Hello - I'm someone who hates "exercise" but has taken reasonably well to "physical activity" in the form of walking and gardening. The latter since I moved to a house with a larger hedge to keep under control..
I used to commute by train and would walk three miles every day just walking to and from stations/work/home, Then I changed jobs to be nearer home but never got into the habit of walking to and from work. Which would have been three miles a day.
Two years on, I moved house and was diagnosed with T2 the same week. (Mmmm.. lethargy levels putting me off the walk to and from now making sense.). Diet along with Metformin worked really well initially. Until it didn't! At which point after the most food-treat free Christmas EVER, with blood sugars just going up and up, after much weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth, I began walking part way to and from work. This was to convince myself I wasn't "exercising", I was "commuting" then I began getting more and more skilled at spreading out my "shopping" and not "exercising". I can recommend washing down all the wooden pews in my church as another example...
Anyway, I'm now averaging 4 miles a day and want to keep this going. 10.2 miles is my best day - split into three shopping trips! Though, I'm not enthused to go out this morning as it's raining!