In this free 4-week challenge, a team of top diabetes experts and I will take you through some of the most important things you need to know about diabetes and exercise, healthy nutrition, and weight management with diabetes.
How the Fit With Diabetes Challenge works
The Fit With Diabetes Challenge consists of five things:
- Daily activities or “challenges” that take you through everything you need to do in a step-by-step fashion
- Articles covering the most important topics on diabetes and weight management
- Weekly meal plans
- Workout programs that you can do during the challenge (home and gym workouts)
- A Facebook support group for challenge participants in which you can ask questions, share your experiences and connect with other people who want to be Fit With Diabetes
The challenge is sponsored by Eversense Diabetes, the first and only 90-day Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) system. Each week, Eversense will host a giveaway where you can win awesome prizes. To learn more about how Eversense can help your diabetes care, please visit the Eversense website.
Oh, and did I mention that it’s totally FREE to take the challenge?
The challenge is for all fitness levels and is based on my own experiences regarding diabetes and exercise, as well as the knowledge and insights of other diabetes and exercise experts. I’m excited to announce that there will be posts by:
- Ginger Vieira (Author of Dealing with Diabetes Burnout & Emotional Eating with Diabetes & Your Diabetes Science Experiment)
- Dr. Mark Heyman (Diabetes Psychologist and a Certified Diabetes Educator. Founder and Director of the Center for Diabetes and Mental Health)
- Ben Tzeel (Registered Dietitian, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist)
- Rachel Zinman (Author of Yoga For Diabetes)
Here is what people had to say about the last challenges:
“I just want to put out there how much I love all the learning and support this challenge offers. In my 40 years with diabetes, I have never experienced anything like this before. I love this!! Thank you so much, Christel!”
– Carol, 2018 challenge participant
“I have said many times over the last few weeks how grateful I am for Diabetes Strong and the Facebook support group. The diabetes articles and meal plans changed my life! Before, when people would ask me how my diabetes is going, I would often reply that I never have a good day but I do have good hours. How depressing is that statement? Great days are now the new normal and not so great hours are rare.”
– Laura, 2017 challenge participant
If you are ready to join me on this journey to learn more about diabetes, weight management, and exercise, then sign up for the challenge in the form below. Let’s get Fit With Diabetes together in 2019!
Sign-up for this challenge will open in a few days. To be notified (and get a free chapter from my eBook), please sign up for my newsletter using the form below.
Hi
Are you starting any challenges for 2019. If so, how do I get some information on it? I want to pass on information to a diabetes group.
Thank You
Anne
Yes, we will almost certainly have a challenge in January. A good way to keep up to date on events like this is to sign up for our newsletter. We will also announce it on our social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter)
Thanks Christel for this great opportunity. I love reading your posts, and hope to gain further knowledge to help me with my T1 that I have had for 19years now!
Hello,
I’m going to try this again…I dropped out last time, so sorry.
Also, I don’t have Facebook, so I hope that is ok
Hi Martha, I love hearing that :-). And you don’t need Facebook, you will get everything by email and here on Diabetes Strong.
Hi!
I hope I can join the challenge from Sweden? Participated in a similar challenge 2 years ago and it did wonders for me, but the crew that held it started to charge for the service and it wasn’t focused on helping diabetics. I’m type one diabetic since 2003 with a heavy genetic predisposition for both type one and two. Lost my mom to the complications in 1981, so I’ve seen the backside with this condition. I go to the gym twice a week and try to eat as healthy as possible but I need inspiration and support.
Looking forward to this.
Kind regards
Anette
Hi Anette, you can definitely join from Sweden. We had participants from over 40 countries in the last challenge and I know we had a group of Swedes as well 🙂
I’m very excited about taking this challenge. I have been a type one diabetic for 11 years now. Then early this year I was diagnosed with ms(multiple sclerosis). I really need some help with meals and exercise with these new obsticals and I feel this will be a great opportunity for me. I can’t wait to start.
Hi Frankie,
Glad you decided to sign up. If you want to get a head start there are plenty of resources on the website.
Christel
I just signed up for the challenge. Was just dx with type 2. My numbers are all over the place. Hoping to learn alot. I’m so confused on what to do.
