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Setting Goals Helps You Take Charge of Diabetes
In this episode Fran talks with Carrie and Tom Kingbird about changing habits.
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Setting Goals Helps You Take Charge of Diabetes
Diabetes can turn your life upside down. Suddenly, there's a lot more to do. Taking care of diabetes is a whole new thing to fit into your daily life. All the changes can be too much. But don't give up! Change is all about working toward a goal. And to reach your goal, you need a plan.

Decide what your goals are. What changes do you want to make?
     
  Review your goals with your health care team. Choose one goal to work on first.
     
  Decide what steps will help you reach your goal.
     
  Pick one step to try this week.

You can get there from here -- one step at a time!

Making changes in your life is a matter of trying and learning. First, you try something, and then you see what works and what doesn't. Not every idea will work. You may run into some problems along the way. That's OK. Sometimes when things go wrong, you learn a better way to reach your goal.

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