Type1Jenn

It’s always been one of my favourite sayings in life; ‘the more you put in to something, the more you get out of it!’ I think it came from my mum when I was growing up and it’s just stuck with me and definitely a concept I try to apply to everything in life! I’m … More The more you put in….

As you may or may not be aware, Beryl and I have been on our travels again!  We have just returned from a whirlwind two week adventure in Australia and boy did we really cram in the fun! We dotted around the country, visiting friends, climbing mountains, cuddling crocodiles, learning to surf.  You name it, … More We’ve been adventuring again!

I am a big fan of soup and I was missing it as it’s been so hot that it’s not really been an appropriate meal!  I therefore decided to whip up a quick and easy chilled soup for me and mum to have last week before we headed out for the day.  We had a … More RECIPE: Pea and cucumber chilled summer soup

I have now been using Fiasp for a few weeks so I thought it might be time to have a little look at how it’s been going.  I jumped on the bandwagon after seeing multiple ppl posting about it on good old Instagram.  I was intrigued by the claims that it works faster than Novorapid … More Fiasp – a step in the right direction!

Sunday morning, you wake up and fancy something a little bit special for breakfast but don’t want to ruin those blood sugars you have been nailing all week.  Know the feeling?! Well, I am super excited to say that this is OF COURSE possible and I have the perfect recipe to satisfy that Sunday indulgence … More The easiest low carb Sunday pancakes!

First things first, an apology.  I have let my blogging slip a little over the last couple of months!  It’s a bit of a ‘sorry not sorry’ situation as the reason for this is basically that I have started the most amazingly awesome job which has got me so excited that I’ve been bouncing around … More Packing for all eventualities!

I’ve been experimenting again in the kitchen and had another success story that I thought would be rude not to share with you guys!  I’ve started riding my bike to work which makes me hungry for a decent brekkie when I get there.  I’ve been mixing it up quite a lot but wanted to delve … More RECIPE: low carb smoked salmon and spinach breakfast muffins 

Any of you who follow me on social media will have seen me banging on yesterday about my ‘story’ that was published on the Cellnovo website yesterday.  Cellnovo is the wonderful company who make my awesome pump Beryl who has, without exaggeration, literally changed my life! I just wanted to write a quick post about … More Singing Cellnovo’s praises!

I have definitely got over being bothered about having something attached to me and people being able to see it.  I wear my dexcom and my cellnovo pump quite overtly and am happy to answer any questions about either.  I am sure you have seen plenty of pics of me where one or either are … More Beryl on the move…

After returning from somewhat sunnier climes, I was hit by the icy temperatures in london and realised that my brekkie of fresh fruit and yoghurt was perhaps not going to work.  I was craving something warm and comforting, porridge to be precise!  Now porridge, as we know, is fairly high on the old carb count … More Low carb porridge