Drained

Pooped. Tired. Fizzed out. These are not things that should be describing me at 9 am, but they do. I have had a lot going on the past week, and it’s starting to tell on me (or, in me, I should say). I have not been able to get into the gym since last Tuesday [...]

New Page for Flickr

Yesterday, my creative brain wheels started turning and thought, “Hey, how cool would it be to add a new page just for my Diabetes 365 pictures? That way people can see them when they go to my blog if they want to, without it taking up a lot of space in the sidebar!”. Well, I [...]

Pleasantly Surprised

With all that I have had going on this past week, I was sure I hadn’t lost any weight. I thought for sure I had gained. Between my best friend’s birthday party and the AMAZING cake to eating out a few times for various reasons, and not being able to get to the gym every [...]

The Flower, Explained

While chatting with a friend last night, they asked where did I get my flower design from? Had I gotten it from somewhere else or was it one I made? Then, I thought that maybe some other people were wondering too. So, I thought I’d explain it here in a post. I made it with [...]

Workout: Diabetes Fail

Tonight started out great. Got off work, did my normal Friday after-work activities, and then went to the gym. As always, I checked my sugar before and decreased my basal rate. Bg was 105, so I decreased it to -75%. I signed in and started my normal routine. Cardio is first. So I started out [...]

A little sweetness for breakfast.

A little sweetness for breakfast. D365-23, originally uploaded by Sugabetic. Today, I had planned on eating a healthy breakfast of apple and granola, but my boss brought me a yummy cinnamon and raisin biscuit from Hardees as an apology for leaving me by myself yesterday. How could I resist????? I hadn’t had something this wonderfully [...]

Motivation

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” Bill Cosby I love reading quotes. I was reading through “success” quotes today trying to find one that would stick out in my mind when I’m working out at the gym. It’s one thing to start something and be [...]