Yup. I lost the genetic lottery. (Also kinda won, am not dumb and not ugly) Am the only one in my whole family, on both sides, who has diabetes.
Oliver Gutierrez
what does it mean to have diabetis? Can you tell me about it?
Juan Cruz
no expert here but logically wouldn't it be the best idea to drink lemonade throughout the workout?
A sip here and there every couple of minutes. Won't make you peak but you also don't fall too low?
You should try it out and balance it. Also, I know there are at least in my country many places where they research diabetes heavily. Search on the internet and look for institutions like that. They usually offer flyers and such and general infos. If you're lucky maybe they have something like 'workout with diabetes' or just google. Also ask your doctor.
Robert Morales
It means that my body does not produce any insulin at all. Because of that I cannot absorb carbs on my own. So if I eat carbs, and do not inject insulin by blood sugar raises alot and wont come down on its own. I inject insulin in my ass/legs/stomach about 5 à 6 times per day. (breakfast, lunch, dinner, before sleep + usually two more times to correct my sugar or to counter a snack).
I find it quite difficult to live with it, even after all these years. Alot of things influence my blood sugar: sleep, stress, food, sports, sex, temperature. When my sugar is to high I feel like shit and my body gets damaged (nerve endings break down, in the long term eye sight gets worse). When my suger is to low I feel like alot of shit and I can pass out. (luckily only happend once in the last 11 years).
Because my blood suger is always a little off the normal, and generally a bit higher than normal, I recover alot slower. DOMS takes more time to go away and if I have a wound or something (got hit by a car for example) that wound takes longer to heal.
When my sugar is too high or too low I become a grumpy piece of shit. I also lose my focus which doesn't help me since I am in uni at the moment.
I am afraid to do drugs or strong liquor. Only drink regular beer. If I get too drunk I tend to forget that I have diabetes and that is dangerous.
Gavin Murphy
I worked in a clinic that helped ppl with type I diabetes, they were treated with intra-peritoneal pumps. What's your treatment ? What have you tried already ? Change your doc if needed brah. Really try to stay in the normal glycemia range, don't risk no coma nor long-term hyperglycemia issues (retinopathy...) You've got to learn how your own body reacts to manage insulin injection and sugar intake
Oliver Wood
word. Keeping your levels steady is the most important thing. OP had diabetes for over 10 years tho. He should know by now
