while on the subject of exercise, i did read (
@Jim Lahey i believe led me too it,) that resistance training was best for using up the sugars/glucose to get lower numbers.
It was then that i upped my game to include more weights then running.
(i kind of see it as an alarm or call to arms for the sugar as the muscles scream out for energy.asap
which kind of makes sense, the muscles need energy, and the body responds. )
However the reason i post is that mentality, made me start taking one of the wife's resistance bands on holiday and now to work.
Found it a nice easy alternative to carrying large weights around, and looking like (more of ) a loon running on spot when i can't get out for a walk/etc.
Cheap as chips, flexible & easy to transport around.
Use mine like weight training, standing up, but have used it while sat watching TV, whiling away 10 minutes or so.
Might be worth considering, for one or two.