I am...

I am excited about my newly purchased pouch for my meter, lancet and test strips.


I am appreciative of the hard work my brother’s girlfriend put into creating my beautiful new medical id bracelet.




I am nervous about my new position of Grants Manager, which starts July 1st and brings with it unknown challenges (as well as known benefits including a bit of a pay raise).

I am delighted that in 52 days I can stop saying ‘long distance’ in front of ‘boyfriend’.


I am feeling fit and thinking of setting a goal.


I am happy for my blogging friends for the new developments in their personal and diabetic lives.

I am proud of my blogging friends for continuing to be open and honest about the highs and lows of diabetes and life in general.

I am in awe of my cousin and can’t wait to stand in line with all the comic book fanatics tonight to see the movie. Now people will know, it’s Routh like South.

I am, for the moment, quite happy.

Help with endurance running

I've been working out 3-4 times a week for a few months now. I've been jogging outside for about a month, alternating between that and the gym. I've recently become much more interested in jogging longer distances and amounts of time but I've run into a problem of figuring out how to do that with the 'betes.

I can get my bs up to about 160-180 before hand and after 30-40 minutes I'm down to around 80-100. I want to run longer but I don't want to have my bs higher than that when I start. Any advice? Any good sites/blogs that talk about carrying your meter and snacks? What carbs work the best? Should I be changing my daily diet to be eating more complex carbs?

Let me know if anyone has any info or sites (or books, how old fashioned!) they recommend.

Help with endurance running

I've been working out 3-4 times a week for a few months now. I've been jogging outside for about a month, alternating between that and the gym. I've recently become much more interested in jogging longer distances and amounts of time but I've run into a problem of figuring out how to do that with the 'betes.

I can get my bs up to about 160-180 before hand and after 30-40 minutes I'm down to around 80-100. I want to run longer but I don't want to have my bs higher than that when I start. Any advice? Any good sites/blogs that talk about carrying your meter and snacks? What carbs work the best? Should I be changing my daily diet to be eating more complex carbs?

Let me know if anyone has any info or sites (or books, how old fashioned!) they recommend.