diabetes survival

Bashing Holiday Stress + Happy Hanukkah!

By AmyT on December 19, 2008

Just about 5 shopping days left until Christmas! And Hanukkah?  Forget it.  It starts this Sunday evening at sundown, so if you’re not shopped up and wrapped up by now, you are in some deep egg nog.
Holiday stress getting to you yet?  Great.  Share your coping techniques here — your very last chance to enter the DiabetesMine HOLIDAY SURVIVAL SWEEPSTAKES this year.
i.e. this week’s question:

Please post your input as a comment on…

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Holiday Survival Sweepstakes: Ten Winners on Exercise, and Question 4 – Hitting the Road?

By AmyT on December 9, 2008

Congratulations, Diabetes Community, on sharing some awesome tips on how to stay physically active over the cold winter months when carbs are so painfully plentiful.  This was of course last week’s contest question, to which we again received nearly 60 informative replies.

Overall, the wisdom of the community on this topic seems to focus on the following:

Try some mall walking; get a dog and enjoy the obligation to take it for walks; set an…

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