ratio for snacks

11 posts, 4 contributors

June 28, 2011 10:59

JayBee DAFNE Graduate
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 587 posts

Thanks for replying Carolin.

Carolin said:
OK, snacking for exercise is another matter

I'd refer you back to your course handbook for this, but generally we recommend if you're doing exercise you need to start with a BG above 7mmol/l, therefore if you're below 7 you need to take on extra CPs. How much you need will depend on the intensity & duration of the exercise, so if it were something gentle/short-term, just 2 CPs should be enough; something more strenuous you might need 3 CPs. You'd be best to choose a fairly rapid carbohydrate as you'll need the fuel quickly for the exercise.

It's worth considering what insulin you have around too of course, i.e. your last dose of QA or your BI in case either of these is likely to still be having an effect on your BG, or indeed if not, whether you need as many CPs prior to the exercise and/or a small dose of QA to help your body to use the glucose.

Hope this hasn't confused you more JWo?

So, I do go by what my BGs are expected to be, especially if I have injected QA? There's rarely a time when I don't have some QA going on with BI when I'm a fairly active person, so I do keep a lot of the DAFNE exercise rules in mind... I just tend to trip up when it comes to working out what I need to do for certain exercise situations.

For example, when at work... to me, doing lots of standing up and sitting down, walking from one end of the reception area to the other, or just pulling my work chair from side to side to retrieve money from a very close drawer seems like the equivilent of doing a gentle stroll... however, my body tells me otherwise by hypoing (sometimes even after taking off for exercise!).

With me being active, it does make working out my doses very frustrating... so I wanted to ask to check to see if it'd help straighten things out for me just a little bit! ^_^;