Well another Monday, so another week of bowling.  If we perform the way that we did last week I will be extremely mad.  I went over the weekend, I think it was Saturday night and bowled a few games with my girlfriend, she beat me once straight up and then she beat me with the handicap that I gave her.

I had some highs over the weekend that I wasn’t too happy about.  Friday night was bad.  I wanted to grab a McFlurry quickly, but it was midnight and service in south Florida sucks to begin with, but when you go that late, it’s 100 times worse.  So my girlfriend and I decided to go to Sonic.  Of course I had to get a chili dog because they were only a dollar, plus I had some Sonic ice cream type thing.  My sugar went sky high, my tubing was cracked again and it was leaking, what a surprise.

Well, I must get back to work.  Have a great week everybody!

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ADW has proudly accepted an invitation to attend the JDRF’s awards and appreciation dinner next Tuesday, June 17, 2008.  This is event is held for all of the amazing supporters, sponsors, and walkers who gave up their time and money to the hope for a cure of diabetes.

 American Diabetes Wholesale is proud to work with the JDRF and support them in everything that they do.  The walk was a huge success and I can guarantee that the awards dinner will be the same.

My blood sugars were really good all day yesterday.  I had one high of 250 after I ate some pasta, but other then that, they were excellent.  Once again, pasta makes me high.  You know what really ticked me off this morning?  I love to come into the office in the morning and check out some of the most recent posts from all my fellow d-bloggers from the diabetic news headlines, but this morning the past 20-some posts were nothing but recipe after recipe.  That is what I consider spam.  I like to see new recipes, but 20-30 all at once?

I don’t know if anybody else really cares about that, but I basically use that as my blogroll and skim through the latest posts, especially with the ADA San Francisco just ending people have a lot of interesting posts and comments from it.  Well, anyway, yesterday it stormed really bad so I couldn’t go running, but I tried to get a work out inside the apartment.  Any quick indoor exercise techniques anybody uses, with no exercise equipment being used?  Today is tennis day and it seems like as of right now it shouldn’t rain, but who knows in south Florida.  I always say that weather people and baseball players are the only ones who don’t get fired for being right or doing good only 30% of the time.  But if the weather people down here were baseball players, they would be getting sent to the minors because they’re only batting about .100 right now.

Today is the sad day I hate, opening my last box of infusion sets and reservoirs, that means time to re-order, and with still no luck with my insurance coverage, its back to paying for them myself.  Thankfully I only pay about $110 for my infusion sets, because I had to get more of them one time before and it was almost $200.

Well since I can never remember to watch the DLife show on Sunday’s, I just set my DVR and watch it whenever I remember to.  So, last night I watched this week’s most recent episode and is it just me or is everybody else inspired and ready to go grab a bike and start riding?  It amazes me that Team Type 1 can manage their sugar levels that damn well with the intense workouts they have.  I exercise for 15 minutes and my blood sugars go high.  After I get done running my sugar is usually 30-50 points higher.

I was really motivated and have been testing my sugar a lot more often, I know it’s only been about 12 hours since I watched it, but I have tested almost 10 times so far since then.  The race starts tomorrow and I am going to be staying tuned to see how well they are doing.  I hope they take first place again!

I have been wanting to go riding for a while, but I don’t live in the best neighborhood to do it, and I can’t throw the bikes in the back of my car to go to a bike path.  So that is why I was going to by an exercise bike until I couldn’t find one for a reasonable price.  Anybody have one to donate?!!??!!??  No, but I really am going to buy one soon, I think I am going to wait until I move because I will have a third bedroom for my office / weight room.

The skies are looking scary down here in south Florida!

The following are thoughts from my head while at work so far this week:

Monday – 1:00 p.m. Beautiful day outside, I can’t wait to go home and run.  5:00 p.m. Hmm it is going to storm really bad. 5:30 p.m. well no exercise because it is raining.

Tuesday – 1:00 p.m. Beautiful day outside, I can’t wait to go home and run.  5:00 p.m. Hmm it is going to storm really bad. 5:30 p.m. well no exercise because it is raining.

Wednesday – 1:00 p.m. Beautiful day outside, I can’t wait to go home and play tennis.  5:00 p.m. Hmm it is going to storm really bad. 5:30 p.m. well no tennis because it is raining.

