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We've tried -- as a family -- to eliminate fast food a number of times. We've given it up for Lent countless times, we've banned it from the house except for once a week countless times, we've said we can only afford to do it once a month countless times.

 

No matter how we tried or what we tried it always seemed to make its way back into our lives. Typically it would be because some evening activity ran late and we'd need to find something to eat for dinner rather quickly to keep the kids on a bedtime/bathtime schedule.

 

When I was growing up we rarely ate out. I mean we had pizza here and there, but for the most part we had dinner at home. Of course, it helped that my dad was the family cook and was generally home by 4 p.m. Even when my brothers and I were in sports and had practice after school until 5:30 p.m. we could always count on dinner being ready for us (even if we had to re-heat it!) when we got home.

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It used to be that "back to school shopping" meant two or three new outfits, new shoes and sneakers, and a short handful of "school supplies" -- one or two notebooks, paper and dividers, writing implements, a pencil case, and maybe a ruler.

 

For good or ill, those days are long gone.

 

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My family always ate pretty healthy. With two older brothers, there was always a lot of food around. Stew, king ranch chicken, hamburgers. But always balanced meals. We knew that veggies were good for us, fruit was always accessible, and desserts were minimal.

 

It was never an issue to eat a salad or mixed vegetables. I don't recall ever feeling jeopardized for not snacking or having instant access to ice cream, cookies, and cake. They were treats that we always enjoyed, but in moderation.

 

I never really thought about food (or don't remember it) as helping or hurting my diabetes though. It wasn't ever really about how celery is a free food, but cookies weren't. I just ate what was placed in front of me or what I found in the fridge.

 

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My endo appointment last Wednesday went a lot different than I expected. Leading up to it, I was just irritated with the whole process. I didn't want to go, to be subjected to the scrutiny. But because of my dad, I held strong and went.

 

I barely had time to sit down before the endo was calling me from the waiting room. She apparently was leaving early for the day and wanted to rush through my appointment. So she looked over my logbooks while the nurse took my weight, blood pressure, and blood sugar. It actually worked quite well except that the nurse gave me an odd look when I asked to prick my own finger.

 

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Sixteen plus years of diabetes has left me with interesting personality quirks. Since I've never known a life without this disease, I can't really say that I'd be different or not if it wasn't here. But the fact is that it is here and that it weighed on my development, still weighs on my life, and will always be a heavy load upon my shoulders.

 

Diabetes created a strong need for control in my life. I've always been a bit of a control freak, type A personality (that may be hereditary considering my mom and eldest brother are type A's and my personality is all around more like theirs). But the relation between my need for control and diabetes didn't hit me until a few years ago when I read Diabetes Burnout.

 

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I have been on a low-carb kick that has food centered in the forefront of my mind. I had a certain misrepresenting perception of low-carb or carb-free eating. It taunted me about the extra hassle and drawn-out time needed to plan accordingly. If most of the country is serving carb-full food, it made sense in my head that eating alternatively would be more troublesome. Why hand pick vegetables from the produce section when they would automatically put on top of my salad and tacos from the Mexican restaurant? It turns out though, consciously eating carb-free makes life much simpler from this diabetic's perspective.

 

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I like to stay on the pulse of diabetes-related news. I want to know the results of the latest clinical trials taking place and I'm interested in learning about the newest technologies. If oxygen or polyester or garden gnomes are now harmful to diabetics, I'd like to be the first to know.

 

I also have two other children without diabetes and I'd like to keep it that way. So, I seek guidance in the many diabetes headlines that are published each day. Let's take a peek at this week's breaking diabetes news headlines.

 

SPRINTS MAY BE BEST FOR DIABETES PREVENTION – Reuters

 

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