This morning I am risking falling into my old ways as I'm pushing all things health and vital aside for work and other 'not-so-important-in-the-long-run' things... i.e. had too much wine last night... did not go to the gym this morning...hence schedule was starting to fray so forgot my lunch...probably won't get to gym this arvo as I'll be tired....and I have to start work at 6.30am tomorrow (on a Saturday!!!) and won't finish until after the gym is closed....Risking it for sure! BUT I am sneaking 5 minutes out of work...(yes...also an early start today, and as luck would have it, 7am start Monday too!)...I just have to tell you what a change these past two weeks back at the gym have made.
Particularly this week, I have made an effort to go to the gym everyday. That's weights and cardio, as hard as I can for 30-40 minutes and then a good 5-10 minutes of concentrated stretching. Most days I am in and out in 45 minutes, no messing about. My insulin sensitivity has improved immensely: two weeks ago I was bordering on 3units to 10g carbs now I'm about 1 or 1.5units to 10g carbs.
Even better, because of the food choices I'm making, most days this week I haven't had to dose at all during the day. (I'll just remind everyone here that I am on multiple daily injections and take 2 shots of Levemir (10units each), one before breakfast and one after dinner). I feel amazing, a bit tired and achy from the gym, but otherwise amazing. I can not recommend a good exercise regime more highly in the management of Type 1 Diabetes.
I've had a few very minor 'lows' just in the last 24-48 hours (nothing less than 3.5), but nothing that a bit of carbs can't fix, and certainly none that have drove me to that diabetic state of auto pilot where I come round on the couch to find myself surrounded by empty juice boxes, biscuit packets, jelly bean containers and or peanut butter jars... Most importantly though, the lows were because I hadn't thought to consider the fact my insulin sensitivity had altered, until I looked through my diary last night.
The best thing is I'm still taking in around 6000 Kilojoules a day, including: 70-120g carbs, 90 - 120g protein, <70g fat (<30g sat.fat), & 2000mg sodium or less. So it's not a crazy hard strict diet, despite me wanting to loose 4 kg either. It might be nothing new to many diabetics when I say this, but one of the biggest points here is just that I've just been making a really really conscious effort to record everything I eat (Still totally in love with the Easy Diet Diary!) and really think about my choices.
In two weeks I've only lost around 1.5-2kg, while not a huge loss, my body has already changed shape and people are noticing. Now just for the hardest part...sticking to it! No falling back into old habits plus doing a conscious weekly check-in to see what needs to be tweaked.
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