{"id":22453,"date":"2011-11-28T09:03:51","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T14:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=22453"},"modified":"2015-12-29T02:53:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T07:53:00","slug":"know-which-way-youre-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=22453","title":{"rendered":"Know Which Way You&#8217;re Going"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Running.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-22458 lazyload\" title=\"Running\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Running.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>Exercising with diabetes is complicated and although it&#8217;s generally a good thing, it can make diabetes management more difficult (<a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/catherine\/blogs\/type-1-blogs\/a-dirty-diabetic-secret\/21810\/\" target=\"_blank\">Catherine Price attests to this<\/a>)<strong>. <\/strong>ASweetLife&#8217;s resident marathoner, <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/author\/michael\/\">Michael Aviad<\/a>, found a great tip on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypoactive.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hypoactive.org<\/a> that can help prevent exercise-related diabetes problems: test twice. ( Hypoactive, an Australian organization, aims to inspire and enable people with diabetes to live a more physically active lifestyle.\u00a0 Check out their website!)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Michael always says that the most important thing for him to know before he heads out for a long run is which way he&#8217;s going, not geographically speaking, but in terms of blood sugar.\u00a0 Is it stable?\u00a0 Is it about to drop?\u00a0 If you have a CGM, you can see the trend in blood sugar.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t, take Hypoactive&#8217;s advice and test twice before you head out to exercise. \u00a0 Testing once gives you a snapshot of your blood sugar level at a particular moment in time.\u00a0 If you test a second time, you will get a better sense of which way your blood sugar level is going.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exercising with diabetes is complicated and although it&#8217;s generally a good thing, it can make diabetes management more difficult (Catherine Price attests to this). 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