Hey everyone,

I intend to start blogging more often, let's see how long it lasts :)

I'm just getting into the flow of blogging each morning, so todays blog won't be too speical. 

Here is what I ate yesterday: http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/389427827_RtcMk-L.jpg

Here is a link to all of October (I am still in the process of finishing September)
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6176115_KcBHa#389427620_5Axer

Activities for October 7th, 2008

7:30 - Biked to tennis, stretched, played the match (won), stretched, biked home
10:00 - Ate grapes and celery while doing computer tasks
12:15 - Went shopping for produce, then orgainzed my loot
3:30 - Ate persimmons while studying
4:15 - More studying
5:15 - Biked to the football stadium, participated in Stadium Stompers group class, stretched, biked home
7:30 - Ate grapes and lettuce while studying
8:45 - More studying
11:00 - Went to bed

Total hours of rest = 8.5hrs

High Fives,

Robby

Hey everyone,

Here is a screen shot of what I ate yesterday:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/390443402_7rjrQ-L.jpg

 
Here is a link to my October screen shots album:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6176115_KcBHa//390443402_7rjrQ

 
I finished all the screen shots for September and they can be seen here:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/5865983_etKDb#364270008_2QQCC

Activities for Wednesday, October 8^th, 2008
6:30 – Computer tasks
8:00 – Biked to yoga, 100 minutes of Bikram yoga
10:15 – Ate bananas
10:30 – Biked to class
10:40 – Finished my bananas in class, then studied
2:30 – Biked home
2:45 – School work
3:30 – Started eating while doing school work
4:45 – Biked to class
5:45 – Mile run, biked to gym, abdominal work out, biked home
7:00 – Ate dinner and did school work
10:00 – Went to bed

That’s it for now.  I promise this blog will have more content in the near future.

All my best,

Robby 

It is 1:00 on Friday afternoon.  I am working on getting these posts up in the morning.  The last two days haven't gone so well in that regard.

Anyways, here is my food consumption for October 9th, 2008:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/390821593_npntf-L.jpg

October Gallery:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6176115_KcBHa//389427620_5Axer

Activities for October 9th, 2008
7:30 - Computer work
8:30 - 100 minutes of Bikram yoga
10:15 - Produce shopping
11:30 - Ate meal while doing school work
12:15 - More school work and computer work
3:30 - Ate meal 2 while doing school work
4:15 - more school work
5:00 Biked to Southwest Gym, 45 spin cycle class, biked home
7:00 Ate meal 3 while doing computer work
8:30 - School work and computer work
12:00 Went to bed

Robby

Good morning everyone,

I'm off to a good start today because I'm blogging in the morning!  I am working on moving this blog to a different website, so please be patient as I won't be writing too much for another few weeks.

Right now I'm just working on a routine for blogging.  I have lots of ideas for this blog, hopefully they become a reality soon!

Here is what I ate yesterday:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/391293925_8VVw6-XL.jpg

Here is a link to the my October gallery:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6176115_KcBHa//391293925_8VVw6

Activities for October 10th, 2008
7:15 - started computer work
8:00 - went to a a farm pick up persimmons
10:00 - Computer work
10:30 - Ate meal 1 while doing school work
11:15 - More school work and computer work
1:30 - Biked to class, attended class
2:30 - Biked home
3:30 - 20 minutes of jumping on the mini trampoline (muscular strength)
4:00 - Ate meal 2 while doing computer work
4:45 - Biked to class, attended class
6:00 - Biked home, packed car for weekend trip hom
7:00 - Started driving
10:00 - Arrived home
11:00 - Went to bed


Robby

Hey everyone,

Here is a link to yesterdays food consumption:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/392058769_778UY-L.jpg


Here is a link the the October gallery:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6176115_KcBHa//392058769_778UY

Activities for October 11th, 2008
7:30 - Computer work
9:15 - Tennis
10:30 - Ate bananaas while my Mom drove the car
11:00 - Produce shopping
1:30 - School work
3:00 - 30 minute abdominal workout
3:30 - Ate persimmons while preparing dinner to take to my grandparents retirement community
4:15 - Shared a David Blume radio interview with my Mom, grandparents, and aunt.
6:00 - Ate dinner with the family
6:45 - Played Rumikub with Auntie B
8:00 - Archived books I own
11:00 - Went to bed

Funny story.  So, I bring my big bowl of mangos and romaine lettuce into the dinning area. 

