Fw: figuring it all out.

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figuring it all out.

you know me? I make notes about everything that I do each day. can't recall

it all and my memory is real bad. have noticed the last six weeks there is a

pattern of how my numbers will run through the day. when I do things and

continue moving around, plus ride my no where bike for 90 minutes a day, my

sugars will most always run in the 90's and some 80's. however, when I ride my

no where bike for the 90 total, but sit and read or play on the pc, then my

numbers will run between 100 and 115. funny how it works this way? the key looks

like we got to keep moving at least 80% of the day. either cleaning the house,

cleaning the garage, spring cleaning the closets, working in the shop, or just

simply walking in circles. doesn't hurt to mess with some hand weights as well

through out the day. these movements through the day seems to keep blood sugars

low if of course you are doing the rest as you should. hard to take a book

player with you around the house as you clean or work in a shop though. I like

music my self when I clean or work in the shop. the best advice is simply move

your butt! if you can't find anything to clean or rearrange, then walk circles

around the house for at least 15 minutes out of each hour. it is a grate added

touch to a perfect day in your sugar numbers. when I was working it was always

those types of jobs that required you to stand all day. some times when work was

slow in my department, they would give me a sit down job and my butt would start

snoring after a bit! I actually had to stand up and allow it to laugh and wiggle

all around to get the blood to moving once again. my big butt just simply wasn't

trained to sit during the work day and sitting for an hour or so actually made

my butt hurt! this is telling me that we aren't suppose to do a lot of sitting

around in a day. I think God means for us to move our butts all around and back

and forth. can't figure out exactly why they are so thick though with lots of

padding, but could be this is made for a switch? I heard from a heart doc who

talks on the radio once a week say, if you sit for a total of 11 hours in a day,

then your chances of heart trouble and early death is 5 times grater then those

who only sit for 5 to 6 hours a day. it even gets lower if you sit less then 2

or 3 hours a day. I know those who are in wheel chairs and can't get out of bed

got an excuse, but what about us who have no good excuse? I can catch my self on

this pc posting to all the different list I belong to, typing out for hours. I

have to make my self get up and move away from my beast. there is plenty to do

in my house that needs done, but it isn't always a thing I wish to do at that

moment. sitting and reading a good book or watching the TV feels good at times,

but we really do need to increase our movements that require us up on our feet.

my records are showing that my sugar really likes my butt up and moving during

the day. now as soon as I can figure out how to walk and sleep at the same time

I will pass this information on for all to try.