Swimming and Diabetes
AquaticQuests
Posts: 947 Member
Hey people. Its been awhile once again.
Diabetes runs in our family. Ive always known I was on the hereditary hit list. Try to keep fit but this year havent done much and put on alot of weight.
Lately my vision's been blurry. Extreme thirst. On a visit to a relative TWO DAYS AGO I asked to check my sugar levels with a glucometer they have.
Baam! My levels were 22!!!
Freakout. Im diabetic. Everyone wanted me on the meds ASAP.
I decided I would give it 2 to 3 days to see how much I could bring the levels down without medication.
So I've gone on an extremely low calorie low carb diet AND swimming an hour a day (hadnt swam at all much of the year)!
The good news is first day the level was down to 17.5 The second day down to 14.5
It's only been two days and im down from 22 to 14.5. So im hopeful that I'm going to be able to get control of this thing without meds.
I think swimming has been an essential part of the effect the last two days, and if I ever needed motivation to swim, I've now regained it. Hahaha!
Diabetes runs in our family. Ive always known I was on the hereditary hit list. Try to keep fit but this year havent done much and put on alot of weight.
Lately my vision's been blurry. Extreme thirst. On a visit to a relative TWO DAYS AGO I asked to check my sugar levels with a glucometer they have.
Baam! My levels were 22!!!
Freakout. Im diabetic. Everyone wanted me on the meds ASAP.
I decided I would give it 2 to 3 days to see how much I could bring the levels down without medication.
So I've gone on an extremely low calorie low carb diet AND swimming an hour a day (hadnt swam at all much of the year)!
The good news is first day the level was down to 17.5 The second day down to 14.5
It's only been two days and im down from 22 to 14.5. So im hopeful that I'm going to be able to get control of this thing without meds.
I think swimming has been an essential part of the effect the last two days, and if I ever needed motivation to swim, I've now regained it. Hahaha!
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Today reading was 5.7 after 6 daily swims this week averaging 2.5km per swim and being very strict with diet!2
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I originally reversed my diabetes from meds to diet controlled thru hundreds of hours swimming.
It is possible in conjunction with better diet.1 -
I originally reversed my diabetes from meds to diet controlled thru hundreds of hours swimming.
It is possible in conjunction with better diet.
Indeed it is.
It's been almost one year now and my blood sugar levels are absolutely normal with no medication whatsoever.
I credit it largely to a keto lifestyle (which I am still on) together with swimming!
Im so happy I could beat it completely without medication!!!1