Table next to us: "What is that?"
My Mom: "That is mangos and lettuce."
Table next to us:  "And they serve it in a big bowl like that?"
My Aunt being funny:  "He has his own personal chef." LOL

High Fives,

Robby

Hey everyone,

Here is a link to yesterdays food consumption:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/393032932_6cQiY-XL.jpg

Here is a link the the October gallery:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6176115_KcBHa//393032932_6cQiY

Activities for October 12th, 2008
7:30 - Computer work
10:30 - 45 minute run
11:30 - Ate watermelon while doing school work
12:30 - Computer work
3:00 - 30 minute abdominal workout
3:30 - Ate persimmons while watching a recorded epidsode of Dr. Neal Bernard on the Ellen Degenerse Show
4:00 - School work
7:30 - Ate meal 3 with my Mom
8:00 - Computer work
12:00 - Went to bed

In a hurry,

Robby

Hello everyone,

Here is a link to yesterdays food consumption:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/393972077_C4UGo-XL.jpg

Here is a link the the October gallery:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6176115_KcBHa//393972077_C4UGo

Activities for October 13th, 2008
7:45 - Computer work
8:45 - Packed
9:00 - 30 min ab workout
9:45 - Meal 1
10:00 - Drove back to Gainesville
1:00 - Unpacked
1:30 - Biked to class
1:55 - Attended class
2:45 - Biked home
3:15 - Meal 2 and computer work
4:40 - Bike to class
5:10 - Attended class
6:00 - Computer work
7:00 - Florida Free Culture club meeting
8:00 - Biked home
8:30 - Ate meal 3 while doing school work
9:30 - School work
11:00- Went to bed

Robby

Hey everyone,

Better managment simply means I did a better job of guessing how many units of insulin my body will need based upon the activity I am doing and the food I am eating.  No one day is exactly the same, so the number of units always vary a little bit.
But as you all know, my real goal is to not manage it at all and heal completely from "type 1 diabetes"! Part of that journey has been to accept what is here and now and deal with it.  So, for the time being I mange "type 1 diabetes" as best as I can.


Here is a link to yesterdays food consumption:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/394652352_pXscr-XL.jpg

Here is a link the the October gallery:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6176115_KcBHa//394652352_pXscr

Activities for October 14th, 2008
7:15 - Computer work
8:10 - Biked to yoga
8:30 - 100 minutes of bikram yoga
10:15 - Bike home
10:45 - Ate meal 1 while doing school work
11:15 - Computer work
1:00 - Fruit maintenance and organzing
1:30 - School work
3:15 - Meal 2 while doing school work
3:45 - Computer work
4:00 - Nap
5:00 - Biked to Florida Gym
5:30 - Participated in Stadium Stompers group fitenss class
6:30 - Biked home
7:00 - Ate dinner while doing school work
8:30 - School work
11:00 - Went to bed

All my best,

Robby

Hey everyone,

I am feeling pleased with my blogging consistency so far because I am meeting my need for integreity and my need to enrich life for others.  I know there aren't a lot of people reading this blog right now.  There will be more once I move the blog and start promoting it.  But even if there aren't a lot of people reading it, that's OK with me for two reasons.

1.  I'm not necessarily trying to reach the masses, although I have no oposition to doing so.  For example, I wouldn't say to an opporutnity to be on Oprah.  The point is that I get a greater sense of satisfaction from helping a few people achieve long term success, as opposed to giving millions of people tid bits of information.

