Type 1 diabetic 💉 interested in nutrition, metabolism, bodybuilding, and diabetes management. Lost 160lbs+ 💪 - Advocate for normal blood sugars.
Joined February 2022
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When I started getting healthy ~5 years ago, I wasn’t trying to be a bodybuilder. I just wanted to lose weight and feel… normal.
I was tired of being the fat guy my whole life.
My Type 1 diabetes was out of control and wiping me out physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Then one day I decided to change for good. The old Mike was done.
Somewhere along the way, I fell in love with the process of training and nutrition. It became part of who I am.
What started as white knuckle willpower turned into ironclad discipline.
In the process, I got my T1D under control. Consistent sub-5% A1Cs. No more rollercoaster blood sugars. No more debilitating hypoglycemic seizures...
People think T1D makes this impossible. It doesn’t. If anything, it forces you to be more precise, more consistent, more accountable.
T1Ds with grit make great bodybuilders. We’re already students of our own metabolism. We understand how insulin, food, and training all interact and we live it every day.
Can't wait to take the stage again this year and show how I've grown as a competitor, as a T1D, and as a person.
#type1diabetes #t1d #npc #bodybuilding #fitnessjourney #contestprep
Pretty amazing advancement in #T1D and CGM tech 😍
This is exciting! The next implantable CGM will require ZERO equipment on the outside of your body.
This will be the FREEDOM CGM from Senseonics, Incorporated.
I’m a big fan of the Eversense CGM, and I actually really appreciate the external transmitter…because it vibrates!
Learn more about the future of implantable CGM technology in my interview with execs from Senseonics!
Tune in to the Diabetes Nerd Podcast.
Episode: youtu.be/g2VkQwpbRvk
#diabetes #cgm #type1diabetes #type2diabetes
At the @BreakthroughT1D summit this morning. Lots of cool #T1D vendors and people touched by the disease here!
Tough seeing so many kids with the disease, but it's good to show we are one community that has each other's backs 💙
An FYI:
Anyone who donates blood with the @RedCross in November will get free A1c testing!
Cause of death isnt out yet, but collapses like this during contest prep are most often cardiac arrhythmias triggered by severe electrolyte imbalances from diuretics and aggressive water/sodium manipulation.
Stay the fuck away from diuretics.
RIP
Bodybuilder Mateusz Chmura Dies at 33 After Collapsing on Stage During Competition
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Michael Fitzpatrick retweeted
In today’s episode of exploiting diabetics for profit:
Dexcom holds our life-sustaining CGMs and years of our health data hostage to force us to waive our constitutional right to a jury trial and agree to mandatory arbitration and a class action waiver in their favor.
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Michael Fitzpatrick retweeted
New home gym hack just dropped: the hack squat chest supported row.
It's effectively a poor man's MegaMass Linear Row with the ability to change out handles and load as heavy as you'd like.
Versatility is king and this could be a nice movement addition to your training without adding any new equipment.
This is the $299 home gym version of the absolutely ELITE MegaMass Linear Row that's all over the internet.
It's by a budget brand called Mikolo and can be found at Walmart.
It uses 12 and 14-gauge steel, takes quite a bit of assembly, but is on linear guide rods and has a similar feel with many hand positions as the real McCoy.
I prefer a T-Bar row because of the changing strength curve, but these feel extremely locked in and they often take up less space in a home gym.
Michael Fitzpatrick retweeted
Hi @grok since people don’t want to believe me, why don’t you tell them how much bullshit this claim is 🙂
Brussels sprouts alone carry 136 identified human carcinogens.
Your kid spitting them out isn't being difficult.
🎥: @anthony_chaffee
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Brussels sprouts do not carry 136 identified human carcinogens. This exaggerates research on trace natural plant compounds tested as rodent carcinogens in high-dose studies, while cruciferous vegetables are associated with protective effects against cancer.
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Michael Fitzpatrick retweeted
What a privilege it is to be able to wake up and try again. Thank you Lord. 🙏🏼
Always use the safeties on the Smith Machine. You may think you can click it in place manually before things get hairy, but you're wrong.
Michael Fitzpatrick retweeted
Our latest paper:
Effects of 10, 90, 120 and 150 G.H -1 CHO on Substrate Metabolism, Exogenous Oxidation and Exercise Capacity: Implications for CHO Personalization ovid.com/10.1249/MSS.0000000…
Congrats @HenryJMartyn on 2nd PhD study and huge thanks to all coauthors @LJMUSportSci
Michael Fitzpatrick retweeted
This is the third or fourth time I've tested a high fat, meat based diet and the last. My body just does not like it! 😳
The higher the fat, the higher my glucose and insulin, more inflammation, more and more pain in my body.
No energy.
Heavy tired legs.
Never again will I eat a high fat carnivore diet. 😅
Animal based. - fruit, animal products, raw milk, low fat is where I feel my best and where my metabolic markers are best.
So now for a gradual introduction of fruit and a lowering of the fat. 🍉🍇🍑🥩🥚
Sorry if my experience doesn't align with yours. We don't have the same body - obviously....
Four and a half years of experience and experiments have shown this to be true again and again.
I thought I'd give it one more try now that my bowel can handle the high fat, but the other results were still the same. 🙄
Gradually increasing my pain, inflammation, misery... 🥹
Michael Fitzpatrick retweeted
Doctor Explains: Men Over 40 Lose Weight Eating MORE Not Less (Based on ... youtu.be/z-TFejNnPSs?is=bXpY… via @YouTube
