2011 is approaching! What is your diabetic resolution? In the new year, what will your diabetic goal be? Do you know your diabetic numbers? (Your A1C)
The American Diabetes Association recommends these A1C numbers to show you how your blood glucose testing results are likely to match up with your A1C results. As the chart shows, the higher your self-testing numbers are over a 3-month period, the higher your A1C result is going to be.
So, where are you at now? I remember many years ago having my A1C at 12! Yikes. If that is where you are at now, it is possible to bring your A1C numbers down. My last A1C was 5.8. Anything 7 and under is considered very good.
Have you had your A1C checked in the last year? Where are you on this chart? Perhaps your diabetic resolution in the new year could be to have better A1C numbers? If that sparks some interest, take a look at the rest of this website for more information to better control your lifestyle of diabetes!
Happy New Year!!
Twice a year I like to indulge in the desserts and high carb foods and forget I am a diabetic for a few hours. Is that possible? Not really! But I do enjoy the Christmas holidays and enjoy foods I don’t normally eat. (And I probably don’t exercise as much in December either!) But, what I seem to do more then normal is check my blood sugar level when I eat the food I normally avoid.
) If I am at a friend’s home, I might ask if she got any of the finger foods from a box that would tell me the carb count. But in the end, I enjoy the food and Christmas time fun and then get myself back on track as soon as possible.