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Increasing Exercise

To reach a commonly prescribed 1-2 pound weight loss per week, you need to increase your activity or exercise level, along with eating a healthy diet of foods.

Routine, daily exercise not only reduces your diabetic weight. It also improves your mental health and sense of achievement - something diabetic dieters can use to reach their goals.

Exercising can be strenuous. Or it can be part of your everyday routine. Here are some examples of activities and related calorie per hour burn level:

Physical Activites and Estimated Calorie Usage
Activity Calorie Use Per Hour
Sleeping 90
Sitting 114
Bicycling 174
Walking 198
Light Housework 246
Golfing 324

From the above examples you can see that calories can be burned in the gym. They can be burned by doing routine chores around the house. What's important is that you turn off your TV, get off the couch and get moving.