Thursday 1:00 p.m. Beautiful day outside, I can’t wait to go home and run.  Is this starting to sound like the movie Groundhog’s Day or what?!!?  No exercise at all this week because of the rain so STOP RAINING!!  I have not been able to do any type of outdoor exercising at all, and it is making me mad.  As soon as I started to get into a little groove here, the weather takes me out of it.  I can see the clouds rolling in already.  There are only a certain amount of sit ups and push ups that I can do trapped inside.

Anyway, on a better note, I am going to look at a few houses this weekend so I can finally get out of the apartment I am living in right now.  End of August can not come fast enough.  But before that comes, my girlfriend’s 21st birthday is approaching fast, the end of this month, and I am just finalizing all my plans for it.  She doesn’t know what I am doing as a surprise, and I can’t really tell you all now either because she may be reading this, (I love you, if you are!), but I will tell you all later, not like you all care as much as she does .

Well have a great day everybody.  Today is a busy day in the Life of a Diabetic!

Another Monday, another day of blogging and bowling. My life has been pretty boring as of late so there hasn’t been many things to blog about, that is why I didn’t blog last Friday. I had nothing exciting to talk about and I didn’t want to bore anybody and waste their time. I lost a vial of insulin and it really makes me mad. Last Thursday I took it to work and I know I put it in my shorts when I left to go home. I looked for it this weekend, couldn’t find it, so I thought, “Hmmm….I probably left it at work.” Nope, its not here either, so now I have no clue what so ever where it is, and it still had two refills left.

Well, what are you going to do, crying about it won’t help anything. Bowling is going to be intense tonight because all the other teams suck, and since our averages are so high, we could be the worst team because of the handicaps. I don’t like losing!

Well, sorry this is so short, but it is Monday, so there is work to be done!

Why is it that every single blog today that I have came across has mentioned Obama?Other then that mention, I will not discuss it. What I want to vent about today is something that I came across in the Annetics blog today. Everytime that I work out, my weight goes up. It is very frustrating. Even after eating a low calorie diet all day and working out I still am about 10 pounds heavier then I was when I woke up. My problem is that I just have a gut that does not want to go away. There is a six pack sitting in there, and no not beer, but that too, but when I was in high school I had one, so there is potential to get it back.

Situps don’t really do me too well because I don’t think that they are even helping me at all. And running is just starting to become way too painful. My shin splints are incredibly painful. I had them in high school, but after my knee surgery they just became horrible. I run about 0.5 mile and I can barely even walk anymore. I am breathing fine and not tired, but it just hurts way too much to go on. This is why I need an exercise bike so I can just ride all night long. But I guess the saying is right, no pain no gain!

Well, just another day in the Life of a Diabetic!

Managing my diabetes is for sure a full time job. Except this one, I don’t get paid for. It takes a lot to fully manage this stuff. Testing the blood sugar is the easy part, but reading a number off of a machine has nothing to do with management to me. Trying to eat healthy every single day is the hardest part. It’s no fun when you drive by Taco Bell and you can’t even pull through the drive thru and buy anything because you’re trying to lose 20 lbs to become healthier.

Yesterday at the bowling alley, I was proud of myself, I only had a little bit of popcorn, and a few Miller Lite beers to wash it all down. All night long I bowled higher then my blood sugar. I don’t know if it was good control, or just good bowling, with a 3 game average of 165. This is a fun league, which bowling is always fun, but I also take it seriously because there is a lot of money on the line here. Last night we were playing a team who was just there for the $1 drafts, and they were using our personal balls that we have paid for and cleaned and had holes drilled for our own fingers, so it was very irritating.

So a little update on me waking up high every morning. I can say that because I am diabetic, but it seems that if I eat peanut butter in some sort of way at night, it controls my levels and doesn’t take me too high. But that doesn’t mean I can eat 5 PB&J sandwiches, it means that I eat an english muffin with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter on each side and a small glass of milk. Makes me go to sleep easier also.

Well, just another day in the Life of a Diabetic!

This week’s Newsletter concentrates on letting people with diabetes know how important it is to maintain proper nutrition. Following a strict diet is important, especially for someone with diabetes. People with diabetes are recommended to use the Diabetes Food Pyramid to model their diet after. It is also important to include proper multivitamins and supplements in your daily diet routine to enhance your health. Stock your cabinets and refrigerators with low-glycemic foods, for these type of foods have shown to benefit people with diabetes greatly. Read more about this week’s main article.

American Diabetes Wholesale will be giving our customers a free sample of Glucerna Meal Bars (Oatmeal Raisin or Chocolate Peanut) while supplies last.

This week’s featured recipe is Chicken Waldorf Salad.