Calling All Type 1 Couch Potatoes: We Need Your Opinion on Exercise!
Nearly everyone with type 1 diabetes has heard the news that exercise is good for you and helps control your blood sugar. Yet, study after study reveals that the majority of people with diabetes don't exercise on a regular basis. Why? That's what I want to find out.
I would like to know more about are the obstacles you face in trying to work exercise into your normal routine. It is not simply a matter of "planning it in" as some might say. I believe there are a number of important issues that revolve around lifestyle habits, relationships and ways of thinking that keep many people from experiencing the benefits of exercise.
I've started a discussion on my forum that will act as a way for you to post your opinion and also read the challenges others face. I will use the comments to create new articles that address the common themes.
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There are too many other things I’d rather do. I don’t like to walk and there is really no safe place near where I live. I started to walk alone in the local parks, but was then told I shouldn’t do it alone, I should walk WITH someone. Everyone I know has a longer stride and it makes things difficult.
I don’t have any extra money to do anything else like going to the YMCA or bowling…I would also miss my favorite shows and computer games that are my way of escaping my currently busy life. Maybe a Wii Fit would be nice (that looks like FUN), but I would have to get it as a gift…I can’t afford to buy it for myself.