I've really been struggling with the Lantus and exercise mix. When I first started out, I did okay with a few lows here and there (nothing out of the ordinary for me). But as I added in new and different work outs and upped my intensity, I'm struggling to keep my blood sugars stable before, during, and after exercise.

With the pump, it was so easy to decrease my basal so I started my workout in the 180-200 range. I struggled with maintaining a higher level during exercise, often going low...but at least I wasn't concerned with those numbers completely wrecking my averages.

Now that I'm back on Lantus, I'm re-learning everything that I did five or six years ago (since high school held my hardest workouts). But I'm failing miserably. I can't get the range right before working out, often soaring to the 260's. And during, I'm flatlining in that same range.

I've tried decreasing and increasing my Lantus...back and forth. I've tried eating or drinking less before the workout. And I've tried stabilizing how everything fits into the exercise program (as in what I do prior to hitting the gym). But I haven't seen much improvement.

Today, I had some relief...but unfortunately, I have no idea where it came from. I woke up at 123. My post-breakfast (normal breakfast intake) number was 216. I ate about 30 grams of carbs about an hour before the workout since I hadn't eaten in awhile, but I didn't bolus for any of it. Half an hour before going to the gym, I was 167. Thirty minutes into my workout, I was 123. And I ended it at 142.

Those are absolutely wonderful numbers for me, for working out. It leaves me feeling fresh and up to whatever I push myself to do that day. But I can't seem to get that with excess amounts of effort.

Not only does working out in the 250 range leave me feeling gross, frustrated, and like I was hit by a ton of bricks...it also is ruining my averages. With three to four workouts a week, I'm staying in that 200+ range for 3-4 hours each time. So instead of averages in the 140's or low 150's, I'm seeing averages in the 160's to high 150's. And I'm scared that my A1c is going to reflect more of these higher numbers than the "good times."

So what do I do to get my blood sugars to work for me while I'm working for them? Is exercising totally messing up my A1c and my risk for complications? Which one wins out in the end: the higher A1c or the fitter body?