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September in Provincetown

I decided to head to town on my bicycle this breezy September morning. Oh it is my favorite time of year. Here in Provincetown,

my neighbor is heading out to fish and may return with a bounty of striped bass which I gladly trade an empty parking space for. My husband has the van in CT. I am here with my feet and my bicycle as means of transportation. Parking spaces here are a commodity.

My Type 2 diabetes responds well to exercise - yours will too. Until I started testing before and after physical activities I had no idea how much improvement would come as a result of regular exercise.

But what "they" say is true. Numbers drop when I am consistent.
I read on another's blog this morning that when put to him bluntly, a very overweight man who said he just cannot exercise at all at a lecture told the diabetes educator, 'If I had to choose between changing my diet and exercising or death, I'd choose diet and exercise." After reading the article I wondered how I may have responded to my GP if he said that to me ten years ago? What he did say was, you have high cholesterol. My mom who was 80 had high cholesterol all her life - and I didn't think all that much about it.

I have turned a corner due to diagnosis. I now choose diet and exercise to prolong my life.

What would you do if given the choice between diet and exercise or death?

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Also, the benefits depend a lot on the intensity of your exercise. For me, for example, very intense exercise does not do much for my immediate blood glucose… But it does build the muscle’s ability to handle insulin better, and it helps with my blood glucose for later in the day. Now, taking a mild, casual stroll, at night before bed… not only lowers my immediate blood glucose, but it also lowers my morning fasting blood glucose. :slight_smile: Nifty, huh?

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Timing is important too with exercise. Some of us are better off to exercise in the afternoon because of the way our bodies respond. My numbers go up if I do it in the morning, I just moved it to the afternoon with better results. But what works, works!

Thanks for the post. Keep up the good work.