If you have Type 1 diabetes, exercise is part of keeping your body healthy overall. If you have Type 2 diabetes, exercise can actually help improve your blood sugar control.

• Consult Your Doctor First. Learn how exercise fits in with your diabetes care.
• Set Realistic and Attainable Goals. Track the amount of exercise you do every day.
• Use an Exercise Diary. Keep track of your workouts and how they affect your blood glucose levels. Share the diary with your doctor.
• Watch your Glucose Levels. You may need to check your blood sugar before, during and after exercise.

Tips:

• Be Smart. Exercise only as long as you are comfortable.
• Start slowly and build up.
• Warm up, cool down and stretch.
• Exercise 30 minutes a day, on most days of the week, if you can.
• Add resistance exercise.

(Source: DiscoveryHealth.com)