There’s a lot of conflicting information available, but there are also a lot of ways of achieving health, with or without diabetes. You’ll find mine and the other experts perspective in this challenge, but please note that if your medical team has given you specific guidelines we always recommend you follow them or have a conversation with your team on why the guidelines were given.
Glad to see you join
I can’t wait to start this challenge! I have lost 42 lbs already by cutting out sugar but I have leveled off!! I want to lose 40 more lbs so I am going to need help and this challenge should be great motivation!!
Way to go Shawn! Keep up the impressive stride and happy we can be part of your journey
I’m 20 years old, and have had type 1 diabetes now 3 years and look forward to starting!
Welcome to the challenge Brianna, glad you decided to join us!
Thank you I’m looking for a to the support to learn more about managing my diabetes.
I am a newly diagnosed diabetic and I’m starting to figure out my new life. I have lost close to 70 lbs so far but I’m hoping to learn more healthy foods that don’t contain nuts. I’m allergic and a lot of recipes I find have nuts somehow involved. ( I’m allergic)
Hi Tasha,
That’s fantastic weight progress, well done! Allergies can be challenging to work around. I hope you find options you like on the site
Are the Facebook groups private?
Hi Melissa, Yes the Facebook group is private so people outside the group can’t see what you post.
Thank you
I signed up hoping this will push me to take better control of my health I am a type 2 diabetic with an under active thyroid and I also have a really bad knee that they will not treat until I lose 40lbs it’s hard to lose the 40lbs when your knee screams in pain when you do most exercises its a darn if you do darned if you don’t I never was overweight until I became a diabetic and my thyroid went haywire I NEED HELP.
Hi Laurie, joining this challenge is a really good first step. The thyroid issue, of course, needs to be dealt with by your medical team, but we’ll dive into exercise and nutrition together. And if you haven’t already I highly recommend joining the Diabetes Strong Community on Facebook. This is where you’ll find the day to day peer support
I have been a typ 2 diabetic for more than 20 years. Have mostly controlled with medication. Lost about 40lbs in the last year. Reduced insulin from 40u AM 30u PM to 35 & 25. Need help to stay on track. Hope your program will help.
That’s really impressive progress! If you haven’t already I highly recommend joining the Diabetes Strong Community on Facebook. This is where you’ll find the day to day peer support
I have been a Type 1 Diabetic for 53 years. I work out but would like to learn more!
Thank you!
Great! Welcome to the tribe
Just signed up for the challenge…tried everything, but weight keeps adding on…type 2 for over 10 years and was put on Lantus just this last year. Hoping I have the faith, determination and hard-work to complete the challenge. Because I really want to lose weight and gain energy back.
One step at a time and you will get there. If you haven’t already I highly recommend joining the Diabetes Strong Community on Facebook. This is where you’ll find the day to day peer support
I have just signed up for this challenge. Hoping I can use some of the items that you all are going to be suggesting for us to try. I have been T1 for about 10 years on and off the pump. In and out of the hospital. And always willing to try new things. It is just hard for me to get things straight due to the fact that I am extremely tired all the time. And I have a full time job that requires me to work 50 or more hours a week. And my phone is constantly ringing from work calls. Stress, tired, and over worked I guess really isn’t a good deal when it comes to being diabetic. But now a days you have to work to pay the health insurance.
Hi Anastacia,
Signing up for the challenge was the first step to making meaningful changes. Glad you did it!
You will have to prioritize some time for yourself though. Finding 2-3 10 min timeslots throughout the day where you can be active can be a great second step. But you need a plan, nows the time to make it.
Christel
I have signed up. I am type 2, go to gym on regular basis but would love to loss 10 pound. Also want to learn about better eating habits being a South Asian background. It will be nice if able to cut down my meds.. thanks
Welcome to the challenge!
Ok..so I have just signed up for this. I am a Type 2 struggling with diet and exercise because the meds do agree with me and make me really ill, and they do not reduce my blood glucose levels but give me a craving for sweet, high carb foods. So looking forward to taking part and hoping that something will bring my blood glucoses levels under control.
Hi Elaine – welcome to the challenge.
Exercise can do wonders for insulin sensitivity, so just getting moving should help you.
Looking forward to starting with you