New Year…. New you?
Not so fast.
Just because the world is telling us to make all these crazy goals and read xx number of books and get in better shape, doesn’t necessarily mean we need to hop on the resolution train.
Same goes for diabetes. Before you consider making any kind of behavior change or adjustment, I invite you and your family to think about “whats going well” or what’s actually working? Hanging on to the strengths of what is going well will help shape the desire to change and maintain motivation for change.
However, if you ARE in the mood to shift something, anything, even as small as tracking food or results from a bolus, or doing a basal test to see if your rates are where you want them to be, good for you!
Use this New Year’s resolution to improve your diabetes management!
- Have a “family meeting” either in the car on the way to a birthday party or event, or at the dinner table. It is always easier to discuss any changes when we know what it is that we’re working on. Sharing the goals holds us accountable when we have support.
- Take a look at your data. Review the days that went well. Print them out, put stickers on them. Let this be a motivation from your action. Most clients I see tell me they “don’t have time” or become discouraged from reviewing data too often. Any of our clinicians can work with you to help dissect the “best days” and set some realistic goals.
- Action leads to motivation, not the other way around. Especially when it comes to diabetes. First step is always to take the action, experience the feeling behind the result of the action, let that motivation FROM the action be the jump-start to future change.
- Comparison culture. Focus on you and your family’s goals and no one else’s. We all have different insulin needs, rates, ratios etc. No two bodies are exactly alike. Your goals and progress will only fall backwards if you try and fixate on someone other than you. You got this!
- Find your community. If you are a caregiver of someone (of any age) I invite you to join us on February 6th at 12 Noon ET for our next “Timeout for Caregivers” workshop and discussion on goal setting and burnout prevention to set you up for a successful year.
Timeout for Caregivers: Learn more and register!
January 2024 Newsletter
