How to Let Go of Weight Loss as Your Focus (and What to Shift to Instead)Is your weight a factor in your health? Yeah, sure it can be. Should changing it be the primary focus of your life? No, I don’t believe it should. I...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Doctors and Discrimination: What You Should KnowI’ve recently been reading about something that is very upsetting to me, and I think might bother you, as well: Obese and overweight patients are less likely to have good...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Tips for Improving Post Meal Blood SugarsA post-meal blood sugar spike is an elevation in blood glucose that occurs 1 to 2 hours after eating a meal. It is normal for the blood sugar to rise...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Instigating a Plan For Regular ExerciseMost of us probably think of the word “instigate” as having a negative meaning, like a secret plan to cause trouble. But, the dictionary defines “instigate” simply as “provoking some...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Exercise Your Way to MaintenanceSo you’ve lost the excess weight, now it’s time to maintain! Did you know that consistent exercise is one of the most important parts of weight maintenance? The National Weight...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Diabetes and the Workplace -- Am I Being Discriminated Against?I do not currently have a ‘full time job.’ Instead, I have many part time jobs, and free lance jobs. At one of them, I am required to be at...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Ways to Keep The Weight Off as We AgeAs we age, there is a steady decline in the amount of muscle tissue in both men and women. Calorie needs are reduced with decrease muscle mass, making weight gain...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Diabetes Is NOT a Death SentenceDiabetes is a serious condition. And yes, it can be a potentially deadly condition. People may often joke a lot about eating too many sweets and ending up with diabetes…...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
4 Steps to Get Motivated to ExerciseYou’ve got to MOVE it move it! There’s no one size fits all for exercise. Our modern diet leans toward high-fat, high-calorie foods, while our lifestyle is becoming more and...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
The Top Five Signs of Diabetes "Burnout" (and some solutions too)Chances are that when you were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes you were advised to make some permanent changes to your lifestyle in order to manage your condition. Adopting this...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Exercise - Timing May Be ImportantEverybody knows exercise is important, and it’s important for both blood glucose control and for independently reducing our risk for heart disease (where diabetes doubles our risk from the start)...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Could Visual Cues be the Answer to Shrinking Your Waistline?Many people gauge how much to eat by how much food is placed in front of them. For example, when participants in a research study were served soup in a...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Stopping Stress Eating Before it StartsEven when you are not feeling a strong emotion, you may resort to eating without the presence of physical hunger cues. This may happen if you are bored or if...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Questions You Forget to Ask Your DoctorWhen you first find out you have been diagnosed with Type II Diabetes, you may feel overwhelmed and overloaded with information. There is so much to understand about your body...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
8 Tips For Managing Diabetes on a DimeOne big concern for many persons with diabetes is finding the means for managing their condition on limited resources and limited income. It can be a scary thing when one...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Five Natural Ways to Reduce Insulin ResistanceIf you have been diagnosed with diabetes, you know that your body has trouble regulating blood sugar levels. This is because the cells of your body no longer respond properly...Reactions0reactionsComments9 comments
Have You Done DSMT (diabetes self-management training)?A study just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that only 6.8% of privately insured adults attended a reimbursable diabetes self-management training/education (DSMT) session within...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Type 2 Diabetes Treatments - Insulin InjectionsWe’ve come a long way in discussing the various treatments for type 2 diabetes, and their effectiveness. When many other avenues are exhausted, and a person’s type 2 diabetes has...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
You May Have PCOS...and Don't Even Know It. When I was around 6 or 7 years old, I started changing. I gradually went from a happy, slim and active child, to a cranky...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Exercise Might Not Be Working for You...From what I learn, I always come away with the impression that type 2 diabetes management should be as simple as 2+2=4… and sometimes, I overconfidently feel like it is!...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments