Sometimes the strive for success turns your business into pleasure.
Round 1: Research
Research Research Research, I can’t reiterate that enough. When the news was first delivered to me I went home and dove into the World Wide Web like a spider looking for his next meal. I searched for as much information humanly needed to understand this disease and how I could fight it. Though some get it through genetics which is no one fault of their own, I began to see that my bout with it came through my inactivity. All through high school I played football, was a member of Air Force JROTC and was part of the weightlifting club. Back then I had small aspirations of being a power lifter. As you can see physical activity was never absent. Then came the years where I figured “Well hey I’m going to rebel against my body.” I partied and drank like a sailor on shore leave. Eventually it all settled out and I got back into my physical mode and lost the freshman 20. I began to get too comfortable. People were telling me you lost of lot of weight and that I looked good. I let that get to my head and thought that it was ok to get back into those old habits of drinking and eating anything that I wanted. Well that was a thought that shouldn’t have entered my mind. I gained back those freshmen 20 and they brought 20 more friends along. Fast forward about 6 years and now I’m a working married man engulfed in day to day life. So we all know that means eating on the rush with fast food being the main course of the day.
Enough about me back to subject at hand, research. There are many valuable sources for information about diabetes. The main source being your physician, but if you are looking for information on your own the best source I found was the American Diabetes Association (diabetes.org). They have information for those who have just been diagnosed. Meal plans, fitness plans and even links where you can sign up to volunteer. A great website for any person with diabetes, it was a great stop on my train to good health. I actually took a turn to a track less traveled. I checked out a few bodybuilding websites about information for diabetes patients. Bodybuilding.com had a few great articles about bodybuilding for people with diabetes. They mentioned how the building of muscle could help the body raise its insulin levels. I have started doing a few workouts that some of the pro bodybuilders have said they followed. I normally do 1 for a couple weeks and then I switch to another one so that I don’t get stuck in a rut with the same routine. When doing these workouts remember that yes you may gain some mass but you also want to lose the fat. Always remember to do your cardio and don’t do those crazy mass gain and then cut carbs to shrink down pre contest plans you will see every where. You will be lifting for your health. Not to appear on stage in those tiny drawls covered in baby oil. You lift to live (I tell myself this during every workout.
Another place you can get some valuable information is going to see a nutritionist. I must admit I haven’t talked to mine in over a year, but the information she gave me helped me out a lot. Before seeing her I didn’t know what I could and couldn’t eat. I didn’t really know how to read the nutrition facts on food labels. She gave me all the information I could ever really need on what to eat and how much to eat. As a diabetic you must watch the sugar you will intake with every meal. You must also not skip meals, which was something I had and continue to have a problem with. Through research I found out that it is better to not eat 3 large meals but rather several smaller meals through the day. This helps keep your metabolism going and which in turn helps burn more fat.
Research Research Research, I can’t reiterate that enough. When the news was first delivered to me I went home and dove into the World Wide Web like a spider looking for his next meal. I searched for as much information humanly needed to understand this disease and how I could fight it. Though some get it through genetics which is no one fault of their own, I began to see that my bout with it came through my inactivity. All through high school I played football, was a member of Air Force JROTC and was part of the weightlifting club. Back then I had small aspirations of being a power lifter. As you can see physical activity was never absent. Then came the years where I figured “Well hey I’m going to rebel against my body.” I partied and drank like a sailor on shore leave. Eventually it all settled out and I got back into my physical mode and lost the freshman 20. I began to get too comfortable. People were telling me you lost of lot of weight and that I looked good. I let that get to my head and thought that it was ok to get back into those old habits of drinking and eating anything that I wanted. Well that was a thought that shouldn’t have entered my mind. I gained back those freshmen 20 and they brought 20 more friends along. Fast forward about 6 years and now I’m a working married man engulfed in day to day life. So we all know that means eating on the rush with fast food being the main course of the day.
Enough about me back to subject at hand, research. There are many valuable sources for information about diabetes. The main source being your physician, but if you are looking for information on your own the best source I found was the American Diabetes Association (diabetes.org). They have information for those who have just been diagnosed. Meal plans, fitness plans and even links where you can sign up to volunteer. A great website for any person with diabetes, it was a great stop on my train to good health. I actually took a turn to a track less traveled. I checked out a few bodybuilding websites about information for diabetes patients. Bodybuilding.com had a few great articles about bodybuilding for people with diabetes. They mentioned how the building of muscle could help the body raise its insulin levels. I have started doing a few workouts that some of the pro bodybuilders have said they followed. I normally do 1 for a couple weeks and then I switch to another one so that I don’t get stuck in a rut with the same routine. When doing these workouts remember that yes you may gain some mass but you also want to lose the fat. Always remember to do your cardio and don’t do those crazy mass gain and then cut carbs to shrink down pre contest plans you will see every where. You will be lifting for your health. Not to appear on stage in those tiny drawls covered in baby oil. You lift to live (I tell myself this during every workout.
Another place you can get some valuable information is going to see a nutritionist. I must admit I haven’t talked to mine in over a year, but the information she gave me helped me out a lot. Before seeing her I didn’t know what I could and couldn’t eat. I didn’t really know how to read the nutrition facts on food labels. She gave me all the information I could ever really need on what to eat and how much to eat. As a diabetic you must watch the sugar you will intake with every meal. You must also not skip meals, which was something I had and continue to have a problem with. Through research I found out that it is better to not eat 3 large meals but rather several smaller meals through the day. This helps keep your metabolism going and which in turn helps burn more fat.
Fighting Diabetes will be a series of blogs posted to bring this disease to the forefront of American Minds. I have had diabetes for going on 2 years now and everyday is a struggle to fight off the enemy within me.
September 9th 2009 the day I was diagnosed with having diabetes. That day remains as a scar I must face every time I wake up and look in the mirror. Not only because of unsettling news that was delivered to me, but because it could have been prevented. I have finally come to grips with having this disease and I will throw no crying parties for pity. As I like to say often,” I created this monster so I shall not whine.” That is a statement that all people who have diabetes should learn to say. We put ourselves into this position and we should fight to get ourselves out of it.
Cue the ring music, the fighters are entering the arena. In this corner we have the challenger. He has fought over 23.6 Million people it the US alone. He hits over 1.6 million new people every year. He fights all age groups and sizes. He knows no race. He fights both men and women. He goes by many names the blood, high sugar, the sugars, but he mainly goes by diabetes. The champion or champions I should say go by every name in the book. They come from all walks of life. They are men, women, and children, young and old. They fight courageously on a daily basis to keep the symptoms from the challenger at bay. They check their blood, take their medications and exercise to breakdown their opponent. I would like to introduce to you the Red Rebels. Red for the blood we check every day. Rebels just because that’s what we are. We rebel against this disease. We won’t sit down and let it take us out of this fight called life.
Tomorrow I will be posting the second part of this series; Round 1: Research
As you can see I do more than run my mouth about politics. Graphics and websites are my drug. I just put on a little music and let my hands and the pc do magic.
The following message is riddled with jokes. If you choose to take it personal, I'm sorry for you being so uptight. If you are offended then what I said is probably true. I won't apologize for anything that I have said or may say in the future. I'm a equal opportunity hater.
Its Cinco de Mayo and I don't care. It's just another day running in this rat race called American life. Except for this day we step away from the normal routine of going home grabbing a bud and reading the paper. To stopping and buying a case of Corona, pull out those Cohibas that Jorge the lawn guy brought home from cuba and later on eat mexican food from Chilis or Taco Bell. Once you start looking for reasons to drink you are an alcoholic. So I guess cinco de mayo is our annual celebration of alcoholism. Let me take that back, I forgot New Years, Easter,the 4th ( as some people I know call it) Thanksgiving, the day Cheney shot that guy in the face, Christmas, Birthdays, the day Bush got out of office, etc. You get the picture.
Arizona local police are going to question and detain suspected illegal immigrants. My question is how do you tell if someone is here illegally. You can't say if they don't speak english. Half the people here legally can't understand the difference between there ,their and they're. Well maybe you could say how they dress, because anyone who wears wedding dresses to the laundromat must be here illegally. If that was the case then the same should be said about anyone who wears Ugg boots when its 100 degrees outside. Also it could be said about anyone who wears those bootylicous shorts when they're 2 donuts shy of a heart attack.
The pope and his boys are still at it. I think its time for a Dateline: To Catch A Predator Choir Boys Edition. Maybe its me but its time for some changes. Move up to the times and allow your priest to get married and have relations with women. Because whats in the books right now isn't cutting it. Who knows, they might like it. But until the rules are changed block Yahoo, Aol, Facebook and Myspace from their computers. That girl in the catholic school dress that just added you as a friend is really the 68 yr old priest trolling for new church members. He thinks you need some one on one guidance.
Remember this one thing: I am better than you and there's nothing you can do about it.
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