Metformin, insulin resistence and half marathon - help please

T1DCarnivoreRunner

jgnatca wrote: »

A resident MFP'er (his name escapes me at the moment) and Type1/Type2 swears by glucotabs. They precisely give you what you need when your sugar is low, so they don't hinder your weight loss efforts on top of that.

I'd add a handful of nuts to my diet the day before the run.

The reason I suggest glucose tablets is because they have a high net carb:calorie ratio. When your blood sugar is low but you don't want to eat so many calories that you take in more calories than you exerted, glucose tablets are most likely to help avoid that situation. They also work faster.

OP, in your case, I suggest bringing your glucometer and glucose tablets for a run. When you feel low, test and then treat if you are low. Do not treat based on your feeling. Here's why: People who are used to having high BG / hyperglycemia (this might describe you) often have false hypoglycemia symptoms when at a normal BG. As BG's are better controlled, that will happen less.

Also, consider prevention. How long will you be running? Test your BG before you run and use trial and error to eat the right number of carbs right beforehand. Keep in mind that carbs are going to raise your BG over the next 5 min. to an hour (more or less depending on the specific carb), proteins take 1-5 hours to metabolize into glucose (and only at 60%), and fat takes so long and converts to glucose so slowly that it is not worth mentioning. So eat protein right before a long run (2-5 hours) or a few hours before a mid-length run (1-2 hrs.). Eat carbs right before any run unless your BG is already high.

jgnatca

Thanks, @midwesterner85 . You know more about your sugar levels than your poor old pancreas.