Type 1 diabetes can make you stronger
Keeping your mind and body fit with T1D is not easy, but it is possible
I have proved it
· T1D Endurance Athlete
· Diabetes Australia Advocate
· Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University
· Australian Institute of Health Innovation
· 40 years living with T1D
· Presenter and keynote speaker
· Community Representative Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre
WORK WITH ME
How I can help
Practical lessons on living and exercising with T1D, for your practice, your research or your own life.
For health professionals. My lived experience works alongside your care and advice
Talks for clinicians →
For researchers. Collaborate with me as a lived-experience research partner
Research collaboration →
For people living with T1D and their families. Practical ways to train, play and live well with diabetes
Explore the Moves →
Practical tips to keep fit, play sport, exercise
What I’ve learned is easy to adopt and might help you deal with exercise, sport and T1D differently.
Drawn from real life, not a textbook, these practical and effective moves have helped others too.
HOW TO GET MOVING WITH T1D
I share moves that help me live with diabetes, and ran six marathons in six days, and ten ultras in ten years, to help other people with diabetes pursue things they love.
FITTER FOR HAVING IT
What it means
Diabetes never takes a day off. Every meal, exercise session and night's sleep comes with extra decisions and higher risk.
As confidence grows and time passes, that daily load builds strengths like problem-solving, resilience, and body awareness that most people never will.
That's what I mean by Fitter for Having It. The things that make life harder can also make you stronger.
Where do you want to start?
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Move 1.1 Dream in colour. Anything is possible.
Once your routine is steady, go back to the dreams that T1D put on hold.
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Move 2.1 Own it. Tell people about diabetes.
Being open about T1D keeps you safer and opens doors to understanding.
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Move 3.2 Be kind.
When diabetes is cruel, be kind to yourself, to the people around you, and to other people’s ways of coping.
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Move 4.1 Double up to squeeze more in.
Overlap exercise with family, friends and work to fit more in.
Read more on Training and kit →
PODCAST
Conversations on T1D
World Champion basketballers, international footballers, endurance athletes and dog walkers. Everyone with T1D faces the same challenges. Listen to their favourite songs, spirit animals and what gets them out of bed in the morning.
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Karolina Sherack