About Christel Oerum

Christel is a passionate fitness enthusiast and the co-founder of Diabetes Strong. She is a Certified Personal Trainer specializing in diabetes. As someone living with type 1 diabetes, Christel is particularly passionate about helping others with diabetes live active healthy lives. She’s a diabetes advocate, public speaker, and author of the popular diabetes book Fit With Diabetes.

Christel Oerum

By Christel Oerum on May 19, 2015
Food & Nutrition

How To Avoid Gaining Weight On Your Vacation

For me, vacation time is something I look forward to with a mix of anticipation and trepidation. I LOVE traveling to new and exotic places, ...

By Christel Oerum on April 18, 2015
Food & Nutrition

How to Find Your Daily Calorie Need

The cornerstone of any good fitness plan is getting your diet right, and to do that, the first thing you need to do is to determine what ...

By Christel Oerum on March 6, 2015
Health & Fitness Products

NuBells Review

Last weekend, we had the pleasure of spending a few hours with the team from NuFitCorp. We got to test both their main product, the NuBells, ...

By Christel Oerum on January 27, 2015
Diabetes Management

How I Dealt with the Weight Gain After My Diabetes Diagnosis

Before my diabetes diagnosis, my body was starving. I still had a little insulin production, so my body was getting some nourishment, but ...

By Christel Oerum on January 4, 2015
Diabetes Management

There is Nothing You Can’t Do with Diabetes – My Diagnosis Story

I have Type 1 diabetes. It’s an autoimmune condition that affects less than 1 percent of the world’s population, and can be diagnosed at any ...