Still confused about exercise

[Si100330]

Hi I'm pretty new to all this but I've found 30 to 40 mins walking at a reasonable pace helps with my blood glucose readings. I have to force myself as I go out straight from work before I eat. Feel this helps get rid of the days stress as well. I feel more relaxed and if I take my blood readings in the morning it is normally no higher than 5. Im sure exercise of any sort will help but this works for me.

 

[HOBIE]

Well done Si100330. 😎 I know Exercise is good for you. If you sit still long enough you cant move 😉

 

[Si100330]

Cheers HOBIE. Could move much after I started!!

 

[SkinnyLiz]

Understand walking etc is good for you, have just got a bike and went out for first time in decades on it yesterday. Very scary! The real difficulty is motivation, absolutely hate the cold, seem to feel it more than many others. So going for a walk/ride is not an attractive option unless its reasonable weather.
Also do XBX programme, most days, am now at level 9. Target level for my age is 11. Am considering a skipping rope, could that could be indoor exercise?

 

[grovesy]

Understand walking etc is good for you, have just got a bike and went out for first time in decades on it yesterday. Very scary! The real difficulty is motivation, absolutely hate the cold, seem to feel it more than many others. So going for a walk/ride is not an attractive option unless its reasonable weather.
Also do XBX programme, most days, am now at level 9. Target level for my age is 11. Am considering a skipping rope, could that could be indoor exercise?

You have to find an exercise that suits you otherwise you are unlikely to stick with it. I have an exercise bike which I loathe but I got as physio following a knee replacement, I only use it as my knee seems to like it.

 

[Radders]

My Fitbit encourages me to do 250 steps each hour and I notice that my levels are lower when I hit that target for 12 hours. I don’t always walk though. My grandson taught me the “floss” and it’s a very efficient way of boosting the heart rate when I’ve no particular place to go!

 

[SkinnyLiz]

The "floss" is this a dance move?

 

[Radders]

The "floss" is this a dance move?

Kind of.

Give it a try: it’s uncannily effective at getting the heart rate up and tightening various muscles around hips, thighs and even arms! Make sure you have room to swing your arms though or it can be painful!

 

[SkinnyLiz]

maybe need to be alone when trying this 🙂

 

[Radders]

maybe need to be alone when trying this 🙂

Depends if you are bothered about what other people think. My 9 year old grandson’s undisguised admiration at my mastery of this made my day. Apparently various other members of his extended family have tried and failed!

 

[Speedy36]

Hi I am only a few weeks into knowing that I have type 2 and have decided to radically change my lifestyle. just started doing the T25 workouts at home and as I have read a few comments on this thread it seems that high intensity training could not be good for me. have I gone about it the wrong way???
TIA

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Certainly worked for me

 

[SkinnyLiz]

My Fitbit encourages me to do 250 steps each hour and I notice that my levels are lower when I hit that target for 12 hours. I don’t always walk though. My grandson taught me the “floss” and it’s a very efficient way of boosting the heart rate when I’ve no particular place to go!

Have just got a *** fit band, the extreme frustration of trying to set it up has certainly raised both heart rate and blood pressure - but ofc cant check that as it still isn't allowing me to login. GRRRrrrrrrr technology

 

[Pine Marten]

You have to find an exercise that suits you otherwise you are unlikely to stick with it. I have an exercise bike which I loathe but I got as physio following a knee replacement, I only use it as my knee seems to like it.

This is interesting, grovesy, as I bought an exercise bike a few years ago. I rarely use it as it seems to make my dodgy knee worse! But as you find it helps, I may give it another try...

I normally use exercise dvds (did one this morning) but as someone said further up, sometimes exercise makes readings go up, and I certainly find this happens from time to time (like this morning 🙄)

 

[grovesy]

You can only but try. Mine is upright, some seem to have pedals set forward , that type was not an option for me did not feel comfortable at all.

 

[SkinnyLiz]

Have just got a *** fit band, the extreme frustration of trying to set it up has certainly raised both heart rate and blood pressure - but ofc cant check that as it still isn't allowing me to login. GRRRrrrrrrr technology

Now got it going enought to record steps and calculate heart rate. Seems it doesnt register all steps. One morning was up at 6.45, and by 9.30 had taken precisely zero steps! Ok, had been on the laptop, quite a bit, but also up and down stairs at least four times, surely should have been something?

 

[Radders]

Now got it going enought to record steps and calculate heart rate. Seems it doesnt register all steps. One morning was up at 6.45, and by 9.30 had taken precisely zero steps! Ok, had been on the laptop, quite a bit, but also up and down stairs at least four times, surely should have been something?

I find that if I’m carrying something it doesn’t pick up steps because it relies on you swinging your arms. Walking round the house you don’t always swing them enough. I also found this on a long train journey once: walked from my seat the full length of the train and back before realising that because I was holding on to things I wasn’t registering any steps.

 

[SkinnyLiz]

Well done Si100330. 😎 I know Exercise is good for you. If you sit still long enough you cant move 😉

is this why only clocked up 1258 steps today?

 

[SkinnyLiz]

Still confused about when would be most beneficial to exercise.
All you people recommending getting a meter and testing are type1 or type2. As a prediabetic do I need to go that far?
Confusion leads to inaction, or wavering. One day this another that. Not conducive to developing a good habit.
Probably going to try soon-as-i-wake-up. At least its a routine.

 

[trophywench]

One of my mates (T1 but that's immaterial here) used to set herself a target of climbing the stairs somewhere high. Not really - just by using her own stairs at home. So - she'd look up somewhere like the leaning tower of Pisa and wiki or something on the internet would tell her how many steps you had to climb to get to the top. There are 13 steps on a standard house staircase so divide the LT of P steps by 13 and that's how many times she needed to go up and down her stairs to complete it. Not all in one go, obviously - just when she had a couple of minutes to spare anytime at home, longer sessions when she had 10 minutes, etc. To begin with she couldn't do all that many repetitions in one go - but the more she fitted the sessions in, over time she could do more repetitions in the same few minutes.

It formed a regular part - an ongoing thread - in the D&E section of another diabetes forum for a few years. Once a reasonable number of folk agreeing to do it had completed that one, she'd post a new one to try. Sadly we'd moved to a bungalow by then so I couldn't join in - and was right miffed cos I hate the cold and wet too, plus walking the streets roundabout our home is exceedingly boring anyway!