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There's
Never Been a Better Time to Have Diabetes
The
Top Ten Things to Know About Nutrition and
Type 2 Diabetes
HbA1C (Hemoglobin
A1C) / Blood glucose Average
Goals
for Better Health and Nutrition
Reading and
Understanding Food Labels
Diabetes
Control Quiz
Goals
for Better Health and Nutrition
Are
you someone who likes to make lists of things
to do and then cross off each item as you
complete them? Then you will love the sense
of accomplishment you will feel as you set
up a behavior goal grid. You will also find
that it helps you to focus on healthy improvements
to your diet and positive lifestyle changes
while you learn to focus less on the scale
as a measure of success.
Rules
for successful behavior change:
1.
Never make a goal for everyday of the week.
Nobody is perfect!
2. Do set a frequency for the number of days
you wish to accomplish each goal.
3. Start each week on the same day. Whatever
day you choose, make it consistent each week.
That way you will know how many goals you
have accomplished in a given week.
4. Start slowly! Make a few easy goals and
one difficult goal and build up from there.
5. Break behavior into small components. Do
not say you will stop snacking completely;
say that you will stop eating in the car.
Improve your progress from there.
6. Each new week is an opportunity for success.
If last week was not so great, hooray - here
is a fresh start - a new week.
7. Analyze your record each month. Look at
your successful times. Why did you succeed
at accomplishing your goals? Look at the times
you did not meet your goals. Were you being
realistic with your goals? If so, what were
the barriers to accomplishing them?
8. Keep a journal each day. A journal is a
great complement to a goal grid. Taking just
a few minutes to write down how you were feeling
and what was going on that day can help you
tremendously in understanding what you can
do to ward off the barriers to achieving success.
Health
Targets for People with Type 2 Diabetes
When
you have diabetes, it can be confusing and
frightening. People often feel overwhelmed
when they consider all the pieces of diabetes
care. Often the negative outcomes associated
with diabetes are a result of not performing
examinations and tests and acting on them
in a timely manner. The grid below provides
you with a tool to assure that the proper
health checks occur on a timely basis and
the goals for each check. It will help you
and your physician evaluate all aspects of
your care on a scheduled basis.
Cardiovascular
disease is the leading cause of death among
people with diabetes. Hypertension (high blood
pressure) and elevated lipids (cholesterol,
LDL cholesterol and triglycerides), often
experienced by people with diabetes, are also
cardiovascular risk factors. There is evidence
that reducing these risk factors will slow
or prevent cardiovascular disease. Additionally,
your physician needs to make sure that a check
of your eyes, feet and kidneys occurs on a
regular basis. This will ensure that your
health care team does everything possible
to protect these organs from damage.
Click
here for printable health targets worksheet
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