Type 2 Diabetes - Important Questions Diabetics Should Ask Themselves!
Your doctor might be able to check your progress during visits, but the real management of Type 2 diabetes is up to you.
The real problem is what occurs between doctor visits.
If you were honest with yourself, would they be happy with the lifestyle you are living? Are you really happy with the majority of your choices.
Are they beneficial to your condition or are they detrimental? Asking yourself these key questions will give you your answers.
Am I at a healthy weight? This doesn't mean conforming to those insurance scales of what they consider to be an ideal body weight.
This means how much you weigh according to how you feel.
More importantly, it refers to body-fat percentage.
Any excess weight is automatically hard on a diabetic's body.
No one wants to be so overweight that they need to buy two seats on the airplane.
Losing weight as a Type 2 diabetic can be a long-term process because the disease itself builds slowly.
Controlling your diabetes to achieve permanent weight loss is a learning process you have to dedicate yourself to mastering.
Do I consider everything that I eat? This is a huge wake-up call for most.
The only way to determine if you are being completely truthful is to maintain a food diary.
Take a week and jot down everything you put into your mouth...
everything.
You will probably be really surprised, and not in a good way, either.
Do I drink enough water? Water really is the liquid of life.
It helps to regulate so many different organs, areas and systems within your body...
including blood sugar.
Jot down your water intake in your diary, too.
Do I exercise enough? As important as it is for a non-diabetic, it is even more crucial for someone with diabetes.
You can eat right and still have blood sugar issues simply because your body isn't getting enough exercise.
Exercise only benefits you and the benefits that can be derived from it are endless.
If diabetics understood how much better they would feel simply from exercising, they would gladly incorporate it into their daily routine.
Keep in mind you are exercising for a couple of reasons:
Do I control stress? This is a major factor since stress negatively affects so many areas of your life.
Stress...
Stress really is a killer.
So, would my doctor be happy with my lifestyle? Your doctor only knows what they see when you walk through the door.
Even though they see the effects of what you are doing (or not doing), they can only imagine how you got there.
They have no idea exactly what your lifestyle consists of.
If you aren't completely comfortable telling them everything, EVERYTHING, you are doing between visits, then it's obviously something you shouldn't be doing.
The real problem is what occurs between doctor visits.
If you were honest with yourself, would they be happy with the lifestyle you are living? Are you really happy with the majority of your choices.
Are they beneficial to your condition or are they detrimental? Asking yourself these key questions will give you your answers.
Am I at a healthy weight? This doesn't mean conforming to those insurance scales of what they consider to be an ideal body weight.
This means how much you weigh according to how you feel.
More importantly, it refers to body-fat percentage.
Any excess weight is automatically hard on a diabetic's body.
No one wants to be so overweight that they need to buy two seats on the airplane.
Losing weight as a Type 2 diabetic can be a long-term process because the disease itself builds slowly.
Controlling your diabetes to achieve permanent weight loss is a learning process you have to dedicate yourself to mastering.
Do I consider everything that I eat? This is a huge wake-up call for most.
The only way to determine if you are being completely truthful is to maintain a food diary.
Take a week and jot down everything you put into your mouth...
everything.
You will probably be really surprised, and not in a good way, either.
Do I drink enough water? Water really is the liquid of life.
It helps to regulate so many different organs, areas and systems within your body...
including blood sugar.
Jot down your water intake in your diary, too.
Do I exercise enough? As important as it is for a non-diabetic, it is even more crucial for someone with diabetes.
You can eat right and still have blood sugar issues simply because your body isn't getting enough exercise.
Exercise only benefits you and the benefits that can be derived from it are endless.
If diabetics understood how much better they would feel simply from exercising, they would gladly incorporate it into their daily routine.
Keep in mind you are exercising for a couple of reasons:
- to control your blood sugar levels, and
- to reduce your risk of death from cardiovascular disease.
Do I control stress? This is a major factor since stress negatively affects so many areas of your life.
Stress...
- raises blood pressure,
- stresses your heart,
- interrupts sleep,
- affects your digestive system,
- lowers your immune system, and on and on.
Stress really is a killer.
So, would my doctor be happy with my lifestyle? Your doctor only knows what they see when you walk through the door.
Even though they see the effects of what you are doing (or not doing), they can only imagine how you got there.
They have no idea exactly what your lifestyle consists of.
If you aren't completely comfortable telling them everything, EVERYTHING, you are doing between visits, then it's obviously something you shouldn't be doing.
