old age??

[KermitLeFrog]

I don't know the details of what's wrong with you Rob but I know diabetes is a sh1t disese and can cause some horrid complications, I'm old too and the effects of too many drops and other things really wombles up my body. Plus the fact that I'm 72 yo next month. About a year ago I decided to do something about it. I cleaned up my diet, lost 15kg in weight, started lifting weights and doing Pilates. From barely having the strength to wheel the bike out of the kitchen and being scared to step into the shower from fear of falling over I can now do 80 miles on the Ape and only feel a little sore and do 200 miles on the Duc and still smile. I saw my doc and got an "Exercise on referral" to the gym and those guys really helped. Hard work but it's paid off.

[integerspin]

I was on my mountain bike one day and I saw someone sitting motionless on his bike with both feet off the ground!
I must have said something to him and he explained, he had always had really bad back ache and couldn't ride far because of it. His doctor suggested yoga or an operation to fuse his spine! He didn't like the ideas of the operation, that might put him in a wheel chair, so every dinner time he went to a yoga class. His back ache disappeared and he now has really good balance.

I couldn't decide if I needed to start doing yoga then or wait until I need to do it?

[fabiostar]

I don't know the details of what's wrong with you Rob but I know diabetes is a sh1t disese and can cause some horrid complications, I'm old too and the effects of too many drops and other things really wombles up my body. Plus the fact that I'm 72 yo next month. About a year ago I decided to do something about it. I cleaned up my diet, lost 15kg in weight, started lifting weights and doing Pilates. From barely having the strength to wheel the bike out of the kitchen and being scared to step into the shower from fear of falling over I can now do 80 miles on the Ape and only feel a little sore and do 200 miles on the Duc and still smile. I saw my doc and got an "Exercise on referral" to the gym and those guys really helped. Hard work but it's paid off.

its not really type 1 or type 2 i have its a kinda hybrid, i inject and take tablets... you got some results from changing your habbits . im the other way with weight, if they had world eating championships id win hands down and still be 10 st soaking wet lol

[freeridenick]

Yoga has made a massive difference to me. I used to have a sore back from standing in the garage - sh1t posture. I've been doing less than two sessions a week for four year now and it's hardly ever an issue. I'd say it was about six months before I noticed a difference and it'd have been faster if I'd done three or four sessions a week.

Weights is also good advice. After about 50 we lose loads of muscle mass and the best way to retain it is strength training. I don't think it has to be Arnie-type stuff just hard enough so that 10 or so reps is difficult. Get a kettle bell and do it at home.

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[fabiostar]

Yoga has made a massive difference to me. I used to have a sore back from standing in the garage - sh1t posture. I've been doing less than two sessions a week for four year now and it's hardly ever an issue. I'd say it was about six months before I noticed a difference and it'd have been faster if I'd done three or four sessions a week.

Weights is also good advice. After about 50 we lose loads of muscle mass and the best way to retain it is strength training. I don't think it has to be Arnie-type stuff just hard enough so that 10 or so reps is difficult. Get a kettle bell and do it at home.

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Nick at this stage i would try pretty much anything if it helped

[MacV2]

What's that you say..?

Tuesday... Shepherds pie I think or is that Monday...

Got to go the carers due any time to wipe me rear end...

Then off to the recreation room for Bingo or a singalong with all the other oldies...






Something to look forward to...

[tony.mon]

Those who have met me will find this hard to believe, but here goes:

I retired end of last year, and after 40 odd years of sedentary tipetty-tapping on a computer and sitting at a desk chatting I decided to take up running; specifically the NHS "couch to 5k" programme, designed to take people who have never exercised before to being able to run or jog 5 kilometres in a steadily increasing programme over 13 weeks. After all, I was halfway there- I had the "couch" bit nailed already ...

(You can find the details by typing "NHS couch to 5k" into any browser).

I found that I could not only do it, but liked it. This is despite having had asthma all my life and pneumonia a few years back.

It's getting a bit out of hand; last week I did four 6k runs in a week, which was a little excessive, but I seem to be able to do three runs a week without problems or injuries. As a byproduct, the wife tells me my snoring has improved, so I suppose that overall fitness generally improves all aspects, even if you're only exercising one part of your body, so it's not just legs, for instance.

I'm still waiting for the beer gut to go, but one thing at a time- plus, you don't half work up a thirst running!

My point is that at the age most of us are, it's probably worth doing something to try to keep whatever mobility you have and to delay the inevitable decline as we all age. Obviously, you can't do anything about diseases or conditions such as Rob describes, but if you're able to try a fitness activity, or even long walks, it is worth doing, even if, like me, you've never bothered (or had to bother) before.

In my case I gave it a go, and surprised myself. Perhaps you might get a benefit, too.

