# GETTING BACK INTO THE POOL (after 2 years away) **URL:** \ **Category:** Sports & Exercise\ **Created:** [May 24, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/getting-back-into-the-pool-after-2-years-away/12729 "2022-05-24T20:19:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 130
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/getting-back-into-the-pool-after-2-years-away/12729/130 "2022-08-11T01:54:07Z")
> [@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?** > … > > **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: > … > 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. > [@Daisy Mae's swimming BG thread](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daisy-maes-swimming-bg-thread/894/12): > > 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! 😀 --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/getting-back-into-the-pool-after-2-years-away/12729)._