What are you doing in terms of exercise to help with Type 2 diabetes?
Thanks.
Does gently sobbing while eating count as exercise? Because I got that going for me.
I have recently started doing high intensity interval training for my health. I don’t have CVD or T2D yet, but I will due to genetics.
I think HIIT is more effective than lower intensity, longer duration aerobics.
I try to walk for an hour every day. during the winter, I go to the mall to walk, since the sidewalks are usually ice-covered. Mall-walking is boring as hell, but I do it at least 6 times a week. Actually, the last day I missed was 10 days ago.
When I was diagnosed with Type 2, 7 years ago, I was pretty sedentary, and part of my doctor’s advice was to fix that. I started with changing my daily commute so I would have to walk further from the train station to my office; between that, and adding in walks at lunchtime when possible, I would walk 3 miles or so on most days.
Three years ago, I started running, and that’s had a clear, positive impact on my blood sugar level. I now run 10-15 miles during most weeks; my hemoglobin A1C number has gone from around 5.8 to 5.3.
Walking. Lots and lots of walking. It’s been doing wonders for me.
I’m pre-diabetic, and plan to stay that way. I use my exercise bike. I tried a few out until I found one I liked, and built a home gym around it. Complete with TV. So I can at least pedal while being a couch potato.
Walk and lose weight, if need be.
Would any of you with Type II be willing to share what impact, if any, exercise seems to have on your blood sugars? I don’t mean over time, I mean while you’re actually exercising. Do you need to keep a close eye on it? Keep juice on hand? Take your insulin on your walk?
I’ve generally not monitored my blood sugar when I run (nor have I had to). Even though I typically run on an empty stomach, first thing in the morning, I never seem to have a problem with “going low” when I run. I usually do have a small meal at the end of the run, but that’s for protein as much as anything.
If I’m on an extended run (i.e., an hour or longer), I’ll bring along some “fuel” (usually Jelly Belly Sport Beans)…but that really doesn’t make me much different from a non-diabetic distance runner; most runners will need to fuel back up at that point.
WhyNot: You may be confusing Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 users use insulin; type 2 users are mostly diet/exercise/pills.
I bike and canoe mostly with a light free weight workout 3X a week. I only carry water with me as my rides are usually 1-2 hours in the afternoon.
My supervisor has Type 2 and requires insulin injections; it does happen.
Type 1 here, in my late 40s.
I exercise 3-4 times per week. Combination of weight lifting (free weights) and cardio (elliptical trainer and long walks)
No, I’m not. Most of my patients are old (that is, elderly) diabetics, and if you don’t address your Type II diabetes when you’re younger through diet, exercise and pills, you will most likely need insulin at some point. Unless your kidneys or heart crap out first.
Type II diabetics are distinguished from Type I diabetics in that they still make *some *insulin. It’s not always enough, and it tends to get worse over time.
The books tell me that blood sugars can go too high in the later stages of or just after an intense workout, due to stress hormones which trigger glycogen stored in the liver to be released as glucose. Working Out With Diabetes But not a single patient has found this to be the case, so I was wondering if this was out of date information. More likely, they’re just not working out very vigorously.