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Sport with T1D trial and error efforts continue

Diabetes, Diabetes Dietitian, Exercise and diabetes, Registered Dietitian

Because sometimes, with type 1 diabetes, you’ve just got to keep on trying until you find a recipe that works for you. Hi friends!! It’s been awhile since I last posted. Life has been crazy busy, but I’m back now. Hopefully, for a good time and a long time 😉 Preach the trial and error As some of you may recall, I am a strong preacher of trial and error when it comes to individualizing diabetes care, and this goes for my T1D care too! So let’s talk sport and T1D trial and error. Every Saturday my favourite cycling chick and I go for a ride. For years, I have kept my T1D strategies similar to my running strategies: Get up 3-4 hours before the ride Eat breakfast with a reduced bolus Monitor blood sugars closely before the ride, and input a temporary basal anywhere from 60-90 minutes before Honestly, […]

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A female cyclist pedals up a steep hill with a vineyard next to her

Fondo update: struggles of cycling with T1D

Diabetes, Diabetes Dietitian, Exercise and diabetes, Personal, Registered Dietitian

Cycling with T1D presented me with quite a few challenges this past week. Even though I have a nutrition degree, have read extensive amounts of T1D research, and have over 30 years personal experience with type-1 diabetes, I still sometimes completely mess it all up. I am not perfect with my T1D. It’s not possible for anyone to be perfect with type-1 diabetes. And for me, “My Own Private Fondo” is a clear example of just how imperfect I can sometimes be. The fondo that was not meant to be Me and my T1D were supposed to ride the Okanagan Gran Fondo in Penticton, BC last week. I was supposed to join thousands of other cyclists as they rode up the hillsides of BC’s most prolific vineyards, and along the lakeshore of Lake Okanagan, home of the Ogopogo, traversing multiple sun-weathered communities. It was supposed to be 121 km of

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Healthy plate model: pros and cons for T1D

Diabetes, Diabetes Dietitian, Exercise and diabetes, Registered Dietitian

BC dietitian Katie Bartel describes the benefits and the limitations of the healthy plate model of eating for managing type-1 diabetes

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Spotting sunflowers while cycling with type-1 diabetes

Diabetes dietitian takes on BC cycling fondo with T1D

Diabetes, Diabetes Dietitian, Exercise and diabetes, Registered Dietitian

Let the training begin – this type-1 diabetes dietitian, with T1D, has a cycling fondo booked in BC in T minus 4 months! After 2 years of no running races or cycling events, I have entered the Okanagan Gran Fondo for this July. It’s the second bike fondo I’ve ever done; the first was in pursuit of a Tiffany’s necklace 🙂 I’ll be doing this one alongside my husband, which I’m super excited for. But also nervous. The distance is 120 km. I’ve only done that distance once previously and we had a LOT of snack breaks in between. This fondo will be very different from that. So you know what that means? I need to up my training and nutrition game. Strategizing the physical component Currently my exercise regime is about 4-6 days a week, which includes: Two to three intense 30-45 minute bike rides on the Peloton One

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The facts on type-1 diabetes and diets

Diabetes, Diabetes Dietitian, Registered Dietitian

Katie Bartel, a registered dietitian and person with T1D, explores the hot topic of dieting for managing type-1 diabetes, and explains her personal and evidence-based reasons for not endorsing the diet culture

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