Cheers to HEALTH!

So obviously as a medical student I am slightly inclined towards living a healthy lifestyle, etc, etc.

Well what many of you do not know is after I stopped swimming in 2006...I definately went on a 2.5 yr binge of unhealthiness. Gained quite a significant amount of weight (which I was in denial about for about 75% of the duration of that period) and was just not mentally, emotionally or physically healthy. It was a bit of a circular mix where I wouldn't feel well enough physically to go and work out (due to fatigue or whatever)...so I wouldn't and I would be sedentary and eat...which would make me feel guilty...which would make me not impressed with myself...circle back to not feeling well...and so on.

Well in Jan 2008, I had had enough. I decided to start triathlon. It was always a bit of an interest and I decided since I had experience in one of the disciplines that it would be easy...WRONG. Nothing is ever easy is my new motto. I wish...(well maybe I don't wish because how worth it would it be then?) So here I am now...almost 3 years later...I've returned to swimming because tri season for me is over...I'm happier...healthier...lighter...etc...etc...Sure this was a choice I made for myself...but I cannot say how happy I am to be healthy. Today in lecture we were informed that we will be living a week as a "diabetic"--full out glucose monitoring, "insulin" injection and diet modification. I was kind of whiny about it at the beginning of being told this...but I was reading up on diabetic management in athletes and I am so grateful that I do not have diabetes (or other chronic disease with difficult management). I just had a Clif bar...and have been sitting here trying to figure out how much insulin I would need and how much compensation I would have to make due to the fact that I am about to go for a 90min swim practice right away...wow.

I realise this is a bit of a random ramble...but what else is blogging for than to have random rambles...I imagine you all can get the gist. Diabetic week-->starts next Thursday!

So...anyways: Cheers to Health!!