I am a Type 1 diabetic of 34 years. I have dealt with some complications, physical and emotional, but have managed to stay ahead of the game. Diabetes is a daily chore and a constant consideration, but that’s all it is. It doesn’t make or break me (yet).I’m also a wife, mother, daughter, sister, writer, artist, crocheter and gardener - and a really good listener. Not sure how my advice fares though, so…Thanks for stopping by and drop a line or something. I look forward to meeting you!Tumblr (3.0; @eight01am)http://eight01am.tumblr.com/<p>And still walking. Switched to MapMyWalk for tracking and having trouble posting from there. I&#8217;m up to 2.5 miles/50 min. a day, now. Will try posting it again tomorrow. I&#8217;ve lost 13 lbs. and 2 jeans sizes, though and just feel better in general! :) Hope y&#8217;all are doing good!</p>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/31771787393http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/31771787393Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:06:13 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8vl5xcU691rd7phzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><span>So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. —Dead Poets Society</span></p> </blockquote>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30932792058http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30932792058Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:00:45 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9vqocHSKc1ra5oqro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 2: Same challenge as yesterday - walk 15 - 30 min. at a comfortable pace, remembering to stretch. Pushed myself just a little. ;)</p>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30932635484http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30932635484Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:55:00 -0500diabetestype 1 diabetesexercisewalking<a href="http://www.fitnessrepublic.com/fitness/women-and-exercise-basics-and-faqs.html">Women and Exercise. The Basics and FAQs</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://buzzyneil.tumblr.com/post/30868833357/women-and-exercise-the-basics-and-faqs" target="_blank">buzzyneil</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-banner"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><img alt="Women and Exercise. The Basics and FAQs" class="imagecache imagecache-article_banner_665_248" height="246" src="http://www.fitnessrepublic.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_banner_665_248/women-exercise_1.jpg" title="Women and Exercise. The Basics and FAQs" width="665"/></div> </div> </div> <p><span class="articles">T</span>here are plenty of reasons why women should exercise, but some aren’t as obvious as others.</p> <ul><li>To decrease anxiety</li> <li>To increase flexibility</li> <li>To build bone density</li> <li>To increase lean muscle mass</li> <li>To improve athletic performance</li> <li>To control weight and eating habits</li> <li>To increase cardiovascular health</li> <li>To increase motor coordination and balance</li> <li>To decrease risk factor for heart disease, uterine cancer, <a href="http://www.fitnessrepublic.com/fitness/breast-cancer-causes-symptoms-treatments.html" rel="dofollow" target="_blank">breast cancer</a> and diabetes</li> </ul></blockquote>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30869653036http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30869653036Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:25:38 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9tv2b3P6G1ra5oqro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Legs feel much better now, so I’m back at it. :)</p> <p><span>I signed up for <a href="http://walking.about.com/cs/walkoflife/a/walkoflife.htm" title="About.com's Walk of Life" target="_blank">About.com’s Walk of Life</a> thing last night. Each day I get an email with challenges for beginners and advanced walkers, a theme, tips and healthy recipes. Pretty neat! I took the beginner challenge: walk 15 - 30 min. at a com</span></p> <div class="text_exposed_show">fortable pace, taking time to stretch. It gave me stretching tips and exercises, but it wanted me to stretch after walking for 5 min. There was nowhere for me to do that, so I stretched before and after. 3 mph seems to be my “comfortable pace.” I DID try to go slower….lol.</div> <div class="text_exposed_show"></div> <div class="text_exposed_show"></div> <div class="text_exposed_show"></div> <div class="text_exposed_show"></div> <div class="text_exposed_show"></div> <div class="text_exposed_show"></div> <div class="text_exposed_show"></div> <div class="text_exposed_show"></div>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30868015778http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30868015778Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:34:59 -0500<p><a href="http://diabetesdoesntownme.tumblr.com/post/30654542980/who-here-eats-sugar-free" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">diabetesdoesntownme</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Like what.</p></blockquote> <p>I use sweet-n-low in my cereal and tea and I like sprite zero. Occasionally I get the sugar-free klondike bars. You have to watch the sugar-free stuff though, because a lot of it is loaded with fat. Likewise, a lot of the fat-free stuff is loaded with carbs. The fat-free/sugar-free yogurt is good. I like cherry vanilla with some fresh grapes mixed in. :)</p>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30656962328http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30656962328Sat, 01 Sep 2012 10:26:55 -0500<p><a href="http://dominothedestitute.tumblr.com/post/30641932930/overheard-this-gem-tonight" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">dominothedestitute</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>“if you put anymore salt on your popcorn you’re going to get diabetes”</p> <p>sugar I can understand to a point….but salt?