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On Sunday, I walked for 30 minutes with my hand weights. On Monday, I put in 15 minutes on the treadmill with the weights before heading out for work. Tuesday, I skipped due to time constraints. Today, I'd love to hop on the treadmill for another 30 minute walk with my weights and maybe the waist trimmer. But I'm not sure that I can take it.

 

Earlier this week, I took a salad for lunch. I try to buy pre-packaged salads for the majority of my lunches at work. They are quick, low calorie, and something I can easily pick up from the grocery store. But when I opened the package, the salad was beyond rancid. Obviously, I tossed it and skipped lunch.

 

Tuesday, I brought a different pre-packaged salad for lunch from the same store and purchase. It had 2 days left before the "best by" date and smelled/looked fine. No brown sludge, no rotting veggie smell. I consumed and went about my day.

 

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I could never be a beauty queen. Aside from the fact that I think beauty pageants are ridiculous, I have this horrible flab on my arms that would prevent me from giving that trademark Miss America wave; I'd wind up slapping myself in the face with my arm flab!
It's not a part of my body I enjoy. I've always tried to cover my arms up partly because I don't like how big they are. While I don't envision wearing sleeveless shirts anytime soon, I have decided that a little weight training, in addition to my morning walk, might do my arms some good.
I suppose I was slightly inspired to start this based on a thread at Diabetic Mommy (www.diabeticmommy.com) where someone asked about the different affects of cardio and weight training on blood sugar. From what I read, it seemed like weight training caused more lows than cardio, although no one could really explain why. (READ MORE)

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I'm one of those annoying people who actually enjoys exercise. I love the feeling of my body running or walking in smooth motions, the way my muscles push through even the toughest movements, the feeling of being on top of the world when you're running down a trail. I don't shy away from most activities because I can't do them or don't enjoy them, instead I thrive on new exercises and overcoming my previous goals.

 

Just a short year and a half ago, I was on the biggest exercise kick ever. I'd done sports of all kinds in junior high and high school. I'd enjoyed them and even to this day still miss them. But in 2009, I was working out to lose weight. I was committed. Working out in the gym with classes or weights around 2 hours almost 7 days a week. Running on top of that.

 

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I spent thirty minutes on the treadmill this afternoon going at a pretty slow and steady pace. For fifteen of those minutes, I was using my hand weights to work out my arms as well. I also had my waist trimmer band on, which definitely helps the sweating factor.

 

So far, I'm feeling okay. I was exhausted prior to the walk and I still feel pretty tired. Today is my day to rest up though before another long week. Blood sugars are holding okay. 202 prior to the walk (after chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast, of course) and a drop to 149 just after. Another half hour later and I'm at 124 with a slight bit of nausea (indicative of a steady drop for me). I've yet to treat anything though.

 

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I know, I know, I know. People with diabetes must exercise. People with diabetes must stay fit. This is especially true for those of us with Type 2.
And you know it. I know it. You know you know it. I know you know it. Who needs to tell you this?
Reuters and Dr. Ronald Sigal of University of Calgary and colleagues at the University of Ottawa, as announced in this article, do feel the need to tell us. Specifically, they're telling us that lifting weights and resistance exercise also helps to reduce blood sugars, just like aerobic exercise does. Aerobic exercise, that would be the sweaty kind.
This is good news.
This means that ANY and ALL exercise you do counts for good diabetes points. It all counts! I love this. (READ MORE)

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I believe a good workout comes with sweat. Which is why I don’t exercise during my lunch break and also why I prefer to exercise first thing in the morning.

 

I prefer to do my exercise walking outside. Using a treadmill is a last resort for me. I’m one of those weird people who’s more likely to exercise if it means I *don’t* have to go to the gym.

 

I’ve written a number of times lately about being committed to figuring out how to fit exercise into my schedule. The farthest I’ve gotten is the part where I say I’m going to think about it. But I’m getting fluffy and clothes that used to fit beautifully aren’t so much any more. Plus, I feel good when I exercise.

 

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What kinds of exercises, hobbies, or activities do you enjoy doing and what kinds of things do you do to navigate around blood sugar issues? This was my random thought of the day so far, so I thought I would share it with you guys and see if you would tell me your stories in return.

Personally, one of my most favorite passions is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I am training about 5 times a week or so, it makes me feel great and I love it. But one thing about Jiu Jitsu is that it's very intense and it's difficult to find the balance between having good sugars and being able to participate fully, say for example, like any non-diabetic person would.
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I haven't had much to write about lately, on any of the blogs I contribute to. I don't know if it's burn out or the winter that never ends or what, but I'm definitely feeling a lot of ennui. Malaise. A complete lack of ability to write anything resembling sense.

So I thought I'd open it up and see if there's anything you want to ask me or have questions about. I know, kind of lame, but I need a good, hard shove to get the ball rolling again.

I've been going to the Y for the last month or so. I do Nautilus weights and cardio stuff for about an hour and half, five days a week. I haven't lost any weight, which is kind of depressing, but I feel better. Stronger. It's good. Olivia's been wanting to take swimming lessons, so when those open again, I'm going to sign her up. She really needs to do some sort of exercise. Right now, all she does is walk the dog.
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I hate exercising. I should rephrase that. I hate typical exercise. You know what I mean. Stuff like lifting weights, stair steppers, treadmills, those scary machines, aerobics, jazzercise, and pretty much all the stuff you see at the typical "gym."
And that is the other part of it. Every gym in my neck of the woods feels like you can not enter until you are fit and trim. So yours truly who has a long way to go would feel very out of place until I was a total lean mean D machine.
Of course being a "born again diabetic" I know that exercise needs and should be a part of my daily routine. So how do I make the non-existent gym rat in my come out?
Simple, I find something that I actually like to do and run with that! (READ MORE)

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I made my four work-outs this week!  Yay me! I am pretty sore tonight, it might qualify for Tylenol before bed.  We've been back from vay-cay (vacation) for 1 week tonight.  Routines are settling back in, all the laundry's done, etc, etc.

 

I was sore yesterday too, but I keep reminding myself that this is good.  Plus the exercise seems to open my lungs better than any other bronchitis treatment.  My trainer has me moving to body-weight exercises, also known as resistance exercises.  I wasn't familiar with the term but I sure remember the exercises - squats, lunges, push-ups, crunches, etc.  They do seem to make you more evenly sore than the machines or free weights. They are nice too because they require nothing but your own body.  Can't very well give the excuse "I don't have time to go to my own body"! 

 

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