“Type 1 diabetes stops me from losing weight” is the number one excuse I hear when people say they are struggling to lose weight (seriously, my Instagram inbox is flooded with this statement/question). And while insulin can be a tricky hormone to work around when losing weight with type 1 diabetes, I’ve found that 99% […]
Cancer is scary. Diabetes is scary. Chronic illness in general is scary. But each condition holds a different social connotation which is why Cancer & AIDS receive more funding, research, and general support from the government and the media than diabetes. Diabetes is such a large, yet largely ignored, problem that it is almost […]
Diabetes is a chronic illness and, to be quite frank, a chronic pain in the ass. A fine line separates those who live for their diabetes and those who live with their diabetes. The rigorously tedious requirements of daily [read: hourly] diabetes management makes that line easy to cross. And if you are anything like […]
Losing weight while managing diabetes is hard sometimes, and if you are a type 1 diabetes trying to lose weight, you probably already know that. The biggest goal in the first month of a new year among diabetics and most people is always weight loss. People rush to the gym as if they can just […]
Diabetes and Suicide More teenagers and young adults from suicide than cancer, heart disease, AIDS, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease, COMBINED. It is the 2nd leading cause of death in aged kids 10-24 and the 4th leading cause of death of 25-54. Suicide is a serious problem. Depression, especially when combined […]
Diabetes & Caffeine Ah, caffeine! The euphoric happiness elexor that brings joy to any morning and makes people’s stupidity just a little more bearable. I love caffeine. And if you are an extremist like me, you probably drink caffeine almost as much as you take insulin. I never really considered caffeines role in diabetes until […]
The music at my gym is blaring hardcore rock as I’m setting up to do my third heavy set on bench press. I have already warmed up and found my groove and I hear “BEEP! BEEP!”. Low blood sugar. Great. My entire workout gets put on pause as shove a mini pack of gummies in […]
Low carb diets seem to be the go-to tactic for weight loss. Like a computer virus, this thought is engrained so deeply and subconsciously in most peoples’ brains that the thought of eating carbs while trying to diet seems to be a pipe dream. Weight loss warriors associate carbs with gaining fat and diabetics associate […]