Diabetes

6 Fab Tips To Help You Lose Weight

6 Fab Tips To Help You Lose Weight
April 16, 2012 5 Comments »

Losing weight isn't easy. As a matter of fact, it's one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. But, weight loss is extremely important given my last doctor's visit, so I had to put on the game face ... Read More »

Reality Bites: The Scale Doesn’t Lie

Reality Bites: The Scale Doesn’t Lie
March 23, 2012 10 Comments »

Three years ago, I was in tip-top shape and I felt the best I'd ever felt physically. I was working out, eating healthy, and staying active. But since I have begun working at home and traveling more, my eating habits ... Read More »

Chef & Food Guru Paula Deen Has Diabetes: What’s So Funny?

Chef & Food Guru Paula Deen Has Diabetes: What’s So Funny?
January 19, 2012 6 Comments »

Yesterday during a visit to NBC's Today Show, Food Network star, chef, restauranteur, and author, Paula Deen, confirmed the rumors that she has been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. This was not a surprise to most, since the types of ... Read More »

Stop Diabetes! November is American Diabetes Month

Stop Diabetes! November is American Diabetes Month
November 1, 2011 Comments Off

Since I began my blog in October of 2009, I have made it a point to speak about diabetes and share information regarding this horrible disease. Read More »

Update on My Dad, His Health, & His Diabetes

Update on My Dad, His Health, & His Diabetes
August 25, 2011 9 Comments »

It has been almost three months since my dad was hospitalized for diabetes and congestive heart failure after I found him unresponsive in his home. Read More »

Tips on how to support someone with diabetes

June 14, 2011 7 Comments »

I originally wrote this article last year when my father was doing well with controlling his diabetes. As many of you may know, he is currently in the hospital with complications due to this disease, Read More »

My father is in ICU: Thank you for all of your well wishes

June 13, 2011 16 Comments »

What started out as what we thought was a virus ended up being much more serious because his diabetes went into overdrive. Once the paramedics were on site, we found out that his blood sugar was 500+ (more than their ... Read More »

Know the Facts: November is American Diabetes Month

November 4, 2010 2 Comments »

Tweet The month of November has been declared American Diabetes Month by the American Diabetes Association. The fight for diabetes prevention and awareness has been an important issue of mine, as my father suffers from this disease. Many people have ... Read More »

Gestational Diabetes—My Story

September 28, 2010 6 Comments »

Tweet Each year, millions of pregnant women experience gestational diabetes. As a blogger who has a father with diabetes, I have made it a point of discussing the disease at length on TCC. Educating my readers is a goal of ... Read More »

Happy Labor Day

September 6, 2010 2 Comments »

Tweet It has been a whirlwind of a weekend, let me tell you. With my birthday on Friday and the endless partying and family gatherings that have commenced over the weekend, a girl like me is TIRED! But I wouldn’t ... Read More »

KFC Rids The Bun But Doubles Down on Fat

April 15, 2010 4 Comments »

Tweet While watching the boob tube the other day, a KFC commercial came on for their new breadless chicken sandwich called the Double Down. The sandwich consists of two slices of chicken with bacon and cheese in between. Calorie count ... Read More »

It’s Cheaper to Be Fat

March 2, 2010 13 Comments »

Tweet In the continuation of my weight loss series (for more on my weight loss efforts, click HERE), I wanted to discuss an awful, painful truth. It is cheaper to be fat than it is to be skinny. Why is ... Read More »

TCC’s Top 5 Restaurants for Diabetics

January 19, 2010 6 Comments »

Tweet Each month, you can count on me to post at least one blog entry related to diabetes and tips on living healthy with the disease. As you may have read before on TCC, my father has been living with ... Read More »

Diabetes & the Holidays- Eating & Living Smart

December 22, 2009 7 Comments »

Tweet In November, I blogged about my father and his experience with diabetes. For the past ten years, he has been living with diabetes and has had to change his eating habits in order for him to stay as healthy ... Read More »