2.  The blog will always be online.  So, it may not have a lot of viewers right now, but over time, I think a good number of people will see it. 

Here is a link to yesterdays food consumption:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/395340993_EG6CK-XL.jpg

Here is a link the the October gallery:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6176115_KcBHa//395340993_EG6CK

Activities for October 15th, 2008
7:15 - Computer work
8:15 - Biked to yoga (1.5 miles)
8:30 - 100 minutes of bikram yoga
10:15 - Biked home (1.5 miles)
10:30 - Ate meal 1 while doing computer work
11:30 - School work
1:00 - Biked to advising office (2.0 miles)
1:55 - Attended Class
1:45 - Back to advising office
2:15 - Biked home (2.0 miles)
2:30 - School work
3:45 - Ate meal 2 while doing school work
4:15 - Computer work
4:40 - Biked to class
5:10 - Attended class
6:00 - Biked to tennis (1 mile)
6:10 - played tennis match
7:10 - Biked home (3 miles)
7:30 - Ate dinner while doing school work
8:30 - School work
11:00 - Went to bed

I obvioulsy didnt' get this post done before I went to yoga today, but that is my goal each morning.

All my best,

Robby

Hey Everyone,

My friend Taylor Snipes is visiting for the weekend.  So, I intend to capitalize on every extra minute of work time I have.  Taylor is still sleeping right now, so I am going to finish watching a lecture for my online management class until it's time to leave for yoga.

Here is a link to yesterdays food consumption:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/395957291_FKwnA-XL.jpg

Here is a link the the October gallery:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6176115_KcBHa//395957291_FKwnA

Activities for October 16th, 2008
7:15 - Computer work
8:15 - Biked to yoga
8:30 - 100 minutes of bikram yoga
10:15 - Biked home
10:45- Ate meal 1 while doing school work
11:45 - School work
12:15 - Nap
2:30 - Computer work
3:00 - Ate meal 2 while doing computer work
3:30 - Biked to tennis
3:45 - Thorough warm-up
4:30 - Started tennis match
5:30 - Biked home
6:00 - Ate meal 3 while doing school work
7:30 - School work
9:00 - My frind Taylor arrived and we hung out
12:00 - Went to bed

All my best,

Robby

Hey everyone,

Taylor and I had a great yoga session yesterday morning.  My yoga instructor was kind enough to give Taylor a free class and he enjoyed it.

After yoga we spotted a few fruit trees and took a few minutes to check them out.  Luckily my 1:55 class was cancelled so Taylor and I could spend some extra time on a permaculture design for my backyard.  It's not going to be anything too complicated, but I will update you all as it progresses.

Here are some pictures from yesterday:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6294968_jucYZ#396798449_RUAvG

Here is a link to yesterdays food consumption:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/396794006_cGRWE-XL.jpg

Here is a link the the October gallery:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6176115_KcBHa//396794006_cGRWE

Activities for October 18th, 2008
6:15 - Computer work
7:15 - School work
8:15 - Drive to yoga
8:30 - 100 minutes of bikram yoga
10:15 - Produce shopping
11:00 - Ate meal 1
12:00 - Started working on a permaculture project for my yard
2:30 - Ate meal 2 - while doing computer work
3:00 - More work on the permaculture project
4:40 - Biked to class (2.0 miles)
5:10 - Attended Calss
5:40 - Class got out early, biked home (2.0 miles)
6:00 - Played tennis
7:00 - Ate meal 3 while watching a movie
10:00 - Had a snack of halawi dates
10:30 - Went to bed

All my best,

Robby

Hey everyone,

Taylor and I ran a 5K race yesterday.  That was my first 5K race since I ran cross country in high school which was 3+ years ago.  I forget what my PR (personal record) was in high school, but I was pleasantly surprised with my results.  The race took me 23:46.   FYI, 5 kilometers is 3.1 miles.