</p> <p>salt?<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ntbk7M0p1qaammh.gif"/></p></blockquote> <p>&#8220;Salt Diabetes&#8221; is what they used to call hypernatremia, although I&#8217;m 45 and haven&#8217;t heard &#8220;Salt Diabetes&#8221; since I was 12. Interesting&#8230;</p>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30655705045http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30655705045Sat, 01 Sep 2012 10:00:25 -0500<p><a href="http://miscellaneous--bri.tumblr.com/post/30584213678/i-call-this-one" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">miscellaneous&#8212;bri</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong><br/>Cheesy Diabetes Poem</strong></p> <p><a id="_GoBack" name="_GoBack"></a><br/>Poke, poke - Do you feel pain?</p> <p>Stabbed with needles every day</p> <p>This is what our futures hold</p> <p>Carried with us ‘til we’re old</p> <p>But the prospects aren’t so grim</p> <p>You take care and you might win</p> <p>We are type one and type two</p> <p>Some fought for years but some are new</p> <p>To each other we lend hands</p> <p>Somehow it’s taller that we stand</p> <p>None of us are made of stone</p> <p>It helps to know we’re not alone<br/><br/><br/><em>by me… Bri … </em></p></blockquote>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30592704565http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30592704565Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:49:05 -0500<p>thetimelordpirate:</p> <p>Life is like a pair of pants. Some days you find money in the pocket, and other days your pocket catches on the doorknob of your classroom and you take out three desks and a foreign exchange student as you stumble in.</p>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30547292470http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30547292470Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:55:49 -0500life<p>JIC you don&#8217;t already know (does anyone not know?); Season 7 starts this Saturday night, 9/8c on BBCA! :)</p> <p>Text DOCTORWHO to 23909 to get updates via text. Sometimes they ask trivia questions for who-stuff, too. ;)</p>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30519320759http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30519320759Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:42:23 -0500thedoctordoctorwho<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv97xjmWiU1qbq93uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30519156825http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30519156825Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:37:23 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9kl6tkPI21ra5oqro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9kl6tkPI21ra5oqro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Playing Catch-up. Shin splints suck…</p>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30518695044http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30518695044Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:23:17 -0500diabetestype 1 diabetesexercise<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9itog9moG1ra5oqro1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30454030520http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30454030520Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:31:11 -0500lifemorning<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9hv46UqGm1ra5oqro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30427511838http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30427511838Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:04:53 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9gypuOOIN1ra5oqro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30386512935http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30386512935Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:25:06 -0500diabetestype 1 diabetesexercise<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7vxyaq4et1rsj4j5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>YES.</p>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30337047448http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30337047448Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:08:50 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9f1g5BpKC1ra5oqro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The morning rise hit early this morning. It usually doesn’t hit me until around 8am if it’s going to. This morning it hit around 6am. 135 when I got up, 253 before I left an hour later - without eating anything. Correction + Walk and I’m down to 157. Hope that’s the worst of it for today…</p>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30313948456http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30313948456Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:28:00 -0500diabetestype 1 diabetesblood sugarexercise<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m99hknS2VQ1ra5oqro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I smelled Fall this morning! It’s in the air!! :D</p>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30100706289http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30100706289Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:31:35 -0500<p><span>Sugar&#8217;s been low all night and still is despite the 16 glucose tablets I&#8217;ve consumed. So, going to eat breakfast and give the fast insulin some time to work itself out - then see if I feel okay to walk. I hate diabetes&#8230;</span></p>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30035178421http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/30035178421Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:41:33 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9446mjf3m1rvs1mmo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9446mjf3m1rvs1mmo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/29964600369http://eight01am.tumblr.com/post/29964600369Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:51:06 -0500