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Categories: Food Real Life
Tags: candy canes eggnog sugar free
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I modified a recipe from the Hungry Girl website for a low sugar eggnog and found it very acceptable. It has nearly the same taste and mouth feel as the lite eggnog I've been drinking. It may be a bit late for this year's holiday season, but there's still New Year's.
The original recipe is here. My version is below.
6 C 1% milk 1 Tbsp vanilla extract 1 small (4-serving) package Jell-O Sugar Free Fat Free Instant Pudding mix, Vanilla 6 no-calorie sweetener packets (like Splenda) 1 tsp Mace (or nutmeg) (optional) 6 oz dark rum or 1 tsp rum extract (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Real Life
Tags: awareness bad habits blind bolusing diabetes goals
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Throughout my diabetes life, I've developed some bad habits. I'm a perfectionist and hate having them linger over my diabetes. I've decided that I need to break these bad habits if I truly want to excel on my pump and in life. I'm at a point where I realize all the great things I'm looking forward to: establishing a career, starting a family, building my dream home. I don't want to miss one second of my future because I made poor decisions with my diabetes. So I'm challenging myself to make a list of the five habits of my diabetes life and work on curbing each one: (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Real Life
Tags: bad habits
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Back in March, I wrote a post about my top five diabetes habits that needed to be changed. I'm curious to see how I've progressed in the last four months. I haven't made a conscious effort to truly change, but I have kept these things in the back of my mind. So here goes:
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Real Life
Tags: blind bolusing guilt perfectionism
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Food Complications Emotions Fitness Real Life
Tags: Diet and exercise over eating weight loss
Views: 378
Last week I wrote about my fattest night ever and how I was going to begin the road of weight loss.
That was dumb idea to start on the Friday before a holiday weekend.
But I did anyway and honestly, couldn't we always find an excuse as to why we should wait to start losing weight? I can always think of something it seems.
Over the weekend I did everything in my power to stay off the couch and get out of the house. This stops me from snacking and sitting and watching cooking shows that just make me want more snacks!
The other thing I am doing is making some better choices when it comes to food. I have to be honest with myself. I am not going to eat salads everyday, or bun-less burgers. That is not me.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Children Food Highs & Lows Relationships Complications Emotions In the News Fitness Women's Issues Men's Issues Real Life
Tags: Ego's feelings food random Sincere Sportsmanship Truth TV
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Is it just me...or has anyone else noticed the lack of true sportsmanship in today's sporting events and competitions? That’s kind of what I was thinking today after reflecting on last night’s superbowl. It seems like all I see anymore, when I catch a rare game on TV, are egotists trying to out do one another. Anymore, all I see are fights and bad things taking place on screen. Our kids are watching. We’re watching. And no one truly seems to take offense anymore to the programming that’s on. ( I guess my ego does :)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Food Complications Emotions Fitness Real Life
Tags: overeating portion control
Views: 555
I eat too much.
I know this. I have always had a love for food and an inability to stop when I should. I eat and eat until I feel miserable and then I get more upset for not stopping when I should have!
It's a terrible cycle.
All of this overeating has been the source of my weight gain and the reason my doctor thinks I am someone else. The worst part about it all is the way my clothes are fitting. Or I should say, not fitting.
So recently I started on a journey to lose 40 pounds. So far I am down 5 pounds and am hopeful for a healthy chunk gone this week.
My strategy right now is just tackling portion size and the amount of food I consume.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Food Emotions Fitness Women's Issues Real Life
Tags: breaking habits motivation rewards
Views: 1430
Last week, I started a new "game" with myself. I call it Five For Five. I focus on five healthy habits for five days, earning points as I go and working toward a reward. Each week, the points accumulate for an even bigger reward.
I'm proud to report that I earned 23 of a possible 25 points last week. My daily habits were drinking three liters of water, exercising for at least 30 minutes, doing 25 sit-ups, testing my blood sugar three out of four times and not eating any junk. I expected finding 30 minutes to exercise each day would be my biggest challenge, but it turns out that wasn't the case.
The two points I missed last week were for sit-ups. The first one, I'd gotten as far as 15 when the little boy started having a melt down next to me. I thought I'd get back to the other 10 in a little while, but the day got away from me and I forgot. Then on the last day of the game, I didn't do them at all. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 2 Real Life
Tags: eating food habits hypnosis junk
Views: 665
It's quite possibly one of the worst things I go through as a diabetic: the ongoing debate between the rational and irrational sides of my brain. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to push the thought out of my head to buy candy or junk food only to have my irrational side drive me to the nearest convenience store.
I've never been hypnotized, although my junior high friends and I all tried to hypnotize each other during sleep overs, but I'm starting to seriously consider it lately as a way to modify my eating habits. I mean, if people use it to stop smoking and women can use it for childbirth and dentists use it for patients who are fearful of getting a cavity filled, then why can't I use it to get me to stop eating junk? (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Relationships Complications Emotions Real Life
Tags: education fears
Views: 1259
Perhaps one of the absolute worst parts of having diabetes is putting up with the expectations of others. When someone hears "diabetes" they expect to see you eating "right" all the time, avoiding sweets all the time, and worshipping your body all the time.
We all know that just doesn't happen. We are human. Everyone needs a break from the chains that bind us.
Over the last week or so, I have found myself defending a person I never in my adult life thought I would defend. My incredible half-sister told me recently that her mother has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. With a sister and a mother with diabetes, she is, naturally, completely freaked out that she's next. Not to mention scared for our health and our future.
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