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Part of a diabetic’s daily regimen should be a complete and healthy breakfast. I often get health tips from AARP’s Route 66 website. Today’s was about eating a good breakfast and how that will fortify your day, keep you more alert, and how it really, REALLY, is the very best thing you can do for yourself.

Add to that - exercise! Yeah, that dreaded many lettered word - EXERCISE!

I think we would all agree that it is TOUGH in this day and age - we are all super busy with our lives. We work, and even if we don’t “work”, believe me, we WORK! Whether it be with household chores or running around after our kids (or grandkids) we work.

It can be hard to find the time - or the energy - to go to the gym and work out. Just one sweaty body among many sweaty bodies - right?

Sometimes we just have to force ourselves to get into the routine of getting up just a bit earlier, forgoing that morning sit down with a cuppa and the papah. We have to force ourselves to find some activity we can stick with, and, well, stick with it.

My current enjoyment comes from an early morning (VERY early) workout at the high school pool with my youngest daughter. She and I meet at the pool in time to shower and suit up before the gates are opened at 6:30 am. Then she swims laps while I do this funny looking (I’m sure) jog/walk thing in laps.

Only, of course, since I’m walking I can only do half laps in the 100 yard pool. I walk to the 5 foot level, turn and tread against the oncoming wash of water that I was bringing with me to that point. Then, when I get my feet under me and some forward motion, again I jog back to the end of the pool. I meet my daughter there about once every three laps.

We talk and we laugh and we have a jolly good time.

Then we chart our mileage over at AARP’s Get Fit on Route 66 page. How much fun is that???
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Speaking of fun . . . Be sure to check out Lessa’s Big Brother Craze in the next little while. She seems to have something up her sleeve, that one.


Posted in General on September 25th, 2007

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  1. Diabetes Health Talk » Blog Archive » Sugar High? Says:
    October 9th, 2007 at 9:11 pm

    [...] my chocolate craving has stilled somewhat. Maybe it is the swimming? I have noticed that I seem to be eating a bit less - even with all of the burned calories daily. [...]

  2. wendy Says:
    June 30th, 2009 at 11:28 am

    found your site on del.icio.us today and really liked it.. i bookmarked it and will be back to check it out some more later ..

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