After the race Taylor and I went to pick persimmons.  This was the first time I had been to this farm and I quickly made friends with the owner, Ken.  Taylor and I don't really care how much work it takes to get the fruit, we just want the highest quality fruit we can possible get our hands on.  So, we got the largest ladder they had and started getting all the precious persimmons at the top of the trees. Ken, wants us to come back and clean out his trees so other people don't go on the high ladders and potentially hurt themselves.

I learned the name of a variety of persimmon I have been eating this season.  The egg shaped persimmons in my pictures are called Saijo.  Now that I know the name, I can now include it in my daily food consumption screen shots!

We purchased 109 pounds of persimmons at $.90/lb.  We also got a bunch of "rotten" aka perfectly ripe fruit for free!  I will make another post about persimmons in general in the future.

I am meticulous about cleaning and organizing my fruit.  So, as you can see in the list of activities below, we spent about an hour or so cleaning the persimmons.  I treat each and every persimmon with lots of love and appreciate the nourishment I receive from Nature.

The photo of our loot is about 95% of what we picked, because by the time the photo was taken the other 5% was in our bellies :)

Here are some pictures of us at the race, picking persimmons and the loot after.  The slide show link is in the upper right corner.  
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6294968_jucYZ#396797859_FpHoU

Here is a link to yesterdays food consumption:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/397318183_Jxwpf-XL.jpg

Here is a link to the October food consumption gallery:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6176115_KcBHa//397318183_Jxwpf

Activities for October 18th, 2008
6:15 - Computer work
6:30 - Cleaning/organizing
7:00 - Drive to the race
7:20 - Register for the race
8:00 - Start 5K race (23:46)
8:30 - Ate meal 1 while making new friends at the race
9:00 - Drove to U-pick persimmon farm
9:30 - Started picking persimmons
1:30 - Drove home
2:00 - Computer work
3:30 - Ate meal 2 while doing computer work
5:00 - Biked to Southwest Rec Center (4 miles)
5:30 - Played 3 pickup basketball games
6:30 - Biked home (4 miles)
7:00 - Ate meal 3 while doing computer work
8:30 - Cleaned/organized the persimmon loot
9:30 - Computer work
11:00 - Went to bed

All my best,

Robby

Hey everyone,

I had very laid back Sunday.  I didn't do any exercise and got a lot of cleaning/organizing done.  I'll be headed to yoga in a little bit and I think I am ready for another great weak! 

Here is a link to yesterday’s food consumption:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/398316686_HCwv6-XL.jpg

Here is a link to the October food consumption gallery:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6176115_KcBHa//398316686_HCwv6

Activities for October 19th, 2008
07:15 - Computer work
09:00 - Cleaning/organizing
09:45 - Ate meal 1 while doing computer work
10:00 - Touring the gardens at the University of Florida
12:00 - Cleaning/organizing
13:30 - Ate meal 2 while doing computer work
14:00 - Computer work
15:00 - School work
17:00 - Cleaning/organizing
19:30 - Ate meal 3 while doing school work
20:30 - Computer work
22:30 - Went to bed

All my best,

Robby

Hey everyone,

I received a surprise package in the mail yesterday!  My Auntie B is one of the most creative, lively, energetic persons I have ever met!  She is famous for throwing parties.  I'll have to blog about one of them in the future.  Here is a picture of her 
Halloween card, which has nothing to do with Halloween, LOL. 

http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/399477699_JYfzF-XL.jpg

The inside says, "Good things pop up...sometimes when you lease expect it!"  The belly of the penguin actually opens up, and that is where the $20 bill was, LOL!

On Saturday, October 11th I had the chance to share some special information with my family.  My mother, aunt and grandparents all listened to a radio interview I downloaded.  It was David Blume speaking on Coast to Coast AM.  I'll share more about David Blume and his book Alcohol Can Be A Gas in the future.