[KermitLeFrog]

Those who have met me will find this hard to believe, but here goes:

...snip...

In my case I gave it a go, and surprised myself. Perhaps you might get a benefit, too.

Be very careful Tony, it's a slippery slope you may not want to slide down. I was an unfit chubby fecker and decided to go to the gym. I enjoyed the feeling of lifting weights and since you get better really quickly to begin with it's a buzz. You want to make it a bigger buzz so you look up how you might get better. "Eat more protein" the internet said; so I did. Now, for scientific reasons I won't bore you with (look it up), protein takes more energy to digest and it makes you feel fuller. Basically your calorie intake reduces. When that happens you lose a little bit of weight. Like getting stronger, this feels nice. You want it to continue so you start keeping a record of what you eat (and drink). You record your food and drink and after a while you notice that all the scotch you are drinking is just adding calories and no protein. You give yourself a goal of how many calories you consume in a day. You get hungry. You want to eat more and the only way to eat more but have less calories is to reduce the booze intake. Over a litre of scotch a week is a lot of calories so... one day you only have a small scotch. Weeks pass and one day you don't have a drink. For me that was the first day I had not had a drink for a very long time. I week later I had another dry day. This gradually became dry every other day. The weight then really started dropping off and I was getting stronger all the time. Now it's maybe once a week or every couple of weeks.

You then start to really clean up your diet. Lots of fruit and veg. Lots of lean meat. No processed foods or stuff with loads of suger. Food now costs a lot more but that's covered by the bottles of scotch you are not buying. I used to weight 104kg. I now weigh 80. But, it's actually bad news. None of my old clothers fit and I have to go clothes shopping which I hate. And, have you seen the price of riding gear!

It's been an interesting journey.

[fabiostar]

i seem to be at the other end of the scale weight wise, i need to gain weight, im always fighting to keep weight on .. iv looked at all sorts of diets to gain weight or mass and they are all full of stuff that yes will put weight on but in turn wrecks the diabeties so thats the circle im in..

keeping my sugar levels up isnt my problem its keeping them down, i need to eat A LOT to maintain 64kgs , if i dont eat i loose more, if i eat to keep weight on my own body kinda attacks me and sends the sugers through the roof,. a normal person sits around 5 to 6 in the blood sugars, i simply cant function if i drop below about 14 and at least a dozen times a week im up around 28 or 29 so should actually be dead at those figures with how often they happen to me.

work wise i do a fair bit of walking in my job and iv my dogs walked half to death, good to keep fit yes but doesnt help to gain weight so so the circle of eating starts again to gain what iv lost.

one good thing is i can buy kids clothes to fit me so cheap as chips lol

[KermitLeFrog]

What do the docs say Rob?

[fabiostar]

What do the docs say Rob?

They have been throwing every tablet and injection at me for a few years now, seen a few experts in the field and its back to dot again, it is strange because everytime they try me on a new injection it works for a while then its as if my body adapts to it and finds a way round the drugs ..

but i suppose it is what it is, everything else body wise like Heart lungs and blood pressure is actually 100%, a lot better than expected so they say

[KermitLeFrog]

Wow. So they simply don't know. That is a REAL bummer. Gotta know what it is before you can fix it.

[KermitLeFrog]

I'm not surprised everything else is good. You are getting loads of exercise. You are not overweight (ha!). And these are the two things that muck most people up.

[freeridenick]

My brother in law is type 1 too. He was a pretty handy cyclist but it screwed him for a while. He's now back to training hard and racing but he completely changed his diet. Initially cutting out most carbs and cycling very, very slowly to encourage fat and protein burning instead. Sugar is OK when he's cycling as it gets burnt straight away. The rest of the day he hardly has any. I'm sure you've made loads of changes too so the point is it's possible to build up a bit and exercise hard with type 1. It took him years to work it out though.

If you want me to find some links for you let me know.

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[KermitLeFrog]

My brother in law is type 1 too. He was a pretty handy cyclist but it screwed him for a while. He's now back to training hard and racing but he completely changed his diet. Initially cutting out most carbs and cycling very, very slowly to encourage fat and protein burning instead. Sugar is OK when he's cycling as it gets burnt straight away. The rest of the day he hardly has any. I'm sure you've made loads of changes too so the point is it's possible to build up a bit and exercise hard with type 1. It took him years to work it out though.

If you want me to find some links for you let me know.

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Interesting. The first thing I did was cut out carbs. It was the worst part as I love bread, pasta, rice, all that sort of stuff. The problem was getting enough fibre. Not having a crap for 4 or 5 days was literally a PITA. I've only recently got back to eating wholemeal bread, oat bran, brown rice, that sort of stuff and it's made a big positive difference.