{"id":32350,"date":"2013-04-09T05:18:28","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T09:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=32350"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:44:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:44:19","slug":"the-highs-and-lows-of-carb-loading-with-diabetes-the-day-before-a-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=32350","title":{"rendered":"The Highs And Lows Of Carb Loading With Diabetes The Day Before A Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Friday morning Jessica and I said goodbye to the kids and headed out for the airport on our way to Milan. I was on my way to run the Milan City Marathon and Jessica was on her way to make sure I was okay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We arrived Friday night, checked in to our hotel and went out to eat. We enjoyed a good bottle of wine and a relatively low carb dinner (I ate a steak), went back to our hotel and went to sleep early.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Saturday, the day before the marathon was supposed to be an easy day of relative rest. I had to go to the Marathon Expo to pick up my bib and chip and I planned on eating a carby lunch. Then I thought I would hang out in the hotel reading and resting my legs before the run.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We woke up at around 9:00 \u2013 very late for us &#8211; and headed to the expo at about 10:00, a mile walk from the hotel. The Expo was crowded but fun. There were stands for all kind of organizations and companies from Mizzuno running shoes to Rio tuna fish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milan-Rio-Tuna-at-the-Marathon-Expo.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-32354 alignright lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milan-Rio-Tuna-at-the-Marathon-Expo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"336\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milan-Rio-Tuna-at-the-Marathon-Expo.jpg 360w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milan-Rio-Tuna-at-the-Marathon-Expo-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While at the Expo I got a call from some of my friends who were also in Milan for the marathon. I told them I would drop by their hotel on my way back. I thought their hotel was right on the way back to our hotel but we ended up walking a good 2 miles \u2013 much more than I\u2019d intended on the day I was supposed to be taking it very easy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For lunch we went to a nice trattoria and although I don&#8217;t usually eat pizza or pasta, I decided it was the <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/michael\/blogs\/exercise-blogs\/what-to-eat-when-traveling-with-diabetes-to-run-a-marathon\/32314\/\" target=\"_blank\">right thing to do before the marathon<\/a>, and ate both.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The food was fantastic; I had forgotten how good real Italian food was. I bolused way more than I\u2019m used to, hoping my blood sugar wouldn&#8217;t go crazy high.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At first my blood sugar seemed to be fine.\u00a0 It went up to 250, and I was happy it didn\u2019t go much higher than that, thinking <em>hey this pasta and pizza thing is totally doable<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">But then my BG got stuck.\u00a0 It didn&#8217;t come down from 250. I bolused a few more times correcting with the \u201cwizard\u201d on my pump. I went back to the room to rest, while Jess stayed out to walk around and look around the shops (we were in Milan, after all).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I spent an hour or so in the room nervous about the marathon and my blood sugar that seemed to not want to come down from the 220s. Then called Jess and told her I needed to go out for a walk.\u00a0 We met outside and walked towards the Duomo, a very short distance from our hotel. On the way we saw the Ferrari store (not the car dealership), Jess wanted to go in and see if we could find a toy car for the kids, I was grumpy but agreed to go in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milano-Ferrari-Store.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32351 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milano-Ferrari-Store.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"378\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milano-Ferrari-Store.jpg 600w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milano-Ferrari-Store-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milano-Ferrari-Store-240x150.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We walked in and were assaulted by loud, annoying music. I instantly hated the place and insisted we leave.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">When we got out I still felt terrible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWait,\u201d I said to Jess. \u201cI better test my blood sugar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It was 60.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cLet\u2019s go across the street and get you something to eat,\u201d Jess suggested, pointing at a not very nice looking caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cNo,\u201d I said. \u00a0\u201cLet\u2019s find something nicer,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cYou need something now,\u201d Jess said. She took my hand and started towards the caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Understanding she was correct I let her lead me to caf\u00e9 where I chose a raspberry tart. It tasted so sweet. I couldn&#8217;t believe it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milano-City-Marathon-Tart1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32353 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milano-City-Marathon-Tart1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"448\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milano-City-Marathon-Tart1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milano-City-Marathon-Tart1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The tart did the trick and my blood sugar shot up. It also gave me heartburn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milan-City-Marathon-Getting-Ready.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-32358 lazyload\" style=\"border-color: #bbbbbb;margin-top: 0.4em;background-color: #eeeeee\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milan-City-Marathon-Getting-Ready-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milan-City-Marathon-Getting-Ready-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milan-City-Marathon-Getting-Ready-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milan-City-Marathon-Getting-Ready-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milan-City-Marathon-Getting-Ready-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milan-City-Marathon-Getting-Ready-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Milan-City-Marathon-Getting-Ready.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We walked to the Duomo but once we got a decent glimpse of it I asked Jess if we could go back to the hotel. \u00a0I felt like shit. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We had an early dinner. I ate chicken. No carbs, no veggies and no sauces. Then I prepared my things for the marathon and went to bed early setting alarms to check my blood sugar.\u00a0 Jess asked for wake up calls throughout the night as backup.\u00a0 She answered them and then woke me to check my BG.\u00a0 Between my alarms and the phone calls, we didn\u2019t get a whole lot of sleep.\u00a0\u00a0 But Jess did say that a cheerful call from an Italian in the middle of the night is much nicer than a blaring alarm.\u00a0 In fact, she didn\u2019t mind being awakened all that much.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Coming soon: <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/michael\/blogs\/exercise-blogs\/7-not-a-charm-running-the-milano-city-marathon-with-diabetes\/32391\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marathon Morning.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":32358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Carb Loading With Diabetes The Day Before A Marathon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On Friday morning Jessica and I headed out for the airport on our way to Milan. 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