Motion Resources

 

Many resources to help people with diabetes manage their blood glucose levels (whether or not they're in motion) are now available online through websites, books, and apps.

 

Here are some of the resources that we recommend to help you manage your blood glucose levels when you join the Motion Revolution:

 

• Diabetes Motion Blog

  • Check our blog frequently for in-depth info on timely topics, including low-carb eating, diabetes technologies, blood glucose targets, and more

• Fitness Program (Diabetes Motion Academy):

  • Summary of Diabetes Fit Brain, Fit Body 52-Week Lifestyle Training Challenge (week-by-week preview of challenge)

  • Diabetes Fit Brain, Fit Body 52-Week Lifestyle Training Challenge (order online from Amazon)

• Online resources:

  • Free PDFs of various types of exercises that you can do at home!

  • Diabetes Motion Facebook page (please "like" us!)

  • Dr. Sheri Colberg's website (articles, books and more)

  • Diabetes Motion Academy (fitness professional CEs/free exercise PDFs), including free educational videos for anyone to view

  • Diabetes Strong (healthy living info for people with diabetes)

  • Fitness and Lifestyle Tools (free exercise PDFs)

  • Integrated Diabetes Services (coaching for insulin users)

  • WeCanWeDo Diabetes & Exercise Alliances (lists organizations)

  • MedFit Network (find qualified fitness/health professionals)

  • American Diabetes Association (limited physical fitness info)

  • ADA 2016 Position Statement (physical activity/exercise and diabetes)

  • Lancet 2017 Consensus Statement (exercise and type 1 diabetes)

• Books:

  • The Athlete's Guide to Diabetes (2019) (Sheri Colberg, PhD)

  • Diabetes & Keeping Fit for Dummies (Sheri Colberg, PhD)

  • Think Like a Pancreas (Gary Scheiner)

  • Fit with Diabetes (Christel Oerum)

  • 50 Secrets of the Longest Living People with Diabetes

  • The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan (Sheri Colberg, PhD)

  • The Diabetes Breakthrough (weight loss plan)

  • The "I Hate to Exercise" Book for People with Diabetes (3rd edition)

  • Exercise and Diabetes: A Clinician's Guide to Prescribing Physical Activity (case-study based guide for health care/fitness professionals)

• Apps:

  • MyFitnessPal (calorie counter, diet and exercise journal)

  • FitBit (works with FitBit devices and many smart phones)

  • Hot5 Fitness (5-min fitness video workouts)

  • Runkeeper (tracks runs, walks, and rides with phone GPS)

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No matter what you use to guide you in keeping your diabetes in motion, you're still unique, and what works for someone else may not work best for you.