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My mom and I were making the second round on our neighborhood walk. Before I left the house, I didn't do my usual pre-walk routine. Typically, I check my blood sugar and lower my basal by 40% for two hours. I'm not sure how I forgot to do all that, but it never even crossed my mind.

 

That was until I started to get really tired. I felt fine. No butterflies in my stomach.  No fog surrounding my thoughts. Nothing to set off the LOW warning in my head. Except that I was dragging. My legs could barely move. My mom was steps ahead of me, walking at our normal pace.

 

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I hate to say it, but I had to consciously give up on my walk for some time. And I hate to harp on one subject, but my allergies seem to have literally taken over my life.
I had gotten in the habit of making sure all my walking gear would be ready for me in the morning-walking shorts, old grubby T-shirt, scrunchie, New Balance (Won't. Ever. Buy. Another. Brand.) walking shoes-and going to bed with high hopes of being able to walk in the morning. For roughly the last two months it was nothing for me to have a before-bed blood sugar reading in the low 100s or even under 100 and to wake up over 200. No, it wasn't dawn phenomenon. It was a funky combination of Byetta and allergies and whatever I ate before bed. (READ MORE)

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I had planned to walk my new walking route at least once this weekend so I'd know roughly how long it will take me. But, well that just didn't happen. With Saturday came a walk with the kids to the park and with Sunday came a well deserved three-hour nap.

 

I have to challenge myself with just about everything. And by challenge I mean I have to make it easy to succeed. So, I need a walking route that doesn't involve any shortcuts; nothing that will allow me to start out thinking I'll be walking for 2 miles and wind up going only 1.5.

 

For example, when I was a senior in college, I lived in an apartment with two friends. In an attempt to stretch my walk out, I included a small cul de sac. But, you guessed it, I often skipped it because it was easy to skip... just go straight instead of turning right.

 

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I was a little nervous this morning as I set off for my walk. I know it's irrational, but I'm a little afraid of the dark, and at 5:30 a.m. it's still dark. And walking around in an area that I'm not used to walking around in when it's dark can be a little intimidating.

 

But it smelled like rain when I walked out the door (yes, in the desert!) and the sky was this wonderful shade of blue that you only see when the sun is about to rise. It was chilly but inviting.

 

Desert landscape means lots of plants all over because people need something other than rocks to look at. So there were lots of bushes and plants that I was constantly scanning to make sure no psyco people or critters were going to jump out at me.

 

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I stood over them, staring like an obsessed fan. The sun was just beginning to rise and there was a hint of pink light in the room.

 

5:30 a.m. and I was already running several minutes late.

 

The Mr., who doesn't have to go to work today, was snuggling with No. 3, who came in minutes before saying, "Mom, can I sweep wish you?" I pulled her close to me, smelled her hair and marveled at how soft her skin is.

 

I forced myself out of bed. I had a wonderful walk yesterday morning, had hardly walked at all the week before. So tired... I've never been a morning person. Even though I'm already out of bed and brushing my teeth, I still look for excuses not to go.

 

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Do you ever have a song stuck in your head that you want to get out and you try to sing a different song to yourself in hopes that the first song will get lost? But the first song is so strong that it's hard to get a new song stuck in your head?

 

Yeah, that's what happened to me last night except instead of a song I was chanting to myself I will walk in the morning I will walk in the morning I will walk in the morning. But there was this ridiculous nagging voice that kept chuckling and saying no you won't.

 

There was a day last week when I said I would give my back one more day to heal before getting back to walking. I haven't walked consistently since before Thanksgiving. And I miss it. I don't miss getting up so early in the morning (I've been wicked tired lately), but I really do miss how I feel after a good walk. Not to mention the rockin' blood sugars.

 

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You know that internal motivational speaker that I called on the other day? That guy is one mean motha... ahem.

 

Anyway. I have to endure a speech from that Hell Raiser just about every morning: No, you can't slow down yet... yes, you can make it to the next light pole... deal with the pain, it's good for you... that guy you see running every morning can do this, so can you.

 

So, the walking routine has been going good. I often really hate it while I'm doing it, which is a feeling I thought would have passed by now because for the most part I really do enjoy the walking. And I'm definitely enjoying what it's doing for my blood sugar management.

 

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Most of the time I try not to dwell on the fact that I am old enough to qualify for AARP membership. Excepting the gray hair, my self-image is that of a woman in her early to mid thirties. This shouldn't seem too odd if you consider how much I've "reversed" in getting my diabetes, blood pressure, and cholesterol under control, working out, and training for my first half-century bicycle ride. Count backwards eight years from forty-two, and well...

 

Still, the clues of age are there: the bifocals I've had for at least five years, the progression of cold-intolerance, the increasing frequency with which I feel physical stress from repetitive motions, and the tendency to remind everyone that during the 1974 Watergate hearings, the phrase "(expletive deleted)" became, in itself, an expletive...

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I will not be walking in this Sunday's Step Out Walk to Stop Diabetes.

 

I will not be walking in costume.

I will not be walking out of costume.

I will not be walking.

I will be running... the New York City Marathon.

 

Note that I did not say "running in the Marathon", but "running the Marathon".

 

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Exercise has always been an area in which I've struggled. I know that it's important to my overall well being and can help with my diabetes management and with strengthening my heart, yet I struggle to keep the motivation going and find the time, etc... One excuse after another.

 

 

I've found, though, that if I can combine the exercise with something that I enjoy it makes it easier to do and stick with.

 

One combination that seems to be working for me as of late is walking/hiking and nature photography.

 

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