Anyways, my Aunt really enjoyed the information and she expressed her gratitude in her card. The greatest gift a person can give to me, is to receive something I have to offer.  Her receiving the information so well really makes me feel inspired that our 
nation is ready for a revolution!

Here is a link to yesterday's food consumption:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/399462545_eqFJ5-XL.jpg

Here is a link to the October food consumption gallery:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6176115_KcBHa//399462545_eqFJ5

Activities for October 20th, 2008
 6:45 - Cleaning/organizing
 7:15 - Computer work
 8:00 - Bike to yoga
 8:30 - 100 minutes of bikram yoga
10:15 - Ate meal 1
10:30 - Biked to class (arrived only 2 minutes late!)
10:42 - Find out class was canceled, bike to post office, then bike home
11:20 - Computer work
12:30 - Nap
 2:30 - Computer work
 3:00 - Meal 2 while doing school work
 3:30 - School work
 4:40 - Bike to class
 5:10 - Attend class and group meeting afterwards
 6:30 - Bike home
 6:45 - Meal 3 while doing computer work
 7:45 - Computer work
10:30 - Went to bed

All my best,

Robby

Hey everyone,

I posted the blog about October 20th very late yesterday. So, there is a small window for people to view that post before this one. I think the blog titled "Surprise Gift" is pretty good, so check it out.

Yesterday was a little bit frustrating. My car battery died and the whole process of getting jumped and getting a new battery took 2.5 hours. That really isn't very long at all, but it was still frustrating. It definitely was a reminder of how much stuff  I take for granted each and every day. I am very grateful that 99% of the time when I turn the key, the car starts, that I have electricity, water, food, etc.....life is good!

Here is a link to yesterday's food consumption:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/399923806_qAzHt-L-0.jpg

Here is a link to the October food consumption gallery:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6176115_KcBHa//399923806_qAzHt

Activities for October 21st, 2008
07:30 - Cleaning/organizing
08:15 - Drive to yoga
08:30 - 100 minutes of bikram yoga
10:15 - Drive to grocery store and shop
10:30 - Try to start car, doesn't start
10:45 - Ate meal 1 while waiting for a jump start
12:45 - Battery ordeal is over, arrived home for a phone meeting
-1:30 - Computer work
-2:15 - Meal 2 while doing computer work
-2:40 - Bike to Lakeside Complex, play ping pong, bike to tennis, play tennis, bike home
-5:10 - School work
-7:00 - Meal 3 while doing school work
-8:30 - School work
10:00 - Went to bed

All my best,

Robby

Hey everyone,

My only class on Thursdays in an online lecture class and I don't have class on Friday because it is Homecoming week.  So, I decided to go home for a long weekend.  My dad will be flying down to FL on Saturday, so I am excited to spend some time with him.

My parents travel in-between Minnesota and Florida, although my Mom is down here in Florida pretty much full time taking care of her parents.

Here is a link to yesterday's food consumption:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/photos/400806750_D3rLc-XL.jpg

Here is a link to the October food consumption gallery:
http://healthyoptimist.smugmug.com/gallery/6176115_KcBHa//400806750_D3rLc

Activities for October 22nd, 2008
7:15 - Computer work
8:20 - Biked to yoga
8:30 - 100 minutes of bikram yoga
10:15 - Biked to class
10:30 - Ate meal 1 during class
11:30 - Biked home
11:45 - Cleaning/organizing
12:15 - Computer work
12:30 - 15 minute nap
12:45 - Computer work
1:30 - Biked to class
1:55 - Attended class
2:45 - Group meeting
3:15 - Biked home
3:30 - Ate meal 2 while doing computer work
4:00 - More computer work
4:50 - Biked to class
5:10 - Attended class
6:00 - Biked home
6:15 - Computer work
6:30 - Ate meal 3 while packing
7:30 - Left Gainesville for Sarasota/Bradenton
10:30 - Unpacking
11:00 - Went to bed

All my best,

Robby

Hey everyone,

Yesterday, I made a trip to my local organic distributor, Global Organics. I have been making purchases from them for over a year and not once have I been disappointed with the quality of produce and quality of customer service. They have always gone over the top to take care of me. Literally, I am probably their smallest customer and they still treat me like I am their largest.

