Sticking to a Healthy Lifestyle

I have a hard time getting motivated to do exercise. It's made my diabetes hard to control until just recently. Because I'm now retired I have plenty of time on my hands so I decided to start walking places instead of driving. I started with my daily trip to McDonald's for coffee and sometimes breakfast. It's one mile from my apartment.

I started getting more enthusiastic when I noticed that after a walk my blood sugar levels were getting really low. This encouraged me to continue the 2 mile round trip and start adding to it by walking to my favorite grocery store, a 2 1/2 mile round trip.

Now my car & scooter are catching a lot of dust because I've added a local barber shop & my dentist to the equation. I actually wore myself out yesterday making multiple trips, all on foot. My blood pressure is down to 118/62 and my blood sugars are at 96, a very good indicator that my diabetes is once again under control.

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Good for you Bob that is very inspiring news .

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Hi Bob, I've never been one for taking exercise for exercise's sake but I'm fairly active doing things either out of necessity eg cleaning windows,etc. or doing things that I like doing eg gardening, walking in the countryside, etc.

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My intention is certainly not to preach as I'm new to this exercise regimen. I can simply testify that it has straightened out a number of my health issues. My blood pressure & sugar hasn't been this good in years. I intend to keep it up and continue to work it into my everyday routines.

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Exercise is good for the Mind as well as the Body. After Pashka died last January I stopped my Daily Walks along the Beach or through Dunnet Woods as I hated walking on my own. Now that Wee Dageus is almost 14 Weeks, had his Jabs and I've started Walking every day again I feel a lot better in my self, I've also noticed my Knees are not so stiff as they were either....So my Daily Walks are certainly doing me a lot of good, The Laird says I'm not so Grumpy either lol. Looking forward to Dageus getting older so we can start Hill Walking again too.

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That's good news Bob it must also be lifting your spirits to see the improvement in your health. I hope you are able to continue with your exercise routine...

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Exercise is important to maintain good health and ward of diseases. Keep up the good walk Bob.

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