April 2017 Reflection

My resolution for April was to get my diabetes under control. After looking at my record sheet, I didn't do the best. I am going to modify my goals to better reflect where I am at and a more attainable focus so I feel that I am making progress. Here were my goals and my reflection on how I did with each of them along with the new goals for May:

1. Say no to carbs/sugar. This is a good goal for a diabetic, but unrealistic with how many carbs are out there. This month I want to give it a number amount to stay under for carbs/sugar.

2. Eat vegetables. I need to be more specific and write the servings. I know we should have at least 5 servings of vegetables a day, but I am not a veggie lover. I only had four days last month where I ate over 3 vegetable servings. Therefore, I think this month the goal will be to eat 3 servings of vegetables a day. If I can do that most days, then I can up the amount next month and so on until I am a regular veggie consumer.

3. Try a new recipe once a week. This gets a zero unless you count that I tried some of my husband's recipes. I did not actually cook anything new. I think I need to change it to cook a new recipe twice a month.

4. Swim four times a week. April had many showers which made it very hard to swim at all. I only got in 2 days. Maybe a better goal for May would be to swim ten times a month.

5. Hike once a month. Again the rain was a factor. We also had a lot of other things going on for some weekends (Easter, family gatherings). I'm not sure whether to keep this goal or to add it into the next one for May. Maybe I need a daily walk instead.

6. Jump rope, tennis, basketball twice a month. That did not happen. I did have a half hour dance session last evening though. I think a more realistic goal would be to exercise for a half hour at least twice a week. Then I can dance, or go play a sport, or swim, etc.

7. Poke every other morning. I did well with this goal surprisingly. I poked 19 out of the 30 days and actually I didn't start until April 3rd, so I poked 19 out of 28 days. I did have 2 errors with not enough blood, and only seven of those days had readings below 130. I still have a lot of work to do to get my blood sugar under control, but I am making progress.

8. Keep a food diary. I wrote down what I ate 12 out of the 28 days. Maybe a modified version could be: keep a daily food diary.