Mind Over Mellitus

With the new year still fresh, if you’re like me you’re thinking about all you want to accomplish and learn, how you can improve yourself, and what dreams to pursue. It’s so easy to get swept away with inspiration. It feels like there is a big, empty year out there waiting to be filled!
Being overly [...]

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(I wrote this for Taking Control of Your Diabetes, Volume 28, Q1 2009)
“Self-discipline?” Self-discipline sounds so remarkably un-saucy. In fact, it seems downright counter to happiness… a recipe to steal my “mojo,” rain on my parade, and turn me into some kind of cheerless robot. I want to do what I want to do, when I [...]

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So back to the Colorado mountain biking trip…
 

 
I was eating like a cross between a chipmunk and a bear, given the five or so low-carb options in our food stash.  Night five I was ready for a change.
I took my insulin and tucked into a BALANCE BAR like a starved hyena. With 20g of carb, [...]

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(This article also appears in Diabetes Wellness News, September, 2008)
If, “We are what we repeatedly do…” as Aristotle said, then it’s no surprise that habits shape our lives.
If we don’t choose our habits consciously, the worst ones may have a profound impact on our health outcomes as diabetics. Many risk factors can be controlled by [...]

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