A few weeks ago, Claire Cole (founder of Movement for Mums) invited me onto her platform to discuss all things nutrition (particularly during lockdown).
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I’ve been meaning to write this post for a fair while now, but I kept getting stuck on where to begin, how much to include, whether this is valuable. Anyway, I put that self-doubt away and decided that even if these points make a difference to ONE newly diagnosed person with type 1, then that’s a good thing.
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Afternoon pals, how are you doing? Week 8, 9 (?) of lockdown - can you believe it’s May? To keep some form of semblance, I’ve got an interview with another type 1 diabetes superstar. I spoke to Claire, founder of Organising Chaos, a diabetic accessories brand for type 1 and type 2 diabetics. Claire and the Organising Chaos team offer products to decorate your diabetic supplies make managing diabetes a little easier.
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Here I am (pre lockdown - god, what an age) filling my chops with the most delicious frites + mayo in Bruges. Did I think twice about eating these? No. Would I have done 5 years ago? Yes. This is progress - it's about finding balance.
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These almond + coconut bites [resonant of Pret's] are often necessary to get me through Monday. If you are feeling similarly to me (in need of a little pick-me-up and feeling a mixture of joy and sadness that you can't spent lots of money on Pret's snack selection) then this recipe is for you.
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As you read this, it’s very likely you’re staying at home, self-isolating and in full lockdown mode. Along with the massive shift in how we work, how we relate and how we communicate (virtual Hinge date, anyone?), how we eat has had to change too. For most of us, we’ll be consuming all three meals at home.
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It’s lockdown, I get it, things are bad enough – now I’m asking you to think about exercise? Yes indeedy. The reason? You’ll feel better afterwards. I promise. If you don’t, you can’t have your money ba-…erm. Moving on.
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Despite eating breakfast are you still getting hungry at 11am? Feeling like you’re on that blood sugar rollercoaster and want to get off it? Don’t worry - this is the blog post for you.
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I first came across Myrthe [aka girl0ninsulin] on Instagram and I LOVE her approach to living with T1D. Her honesty and openness is always so refreshing. She describes herself as ‘positive and real’ and I can attest to that!
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In these rather surreal + tricky times, continuing with normality as best we can is the way to go. This is what I’m focusing on right now.
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Published in Restless Magazine in December 2019. Imagine you’re ordering coffee in your local café. You look up, what do you see? Aside from streams of flat whites and delicate displays of Danishes, you’ll see freelancers.
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Hello one + all! I am beyond excited to be sharing today’s blog post with you. As someone who lives with T1D day in, day out (as I know many of you do too), it’s not usually the physical stuff that gets to me.
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Hello one and all! Happy January. I hope you’re easing into 2020 like a knife slicing through a block of room-temperature butter. Weird that my brain went to that simile, but we’re ROLLING WITH IT.
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It all started with Fleabag. Naturally.
Like any good Waller-Bridge devotee, I was merrily tucking in to the second series with relish. Like everybody else, I was struck by that scene. I’ll never hear the word ‘kneel’ in the same way again.
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Back in the autumnal glow of October, I called one of my oldest friends on WhatsApp. She’d recently given birth to her first child, a daughter called R. My friend’s image popped up on my phone screen and I was slightly blindsided. We wouldn’t normally use the video function. But what did I know?
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If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s that I adore breakfast. A lot of people say this, but I really do. I’ll often go to bed keenly, eager to shut my eyes and close the time differential between me and my breakfast.
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