Hi, I'm a newbie and just joined this forum. Was wondering if someone could shed some light.
I still havent been called by the diabetes clinic and am totally clueless in the interim.
I'm a big fan of a healthy lifestyle. I go to the gym every morning as soon as I wake up for about an hour and a half. Since I do this as soon as I wake I do this on an empty stomach.
My exercises are usually 30 minutes on the stepper, 30 min elliptical and 30 min treadmill, so all aerobic exercises..
Some days I feel like I can run for ever, and other days after 15 minutes on the stepper I feel like I want to crawl back home and get into bed. I have no energy, and have even had bouts of feeling weak and nauseous. I didnt realise that this was due to the diabetes and usually treated this by eating a candy bar or drinking some juice.
Now I guess this is due to low blood sugar, but at the same time I am reluctant to wake at 5:30am, eat and then go to the gym.
I did try to take a litre bottle of water diluted with about 200ml of juice and that seemed to help, but I'm wondering if this is a no-no. Or is there something other than juice I can consider..? Any suggestions/recommendations..? I hope I can find some advice. I never was an active person (would pass out after running two blocks) and have slowly been trying to increase my endurance with a goal of someday doing an entire 26mi marathon. I hate to think that this may ruin my chance of that.
Has a diabetic ever run long distance..? How do they keep from passing out..? I am so curious..!!
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