Comments on: Feeding the Basal – A Follow Up http://dathlete.com/2010/04/feeding-the-basal-a-follow-up/ dAthlete.com - talking about the needs of athletes with diabetes mellitus type 1 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:14:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cary http://dathlete.com/2010/04/feeding-the-basal-a-follow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Cary Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:21:18 +0000 http://dathlete.com/?p=78#comment-42 Good point about over-correcting and crashing. I only ever had that problem when correcting a BG under 180 or 200 -- that is mainly because of the inaccuracy of the meters. So I stopped correcting until I am over 200 (and let it come down naturally) -- something I know many other athletes are doing because it is pretty easy to bring a 200 down to 100 in a short amount of exertion. One other scenario of correcting BGs is time of day. Early in the mornings and late in the evenings the body really isn't running at peak performance and it can take a lot more insulin to get you down. What range of times is another very personal thing too. When truely accurate BG readings comes to market we might be able to make some better guesses. Good point about over-correcting and crashing. I only ever had that problem when correcting a BG under 180 or 200 — that is mainly because of the inaccuracy of the meters. So I stopped correcting until I am over 200 (and let it come down naturally) — something I know many other athletes are doing because it is pretty easy to bring a 200 down to 100 in a short amount of exertion.

One other scenario of correcting BGs is time of day. Early in the mornings and late in the evenings the body really isn’t running at peak performance and it can take a lot more insulin to get you down. What range of times is another very personal thing too. When truely accurate BG readings comes to market we might be able to make some better guesses.

]]> By: Scott K. Johnson http://dathlete.com/2010/04/feeding-the-basal-a-follow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Scott K. Johnson Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:08:17 +0000 http://dathlete.com/?p=78#comment-40 Blind eating is something I struggle with too. It's human to do it, and inhumane for us not to be able to. :-) I too really fight with highs and having my normal correction factor not do the trick. Another problem that gives me is that I tend to over-correct when I'm high, then crash. I get so frustrated when I've corrected a couple times and am still not where I want to be. Like you say, the rules are always changing. Blind eating is something I struggle with too. It’s human to do it, and inhumane for us not to be able to. :-)

I too really fight with highs and having my normal correction factor not do the trick. Another problem that gives me is that I tend to over-correct when I’m high, then crash. I get so frustrated when I’ve corrected a couple times and am still not where I want to be. Like you say, the rules are always changing.

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