The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan Living Well and Being Fit with Diabetes, No Matter Your Weight

by Colberg, Sheri R.; Peter, Anne

• ISBN13: 9781569243312
• ISBN10: 156924331X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-21
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan is the only book that effectively guides you, step-by-step, to achieve a healthy body despite having excess body fat and diabetes (or prediabetes). Written by one of the nation's leading diabetes fitness authorities, it gives you the knowledge you need to live a long, healthy life with diabetes without the need for repeated dieting and unsustainable weight loss. The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan fully covers 7 basic steps relating to the prevention, reversal, and control of diabetes through fitness: Step 1 Get Down to Basics, Step 2 Get Up and Get Moving, Step 3 Become Even More Fit, Step 4 Adopt an Optimal Eating Plan, Step 5 Get Emotionally Fit, Step 6 Make the Most of Meds and Supplements, Step 7 Stay Motivated for Your Lifetime.

Author Biography

Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, is an exercise physiologist and associate professor of exercise science in the Exercise Science, Sport, Physical Education and Recreation Department at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Having earned a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, she specializes in research in diabetes and exercise. She continues to conduct extensive clinical research specifically in type 2 diabetes and exercise with funding from the American Diabetes Association. She has also authored close to 50 research and educational articles on exercise and diabetes, as well as two books, The Diabetic Athlete (Human Kinetics, 2001) and Diabetes-Free Kids (Avery, June 2005). She lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Anne Peters, MD, author of Conquering Diabetes, is the Director of Clinical Diabetes Programs at the University of Southern California.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD: Anne Peters, MD	xiii
INTRODUCTION: Ignorance Is Not Bliss	xvii
STEP 1: Get Down to Basics	1	(36)
STEP 2: Get Up and Get Moving	37	(22)
STEP 3: Become Even More Fit	59	(58)
STEP 4: Adopt an Optimal Eating Plan	117	(34)
STEP 5: Get Emotionally Fit	151	(18)
STEP 6: Make the Most of Meds and Supplements	169	(30)
STEP 7: Stay Motivated for Your Lifetime	199	(10)
CONCLUSION: Follow the Steps to Diabetes Fitness	209	(4)
APPENDIX A: The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan Recap	213	(2)
APPENDIX B: Target Heart Rate Training Zones for Optimal Fitness	215	(2)
APPENDIX C: Glycemic Index Values and Glycemic Load of Common Foods	217	(2)
APPENDIX D: General Nutrition and Shopping Guide	219	(2)
APPENDIX E: Related Web Sites	221	(4)
GLOSSARY	225	(16)
SUGGESTED READING	241	(2)
SELECTED REFERENCES	243	(8)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	251	(2)
INDEX	253