The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan: Living Well and Being Fit with Diabetes, No Matter Your Weight (Marlowe Diabetes Library) [Paperback]

Sheri Colberg (Author), Anne Peters (Foreword)

Book Description

Series: Marlowe Diabetes Library | Publication Date: December 21, 2005

Most of the 18.2 million Americans currently living with diabetes have been advised by their doctors, or other health-care providers, that weight loss is essential for them to control their condition and stay healthy. However, the vast majority of people fail miserably at dieting, ultimately regaining the pounds they manage to lose. The latest research confirms, though, that diabetic people do not have to lose significant amounts of body fat to be healthy. The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan guides people step-by-step to achieve a healthy body despite having excess body fat and diabetes or pre-diabetes—primarily by becoming physically fit. With practical information and tips on physical fitness, blood sugar balance with physical activity, nutrition, nutritional supplements, emotional fitness, diabetic medications, motivation, and more, The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan gives readers the knowledge they need to prevent, reverse, and control their diabetes through fitness—and to live a long, healthy life without the need for dieting and weight loss—making this the essential diabetes fitness resource.

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Praise for The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan

"The important message from this book is that losing weight may not be the panacea it was once thought to be for people with type 2 diabetes. In fact, becoming fit may have a greater effect on your blood glucose control than losing weight. And only exercise seems to be able to reduce the amount of internal stomach fat that is the most dangerous kind. "This should come as good news to the many type 2 diabetes patients who have extreme difficulty losing weight (especially when given diabetes drugs that cause weight gain) and who suffer from constant nagging from health care workers who tell them to ‘just lose a little weight and your diabetes will go away.’ "Colberg, an exercise physiologist, explains this in detail and then gives useful tips on how to work more exercise into your daily regime, how to exercise, and how to stay motivated to exercise."

—Gretchen Becker, author of The First Year—Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes: What You Need to Know to Keep Diabetes Away

"The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan is a must for all people with type 2 diabetes who want to take control of their disease. While the focus of the book is on exercise, it provides both an excellent review of what’s known about what causes diabetes as well as a great review of dietary and psychological factors that impact on it. Its practical program of diet and physical exercise will help everyone who has diabetes or is at risk for diabetes improve their health."

—Richard S. Surwit, PhD, Duke University Medical Center, author of The Mind-Body Diabetes Revolution

About the Author

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press (December 21, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156924331X
• ISBN-13: 978-1569243312
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,049 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sheri Colberg, PhD, is an author, college professor (Old Dominion University), exercise physiologist, clinical exercise researcher, and international lecturer on healthy lifestyles, diabetes prevention and management, exercise and physical activity, and much more (see www.shericolberg.com for a full biography and access to her many articles and books). In addition to writing columns for DiabetesInControl.com and dLife.com, she is frequently interviewed by the media, with recent interviews appearing in USA Today, New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Diabetes Forecast, "Diabetes Living Today" radio show, and other media outlets. Her favorite pastime (besides being physically active) is sharing information to help people live not just longer, but especially healthier lives, and she practices what she preaches as she has been exercising and living well with type 1 diabetes for over 40 years.

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breaking the sedentary Inertia, February 7, 2006

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Domingo Liotta (Capital Federal, Buenos Aires Argentina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan: Living Well and Being Fit with Diabetes, No Matter Your Weight (Marlowe Diabetes Library) (Paperback)

Hi Fellow Readers!
I'm currently reading this book now, but I would like to share some initial thoughts with you.
First of all the fact Dr. Colberg mentions, that you can be overweight and fit. This is very interesting because you set your focus to having a better Blood Glucose control and being healthy not just losing pounds.
I have always been a very sedentary person and the approach she has on step 2 "Get up and Get Moving" and afterwards on Step 3 "Become even more fit" is a natural way to begin and increase your activity levels.
I'm an avid searcher for better ways to take charge of my diabetes, to live a good life, and enjoy the love of my family!!
This book seems to fit me perfectly as a ring, on all the important issues "empowered people" can do to personally collaborate with our Health Team.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great & Compact, February 10, 2006

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This review is from: The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan: Living Well and Being Fit with Diabetes, No Matter Your Weight (Marlowe Diabetes Library) (Paperback)

This is an excellent book by a true expert. Packed with information on all aspects of exercising to maintain control of diabetes. Like others (Dr. Steven Blair of Cooper Institute in Dallas), Dr. Colberg believes that the key is to get moving and exercising. If the pounds come off or not is a secondary concern. If you have to choose between dieting and exercising, pick the latter every time! Also appreciated that Professor Colberg has written the book in low-cost paperback format.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great program for anyone, not just diabetics, July 4, 2007

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CC "miciosmom" (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan: Living Well and Being Fit with Diabetes, No Matter Your Weight (Marlowe Diabetes Library) (Paperback)

I loved this book. Not only does it tell you why you should exercise, but it also gives different programs, tells you what goes on when you exercise, the 2 main types of exercise, and the effects on your body of both types. The author doesn't get carried away with the program--I'm not trying to be a weight lifter, after all, but exercise is greatly beneficial, especially to diabetics. The only thing this book can't do is start you on their program.