Greetings From Arkansas

Welcome Vance!  Good luck in your training!  With wt. loss, type II diabetes usually improves (it improves your insulin resistance) - best of luck - it will be great to get those blood sugars under control!

Greetings, Vance!

Where in Arkansas??? I was born in Jonesboro, but grew up in Little Rock. I moved away at 18 (which wasn't exactly yesterday -more like 1976) and have hardly been back -but I remember it fondly.

Andrea

Welcome Vance, nice to have your here -- you will find lots of support and information here and we are sure glad to have you. You have made a great start and choice for exercise and health.

Welcome to the T-Spot!

Thanks CO,

I hope my blood sugar situation does improve. It certaintly can't hurt !

Andrea,

I live in Marion, Arkansas.

I am only about six miles from downtown Memphis, Tn.

Marion... so not far from Jonesboro, if I remember correctly!

Andrea

HEy...go figure, I have type II also. You are exactly right about the exercise, it's better than using insulin. I am new to triathlons but have done several adventure races. The swimming thing is really a limiter for me but I am improving. What sort of meds are you taking? Are you on insulin?

Stephan,

Oh God ! What am I not on.

I take Glucotrol and Glucaphage. I take Lantis and Humalog for insulin.

Vance,
I was on Regular (short acting) insulin for awhile, but due to the excercise and losing 50 pounds I was taken off the insulin. I only take glucophage and glipizide now. One word of advice form one person with diabetes to another, test often while excersing. I test once before and then once an hour during longer sessions. I also found that there is a pretty slim window with my blood glucose and performance. I do really well when my sugar is between 100 and 130, of course that is just me, experiment on your own. Don't forget to take food with you while working out, especially on the long slow ones. I usually carry some gluco tabs with me, they are fast acting and taste ok. Let me know how you are doing. Have you started training in earnest yet?

Stephan

Stephan,

Glad to hear about that 100 to 130 window. When my blood sugar gets below 100 or 90, I start to get shakey.

I strated my training program tonight. I am following the one where you walk just 10 min to start. Took the wife and the dogs with me. I know it doesn't seem like much, but I know it all build on itself.

You coming off your insulin is great news. I hope the same happens for me. I am sick of all this medicine.

Vance

Welcome to the site and best of luck with your training!!

Kelly