Diabetes and exercise: When to monitor your blood sugar

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:wave Before you exercise: Check your blood sugar twice

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To avoid swings in your blood sugar, test it 30 minutes before you start and then once again immediately before exercising. This can help you determine if your blood sugar level is stable, rising or falling before you start to exercise. Avoid problems by following these guidelines:

Less than 100 mg/dL? No matter what type of diabetes you have, if your blood sugar is less than 100 mg/dL, eat a small carbohydrate-containing snack such as fruit or crackers before exercising.
100 to 250 (mg/dL)? For most people, this is a safe pre-exercise blood sugar range.
250 mg/dL or higher? Before exercising, test your urine for ketones. If the results show a moderate or high ketone level, don't exercise. Wait until your ketones test indicates a low level. The excess ketones indicate that your body doesn't have enough insulin to control your blood sugar and can lead to ketoacidosis.
300 mg/dL or higher? No matter what type of diabetes you have, don't exercise. You need to bring your blood sugar down before you can safely exercise because you risk an even greater increase in your blood sugar, which can lead to ketoacidosis.

Diabetic coma: When blood sugar extremes aren't treated

http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DA00022

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'THE MORE I LOSE THE MORE I GAIN'

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well now, that would not all apply to Atkins diabetics cause they have ketones in their urine on purpose from Atkins eating and they should have a stable in the normal range blood sugar level because they are controlling their carb intake and following the Atkins WOE. The high stuff is a great warning and hopefully will never apply to our ADBB diabetic memebers.

I'd adjust it to say if your blood sugar level is low for you before you plan to workout eat some Atkins WOE friendly snacks to stablize your blood sugars while you work out and check it again just before you work out to see if it is comning back up to normal for you. and to make sure you are not going to have a blood sugar swing from a preworkout carbload never load carbs before a workout.