Ginger Vieira is a cognitive health coach, personal trainer and diabetes advocate at www.Living-in-Progress.com. She’s lived with Type 1 diabetes and Celiac disease for over 12 years. As a drug-tested competitive powerlifter, Ginger has set numerous records in the sport with her best lifts of a 308 lb. deadlift, 190 lb. bench press, and a [...]

This post is LONG overdue.  TallyGear creates some unique and sporty cases that hold anything from an insulin pump to cell phone to ipod. This sport case seems very durable and compact.  I like that it has two pouches to hold a pump and CGM or Meter.  The adjustable strap makes it one size fits [...]

Energy Drinks A few weeks ago my friend told me about a new type of energy drink on the market.  If you’ve been around here for a while you probably already know about my addiction to Monster Lo-Carb energy drinks.  I was psyched to find that BJs Wholesale sells them by the case now, which [...]

This is a guest post by Aaron O’Connor who dived into the world of diabetes after beginning to date a girl with type 1 diabetes.  Thanks Aaron for the post as it fits in nicely with my current drive for more exercise (P90x).  I’ve been gym membership free for about 5 years now. ***** A [...]

After so many years of counting carbs it becomes almost second nature to be able to look at a piece of food and guess how many insulin spiking carbs are packed inside.  Those that are new to diabetes may find it a bit trickier and refer to carb counting guides or books on diabetes.  As [...]

When I was at my last Endocrinologist’s appointment, I scheduled a consultation with the on-site Dexcom guru.  That appointment was supposed to be Wednesday, but I canceled it last week.  I was pretty pumped up to try out the Dexcom continuous glucose monitor (CMGM) for a week to give it a trial run.  That WAS [...]