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Many of us want to make
changes that improve our

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overall health.

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Work with your diabetes
care team to figure out

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what changes you want to
make and how you can be

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successful at
keeping them.

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To begin making changes
that will last a lifetime,

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start by setting
a long-term goal.

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To do this, consider what
you want for yourself and

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your health.

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What matters to you?

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Now, picture yourself 6
months or a year from now.

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How will you have changed
your health for the

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better?

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 "Let's just take a minute and touch base on what

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 your vision for yourself is, where do you want to

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 go?"

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 "I would like to lose some of my weight.

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 But I don't want to have a number on it because then

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 I think I will set myself up to something.

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 And so my goal is more I want to see a steady

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 decrease in my weight and still feel good about

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 myself and healthy as much as I can feel."

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 "So steady decrease, feel good about myself, and

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 kind of if I'm hearing you right, not shoot yourself

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 in the foot with a number."

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 "Yes."

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You can set long-range
goals for any of the

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different areas of
behavior, which include

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healthy eating, being
active, monitoring your

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blood glucose, taking
medications, problem

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solving, healthy coping
and reducing risks.

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Perhaps you want to work
on problem solving and

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decide your long-range
goal is to eliminate low

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blood glucose levels.

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Maybe monitoring is
something you know you

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should be doing but
find reasons not to.

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Making monitoring your
blood glucose everyday

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maybe a great
long-term goal for you.

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Or you may be worried
about some of the

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complications of diabetes
and would like to spend

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time reducing your risks.

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Setting up regular
appointments with your

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diabetes care team to
monitor your overall

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health, like having your
feet and eyes checked is a

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good step.

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Whatever long-term goal
you decide to work toward,

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it is important to keep
your goals realistic and

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measurable.

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 "For right now I'm pretty much about 7,000, 7,500

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 steps a day, and I'm trying to increase it

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 again, and so what I'm usually trying to do is

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 maybe just adding between 100 and 500 steps a day.

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 That would be great.

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 And it's very doable because I have done it

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 before, before I had my injury, and so I know that

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 I can do it, and it's just keep on going and get to

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 the goal."

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Whatever long-term goal
you set is up to you.

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Only you can
decide on a goal.

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But you don't have
to do it alone.

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Ask your diabetes care
team for help setting

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short-term and long-term
goals that will help you

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to reach your main goal,
managing your diabetes for

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a lifetime.