HOW MUCH EXERCISE DO YOU DO?

[Jodee]

Barefoot shoes are brilliant. I’ve been running in the left ones for a couple of years now. Recently got the second pair for walking. Take a little bit of getting used to. Both very comfortable

Very good Neil. I did find walking about town that they really worked the calf muscle for me. My podiatrist say for me I have a high arch so the flat shoes may not be suitable to wear every day as there may be a risk of straining the achilles tendon, have to admit I dont usually wear flat shoes, but will be ok to wear now and then for me probably short distances.

 

[Jodee]

Just wanted to add a wee note about the power of exercise on our bodies ability to control glucose.
I've been back to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu these past couple of weeks. Still wearing a CGM but wrapping it when training. It's a very taxing sport. Easily burning between 900-1600 cals per session.
The sessions are hard. Usually 2 hours long.
On Saturday I did a morning wrestling class at the club. MMA wrestling rather than WWE! Lol.
Anyway in the afternoon as it was a lovely day here in Scotland I headed to a beer garden with the intention of having just the one Guinness. That turned into 6 unfortunately and add a chilli burger and chips into the mix too. Guard went down with the drink.
On checking my libre 2 daily graph yesterday morning in fear of going out of range with that carb dump I was pleasantly surprised to see my glucose levels barely touched 7.5 mmol. Well happy.
Obviously I'm back to normal low carb eating again and I the drinking isn't a habit but I'm glad I wasn't punished too much for that indiscretion.

Yes it is so important, and even more so as we age, Qigong is my go to but also walking and gardening
Keep up the good work Jim.

 

[Ian Robinson]

I have dystonia in my right hand and foot, the foot is the real issue as it means I can't walk any distance and it caused me to retire early due to unbearable pain, pack loads of weight and get diabetes.

I was medically retired at 39 but got doing some part time jobs to keep me sane and until the pain got the better of me, I retired from all work at 57, I'm now 60, and since put on another two stone so I joined a gym to try to get more active. I love the feeling when I've been

Had a replacement hip last year so just getting going again

 

[snowball12]

None apart from a bit of housework. Osteoarthritis in both knees and lower back pain prevents it. Before anyone says swimming I have a real phobia of water.

 

[Jodee]

None apart from a bit of housework. Osteoarthritis in both knees and lower back pain prevents it. Before anyone says swimming I have a real phobia of water.

I would recommend Qigong exercise, so easy and gentle, can do standing or sitting, you only do 70% of your range, Jeffrey Chand and Lee Holden on you tube, they do beginners. Here is one with Jeffrey Chand;