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Excited to celebrate my birthday 6-yrs after diabetes diagnosis
Diabetes & Endocrine System | Last Active: Oct 1, 2018 | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
@chocolate5lover, I don't live close to any type of gym, no Y, no facility attached to a hospital. I'd have to drive over and hour one way to get to something, and I don't drive. My husband does all the driving, so a trip to exercise isn't in the cards. I used to exercise when I was young and busy all the time, but not now. Some people like to go to the gym and others don't. I'm in the others group. I was skinny all my life until I had to retire, and then boredom led me to be a couch potato. I had a tread mill that I looked at every day, but how boring is that? I also don't like to sweat, so as long as I can stay in line with diet and having good numbers and not having to take meds, I am accepting of the disease. Thanks for mentioning all of the options, but I don't live where any of these options exist. I do my household chores and grocery shopping, and that's my exercise. It works for me.
Congratulations on all of your activities. That's terrific.
retiredteacher
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@retiredteacher that's too bad you don't live close to a facility with some of those features. I enjoy the people at my health club in the pool classes and although I do not maintain friendships with any of them outside of the club it's always nice to socialize with them in class. I actually do HATE going to the gym, the pool I hate less.
I have a recumbent bike here at home that I use about four nights a week. It's in my bedroom and while doing it I watch various non-absorbing TV shows, mostly the food network and the home network because I can easily walk away from them when I am done on the bike.
When I go to the gym at my club I do the treadmill. I used to do about 30 minutes but due to boredom I often only make it to 20 minutes now. That gets me about 1.25 miles so I figure, good enough.
I really pushed myself to exercise when I was on the list for a liver transplant so I had a pretty big incentive. I knew if I lost weight and got into some shape I would fare better when recuperating. It worked. I am having trouble maintaining that loss now without that huge incentive. I have gained back about 10 pounds. I would be OK with the weight but I have a whole wardrobe I bought when I was 10 pounds lighter so I don't want to have to buy more clothes.
JK