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Originally Posted by Lizzie G

exercise can give me that kind of drop without the bolus. in fact, i have found that when training intensively and starting with a high BG i feel amazing the entire workout whilst coming back down to earth. eg yesterday. after a day of oatmeal for breakfast, oatcakes and salad for lunch and BGs around 5-6 i had a mars bar at 4pm (no bolus) and at 6 started swimming with BG 13.6. i swam 180 lengths (4.5km) in 1.5 hours, felt strong and amazing the whole way through and finished with a 4.8. I have tried so many different ways of handling this kind of exercise, but this works great for my body, doing the whole 'start at 8 pop the glucotabs' thing really doesnt work for me strength and energy wise!

Yeah!! , I do that too. I even look at the BG meter and see that I have enough BG to burn and I will go and do some brushcutting in the back of my property so had 10.7 / 192.6 to start with and after I have 5.4 / 97.2 so I may skip the bolus and just take the bike for a ride instead.