Reclaim Your Rise: Type 1 Diabetes with Lauren Bongiorno
Lauren Bongiorno is a Nationally Board Certified Health Coach and the founder and CEO of Risely Health. Featured on the TODAY show and other media outlets, Risely helps people and families impacted by Type 1 Diabetes take ownership over their health so they can transform their life with more freedom and confidence. Lauren has lived with type 1 diabetes since she was 7 years old and has experienced firsthand that when health transforms, so does everything else - our relationships, our time, our career, our families, and, most importantly, ourselves. Each week she will bring you lessons from her own personal diabetes experience, strategies that are key to understanding your body’s patterns, and guests who will speak to everything from advances in technology to all things hormones, exercise, relationships, and mindset. All of this so that over time, you TOO can reclaim your rise.
Reclaim Your Rise: Type 1 Diabetes with Lauren Bongiorno
214. I Lost 10 Pounds, Dropped My A1C from 7.4 to 6.8 Without Dieting, and Stopped Fighting My Diabetes
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Loren was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 18, right as she was starting college. What followed were 15 years of highs and lows, not just in her blood sugars, but in her relationship with herself. From struggling with diabulimia in her early 20s to feeling anxious, burnt out, and alone, Loren shares what it was like to look “fine” on the outside while silently fighting her diabetes behind the scenes.
In this episode, she opens up about the moment she realized she couldn’t keep living that way, when travel, friendships, and even future motherhood felt overshadowed by diabetes. Through coaching, she stopped dieting, shifted her focus from calories to patterns, lowered her A1C from 7.4 to 6.8 in three months, lost 10 pounds as a byproduct (not the goal), and rebuilt her relationship with food and insulin. Most importantly, she stopped seeing diabetes as the enemy and started seeing it as something she could navigate with confidence.
This conversation is about more than numbers. It’s about healing your relationship with diabetes so you can stop fighting yourself and start reclaiming your rise.
WHAT WE COVER:
- Loren’s 15-year journey with T1D, including diabulimia and hidden burnout
- The emotional toll of masking diabetes while feeling anxious and alone
- Why traditional therapy didn’t fully address the root issue
- How shifting from calorie counting to carb awareness changed everything
- The specific tools that helped her lower her A1C from 7.4 to 6.8 in 3 months
- Letting go of diet culture and rebuilding a peaceful relationship with food
- Traveling with confidence (and no blood sugar chaos)
- Preparing for pregnancy from a place of empowerment, not fear
WHAT’S NEXT:
‼️Finally eat pizza and ice cream without the blood sugar roller coaster: Join our free live workshop.
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