Support and Education<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIf you want to have perfect overall health, then you have to snap out of ignorance. You will need to learn how to manage your blood sugar, eat well, be active, and solve problems to help you live well with diabetes.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n- Develop a healthy eating attitude<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Eat healthy foods in the right amounts at the right time so your blood sugar stays in your target range as much as possible. Eating well is the key to managing blood sugar<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Healthy weight<\/b> (how to get a healthy weight and stay there)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Your blood sugar level is easier to manage when you lose weight. You can get a weight that enhances your health and your life. A healthy weight is not likely the weight you think you should be. A perfect way to check if you are in the right weight is body mass index (BMI). BMI measures your height compared to your weight. For example, a person who is 5\u20197” and weighs 170 pounds has a BMI of 26.6, which is in the overweight range. Look at the table below to understand your weight status.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n| Weight status\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n | BMI<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Underweight\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n | Less than 18.5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Normal\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n | 18.5 – 24.9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Overweight\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n | 25 – 29.9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Obesity\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n | 30 or greater\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n \n- Get active <\/b>(be physically active to stay in control)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Physical activities are not as hard as you think and it’s important for people who want to get better with their health. Physical activities help control blood sugar levels and lower your risk of heart disease and nerve damage. When you don\u2019t feel motivated, remember the following;<\/span><\/p>\n\n- \n
\n- You\u2019ll have to keep your willpower alive<\/span><\/li>\n
- Find your motivation, it could be your children\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Learn from a bad day<\/span><\/li>\n
- Eat healthier food\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Remember, no one will do it for you<\/span><\/li>\n
- You\u2019ll\u00a0 look back one day and be grateful you took that run\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Be prepared to handle emergencies by thinking ahead<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
When you are trying to adapt to change and reality, It is important you ask questions, do your research, and meet others living with diabetes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A type 1 diabetic patient, Sophia Handerson, once said that people get so surprised when she tells them…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-wellness"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellahealth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellahealth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellahealth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellahealth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellahealth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellahealth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1156,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellahealth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions\/1156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellahealth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellahealth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellahealth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellahealth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} | | | | |
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