Tag Archives: exercise and diabetes

Is it sustainable?

The last time I posted I had just dropped my son at college. Now he’s been there almost two months and I’ve already visited him once. I think about this blog much more often than I actually sit down and … Continue reading

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Understanding the Benefits of Exercise can Benefit Health

Some Australian researchers have identified understanding the benefits of exercise as a motivator for actually engaging in physical activity or exercise. In the past I’ve written about the importance of simply asking people if they exercise – in other words, … Continue reading

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A(nother) vote for positive language

In the exercise world, “bout” is often used to describe a period of exercise. In the real world, many people don’t enjoy exercise. And exercise is incredibly important for all of us – diabetes or not – so it makes … Continue reading

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Trekking Poles

I finally caved and bought trekking poles after a PT friend was hiking with me and suggested poles would help me with knee pain going down hill. Here’s an informative article about poles. I’m not advocating this particular brand of … Continue reading

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Menopause and Diabetes

Yikes! Who would write a blog post about menopause?? Who would read it?? As I quickly approach that time in life, I am thinking about things like cardio (heart) protection, blood glucose swings, sleep, bone health – all the things … Continue reading

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Health Alert

Remember cigarettes? My kids tell me no one smokes anymore (they vape, etc.). Yet, inactivity has more recently been equated with smoking in terms of the health effects. If sitting is the new smoking, then I’m a chain smoker. I sit … Continue reading

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The eXercise Factor

Exercise means different things to different people: dreaded addictive fun boring enjoyable tedious social For those of us with diabetes, exercise is an important part of managing blood glucose. It’s not easy and it’s not always consistent. Whether you ride … Continue reading

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From Hell to Habit

I never used to consider myself a hiker. It wasn’t that I didn’t like hiking; I just didn’t do it. And then about five years ago I decided to try a hike (one of several in our local community). It took me … Continue reading

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Get Fit, Don’t Sit

 Tomorrow is the American Diabetes Association’s first National Get Fit Don’t Sit Day. The motivation for this event was a report published in January of this year that said we are sitting too much! I, for one, am guilty as … Continue reading

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Protecting Ourselves from Sitting

When I first read this article I started getting pretty fired up. Actually, it was after I read the title of the article. Really? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that sitting for long periods of time … Continue reading

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