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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Fitness Real Life
Tags: exercise Fitness weight loss
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I love this time of year. As soon as we can "spring ahead" and gain that hour of sunlight in the afternoon, I get excited. Before this last Sunday it was dark soon after I got home from work which meant no Disc Golf during the week.
A while back I wrote a post about how I am not a typical gym guy. I like to exercise in non-traditional ways such as racquetball or disc golf instead of being strapped to a machine at a health club. Well now that the days are longer I can meet my buddies at the park after work for a round of disc golf. If you can throw a Frisbee then you can play this game. It is not nearly as frustrating to me as golf is. I am terrible at traditional golf. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Emotions Fitness
Tags: abnormal feeling different Fitness friends normal
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It seems like lately I've felt more abnormal than ever before in my life. I've always known I wasn't like the rest of the world. I have always been the different kid, the one who had to eat different food, the one who did shots all the time. I thought that I wouldn't feel so different when I got older. I figured that with time diabetes would be just a part of my life like being a brunette or having freckles. Now I'm getting older and diabetes is completely ingrained in me, but I still feel different. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1
Tags: emotions exercise Jiminy Cricket lows
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I am on the eliptical trainer, rather lost in the music coming from my Ipod. I'm into the second half of my one hour of cardio for the day. I'm starting to feel a little weak - so I keep my legs moving and grab my test kit from the water bottle slot. I fumble my hands through the test, while my poor legs struggle to remain coordinated. Damn it. 73 mg/dl. This is not good. If I want this work out to continue, I best act fast. Legs still moving, I open the hammer gel pack I'd brought for just such an occasion. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Fitness
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This morning, I had (literally) the toughest workout of my life. I joined a program called Strikingly Fit - a six week fitness and weight loss program - at a women's boxing gym. Today's workout was called "12 rounds." 12 four minute rounds of tough exercise. Running, jumping rope, lateral movement with squats, sit ups, push ups, planks, punching. It was awesome. And I feel incredibly strong having completed it.
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How is it that I went through this holiday season with zero visits to the gym and eating a ton of calories - with a net weight gain of only 1/2 pound and a meter average of 133 mg/dl?
If I knew the answer to that question, I'd be rich.
I'd bottle the secret and sell it. Well, I'd give it to you if I knew and liked you, but mostly I'd sell it. And probably eat the profits. And you know, that wouldn't be a big deal, because I'd have the secret.
I've got some theories....
Karma? I'm pretty nice. And I've mostly been good this year in terms of diet and exercise. Perhaps I'm reaping the karmic benefits of my past good deeds and behaviors?
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Categories: Type 2 Emotions Fitness
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I'm having a good week for the walking goal. I have walked 5 out of 7 days. The 2 days I skipped were over the weekend and I think I was active enough with errands, chores and my kids. I have my employer to thank for the motivation.
I have signed up for a program offered through my company to improve my health. While a lot of it is just reading; not much of it new information, they offer coaching sessions as well. The first interview was not inspiring at all; I seemed to know more about Type 2 diabetes and my thyroid condition than the interviewer did. But she did set me up for a consultation with a dietician. The dietician is the one who is holding me accountable for my exercise. She will be calling me once a week for a while to keep me on track. (READ MORE)
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Sticking to a regular exercise routine and schedule has always been a real challenge for me. Yeah, I know it's something that I need to be doing, but that's not always enough to keep the motivation flowing.
I joined a gym around this time last year, and I went at least 3 times a week for a while. I developed a pretty good routine with the help of the trainers, and was doing great with it. Then I had to take a break from going because of an ankle injury. That had me down for a month or so.
I started going to the gym again for a while after the ankle stopped hurting, and got back into the routine I had been doing, and all was going well again. Then vacation time rolled around, and you know what that means? More time out of the gym. Oh sure, there was a lot of walking involved during the vacation, and that is certainly a form of exercise, but it just wasn't the same as being in the gym.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Fitness Women's Issues Real Life
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Views: 664
It has been quite an interesting week and a half. I started my new job, spent the weekend alone for once, and tried to prepare for Christmas without any money. The new job is still fine. It's stressful at the moment because I'm building the program from scratch which means a lot of running around and testing things out. I'm feeling productive though, which is great.
My big concern lately is money. It took me awhile to find a job and my savings took a hit. My credit card bill is rising again this month with the added expenses of the holidays as well as work. I had to get clothes tailored and cleaned. I'm spending more on car maintenance (speaking of, I need to get my oil changed). There's also a lot of lunch expenses that I've had (this week I'm focusing on taking my lunch instead of buying).
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Categories: Type 2 Fitness Real Life
Tags: Diet and exercise motivation workout
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I have been working out about 4 times a week for SEVEN months now! This is a lifetime record for me, working out consistently for so long. I'm really starting to see a difference, and as soon as I figure out my health-care strategy, I expect to see results via my A1C test. I have reached one goal already - the ability to play tag with my son until he gives up, not until I collapse.
I have found there are more downsides to getting fit than I expected. Time, money, and physical effects are all turning out differently than I expected.
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I was going to write a post about glucose tabs today to represent the letter G. But I'm not going to deliver as promised. Because, another G has been on my mind of late and I wanted to write about it.
What, pray-tell, could deter me from the path of a post about chalky-lemony glucose tabs? Nothing terribly exciting - just the gym. (READ MORE)
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