GETTING BACK INTO THE POOL (after 2 years away)

[Eric]

@daisymae

And I was just wondering how you use your exercise time. Do you do it alone? Do you do it with a partner? Do you do it in a group setting? And, when you do it, do you find the time useful for meditation or anything else? Any other thoughts or ways of thinking?
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This is my invitation to start a conversation. How do you learn to do what you do from others? How do you move yourself forward. What brings life into your living? And how do you get there?

I am almost always alone. Except when it is a race or the rare group run.

Do I mediate? Not sure if I would call it meditation. But I certainly think. What else can you do during that time?

But - (and this is important!) - the things I can think about are things that do not get “thought” any other time. They are unique thoughts that only happen when I am running.

How do I move myself forward? That is actually much easier than standing still.

@daisymae

Todays stats were simple and uneventful, but here they are:
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12:15pm BG 93 turned off pump to Zero Basal
12:30pm BG 102 left the house and dashed to the pool
12:50pm BG 110 took 6gms carbs and jumped into the pool
1:25pm BG 93 got out of the pool and bolused 1U (for total time off basal)

There is so much I want to say about that statement.

Take a look back. From May 12, 2017…

Lemme say it again, over 5 years ago!

From May 12, 2017…

Here is a link to that thread from over 5 years ago. Read this.

@daisymae

i swim at 2pm ish 5 days a week (M-F ) what i have been doing is this: w/out any active IOB, my BGs are around 100 at 12noon. i eat 1 UCAN protein bar w/out giving myself any insulin. i wait 1 1/2 hours, and let my BGs climb. once i get to around 200 BG, i leave for the pool; it is a 15 min very brisk walk. i test again and then detach from my pump.

So now you are saying that being between 93 and 110 is “simple and uneventful”.

I want you to re-read all of that and let that sink it. That is a perfect illustration of how far you have come and what you have accomplished in the past 5 years.

Can we celebrate that today? I am so happy for you.

@daisymae

when I am in the pool, I am not diabetic.

Ya, no kidding!