Necrobump!
My A1C in February 2022 was 5.3 (which is somewhat good.)
In February 2023, my A1C was 5.6 (which is almost prediabetic!)
If your A1C is 5.7 or higher, you are prediabetic, and that is very unhealthy.
My mom was prediabetic, and she took a year long class to learn how to be healthier.
I attended the class for the last six months, so I sort of know how to not become prediabetic.
When I heard that my A1C was 5.6, I knew I had to do something pronto because I don’t want to be prediabetic (or even worse, diabetic!)
So, in February 2023, I started walking everyday.
At first, I walked only 10 minutes a day because as it turns out, I am out of shape.
I slowly increased how much I walked each day, and within 2.5 weeks, I was walking 30 minutes a day, which was my goal all along.
For a while, walking 30 minutes a day was somewhat difficult because I wasn’t used to it, but now it’s pretty easy.
I walk as quickly as I can because I don’t like to walk slowly, and I can walk faster than the vast majority of people, probably because I have very long legs and I like to walk briskly.
The problem that I encountered is that my old shoes were not that comfortable for walking long distances.
It’s because my old shoes have no arch support, so I got new shoes!
I got Reebok Classic Leather shoes.
The uppers are made of leather (duh!), they have some degree of arch support, they’re durable, they’re comfortable, and they don’t pick up very much sand or small rocks.
(I live in the desert, and our soil has plenty of sand and small rocks, so I have to get shoes with soles that don’t pick that junk up so that our house doesn’t get tons of debris tracked in. On our property, we have almost zero grass, so I mostly walk on sandy soil.)
In other words, these Reeboks are just about perfect for me.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XD54GFW
https://www.ebay.com/itm/175618241680?var=475016603628
The Reeboks come with insoles that are practically worthless, so took them out and I use these insoles instead.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091K2TS9G
https://www.ebay.com/itm/204261875719?var=504826980285
These insoles are pretty awesome, but they’re expensive.
I paid $35 for them on eBay.
The Reeboks are only $30 on eBay.
I was looking for insoles with as high of an arch as possible, and I think I got what I was looking for, but the insoles seem way overpriced for what you get.
(I mean, I tried to find cheaper (but nice) insoles with very high arches, but I couldn’t find any.)
The Reeboks are super cheap, though, considering how great they are.
I think technically they’re running shoes, but they work just fine for walking and the leather quality is very nice.
(Just about all of my shoes have either leather or suede uppers.)