Full Version: When to exercise

From: jdvnew [#1]
29 Apr 2009
To: ALL

I am new here so I don't know if this has been commented on, but I have found that it is when I exercise that makes a huge difference. For the past year or so, I have taken my half-hour walk an hour or so after the main meal. My HbA1c has dropped from 6.8 to 5.5 and my 2-hour postprandial BG has dropped from an average of 140 to about 100. Has anyone else had this experience?

From: Jan (JANICE) [#2]
30 Apr 2009
To: jdvnew [#1] 30 Apr 2009

That generally is the best time as our bg goes up after eating.

It is just easier for me to go to the gym on my way home from work but I do have to be careful I don't go low.

I walk dogs after breakfast and again after dinner.

From: jdvnew [#3]
30 Apr 2009
To: Jan (JANICE) [#2] 30 Apr 2009

I see you're on quite a few meds--since you're on Byetta, any idea when Exenatide LAR will become available? You get a lot of exercise!

From: Jan (JANICE) [#4]
1 May 2009
To: jdvnew [#3] 1 May 2009

I need to get more workouts since I can't get my weight to start dropping again. I've been at the same weight now for almost 2 months and getting fustrated! But I am not giving up. I have lost more than 60 lbs in over a year and have another 30 to go to be at the correct weight for me.

If you mean the supposed once a month Byetta I am not sure if I would even try it. I am on the 5 pen because it works ok for me and I do not want to take more medicine than I need to since I often get many side effects from meds.

After 2 years on one of the bone building drugs I had to go off it cause it was wreaking my stomach. I also recently reduced my metiformin in half and so far so good. I also got off one blood pressure drug and one other heart med. I hope to reduce or eliminate even more once I lose the next 30 lbs.

From: Sue (SUEFIRST50) [#5]
1 May 2009
To: Jan (JANICE) [#4] 1 May 2009

Jan, I know you want to lose more weight (who doesn't?) but you have to remember that Byetta is not a weight reduction drug. Weight loss is only a side effect of Byetta and it is the appetite suppression that you initially have that helps the weight to come off. After losing weight bodies usually go into a mode where weight no longer wants to come off unless you burn up more than what you put in. Your body may just be taking a rest now and things will pick up again. You have lost a lot of weight in not a very long period of time. Good luck.

From: Jan (JANICE) [#6]
1 May 2009
To: Sue (SUEFIRST50) [#5] 1 May 2009

I know - it's just fustrating when it comes off so fast at first, gets one's hopes up.

I have increased my workouts to almost a full hour and that should help.

thinking about maybe a 20 mintue workout after lunch in addtion to the later in the afternoon one. Might help since some days I am at my desk for hours.

From: Sue (SUEFIRST50) [#7]
1 May 2009
To: Jan (JANICE) [#6] 2 May 2009

Jan, I really admire you for the effort you are putting in to get the weight off but don't overdo it. You don't want to end up injuring yourself.

From: Jan (JANICE) [#8]
2 May 2009
To: Sue (SUEFIRST50) [#7] 3 May 2009

I do not do the no pain no gain type of workouts. Already have way too many joint problems to risk that!

Just more movement will be good as like I said some days I am at my desk for hours.

From: RM_in_AK [#9]
7 May 2009
To: ALL

I've found that walking after eating my two "Byetta meals" is optimal for me. I still have a tendency to feel a little nauseous and the walking really helps minimize it. I've been told that I have become obsessed with walking but it was, originally, about the only exercise that I was able to do until I lost enough weight to do other activities.

From: Jan (JANICE) [#10]
9 May 2009
To: RM_in_AK [#9] 9 May 2009

Obsessed with walking? How is that bad? I think it's great. Keep on walking.

From: Geri in Co:Byetta(3-06) (GERI) [#11]
9 May 2009
To: ALL

I agree with Jan. Keep on walking and enjoy.

From: RM_in_AK [#12]
9 May 2009
To: Jan (JANICE) [#10] 9 May 2009

The downside of being "obsessed with walking" is the time consumed. Last year, I could've walked across the country (over 4000 miles on my pedometer) since I walked everywhere. Then I got this Nike+ gadget that allows you to compete with others around the world in user created challenges. Kind of fun and, for me, motivating. An example challenge that I entered was one to try and walk around the moon. Someone just calculated the distance and created a challenge that anyone can enter. The only prize are these virtual trophies. Kind of silly but it gets me out. Plus it has a chat function where you can leave short messages for other participants.

From: Jan (JANICE) [#13]
9 May 2009
To: RM_in_AK [#12] 9 May 2009

Walking is a great in so many ways. You can do all kinds of thinking, see all kinds of nature and best of all you are taking care of yourself.

I still think it's fantastic!! (nod)

From: nosugarmags [#14]
20 May 2009
To: jdvnew [#1] 20 May 2009

Here are a few good articles that you may be interested in regarding exercise and diabetes -- including the long & short term effects on your sugar levels.

What You Need to Know About Physical Activity and Diabetes

The Benefits and Risks of Exercise in Patients with NIDDM and How Exercise Should Be Prescribed

Exercise in Itself Improves Blood Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes

Exercise and Diabetes

:)

From: sue in nc (SUEINNC) [#15]
30 Dec 2009
To: ALL

Hi all,
I am a new diabetic and when my doc said a 20 min walk 6 times a week was more effective than 500 mg of Metformin, I was skeptical. However, I found a reserch article on Metformin, Exercise and Placebo or no intervention. The folks were pre-diabetes, fasting BG >95. over 3,000 of various ages and races for 3 years. The fewest people to step over the threshold to diabetes were the one that exercised 150 min/week, they did even better than the Metformin 850 mg twice a day and lots better than the placebo group. The source is pretty good. Annuals of Internal Medicine April 18, 2005.

From: Geri in Co:Byetta(3-06) (GERI) [#16]
30 Dec 2009
To: sue in nc (SUEINNC) [#15] 30 Dec 2009

Hi Sue in NC,

I've read articles about prediabetics preventing getting diabetes just by adding walking into their lives. But I also believe diets must be changed to keep things at bay in case a person can't walk for some reason.

From: sue in nc (SUEINNC) [#17]
30 Dec 2009
To: Geri in Co:Byetta(3-06) (GERI) [#16] 31 Dec 2009

Geri
I totally agree that diet is inportant but that would have added another variable to the study. The study was to prove that exercise helps and maybe how much.

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