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We had a great speaker at our last DM support group meeting. David
Hascall RN, CDE did a presentation on Exercise. I'm sharing my
notes.......

EXERCISE- A POWERFUL TOOL

*Good at any age
Be open minded about it
Exercise (hereby known as EX) is a CORNERSTONE to DM management.

Be really honset w/ yourself about what you can & will do. If your
evening exercise program does not happen more often than not becasue you
run out of time & energy...
then reassess what WILL work. Don't choose a program that you hate or
causes you much pain. Get past the excuses & come up with something that
really will work for you.

If evening EX is not going to work, switch your schedule around to make
it happen early in the day.

Don't start out pushing yourself too hard. Repeated pain is a sure fire
way to quit doing it.

Do *whatever EX* you can do-- something is better than nothing!

FIND A HOOK--
Examples..... he would have to pay $180 for a parking space a year.. he
"pays himself" that amount and parks a mile away- walks in to work.

Gave another example-- what is your favorite vacation spot? Figure out
how many miles it is away, and "walk there". Walk that many miles (in
bits & pieces) & when you've achieved those miles-- take the trip.

Your motivation has to come from within. Find a reason to motivate YOU.

Warm up is important. Gave the analogy of a *train leaving & arriving at
the station* the slow chug chug chugging of a train starting up..... you
want to prime your muscles to work up to exercising. Stretching & easing
up to your level is important-- as is easing down.

Statistics show MORE HEART ATTACKS HAPPEN AFTER EXERCISING in people who
stopped exercising *suddenly*-- that is without a warm down period.

If your bg is 180+ you don't need a snack before EX.

If you really want to have a medical check before embarking on an
exercise program he recommended a THALIUM (sp?) treadmill test. It will
measure heart circulation.
A better gauge than just the traditional treadmill test.
(sorry, I did not get to ask about the details on this one!)

Test*Exercise*Test---- really pay attention to your numbers & what
exercise does for you.

You want an overall better average bg level-- EX is a powerful tool to
get you to where you want to be. "It's a numbers game"

EXERCISE IS AS POWERFUL AS MEDICINE

If you had a stry elevated bg post exercise--- his response is it would
have probably been even higher if you had not EX'd.

EX excellerates the burn of fuel. If you are not geting the results you
want-- sometimes adding 10 minutes or more of it will make the
difference. Change the threshold.

Active muscles take up the glucose- lowering insulin requirements. Lower
insulin or cut meds doseage.

Always wear a medical ID & if you tend to go low, carry a fast acting
carb.

EX is a powerful tool- lowers weight, cholesterol & reduces the
osteoporosis factor, by building bone.

If you are running over 300 bg WITH KETONES- EX is NOT recommended.

Record the burn off test-exercise-test ** do it alot **-- watch those
numbers respond!!!!!

The bg lowering effect stays with you the whole day.

It's a CHOICE-- you can choose to be healthy- choose to exercise.

If you have a heavier eating day <meaning every blue moon!!>- EXERCISE
MORE~

Do a variety of things so as to not get bored.


~that's all she wrote!
fran