"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good."
Category: Exercise
During the month of April, if you enjoy bicycle riding, you may enjoy taking part in an annual 30-day Bike Ride (sponsored as a fundraiser for World Bicycle Relief). 30 Days of Biking is a pledge to ride your bike every day in April and share your adventures online with the hashtag #30daysofbiking. You can ride your … Continue reading Sunlight and Vitamin D
In the week between Christmas and New Year's, you evaluated your diabetic health and practices over the past year, and you wrote out your Goals/Objectives ("What do you want to accomplish (and by when)?") and Strategies ("What do you plan to do in order to accomplish that?"). If you wanted to track your progress, you … Continue reading Start a Detailed Food Journal
Goal: To establish a regular routine of physical activity within your individual scope of mobility. Continue to monitor your blood glucose daily, drink your optimum amount of water every day, continue eating whole-food non-starchy vegetables instead of processed food, and ADD a daily physical activity. This week we are featuring the second of The 8 … Continue reading First Month, Fourth Week – Exercise
Let's take a few moments to assess what you've accomplished so far this year. (Yes, 2018!) First, you spent some time between Christmas and New Year's to evaluate your personal diabetes status and set some goals, objectives, strategies, and tactics for improvement in the coming year. Setting Goals, Objectives, Strategies, and Tactics [PDF] If you've been … Continue reading Time for a Quick Review
Activities for Weeks 2, 3, and 4 were inspired by the “21-day Jumpstart Challenge” from Smart Diabetes Solutions, slightly modified for Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics. During Week 4, continue the blood glucose, water, and vegetables and add exercise, preferably outdoors with fresh air and 20 minutes of sunlight. Goal: To establish a regular routine of physical activity within … Continue reading Week 4 – Exercise
How was your Thanksgiving? Did you maintain your diabetes dietary protocols? Or is Thanksgiving the one day of the year that you totally give up on your goals and give in to your appetite? Regardless of what you did (or didn't do), the week after Thanksgiving is an excellent time to check up on your … Continue reading After Thanksgiving
I haven't posted much (or at all) about diabetic foot care, though it is one of the most important aspects! Today, on one of the diabetes support groups I'm in, a member wrote the following: "Any advice for diabetic foot care, especially spending a lot of time in a pool? As we speak, hubby is … Continue reading Summer Foot Care
Facebook is currently down across the western United States. It went down at approximately 1:00 PM Pacific Time with no ETA yet as to when this might be fixed. Therefore, all activities in the Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics group is on hold until this issue is resolved. I hope all group members are currently following this … Continue reading Facebook is Down
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