Exercise is one of the most important things that you can do to help your type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes. My best recommendation for exercise is walking an hour a day, every day. I love walking and usually walk 6-8 miles every day. This has had great positive effects on controlling my blood sugar.

If you are overweight and out of shape, you may not be able to walk that hour a day just yet. But you need to get started, the sooner the better. When you are just starting back on a regular exercise program like walking, start slowly and work your way up. If you can only walk 50 feet, that’s fine, walk that 50 feet and then tomorrow walk 60 feet. Each day try to improve just a little bit. Over time it will add up fast and pretty soon you will be walking several miles a day.

Another good tip is to walk two or three times a day. For example, maybe you can only walk ten minutes at a time. Do that three times a day and you are halfway to walking your one hour per day. Remember, it’s the total for the whole day; you don’t need to walk that hour all at once. In fact, it can better help to control your blood sugar levels by walking three times a day, morning, afternoon, and evening.

Important! Please consult with your physician before making changes to your daily exercise regimen.