UUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHH the one about the gym. Dude, I wanted to start this post with a story about how hard it’s been to regain traction with losing the baby weight and then end with a BAM I NO LONGER WANT TO BURN MY SHAPEWEAR IN A BONFIRE. But no. That is sadly not the case. The road to my last pregnancy…
The low blood sugar hadn’t rooted firmly enough in my brain yet, but I knew something was wrong. My feet were heavy against the treadmill belt, and I kept rewinding the show I was watching because the dialog wasn’t making much sense to me. BEEEEP! BEEEEP! BEEEEEEEP! hollered my phone (aka surrogate Dexcom receiver) from the cupholder of the treadmill….
We have a newly-minted kiddo. That’s an established fact. He is cleaned, fed, and loved all day long. Here’s the problem: I’m not cleaned, fed, or loved all day long. It’s embarrassing to admit that, but it’s the truth. I’m struggling hard with self-care. And I also kind of buck up against even the admission of struggling with self-care, because…
FitBit Motivation.
Diabetes Community, Diabetes Online Community, Exercise & Fitness, Psychosocial Support, Real Life DiabetesI like my FitBit. I’ve been using one since March of last year and it has consistently kept me motivated to keep moving. … okay, let me check that for a second. It’s not the device itself that keeps me on the move. Initially, I liked seeing the numbers climb on my step count and watching that ticker drove me…
In one, frantic breath as we prepared to go for a bike ride, Birdy proclaims: “We need to put a bottle of water in the bike basket and a snack in case I get hungry and a snack in case you get hungry or if you have a low blood sugar and your glucose meter and the glucose tabs in…
Feeling crummy is a slippery slope for me, in that acknowledging it is a healthy move, but if I cater to it, I’ll get sucked down the rabbit hole of feeling overwhelmingly crummy. I’m not even sure that makes sense when you read it, but it does to me, so there it stays. Three years ago, I went through a…
Walking with Friends.
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes and Emotions, Diabetes Community, Diabetes Online Community, Healthcare, Psychosocial Support, Real Life DiabetesI think it’s safe to say that the threat of snow is behind us. (If not, this cat is going to be pissed.) And now that the weather is improved and exercising outside can be A Thing, I’ve taken to long, fast-paced walks around my neighborhood in the late afternoon, spending about 45 minutes each night clearing my head and…
Running alone brings out the Spibelt, and I cram it full of my on-the-move necessities: glucose tabs, Dexcom receiver, keys, and phone. Even though it’s reasonably streamlined and doesn’t bother me too much to tote around all that stuff, it’s a bulkier system than, oh, I don’t know … making my own insulin. But lo! The child rides a bike! …
Binge-Watching Causes Low Blood Sugars.
Blood Sugars, Exercise & Fitness, Real Life Diabetes, Robot LifeDead Poet’s Society. It might be a film from 1989, but it remains one of my favorites largely in part to Josh Charles as Knox Overstreet. (He doesn’t care that Chris is with Chet. Carpe diem! And there’s a point to this – stick with me.) Chris and I don’t watch a lot of television, but we have been swept…
Excited About Exercise … Again?
Diabetes Community, Diabetes Online Community, Diabetes Products, Exercise & FitnessI’m climbing up on a new bandwagon. Oh hell yes I am, and I needed one. Over the last few weeks, I’ve completely fallen off in terms of exercise. I could blame the endless winter weather, or work, or the endless fuzzy hairballs that are Loopy and Siah, but the truth is, I just got lazy. Laziness turned into apathy,…
After a long day of diabetes rule-following and making an attempt to log all of my actions [insert laugh track here], I started drumming up another diabetes application wishlist. Because I’m beyond tired of having five different devices that speak entirely different languages/require different charging cords/can’t work on the operating system I use/hate the idea of integration. I’m in wicked…
It’s cold. Freakshow cold, to the point where it hurts to stand outside for more than a few minutes. Chris actually built a shelter for The Cat That’s Not Ours (aka “Fluffy”) because it is cold as a witch’s’ nipple outside. (Can’t say “cold as a witch’s tit” because that phrase is creepy, but I almost said it by accident…
The Amazing, Carb-Cancelling Power of Walking.
Blogroll, Exercise & Fitness, Real Life Diabetes, TravelingLast week, Chris and I brought the Birdzone to Disney World for some holiday family time (since we are rarely in the same place at the same time, making trips like this a welcomed changed from the hustle and chaos of the norm). The weather was much nicer in Florida than it was in Rhode Island (when we left, it…
When my friend Liz asked me to do a race with her in November, I was more concerned about whether or not I was home to participate instead of concerning myself with the specifics of the race itself. “November 10th? Sure, I’m home that weekend.” And then I looked at the details: it was a a 4.2 mile race over…
Guest Post: See You in the Slipstream!
Exercise & Fitness, Guest Diabetes Blogger, Psychosocial SupportVirtue Bajurny calls herself “a Type 1” and has had diabetes for 20 years. Until finding Connected in Motion she hadn’t been able to meet and befriend another Type 1. She lives in Toronto, but now calls Connected in Motion home. She is a social worker and is currently working as the Community Manager for Connected in Motion. And today,…
Being on the blood sugar wagon is good, and easy to stay on once I’m settled in and wheeling along, whistling Dixie or maybe not because I can’t whistle so perhaps instead humming the theme song to The Facts of Life. But holy moly, falling off the wagon hurts, because it’s usually a face-first plummet into mud, or some unmentionable. …