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HOW MUCH EXERCISE DO YOU DO?

Chris Hobson said:
These posts are letting me know just how lucky I am to be able to exercise more or less normally without problems. I am currently trying to get run fit in time for the Rudolf Romp, a 24 mile trail run over the Yorkshire Wolds on 1st December.
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Chris, I used to be athletic in my younger days but now I find exercise so damn frustrating because the mind is willing but the body isn't. However my youngest tells me there are options open for me to make life a little less painful ~ ie hydrotherapy; yoga; physiotherapy; a new exercise bike and probably a lot more in an effort to prevent me being tied up in knots with pain! I don't want to take painkillers on a regular basis for the rest of my life as I don't know what effect this will have on my internal organs. I'm already taking too many meds as it is imo but unfortunately I have to.

Yes you are fortunate Chris but that is because you've been active for many years and you've put in the necessary hard work to stay fit to achieve the results you have to date ~ and often with Liz by your side. Not only do I envy you your fitness Chris, but in fact I admire & respect you for pushing yourself to your limits and I wish you the very best of good luck for the Rudolph Romp on 01 December. You deserve to do well. Looking forward to your update next month

WL
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wirralass said:
Chris, I used to be athletic in my younger days but now I find exercise so damn frustrating because the mind is willing but the body isn't. However my youngest tells me there are options open for me to make life a little less painful ~ ie hydrotherapy; yoga; physiotherapy; a new exercise bike and probably a lot more in an effort to prevent me being tied up in knots with pain! I don't want to take painkillers on a regular basis for the rest of my life as I don't know what effect this will have on my internal organs. I'm already taking too many meds as it is imo but unfortunately I have to.

Yes you are fortunate Chris but that is because you've been active for many years and you've put in the necessary hard work to stay fit to achieve the results you have to date ~ and often with Liz by your side. Not only do I envy you your fitness Chris, but in fact I admire & respect you for pushing yourself to your limits and I wish you the very best of good luck for the Rudolph Romp on 01 December. You deserve to do well. Looking forward to your update next month

WL
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@wirralass how did you get on Friday?
 
Until March, when I managed to fall and get a complicated fracture of the wrist, I was ice skating twice a week and walking to any where less than 2 miles away, and cycling at the weekends. Now, still recovering from the fracture, I was in a cast for 12 weeks, I have been walking a bit more often and a bit further than normal, I have done a few 5k park runs, but these cause my wrist and hand to swell a lot, and as I am still unable to put weight on my wrist, cycling is out. I have not been able to go ice skating as I am still unable to tie my skate laces tight enough, but keep trying...but I have changed my diet, and opted for a low carb, low fat diet, following Michael Moseley's 8 week, 800 cals a day blood glucose diet (sorry can't being myself to use the word sugar...that is the white stuff some folks put in tea...the body produces glucose not sugar). Any way I have lost 15K in weight, and get the blood results from tests taken at the start of week 6 this afternoon. But for 15 years I was diet and exercise controlled, then redundancy pushed the blood glucose levels up, and I started medication that didn't even touch the levels, so no reduction from medication!!
 
Just struggling at the minute; getting back on my regular bike rides. Haven't done any real cycling since 5 Nov. Doing my head in as I know I have to do this and just feel so UNmotivated at the moment for riding. Got ready today to go off on my bike and ended up in a strop; which resulted in me throwing in the towel and not doing it. Was doing okay while back. Now feel I've lost my mojo! Walking is out as if i walk any long distance it leave me in pain. Riding a bike is putting up with pain and telling myself that it's pain or live with the complications of diabetes. The 'tiny win' in all of this is that I am now just under the 10st mark as before was heading towards the 11 mark. So need to keep in mind that I'm slowly losing weight which is great now seeing some difference in weighing myself (which can be depressing). Onwards and upwards!
 
Elaine Adams said:
Until March, when I managed to fall and get a complicated fracture of the wrist, I was ice skating twice a week and walking to any where less than 2 miles away, and cycling at the weekends. Now, still recovering from the fracture, I was in a cast for 12 weeks, I have been walking a bit more often and a bit further than normal, I have done a few 5k park runs, but these cause my wrist and hand to swell a lot, and as I am still unable to put weight on my wrist, cycling is out. I have not been able to go ice skating as I am still unable to tie my skate laces tight enough, but keep trying...but I have changed my diet, and opted for a low carb, low fat diet, following Michael Moseley's 8 week, 800 cals a day blood glucose diet (sorry can't being myself to use the word sugar...that is the white stuff some folks put in tea...the body produces glucose not sugar). Any way I have lost 15K in weight, and get the blood results from tests taken at the start of week 6 this afternoon. But for 15 years I was diet and exercise controlled, then redundancy pushed the blood glucose levels up, and I started medication that didn't even touch the levels, so no reduction from medication!!
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Well done EA 😎
 
Did the Doncaster 10K today. Time was 28:29 which was a little slower than my best time for the distance but OK.

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That should read 48:29. Hell if I'd done it in less than half an hour I would have been pleased as I would have won. My official chip time was 48:21, position 635/2415.
 
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Sally W said:
@wirralass how did you get on Friday?
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Thank you for asking @Sally and I'm sorry for not replying before now. The MRI scan revealed degenerative Spondylitis of the spine (age sucks!😱) and have been prescribed strong painkillers and Physiotherapy which starts in two weeks. I'm looking into having Hydrotherapy simultaneously with the physiotherapy to see if this will give me some relief from the pain. I'm also contemplating CBD oil ~ the legal oil. The Specialist advised that if the pain extends down from my knees to ankles, then she would consider surgery on two of my discs but it is only a consider for now. Since I last posted I've had steroid injections in both my dodgy knees ugh hurt like hell😱but my right knee is already giving me jip:( Happy days!
WL
 
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wirralass said:
Thank you for asking @Sally and I'm sorry for not replying before now. The MRI scan revealed degenerative Spondylitis of the spine (age sucks!😱) and have been prescribed strong painkillers and Physiotherapy which starts in two weeks. I'm looking into having Hydrotherapy simultaneously with the physiotherapy to see if this will give me some relief from the pain. I'm also contemplating CBD oil ~ the legal oil. The Specialist advised that if the pain extends down from my knees to ankles, then she would consider surgery on two of my discs but it is only a consider for now. Since I last posted I've had steroid injections in both my dodgy knees ugh hurt like hell😱but my right knee is already giving me jip:( Happy days!
WL
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@wirralass sorry to hear that & also painkillers are unfortunate but so necessary. Best of luck Let me know how you get on woth CBD oil- I may consider it
 
Sorry to hear this wirralass.hope your therapies help
 
wirralass said:
Thought it would be a good idea to open a new thread as to how much exercise we each do on a daily/weekly basis. I for one have resumed exercising on my exercise bike twice a day to help me stay as fit as I can atm & also to maintain a good bgls. My old back prevents me from walking too far for any length of time but I'm hoping to resume swimming soon, used to swim 1mile x 4times per wk (No back pain when swimming) Didn't learn to swim till I was 63! My right knee doesn't currently condone exercise so i start off slowly on my exercise bike then build up, a replacement knee could be on the cards! I also do stretching & floor exercises.

Type2 since April 2016
Diet & exercise only
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Does shopping count? Made most of my 12k+ steps doing final Christmas present hunt.
 
SkinnyLiz said:
Does shopping count? Made most of my 12k+ steps doing final Christmas present hunt.
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Absolutely it does SkinnyLiz. Just walking around the aisles in a supermarket can earn you 1k+ steps. Anyway well done on your 12K steps, keep up the good work.
WL
 
I did my local Christmas special parkrun this morning.
There were over 450 of us, mostly wearing something Christmassy, even the dogs who came along seemed to be sporting sparkles etc! Santa hats galore!

And the marshalls sang a specially edited version of the briefing to us to the tune of one of the carols. What a good feel to it all!

Funniest thing for me as I drove home was to see all the various runners making their way back home on foot with their bright costumes standing out!
Happy Christmas everyone!
 
Barbie1 said:
I did my local Christmas special parkrun this morning.
There were over 450 of us, mostly wearing something Christmassy, even the dogs who came along seemed to be sporting sparkles etc! Santa hats galore!

And the marshalls sang a specially edited version of the briefing to us to the tune of one of the carols. What a good feel to it all!

Funniest thing for me as I drove home was to see all the various runners making their way back home on foot with their bright costumes standing out!
Happy Christmas everyone!
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Well done Barbie. 🙂
 
Mine is walking or Cycling. I Cycle for at least an hour on most days 🙂
 
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