Small Steps, Big Difference

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    • December 18, 2025 at 8:30 pm
    Dan Hager
    Keymaster
      You don’t need a gym to get moving! 💪 Check out our guide, Physical Activity: A Key Part of Your Health Journey, at bit.ly/4qR2eTa for safe ways to add activity to your day and reach your health goals.
      • This topic was modified 7 months ago by Dan Hager.
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      • May 5, 2026 at 11:40 pm
      Dan Hager
      Keymaster
        That’s amazing, Wendy! Thanks so much for sharing your experience. I love that connection you made between mindset and being active. What a great approach you took!
        • May 20, 2026 at 12:22 pm
        Darla Martin
        Participant
          Let’s remember that any movement can improve health.  Small steps can lead to big improvements.  If you have struggled to get moving, start with small goals such as I will get up every hour of sitting and move for 2 minutes. Once this is accomplished you could move for 10 minutes 3 times per day.  Movement includes walking, biking, swimming, doing chair exercises or resistance training, anything that you are doing to move your muscles. Do what you enjoy, and it may change throughout life. The point is to keep movement a priority.
          • June 22, 2026 at 11:32 am
          Katherine Flanagan
          Participant
            I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2022. I wasn’t feeling so good so I went to the doctor, and the doctor ordered a lab work. The results wasn’t good my numbers was very high, and cholesterol too, sodium, blood pressure, sugar numbers. I was eating bad things that’s what’s cause my numbers high. So now I have been taking 5 medicines since then. But starting in 2023 my numbers started to go down, and I started to do walking ever since then. I do 5,000 steps a day to help keep my heart healthy, cholesterol down, sodium, and sugar Ac1 down. I eat heatlhy too.My Ac1 in 2026 went from 6.9 to 6.3 which is not bad. My doctor is really proud of me. I love walking it’s so refreshing, and good for my health.
            • July 1, 2026 at 7:16 pm
            Kayla Tibbits
            Participant
              This was good to view for some tips and tricks. I am not a gym person but getting myself up and moving, setting a goal of 10k steps a day and 2-3x a week of strength has been so motivating for me. Also choosing snacks and foods that are nutrient rich vs junk. Seeing my A1C as well as my swings in blood sugar improve with simple movement has also been my motivator to keep going.
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