TV Commercials

[Aftiel]

In my area, they run a LOT of diabetes related commercials on television.

The one that really gets me is the guy playing basketball - sweating and running around - then measuring his BG -- 104.

Personally, if I played basketball at 104 I would be 50 ab out 10 minutes later.

I realize the idea is to show that diabetics can do everything and still maintain good control - however if someone is newly diabnosed, this might be a bit misleading.

"ok, my BG is 87 - let's go for that 10-mile run."

That would be instant hypo for me.

Can any of you all do massive cardio execercise with a starting BG of 100 and maintain that without a hypo?

If you can you are my Hero.

- Aftiel

[duck]

I could do a weight-lifting workout starting out at 104, and assuming it was less than an hour, I probably could be fine by the time I am done. If it was any kind of a cardo workout, including basketball, I'd need some gatorade.

Dude could have been playing bball for three hours or something...Maybe he started high two hours ago and worked his way down to 104?

LOL

[amccrazgrl]

I see that commercial all the time.
I hate the one w/ the Quaker Oat guys says i have diabeeetis. its not the right way u dumb fok lol

[duck]

I see that commercial all the time.
I hate the one w/ the Quaker Oat guys says i have diabeeetis. its not the right way u dumb fok lol

I thought he said he has Dy-a-beet-uhs?

[Valarie34]

Are you talking about the old man who used to be on "Our House"? He kinda bugs me too.:laugh:

[amccrazgrl]

I thought he said he has Dy-a-beet-uhs?

yeah thats what i meant
and that phone number is my number but different lol

[jen_slc]

Can any of you all do massive cardio execercise with a starting BG of 100 and maintain that without a hypo?

If you can you are my Hero. Yes, I can maintain 100 without a hypo but only because exercise increases my bg - by the end of my session I'll be 200, lol! I wish I was like you Aftiel, I have to bolus every time I exercise. :aetsch:

[lelggren]

Oh, I totally understand! I know that commercial. I think that it is by Accu-chek. Exercise makes me drop fast and huge! I did the treadmill for like 15 minutes last week, and I started out at 240 and was 148 by the time I was done. I think that if I was the accu-chek commercial guy, well, I would have fainted on the set of the commercial...lol

[stella117]

My problem is working out and not having my levels spike. I drop for moderate workouts (yoga) but am having a tough time not spiking for my cardio/weight routine. :(

[jeggeman31]

I thought he said he has Dy-a-beet-uhs?


I hate that commercial the most:musicus:

[someone]

Can any of you all do massive cardio execercise with a starting BG of 100 and maintain that without a hypo?

Simple.. you have 15 carbs when you start, then about 10 carbs every 20 minutes. Those might have to be adjusted for you, but that is what I try to do.

[sydneya]

We have a lot of commercials in my area, too. Mostly from the guy on the horse talking about medicare. That plays sooooo often that I am sick of it by now.

[koblenz]

If I was in that basketball commercial... it wouldn't be checking and coming up with 104 after playing. It would be me sprawled out on the floor, paramedics surrounding me, IV tubes sticking out everywhere.... Cut to one of my buddies saying "I told the idiot to drink some gatoraid like 20 minutes ago when he tested and was like 104."

Cardio makes me sink like the Titanic, weightlifting causes me spike just a little. I love a disease where you have to have a different (mental) rule for every situation! HA!

[Mdude]

I found that I can do about 25 minutes of cardio and my bg will fall about 20 mg/dL. So what I do is do 25 minutes of cardio and then take a glucose tab.

This is indoors in a controlled environment. I've found that with rollerblading outdoors, I need to take a glucose tab every 2 miles, even though it only takes 12 minutes.

I believe the diabetic athletes just get really good about
1) watching the time between their last meal (with insulin) and their workout
2) having glucose tabs or sports gel to bring their sugar up during the activity.

[sydneya]

I believe the diabetic athletes just get really good about
1) watching the time between their last meal (with insulin) and their workout
2) having glucose tabs or sports gel to bring their sugar up during the activity.

I believe you are right. This is a disease where we just have to experiment to see what we need to do, so we can do what we love/want to do. As so many of you have said so often, "We can't let diabetis rule us, we need to rule it." That's the only way to make life good.

[BriOnH]

I asked the same question in a poil not to long ago you might be interested in:
http://www.diabetesforums.com/type-one-diabetes/7353-where-do-you-like-your-blood-glucose-before-you-do-heavy-workout.html

[DeusXM]

You can also reduce the amount by which exercise reduces your BG according to your exercising heartrate. If you exercise with your heart working between 50-70% of capacity (68% being optimal), you actually burn more fat in relation to blood sugar that if you exercise slower or faster.