Diabetes Action Plan

First Step:

To make any meaningful changes to your health, fitness, and diabetes you need to set goals and have positive motivation to accomplish those goals.

Goals can change the more you learn about healthy nutrition and exercise. Changing your goals means that you have a clearer idea about what you want and what’s possible. To start set small short-term goals that will help you get to long term goals. For example, set a 1-week goal, a 4-week goal, and a 6-month goal, once you set your goals to share them with family and friends, this will help you keep you on track to get to the goal.

Turn to positive motivation to reach your goals. Whenever you don’t feel like exercising, testing your blood sugar, or eating healthy food, try to remember how you feel on the days where your diabetes management is spot on, and imagine that being every day. Positive motivation can help you get to your short and long-term goals. Imagine how great you will feel when you reach your diabetes management and fitness goals, and let that be your motivation!

See the next steps: exercise and diet diabetes action plan.