Diabetes and Your New Years Resolution

Have You Made Your New Year’s Resolution?  Now is the time to start.  Look back over the past year and think about what you may want to change, fine-tune or learn. Here are some suggestions.

I will:

• test my blood glucose daily and know my target range
• keep my doctor appointments
• eat three portion controlled meals per day, no skipping or delaying
• drink more water
• check feet daily and use moisturizing lotion daily
• eat small amounts of protein with each snack
• make better choices when eating away from home
• go for a walk sometime during the day
• always take my diabetes medications
• relax and treat each day as a new day
• make an appointment with a dietitian to review meal plan (Medicare covers 2 hours of medical nutrition therapy with a physician order every calendar year following initial training)
• set one new goal every three months
• call a CDE at CCS Medical with questions regarding diabetes

I have made my diabetes New Year’s resolutions. Have you?