Have you heard of insulindependence? They are an organization working to get people active with their diabetes. With chapters all around the country, they organize events for PWD’s to get out and get moving. Many of the individuals involved are incredible athletes – and they are inspiring in their own right. [...]
Continue Reading →Diabetes and exercise is something incredibly hard to manage. It is difficult to get my blood sugar where I want it for exercise, and even harder to get it to stay there. For many people, managing blood sugars before, during, and after, is so hard that they just don’t exercise. I don’t blame them. It [...]
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How many of you have heard of Ginger Vieira?
I guarantee that not enough of you have, and I’m going to shout her praises from the highest rooftop I can find.
Ginger was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and celiac in 1999. Besides being an absolute angel, Ginger is a professional [...]
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The thoughts were nagging at me all morning. What do I do about my blood sugar? What adjustments should I make to my insulin? How should I manage my meal bolus?
I was scheduled to meet up with some members of The Pancremaniacs this afternoon for our last team ride before the Continue Reading →
I picked up a flyer about this at the local ADA Expo last weekend. I think it is a great thing that Gold’s Gym and the ADA are doing, so I wanted to help spread the word a bit.
On Saturday, November 7, 2009, Gold’s Gym will be hosting a “Burn-A-Thon Challenge”. Every Gold’s [...]
Continue Reading →I was really fighting the blues through the tail end of last week and through the weekend. Really bad. What really kicked it off for me was some job stuff that I thought was going well, but wasn’t. So once again I am looking for work. Freelance, contract, full-time, part-time, a combination of all of [...]
Continue Reading →I exercised today for the first time in a long time. It sucked hugely while I was working out, and I hated almost every second of it (ok, it wasn’t THAT bad). I’m very sure I will hate it even more when I wake up tomorrow morning (or is it the second day soreness that [...]
Continue Reading →I need to get something off my chest.
I am in the worst shape of my life.
With major changes in my life routine since my work with Cozmo stopped, I haven’t kept up on my exercise at all. In fact, without much of a routine, everything is all screwy. I am getting [...]
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I finally took my sorry butt back to the gym today (Monday). I’ve got a boat load of excuses for not exercising, but in reality they are all bullshit. I could have made time for it, but just didn’t.
Basketball is not exactly one of those “muscle memory” sports. It is a “practice, practice, practice” [...]
Continue Reading →Scott K. Johnson
Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in April of 1980, I recognize the incredible mental struggle of living with diabetes.
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