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11 Years, 1 Week and 1 Day
Holy crap. It’s been 11 years and 1 week and 1 day for me living with type 1 diabetes. I feel proud and even more grateful that I’m also complication free so far. I never realize how much I care about...
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My First Race!
Today I’m running my first race! It’ll be the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge, which is a 3.5 mile race starting in the Commons. I haven’t trained that well, but I think I’ll be capable of finishing a...
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Happy Labor Day weekend, everyone! Last year I posted the 2010 Big Blue Test video calling on people with diabetes to get out and exercise for 15 minutes and then check their blood sugars to see the...
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Big Blue Test – An Invite to Break a Sweat!
Yes, that is me fist-pumping with much enthusiasm at the 1:03 mark. Despite being caught in that rather spunkless moment, I’m super excited to share the project I’ve been working on for the last month...
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Big Blue Test’s LAST Day – Help Save a Life
I imagine unquenchable thirst. I imagine blurry vision… numb fingers… lethargy. I imagine how the sugar in my blood is scratching against my blood vessels, damaging them. I imagine fearing blindness in...
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VOTE! Big Blue Test is up for a TED Award!
Yes! Big Blue Test is up for a TED Award! Please cast your vote multiple times and share the video by following the link below. Hit the vote button right below the video on the right! TED Award...
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I Already Have It All
It has been a tumultuous few weeks. As I thought about all of the stress that each day brings – work, bills, interactions (and work, work, work), I tried to escape what I had on my hands by seeing...
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Take the Damn Stairs!
Happy first day of Spring! After a 1 hour So Fly class (yes, that’s the instructor…), I decided to jump on the treadmill for a mile long run. The second I stepped off of it, I felt a few things at...
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Once Again… Happy Ramadan!
It’s Ramadan once again and the days are super, super long. 3:50 am to 8:20 pm kind of long. That’s about 17 hours of no food, no water. Sorry, rephrase: that’s 17 hours of no coffee, no snacks, no...
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The Elusive Midday Exercise
So new research out of UCLA’s Brain Institute says that midday exercise may be best for your body. My question is the same as always: how the heck do I squeeze in substantial exercise at work?! There...
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