Friday, June 01, 2012

Kellianna's Posts

Diet/Exercise and raised glucose levels

So after being diagnosed for a year and my medication increased twice, it dawned on me that I need to get serious.  I started eating right, watching my carb intake and began a "bootcamp" at a local gym.  The result - my blood sugar levels are all over the place...but mostly higher than they have been.  How can this be?  My... Read moreChevron

Exercise...ughhh

If you are following my posts, you will notice that I took a few days off and I have not written about Day 5 in Gretchen Becker's book, "The First Year."  That is because the chapter is about exercise and I don't even want to read about it, much less do it.  I finally read it last night and it was not too bad.  The author stresses... Read moreChevron

Day 4 of "The First Year"

Gretchen Becker to the rescue again.  I read Day 4 in her book "The First Year" and I have figured out why I was so confused over the past few months since my diagnosis.  I have received so many conflicting ideas of the right way to eat that I was very frustrated and very confused.  I am an educated woman, and yet I feel like such... Read moreChevron

Kellianna

I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes about 4 months ago.  Kind of overwhelmed with all the data and have been in a holding pattern since.  I went to a Diabetes Educator/Dietician right after I was diagnosed, but she did not tell me anything that I did not already know.  I had to double my meds at the 3 month visit with the doctor,... Read moreChevron