Making Lifestyle Changes To Reverse Prediabetes

Lifestyle Changes – Your Choices Affect More Than You Think

The way you live your life is the number one predictor of prediabetes, and it’s the number one prevention. The choices you make every day will determine your medical future.

Every day you have the choice to go walk around your neighborhood or watch TV. Every day you have a choice about the foods that you put into your mouth.  Choosing to eat right and exercise helps you lose weight and keep it off. Weight management is key to neutralizing this chronic illness.

It is not always easy to make the right choice, but choosing health over prediabetes determines your quality of life. If you want to live longer and spend money on vacation instead of prescriptions and medical monitoring supplies, the choice will be simple – take care of yourself.

One suggestion to help you stay on track is to get your family involved. Chances are that if everyone is eating the same healthy meals together and everyone is participating in exercise together, then everyone will feel invested and stay on track. Plus, you are teaching your children healthy life-long habits so everyone can avoid being prediabetic. Along with greater percentages of adults being at risk for prediabetes, children are also at greater risk now more than ever.

Teaching your children a different way of life starts with you setting the example.

Simple Ways To Stay Healthy

• Cook at home – Drive away from fast food joints as fast as you can.
• Nix sugary drinks – Carry water with you or try mineral water if you like carbonated beverages.  Speaking from experience, if you can substitute water for all sugary drinks you will probably crave sugar less often, and be more sensitive to extremely sweet foods.
• Get out and exercise in a way you enjoy – You must truly enjoy the activity to stay the course.
• Use food tracking apps – You might enjoy keeping track of your food and feel ownership of what you eat if you track it.
• Use wearable technology – Keep track of your exercise and challenge yourself by using the latest Fitbit or other activity level monitor. Some people find them very motivating.
• Learn to read food labels – Educating yourself on how to read nutrition labels is vital. It helps you determine if what you’re eating is truly healthy. If you rely on what the manufacturer advertises on the front of the label, such as “a low fat food,” the information is deceiving. Many times when fat is removed from a food, the manufacturer adds in sugar or carbohydrates to make the product taste better. In this case, it is better to eat the natural, full-fat food.
• Hire a registered dietician – They can help you change the way you eat in very delicious ways.
• Hire a personal trainer – They can teach you how to work out and fully utilize your local gym.

READ Turning Back The Clock On Prediabetes: Managing Your Blood Glucose Levels

Join A Prediabetes Program

If you need help learning about a healthy lifestyle, you can join a Center for Disease Control, or CDC, approved prediabetes program. These specially designed programs are proven lifestyle changing courses, and they can help you prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. 

Conclusion:

Prediabetes is an epidemic that is taking control in America. It is affecting both the young and the old. It’s a costly disease that is only becoming more prevalent, and it can lead to type 2 diabetes which can debilitate you and destroy your quality of life. By being proactive and taking care of yourself now, you will not have to become a statistic. Prediabetes is completely preventable.  All you have to do is put your health first.