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Paul L - 26 Apr 2007 15:30 GMT

Back in the day, my preferred time for exercise was after work, 4:30 PM
or so. Stop at the gym or come home and go for a run. Once in a while
I'd do it first thing in the morning ... I love the quote "you always have
time to do what you do first thing in the morning."

But with these new developments, first thing in the am won't work as I
barely eat much of anything until 10 AM or so. BG is up but energy
reserves are not sufficient. When I get home, I wouldn't be able to exercise
until after I eat so that hasn't worked out all that well with my other
responsibilities

So ever since dx I've been eating lunch at 11:30 to 12 and starting to
work out around 12:30 to 1. It has worked out well. If we decide
to exercise, there is a way to get it done if we make it a priority. If we
don't care to exercise (and are able) there are all kinds of great excuses
that we can make work.

The direct and quantifiable benefits on my bg levels resulting
from exercise are nothing short of remarkable. The juice I got
from my bg levels plummeting the very first time I exercised
after DX has kept me on schedule ever since. If you are able to
exercise, consider it a gift that you can open every day.

At any time you choose :-)

cheers

Paul

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Gene - 26 Apr 2007 17:43 GMT

> Back in the day, my preferred time for exercise was after work, 4:30
> PM or so. Stop at the gym or come home and go for a run. Once in a
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> Paul

Absolutely, and what's amazing to me is that you don't have to do a lot
to see a significant difference in health and Bg's.

Days I am sick and don't exercise for some reason my Bg's are 20-30
points higher at all times.

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Nicky - 26 Apr 2007 18:04 GMT

>Back in the day, my preferred time for exercise was after work, 4:30 PM
>or so.

Mine mostly gets done after I've put the kids to bed. As they're
getting older, that's getting later - I'm now starting about 9:30! I
do also go for a walk after lunch, where possible, but that depends on
my meeting schedule.

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.5% BMI 25

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hemyd - 27 Apr 2007 06:44 GMT

> Back in the day, my preferred time for exercise was after work, 4:30 PM

If you are able to

> exercise, consider it a gift that you can open every day.
>
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>
> Paul

I fully agree! At almost the age of 60, with an old ankle injury now taken
over by arthritis, and with bad knees - all maing it difficult for me to run
or walk fast or walk any great distance, I can somehow hop on my bicycle and
ride continuously with no pain anywhere. This has kept me going. There are
some situations where the ride can actually raise my bg, but when carefully
timed, it is most beneficial to my bg management, minimising my insulin
usage. The cardio value must be immense. I hope I can keep it up for some
time longer.

Henry M.

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Chris Malcolm - 29 Apr 2007 09:47 GMT

>> Back in the day, my preferred time for exercise was after work, 4:30 PM

> If you are able to
>> exercise, consider it a gift that you can open every day.
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> usage. The cardio value must be immense. I hope I can keep it up for some
> time longer.

I recall some old friends of my mother who used to cycle a mile or so
to do their local shopping well past the age when they couldn't have
walked the distance, simply because cycling was a lot easier on their
old bones and muscles than walking was, and it was much easier
carrying shopping in the bicycle basket than by hand.

My mother might have become one of them, but after she knocked down a
policeman directing the traffic at an intersection, and then pedalled
off at high speed with the policeman chasing her on foot and blowing
his whistle, she believed herself to have become a wanted local
cycling criminal. She hid her bicycle in case they came round, and
never dared cycle again. So her promising career as an elderly cyclist
was cut short in her seventies. Probably wisely, given the level of
traffic attention and awareness the accident suggested :-)

These days when so many folk use cars the elderly general utility
cyclist is becoming a rarity, but I do still sometimes meet one at the
cycle racks of the local supermarket.

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