I picked up 3 cases of mangos, a flat of grapes and 3 cases of roma tomatoes. As far as I know, Purity, is the first company to distribute USA grown mangos all over the country. This is very exciting news because it means the mangos are not subject to some form of heat treatment. Right now, the law states that nearly all imported mangos must be treated before entering the USA.

In the photo album below I have some pictures of the of the mangos and the boxes they come in. I also have some pictures of an imported box of mangos. The stamp that says it was treated with some form of heat is in Spanish. As you can see, there are no such stamps on the Three Flags Ranch boxes.

My mango gallery

Blog post about Purity mangos

Official website for the Purity organic mangos

October 23rd, 2008 food consumption

October 2008 food consumption gallery

Activities for October 23rd, 2008
8:00 - Cleaning/organizing
8:30 - Computer work
8:45 - Drove to tennis
9:00 - Played tennis
10:15 - Ran errands
12:30 - Ate meal 2
1:00 - Organizing
1:30 - Computer work
4:45 - Nap
5:30 - Computer work
5:45 - Meeting on the phone
6:30 - Computer work
7:30 - Ate meal 3
10:00 - Went to bed

All my best,

Robby

Hey everyone,

Yesterday I went to Jessica’s Organic Farm to purchase some lettuce.  They had "ugly" heirloom tomatoes for $1.79/lb so I ended up purchasing some of those as well.  Virtually all the fruit Jessica’s sells comes from Global Organics, so I rarely buy fruit at Jessica’s because they don't have anything I can't get directly from Global Organics.

The photo gallery below demonstrates the freshness of the lettuce!  They literally pick the lettuce minutes before it is sold!  You can see one of the employees putting lettuce in a black bin, which is the same bin from which the customers select thier lettuce.

The photo gallery also as three images of a papaya tree I found at Jessica’s Organic Farm.


Food Consumption Gallery for October 2008

Activities for October 24th, 2008
6:45 - Computer work/organizing
9:15 - Meal 1
9:45 - Computer work
10:15 - Nap
11:45 - Ran errands
1:45 - Drove to tennis, played tennis
3:00 - Drove home, ran to gym
3:30 - Used the elliptical machine, ran home
4:30 - Meal 2
6:30 - Computer work
9:00 - Went to bed

All my best,

Robby

Hello everyone,

Yesterday, I went to the Red Barn Flea Market to purchase some mamey sapote.  I purchased 50 pounds.  Mamey sapote is one of  my favorite fruits and I will make a blog post about it sometime in the future.

I also purchased a plantain at the market.  I am starting a plantain tutorial so people can learn how to manage plantains.  I did  not learn how to manage plantains until I went to Costa Rica and did and internship at Dr. Graham's fasting event.  Plantain is  one of the most delicious fruits I have ever had.  When you make a thick smoothie of just plantain, it tastes like peanut butter!

The plantain that we will be following has a name and it is Kane. 



Food consumption gallery for October 2008


Activities for October 20th, 2008
7:30 - Misc./computer work
9:00 - Ran around a lake
9:45 - Ate meal 1 and relaxed outside by the lake
10:30 - Ran errands
12:00 - Computer work
1:45 - Ran to gym, stretch, ran home
2:45 - Meal 2 while doing computer work
3:15 - Computer work
6:45 - Ate meal 3 with my parents
7:45 - School work
9:30 - Went to bed

All my best,

Robby

Hey everyone,

I'm behind schedule on a lot of stuff right now.  This blog post will be short.

Below is an image of Kane the plantain on Day 3.  Click the image to see the entire gallery.

