Want to better control your weight and your diabetes risk? Get moving. Here are 15 tips to make it easy:
- Take the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator.
- Walk or bike to your destination and leave the car at home.
- At the mall, park a good distance away from where you plan to shop.
- Exercise while watching T.V., especially during commercials.
- Housework counts! Try scrubbing floors, vacuuming, polishing furniture or washing windows.
- Take your dog for a walk. How can you resist that face?
- Go for a short walk before breakfast and after dinner.
- Several times a day, make a point of getting up and moving around and stretching your legs, regardless of what you’re doing.
- Walk the golf course and skip the cart.
- Spend time in your yard planting flowers, pulling weeds, mowing or raking.
- Walk around the house while you talk on the phone, rather than sitting.
- Clean out the garage and your closets.
- Instead of using kitchen gadgets like an electric mixer, mix ingredients by hand.
- Participate in your kids’ activities at the playground and in the backyard.
- Go shopping. You don’t need to buy anything. Just walk the mall at a fast clip and window shop. Bring a friend for company.
—Source: The Mayo Clinic
Good Neighbor Pharmacy Health Connection, January 2014
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