Hi, I'm Lissie!

Type One Diabetic.

Integrative Health Coach.

Certified Personal Trainer.

Neurolinguistic Programming Practitioner .

 

Welcome to the blog.

June 2021

I Have the Data.. Now What?

You go to your endocrinologist appointment every 90 days where you see pages of pages of reports that they've downloaded from your pump and CGM. As they glance through it, they're making changes to your insulin to carb ratios, basals and correction factors. But you ask yourself, "what are they seeing that I don't see? Where are these changes being stemmed from?"


May 2021

3 Strategies to Increase Your TIR

When I got my Dexcom, it really encouraged me to start widening my view from simply looking at my average blood sugar - to actually looking at the big picture. 

May 2021

Improve Your Carb Counting Skills with These Tools

Using your carb counting skills effectively is like building a muscle. The more we use these tools efficiently, the stronger the muscle grows.

May 2021

How I Keep My Blood Sugars Stable During Exercise

One of the most difficult parts about my diagnosis was rebuilding my relationship with exercise.

May 2021

There is more to it all than what's prescribed in your endocrinologists' office.

July 2020

Carb Counting Isn't the End-all-be-all

I know what you’re thinking… “but carb counting is how I dose!”, but there are other tools at your disposal!

May 2020

3 Reasons You Should Do a Basal Rate Test

Most people I talk to about this either have never heard of it or run from it like the plague.

May 2020

Using the Glycemic Index for Better Blood Sugar Control

I know what you’re thinking… “but carb counting is how I dose!”, but there are other tools at your disposal!

April 2020

A Low Blood Sugar and the Benefits of Exercise

We’ve all been there… You’re motivated – excited that you actually made it to the gym, and then

BAM!