Getting Started...

I am a 42 year old diabetic. I have had diabetes since I was 11 years old. I started using a pump in 2004 and am very satisfied with that. What I have struggled with my whole life is keeping motivated to control my diabetes. I go in fits and spurts with good control, and this past year I have been on a down slide.

I moved from Minnesota to Oslo, Norway in 2006 when I married my Norwegian husband. I had my first (and only baby) in 2007. Huge changes for me. This past year I gained twelve pounds and my A1C has gone from 6.8 up to 7.2. For my 4'11¨frame, that is a increase in weight that is very unhealthy.

Thus I feel the need to blog, to help myself and maybe others to figure out the problem with motivation. My dream is to develop a camp for grownups with diabetes types 1 and 2 to help educate and motivate them to take better care of themselves. This is my beginning. I will share my struggle to lose weight, get better control of my blood sugars, and I hope, encourage others to do the same.

If you have heard of a camp for grownups in the USA, Norway, or other countries please let me know. I do not want to re-invent the wheel.