I timed each walk with a stopwatch, always made sure I had less than one unit of insulin-on-board, and tried to go at a normal speed. In an effort to test it objectively, I performed a dozen periods of walking, and measured my blood glucose immediately before and immediately after finishing. So when I approached the question of how much walking could really drop my blood sugars, I was skeptical. If you find this article useful, check out my upcoming book, Bright Spots & Landmines! Walking with diabetes – my own experienceĪs a fitness fiend my whole life, I tend to think of “exercise” with a very intense, all-or-nothing frame of reference: cycling, strength training, and playing basketball. What follows is my personal diabetes experience testing the blood sugar benefits of walking, a brief review of studies on diabetes and walking, and five tips to incorporate walking into your daily routine. And because the barriers to doing it are so low, it also helps address that very basic New Year’s Resolution conundrum outlined above.
It can be done anywhere, does not cost anything, and requires no equipment. And it gets worse: a sizeable percentage of people (11%) in one survey actually broke their resolution one week in!Īs I pondered this depressing data, I thought about scientifically testing the simplest, most fundamental exercise possible: walking. A 15,000-person survey found that four out of five people who make New Year’s resolutions eventually break them. Unfortunately, making resolutions is easy, but sticking to them is hard. If you’re like me, you might have a health-focused New Year’s resolution posted on your wall: "lose weight," "exercise more, "be less stressed."
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