Food consumption for Sunday, October 26th, 2008

Food consumption gallery for October 2008

All my best,

Robby

Hey everyone,

Yesterday I went to my regular 3 month diabetes checkup appointment in Tampa.  My doctor is a very nice man and doesn't really ask me too many questions because every time I come in my A1C number is excellent for a diabetic.  He hasn’t asked about the specifics of my diet and I have no desire to start  up a conversation about it with him.  Most of the time we spend together is talking about our lives  
and sports.

Some people may wonder why I go to the doctor in the first place.   The reason is because I need  somebody to write my prescriptions and my insurance company requires regular checkups.  Plus, I think  it's a good idea for a person with a serious illness to get regular blood work done, as long as they  approach the results through the health model, rather than the medical model.  That's a huge distinction which I will write more about in the future.

I don't really understand the whole A1C thing very well.  I don't really know how to articulate what  is in my head, but I will give a short summary for today’s post.

I want to make clear with everyone, that the reason my A1C number is so good doesn't have all that much to do with my diet.  I'm going to repeat that.  I want to make it clear to the world, I'm not saying my consistent, excellent A1C numbers are a result of my diet.  This is a fact for 2 reasons.   

1.  My A1C numbers were good when I wasn't eating a clean diet. 
2.  Other type 1 diabetics have great A1C numbers and most of them eat terrible diets.  My older brother is one example.  He eats  whatever he wants, drinks alcohol, etc....and has A1C numbers that are just as good as mine, if not better sometimes.

As far as I know, the A1C number simply indicates how well a person manages the balance between insulin intake, food intake and exercise.  They key is exercise.  I'm going to repeat that one too. The key to having good management as a type 1 diabetic is regular, consistent exercise and then adjusting your dosage of insulin based on that exercise.

I'll have more to say on this topic in the future, but I think I made the points I wanted to make for his post.

The picture below is the official piece of paper I get when I leave the doctors office.  Relevant comments are in the picture.  Click the image to see a larger version.


Click the blue text to see my A1C gallery where you can choose to see the photo in many different sizes. If you have issues using SmugMug or questions on how to navigate SmugMug, please contact me at RobbyBarbaro@PathOfHealth.org

Kane The Plantain Day 4

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Food consumption for Monday, October 27th, 2008

Food consumption gallery for October, 2008

Activities for October 27th, 2008
6:30 - Misc./organizing
8:15 - Drove to Tampa for diabetes appointment
9:30 - Diabetes checkup appointment
10:45 - Ate meal 1 while taking care of phone calls
11:15 - Drove from Tampa to Gainesville
1:25 - Unpacked
1:40 - Biked to class, attended class (got out early), biked home
2:30 - Computer work
4:00 - Ate meal 2 while doing computer work
4:45 - Biked to class, attended class, biked to tennis
6:15 - Played tennis, biked home
8:15 - Ate meal 3 while talking on Skype
10:30 - Computer work
11:30 - Went to bed

All my best,

Robby

Hey everyone,

Lots of stuff going on right now, so my blogs will be short.


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Food Consumption for Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Food consumption for the month of October, 2008

Physical activity for Tuesday, October 28th, 2008:
-Gardening

All my best,

Robby

Hey everyone,

I certainly overate yesterday!  That is my greatest challenge in regards to diet these days.  If you look at my nutridiary screen shots over the past few months you will see that my calorie consumption is all over the place.  Oh well, I'll do better today, one day at a time :)

Click the image below to see a larger version.

Kane The Plantain Ripening Tutorial Gallery

Food consumption for Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Food consumption gallery for October 2008

 Major physical activities for Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
-100 minutes of Bikram yoga
-Gardening

All my best,

Robby

Hey everyone,

My roomate is quite the artist.  She carved a pretty cool pumpkin yesterday.

Kane The Plantain Day 7

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Food consumption for Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Food consumption gallery for October 2008

Physical Activity for Thursday, October 30th, 2008
-Gardening
-Stretching

All my best,

Robby