Diversifying Exercise (and a Larry Bird)
I’ve been clawing my way out of an exercise funk that started around the first of the year. It’s been a terrible fight so far, and full of speed bumps. About eight weeks ago I started getting back to the…
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D-Blog Week: One Great Thing – Activity!
Third Annual Diabetes Blog Week! Today’s assignment is called “One Great Thing” – what is just one diabetes thing I do spectacularly? Most of the time, activity is easy for me. I love playing basketball, and most weeks I’m able…
Forgot My Shorts…
With diabetes, preparing for any exercise or activity is never as simple as it should be. 10:30 AM – I actually remembered to start my temporary basal rate adjustment 10:45 AM – Blood sugar is 95 mg/dl with some insulin…
Scott – On His Bike a LOT This Spring!
I am riding 100 miles (!!) in the 2012 Tour de Cure ride for the ADA in June (June 2, 2012). I must be crazy. More than a few things have come together to make this happen, and I’m excited…
I’m Proud of Bennet!
Last year, at my first Friends for Life (FFL) conference, I bumped into Gary Scheiner in the exhibit hall. He told me that they play basketball in the activity center in the evenings. I didn’t have any of my basketball…
Sloppy Evenings, Low Blood Sugars, Guilt, and Fear
This has been an active week for me. It feels good. My body feels good. Four days of basketball, with one seriously kick ass weight session afterward. Four days of tossing a football around with my son and shooting baskets…
Angry About Exercise
I think one of the secrets to decent diabetes management is management … of priorities. November of 2010 I had the best lab report I’ve had since I was in my early 20’s. Best A1C, best cholesterol, best everything. I…
Sleeping In & Basketball Anxiety (Eggs & Grits Confidence)
Routines help me with my diabetes. As much as I like to think that by using an insulin pump I can just go with the flow, that’s not always the case. A routine, by definition, is something that is done…
Stepping It Up
I’ve been working hard to mix in some weight lifting with all of the basketball I’ve been playing lately. On a good week, I’ll play ball 4-5 times and lift weights 1-2 times (it’s a start, right?). Last week was…
Spontaneous Exercise and Diabetes
I have really been trying to get back on the exercise wagon lately. Everything feels better when I’m exercising regularly, both physically and mentally. Within the past year or so, I’ve noticed that my body just hurts when I’m not…
Blood, Sweat, and Basketball
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…
The Donut Decision
Thursday of last week was awesome. It was those dominoes again, each little diabetes decision affecting the balance of the day (and sometimes even the next – isn’t that scary?). I have developed a routine on the days I play…