Know Your Diabetes, Know Your Self

Motivation

    I am motivated to live. Managing a disease as intimidating as diabetes can be difficult, but those that have it can handle it. Diabetes can feel scary, unfair, or even just annoying, but now it is just a part of my life, and that is not as bad as it sounds. I have a couple extra steps in my daily routine, maybe a couple more doctor's appointments, but I still enjoy every moment of my life. 

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Excercise Description

    I have always been fairly fit, but ironically do not exercise too often. I have found that I can personally maintain a healthy lifestyle by doing simple exercise routines. On a weekly basis, I simply walk and do some easy body weight workouts.

Treatment Description

    After being diagnosed with diabetes, my diet surprisingly did not change that much. The worst part of nutrition wit diabetes is the near-unavoidable need to check the nutritional facts on almost everything consumed. Part of the nutritional information on products was the serving size, which might be strange and can be easily throw off a carb calculation for the meal. A major change was to stop drinking non-diet drinks, or drinks with carbohydrates in them. As long as you are not eating just sweets, and mix a healthy amount of carbohydrates and protein into the diet, you should be able to live a happy, healthy life.