Information and opinions on health from Kellianna at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/832245/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/832245/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/832245/index http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/832245/122930/exercise-levels Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:24:59 -0400 Kellianna 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 medicine increased at the same time I began exercizing and eating right so I thought for sure I was... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/832245/122930/exercise-levels http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/832245/103426/exercise-ughhh Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:58:10 -0500 Kellianna 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 moving, not exercising, and it made the concept easier for me to take.  Not that I have begun... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/832245/103426/exercise-ughhh http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/832245/103150/day-4-year Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:15:56 -0500 Kellianna 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 an idiot when it comes to grasping the concept of the "diabetic diet."  Turns out that there are... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/832245/103150/day-4-year http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/832245/103045/kellianna Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:33:44 -0500 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, basically because I had done nothing to help myself.  Now another month went by and I decided... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/832245/103045/kellianna