I still remember that frustrating day when my endocrinologist told me I needed to exercise more to help manage my diabetes. “Great advice, doc,” I thought sarcastically, “but WHEN exactly am I supposed to fit this in?” Between work, family, and everything else on my plate, finding time for exercise felt impossible. And you know […]
You know what’s crazy? I used to think that exercise would always lower my blood sugar. Boy, was I wrong! I’ll never forget the confusion I felt after a particularly intense workout when my glucose meter showed numbers higher than when I started. Wait, what? Wasn’t exercise supposed to help my diabetes, not make it […]
I still remember the day my Aunt Martha cornered me at a family reunion, a month after my type 2 diabetes diagnosis. With evangelical fervor in her eyes, she pressed a bottle of cloudy liquid into my hands. “Apple cider vinegar,” she whispered, like she was passing me nuclear launch codes. “Two tablespoons in water […]