My personal activities, successfully self managing my diabetes.
My mission is to Entertain, Educate and Motivate every single day. I want everyone to reap the improved health and wellness benefits I have experienced. There is ALWAYS room for improvement and I am posting this Feedback Survey, to give you an opportunity to make suggestions and to give me advice on the future of […]
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My goal is to reduce the amount of inflammation in my environment, including my body. I decided to go dairy free again to test a previous dairy and diabetes experiment.
Removing inflammation in our diet is a good thing. Food is something we can directly control, our environment is more difficult.
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I am THRIVING not just surviving… I sincerely hope you are too. If you are not thriving… you should EAT like this “Meal Plan” and exercise like this, “Primal Exercise” … do it for 7 DAYS and check your results… I guarantee you will feel better and be healthier… or your MONEY BACK! :)
Primal Thriving with Diabetes on LABOR DAY! WOO HOO! Read More »
Monthly Summary Time … woo HOO! :) Once again my little ole ‘diabetes blog’ increased Unique Visits to an all time high! WooT :)) But…let’s be serious … I am not EVEN CLOSE to the quantity of readers Mark Sisson at Marks Daily Apple … nor Richard Nikoley at Free the Animal have, I am but a
Another One Bites the Dust… Month that is. Read More »
No matter what you do … no matter how weak or out of shape you are… Do what you can do comfortably and do a little more each day. Here are videos (CLICK HERE) from Mark Sisson that has something for everyone from beginner to advanced. These are his core ‘primal’ exercises. I learned something
No Matter What You Do … Intensify!!! Read More »
On June 9th, 2011 I turned 50, yes I had a low carb, paleo, diabetic birthday dinner!! Here is a post regarding my fitness activities on my birthday, “New Set Record on My 50th birthday“. You can celebrate & enjoy birthday parties as a diabetic. Once you adapt to low carb paleo, you will never
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I saw this today and just had to post about it. How can anyone see this and not become outraged??? JDRF = Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Some are so blinded by the ‘Influence Peddlers’, even some diabetics support this ‘bovine feces’….. How are companies such as PepsiCo and KFC (owned by Yum Brands) allowed
“Bovine Feces” Good for Diabetes? Read More »
My wife uses a slightly different form of reverse psychology almost every week when she buys Cheetos, Gatorade, Doritos, or some other very tasty non-nutritious food or drink that she knows I can’t consume.
Lack of Spousal Support Read More »
As a newly diagnosed diabetic in 2009, below is a pictorial path I took to a low carb, low inflammation, paleo lifestyle… avoiding the diabetic minefield.
Diabetic Minefield Read More »
A recent exchange with a Certified Diabetes Educator was the topic of this post, “Certified Diabetes Educator Responds“. You should read that post before reading this one. But in summary, the lady has a daughter with Type 1 Diabetes and…. She stated that she did sometimes take offense to my comments regarding Certified Diabetes Educators
Diabetes Educator Responds (II) Read More »
1. This dish is SO EASY … if you add enough fat… real BUTTER, Animal Fats, Palm Oil or Coconut Oil. 2) The dish is easy but it’s not a slam dunk (it’s not automatic). If you do not add enough fat … the eggs will likely stick. Good NEWS! … even if you ‘mess
Beef & Spinach Burrito … uh huh! Read More »
I’ve had many online ‘exchanges’ with medical industry professionals including doctors, nutritionists and diabetes educators. I share posts like these to educate people on how to argue or win discussions with their medical industry professionals. Medical Industry professionals are not gods, they are all fallible. Medical Industry professionals are trained in large measure by Big
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Things were a little hectic last week… and a milestone was reached without acknowledgement. … my blog was ‘birthed’ May 5, 2010. Here was my first post… a ‘recipe’ for “Meat Muffins” … seems appropriate some how. :) If you check the archives there are older posts that go back to January ’10, that’ s
Diabetes Warrior Turned 1 Last Week Read More »
With approximately one month to go until I turn … <drumroll> 50 years young !!!! <gulp> I wanted to give you a mini-update of my exercise routines, especially for those that do not follow me on Facebook & Twitter. Wednesday 6/1/11 – Completed 982 Jumping Jacks in 15 minutes… a personal record. :) Monday 5/2/11
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Back on April 17, 2011 … I began a Coconut Oil Fast (here are the related posts Summary, Day 2, Wrap Up ) Set the Stage As a consequence of eating only Coconut Oil my blood sugar dropped steadily and I thought it had stabilized but I was wrong. My Overnight fasting blood sugar and my
Steve Juices? … no that’s Egg on my face. Read More »
The world …and all the people are divided into two groups…. Those that literally clean their plates and those that do not. Do YOU ALWAYS clean your plate? Growing up … I heard over and over about all those stories of “starving children in China” … it instilled in me the importance of not wasting
If you have elevated blood sugars or are experiencing a weight loss stall, try a coconut oil fat fast!
Coconut Oil Fast: True Fat Fast Read More »
I am posting pictures of our trip this weekend for two reasons… 1) So you can see how beautiful Wrightsville Beach and Wilmington, NC truly are. 2) So you can see… I live a normal life. Well… a normal life for a fit, non-diabetic. :) Activities My exercise??? a) Swimming in the 64 degree ocean.
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* If you have already read this post, you can skip to the middle for daily updates. 7 Day Fast (attempt) began Sunday night, 4/17/11 at 8pm … finished 15 oz of grass fed ground beef and cheese. I will attempt to fast for up to 7 days (one week). By the way, I’m a
7 Day Fast Journal – Day 4 Over half way home Read More »
I don’t know why but when it gets warm … I want to do burpees or specifically, ‘jump burpees” !!! My best time ever for 100 burpees is 8:25 … I am going to slowly work back into doing burpees and try to beat my previous record. It will take some time… If you
Rekindling Burpee Love Read More »