Start slow with just walking for 10 minutes each day. If after a week you have no problem then increase the time by 5 minutes per week. Before you know it you will start feeling better and have increased energy. Once the energy increases then you can start with lifting small amount each day such as cans of soup; 2 sets up 10 reps with bicep curls and triceps strengthening. There are many website for basic strengthening exercises that do not require going to a gym.
Good luck and happy New Year!

I've been pre-diabetic now for 6-7 years. I've managed to not get diabetes by walking 20-30 minutes 4-5 days a week. In the summer i swim laps if i can instead of walking. Plus I don't drink sodas and very rarely eat candy. Since going gluten free after being diagnosed with celiac disease 3 years ago, and eating organic the last few years I'm now only 1 point away from being normal again. Diabetes is very hard on your body. I would work very hard to avoid it.

As others have stated start slow & work up from there. But I must stress the importance of cleaning up your diet. Get rid of sugar, soda, coffee, follow an anti-inflammatory diet & treat your body like you would a most precious fragile item. Food is very much like medication. It's what nourishes our being and allows us to function. Food will help prevent more illnesses & may even heal you. Good quality food is essential!

I'm a whole new person since cleaning up my diet, getting rid of all junk & treating myself right. I am now able to work out very strenuously and for long periods of time with normal consequence. No more extreme fatigue or electrolyte imbalances. I have been able to lower my medication & I'm 18 pounds from my high school weight, having lost 30 pounds thus far. I'm a mom to two kids, four years & 19 months, super active, help maintain two businesses, if I can do it so can anyone! Please feel free to ask away!

Hi Latrece,

I hope you find your lasting motivation to exercise. Along with our meds and a healthy diet, exercise is what makes us feel great. But we need all three.

Even with a full-time job and a family, you can find time to exercise if you make it a priority. Also, in my experience, Addison's doesn't limit us; we do that to ourselves.

I have to be extra careful about hydration on hot days, and I take stress doses for very big exercise efforts, but I'm otherwise normal when it comes to exercise and athletics.

I'm 48 and I run 50+ miles per week. I compete in road races, often placing or winning in my age group, and, in smaller races, I occasionally place or win overall. I routinely outrun high school and college age kids. And I've had full-blown Addison's disease and hypothyroidism for 15 years. So go for it, Latrece. Your Addison's won't stop you.

Best of luck!

Dan ( www.shodfootrunning.blogspot.com )

Latrece and all:

I just posted an article I wrote about Addison's and running at www.shodfootrunning.blogspot.com. Thought those of you following this exercise thread might be interested.
Best,
Dan

Dan,

Your link didn't work, could you re-post it? Thanks.

Sure Lynn,

It's www.shodfootrunning.blogspot.com

If this doesn't work, for some reason, you can just type it into your browser and it'll work.

Dan

I don't know about you, but the steroids have made me more able to exercise. What's motivated me isn't weight loss (although I'm definitely fat), but rather the fact that prior to going on steroids I was bedridden for six years. Being able to do cardio exercise is exhilarating. You might have to experiment with different exercises to find one that feels really good. Try to find one where you can feel your heart pumping, and try to really feel that sensation of your heart getting going, as a sensation of being happy and excited and exhilarated, and that can motivate you more. For me, it just feels so good to move after all these years of inactivity.

And what matters more is that you exercise and eat well. What you weigh may or may not change. But no matter what you weigh, if you eat healthy food and exercise, you will be healthier. And your health is more important than if you're fat or skinny. Diabetes and pre-diabetes can actually cause weight gain in itself (not just the other way around), so you might be fighting against metabolic stuff there. But I pretty much guarantee that whether it prevents diabetes or not, and whether you lose weight or not, you'll be healthier if you can find a way to exercise at least a little.

(I'm personally not sure what my weight is going to do now that I'm on steroids. I was 245 pounds before I got sick, and now I'm 178 from a combination of adrenal insufficiency and gastroparesis with a feeding tube. I just got diagnosed recently and started a low dose of steroids. I'm hoping that being able to exercise will offset anything the steroids do and I'll be at least able to maintain my current weight, I'm not really looking to lose any more even though I'm still overweight for being 5'2" even with a large frame.)