Golden exercise questions

[ozbuc]

I am diabetic and I have a great need to exercise daily for tight blood glucose control. I am assuming that the gym facilities are going to be crowded. I walk an average of 6 miles daily and don't mind walking around the ship to accomplish this. I also do 40 minutes of strength training with dumbbells. Two questions, how many times will I have to walk around the ship to do my 6 miles? and do they have weights in the gym and will they be as heavily used as the treadmills?

[Mary Leslie]

There are hand weights in the gym.............and depending upon the time of day, plenty of treadmills available. I assume you are talking about walking on the promenade deck...........I think it's about 3 times around for a mile, but I didn't see it posted anywhere. Have fun:D

[Sox Fan Cruiser]

If you walk on the running track, it's 10 times around for each mile.

 

We did the breast cancer walk while on board which is a 5K walk (3.1 miles) and it was 8 times around the promanade deck included the front on deck 8. They said that if you cut through and stay on deck 7 it's 9 times around but I think that is just an approximation.

 

Hope that helps!

[DrivesLikeMario]

The ship will have a very good selection of free weights (dumbells) and a wide variety of excellent strength-training machines too. My DH always appreciates the quality of the machines and the free weights on Princess ships. You'll find that a lot of people don't use the free weights. Most like to hop into the gym 'play' with a machine or two and then leave. (That way they can say, "Oh yeah, I was in the gym every day!" :rolleyes: ) Formal nights are least crowded and afternoons around 3-4pm are usually pretty quiet too.

 

For walking the deck, if I remember correctly, 3.3 times around equals a mile. The deck can get a bit busy in the mornings.

[2Oregonians]

I am diabetic and I have a great need to exercise daily for tight blood glucose control. I am assuming that the gym facilities are going to be crowded. I walk an average of 6 miles daily and don't mind walking around the ship to accomplish this. I also do 40 minutes of strength training with dumbbells. Two questions, how many times will I have to walk around the ship to do my 6 miles? and do they have weights in the gym and will they be as heavily used as the treadmills?

 

ozbuc... I am diabetic too and have been interested to see how meal planning is going to work for me. I've been on 2 cruises before, but they were before I was diagnosed with type 2. Have you cruised before with diabetes? Any tips you could give me? I eat 6 small meals a day, so I wonder what I'm going to do when we go on shore excursions. Should I just visit the buffet and grab some protein and carbs to go? I'm a bit anxious about this! I trust myself not to go off my program while onboard, so that's not a problem, but I do wonder how and what to order in the dining room. I know that they are good about bringing you whatever you ask for, but just what should I ask for and how can I make sure I have something different every night? But really my main concern is staying on the 3 hour schedule and how to facilitate that when on excursions. Any help from you or anyone else would be greatly appreciated!!!

[ozbuc]

Thanks to everyone for all your help. 2Oregonians I am on a different diet plan than you. I eat the main 3 meals a day with at least 4-5 hours between meals also I eat less than 30 grams of carbs a day. Thanks to some one posting the menus from the Golden I was able to determine that the dinning room will be no problem for me since I am on a high protein, high fat low carb diet. My only problem with the dinning room will be dessert. As far as going ashore well I hear that the Mexican Riviera is a great place for shrimp and other seafood so as long as I skip the rice and beans I should be able to maintain my good blood glucose levels which for me average 90-105 two hours after eating.

[2Oregonians]

Thanks to everyone for all your help. 2Oregonians I am on a different diet plan than you. I eat the main 3 meals a day with at least 4-5 hours between meals also I eat less than 30 grams of carbs a day. Thanks to some one posting the menus from the Golden I was able to determine that the dinning room will be no problem for me since I am on a high protein, high fat low carb diet. My only problem with the dinning room will be dessert. As far as going ashore well I hear that the Mexican Riviera is a great place for shrimp and other seafood so as long as I skip the rice and beans I should be able to maintain my good blood glucose levels which for me average 90-105 two hours after eating.

 

Yes, we're on quite different diets, aren't we? My control has been very good too. I just checked 2 hrs post and it was 108. :D

 

Could you link me to the menus? As far as fish and seafood, I can't eat any of that, unfortunately.

[ozbuc]

Try this, if the link doesn't work just cut and paste to browser.

 

http://tomandemily.com/index_files/092907GoldenPrincessCruiseDocs.htm

[2Oregonians]

Try this, if the link doesn't work just cut and paste to browser.

 

http://tomandemily.com/index_files/092907GoldenPrincessCruiseDocs.htm

 

It worked. Thanks so much!! :D