Manage Diabetes With Sports and Hobbies (page 2 of 2)

Spend Time With Active People

If you love people, keep it social. If you've got the gift of gab or are always up for meeting new friends, seek out group activities such as volleyball, shuffleboard, bocce, and bowling. Staying socially connected is a key to keeping your spirits up. And you know what they say: Laughter is the best medicine. If you have a good time with the people you're exercising with, chances are you'll keep coming back for more.

Hang around fun, active people. If you have friends who love to hike or hit the driving range, their enthusiasm is likely to rub off on you. And most sports are more fun when you play them with friends. A study at the University of Iceland found that men whose fathers, brothers, and close friends exercised with them (or who emphasized exercise in their own lives) were more likely to exercise and be fit than those whose friends and family did not participate.

Vary your activities. Your passion for racquetball is bound to wane if you keep doing it day in and day out. Give yourself a break from your favorite game and go country line dancing or hiking in the great outdoors once in a while for a change of pace. If mountain biking is your thing, trade in your spokes for some strokes at the swimming pool.

Train for an event. Whether it's a 5-mile "fun run" or a walk for a good cause, put it on your calendar, then get out there and get ready. Give yourself plenty of time to work up gradually to the amount of walking or running you'll be doing.

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