The company I work for offered free employee health screenings last week at my office. As an added incentive, anyone who signed up also receives a $50 gift card. As much as I hate giving blood, it was worth $50 to me, so I signed up. My height/weight/blood pressure/cholesterol were all well within the "normal" ranges and super healthy. It wasn't really a surprise when the tests showed very low glucose levels. I was diagnosed with mild hypoglycemia in high school. Last week, they said I have moderately-severe hypoglycermia. Gulp.
Without going all clinical, hypoglycemia occurs when your body has lower than normal glucose levels in the blood. The symptoms include hunger (duh), palpitations, sweating, cold claminess, shakiness, naseau, headaches, irratibility, inability to focus, confusion and dizziness.
Since I have been dealing with this for many years I am fairly good at eating regularly and mixing protein and carbs at each meal to keep my blood sugar up. However, I do have fairly regular low blood sugar spells. Pre-workout meals are important to me and I am still figuring it all out. I do not like to feel too full when I am working out, but then I end up with low blood sugar symptoms by the end of weight lifting.
So if you know me and I am being crabby tell me to eat something!
Does anyone else have hypoglycemia or diabetes? How does it effect your food choices and exercise?
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