I agree with these other people on BSL and exercise. Last year in the online conference someone spoke about anaerobic exercise to increase BSL which sounded really interesting and I'd like to explore it more.
I did realise for calorie intake (for weight loss) against the blood glucose benefits, I couldn't go past popping a jelly bean or two! They're easy to store in my bag, and when I go up Kincumber Mountain as an unplanned walk with a friend or even just around the block and I start with a "too good" BSL, jelly beans mean I can still take up the exercise opportunity! As someone expressed, exercise is really important, but you can't always adjust basal insulin, or sometimes even rapid insulin, in time to avoid a hypo while exercising. I guess this is just part of me making diabetes fit into my life.
I would be interested to find out what other workable options there are. I'm not an elite athlete and don't want a solution to be so cumbersome that it discourages exercise.
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Rachel
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-08-2021 14:24
From: Live Your Life Community Team
Subject: Members forums - What would you like?
Hi Members,
We are taking cautious, baby steps in organising in person member forums across NSW and ACT as we manage the impacts of COVID restrictions. At the moment, we are looking to have one event prior to Christmas (if possible) with several to follow early in 2022.
These are your member forums and we want to provide you with the opportunity to let us know what you would like to happen at the forums.
Do you have any requests?
Some ideas to get the creative juices flowing are below.
* learn about therapy pets
* Low carb and Low GI eating
* Hear from a researcher
* Learn more about the Type 2 remission study
* Pilates class
* Hear from an optometrist
* A tech session where you can ask questions about specific diabetes products
* Hear from a paramedic
* A fun game like trivia or game show to get you working together with others at your table.
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Live Your Life Community Team
Natasha & Erin
membership@diabetesnsw.com.au
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