Some people wonder why I largely exercise alone. It’s not (just) because I’m antisocial; there are other reasons as well. First off, getting someone to meet me at 5 am on a weekend morning at my house in a somewhat rural area of the island for a three to five hour bike ride tends not […]
Motivation is among the most important things that anyone dealing with a health condition–let alone someone who is training for an athletic event or just for weight loss–has to deal with. What motivates me? My primary motivation is to outlive my mother, and also to see my nine year old niece grow up. After my […]
There are people in my life who will tell me that I have no concept of rest. I would disagree. The truth is, I know what rest is–I may just not do as much of it as necessary. Rest is definitely important. You can’t stress your muscles all the time. While I try to do […]
Having lunch over the weekend at work–I’ve now worked 15 of the last 16 days–one of the nurses I worked with commented that, “Food is good,” then looked at me and stated, “but for you, food is the enemy.” It’s a double edged sword, this relationship diabetics have with food. Like most but certainly not […]
Hypoglycemia–low blood sugar–is the biggest enemy of the athletic diabetic. Sometimes more food is necessary before a workout session. While I try to figure out more snacks during workdays (mostly I have cheese and almonds; in the past I’ve had organic peanut butter as well), Triple Workout Thursday is posing a unique challenge. It’s pretty […]
Write it down. These are three words I say all the time. I say it to my clients in parenting class every week; I say it to my coworkers who try to pass off information of importance to me verbally every day; and I say it to myself about just about anything important that comes […]
It’s true, at least as far as working out goes. I have a lot of goals. I don’t reach all of them. Even my exercise goals are the same way–I have a plan, if I don’t reach it, then the next week (or month or year) I need to change the plan. For instance, this […]
While diabetes is a huge issue for the diabetic, it’s not their only health issue in the vast majority of cases. Besides the actual diabetes, frequently they also have hypertension (high blood pressure) and hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol), as well as obesity. In my case, I had all three. Only the first two were treated with […]
I’m struggling. I’m struggling even more than my last post would let on, and my weight hasn’t gone down–in fact, it’s gone up a pound or two recently. I’ve also been having difficulty getting up in the morning regularly to do rides or runs. In fact, the only thing I’ve been able to get done […]
I think having a great primary care physician–not just a doctor who is smart, because there are tons of those, but someone you can trust and talk to–is really important. I was blessed with a couple of great ones. Some of the things that are pretty likely if you have diabetes is that the physician […]