In the last few days we’ve had a lot of new readers to Blogging Diabetes.  Today is also the day the diabetes newsletter comes out for QualityHealth. I would like to welcome all of the new readers.  Below, I put together a quick tour of some popular articles and links on the site.
My name is [...]

If you haven’t noticed, there is a new ad image on the right side of this blog for a Diabetes Meal Planner.  This post is to announce that Blogging Diabetes has teamed up with QualityHealth.  You might be asking, what is QualityHealth?  Here is a blurb from their corporate site:
A top-10 consumer health portal, QualityHealth.com [...]

When I converted over to an insulin pump roughly four years ago, little did I know that syringes would never go away.  I have written here before some of the reasons I miss my syringes and my insulin pen.  With injections there’s no unknown.  You fill the syringe, you grab some skin and inject.  When [...]

I just wanted to take a quick minute and let you know about the Blogging Diabetes Fan site on Facebook.  You may have noticed the Facebook fan box in the right sidebar, which can also be seen in the screenshot below.

Below is a screenshot from the fan site.  One of the reasons I created [...]

This will be the last post in the mini series I have created going back to the beginning of this year.  If you want to catch up on those posts before continuing with this one, they can be found by clicking on the following:

You Must Finish Strong
I Need to Win at Diabetes
Clean Diabetic [...]

The last 2 posts (…finish strong & …win at diabetes) have led up to this one where I am going to discuss my recent diet and exercise.
Diet
I first mentioned that I started the Fat Flush diet back in August of last year.  I think it’s a great plan, but with not without some flaws.  It [...]

All of my results came back very good except for the big one.  My A1c was higher than usual and probably one of my worst in a long time. It’s a little ironic that my result rhymes with hate.  
I have always been slightly happy that my blood sugar control isn’t in the poor range.  [...]

You may have noticed a few changes on the site lately.  I wanted to spruce things up a bit and have wanted a logo since the beginning.  It wasn’t until I came across a great post on another site that I found a very fair priced graphic designer.  To sum things up, I choose a [...]

In the November 23 issue of BusinessWeek, I read an interesting article in the "In Depth" section that discussed insurance companies testing a plan that offered participants no co-pays for diabetic supplies/drugs.  United is one of the companies that are testing this type of plan designed at trying to contain costs.  The plan and trend [...]

Gary at Running with Type 1 served me up, so here we go!
1. Do you like bleu cheese?  Absolutely – especially on filet mignon.
2. Have you ever smoked?  Never, hate it and wish it was banned everywhere.
3. Do you own a gun?  Yes.
4. Favorite type of Food?  If we are talking in general it would [...]