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It’s a new year! When you live with T1D, setting realistic goals is important — just remember, every big goal involves lots of patient little steps!
We asked our Online Community what diabetes-related goals they set for themselves in 2023. Here’s what they had to say:
- “Experimenting with my diet to keep my glucose levels straight and not spikey.”
- “Make it to 2024…and beyond!”
- “My goal is to do the best I can! I would love to lose a few pounds and learn more of how-to bolus to keep my after-meal numbers level.”
- “To get healthier, all around, inside and out. Also, to stop rebounds of high and low.”
- “Lose weight and lower my A1C.”
- “I always try for better blood sugars/A1C each new year. This year, I am adding Time in Range!”
- “All I want to do is get back in my ‘diabetes groove’, by which I mean pods/boluses work as expected so that I am not having to correct and catch up as often.”
- “More advocacy for T1D rights and cure research.”
- “My goal is to keep on keepin’ on.”
- “Work to reduce the shaming and stigmatizing language around diabetes that is used by my colleagues.”
- “I want to decrease the amount of time I spend under 70 mg/dL. I hate highs so as a result I spend too much time in the lower range.”
- “Decrease my frequency of VERY low blood glucose. I’ve had too many of them, especially recently. Try to use more extended boluses and take my insulin a little closer to my mealtime.”
- “Finding a Cure for T1D rather than just living with it. That’s my goal.”
- “Really the same goal as every year and that’s to stay in range as much as possible without getting upset that perfection is never going to happen in this area.”
- “To stay the course of being in control of this thing called T1D to the best of my abilities.”
- “In 2023, I have two goals: I will participate in one T1D study and track/limit the amount of fat I eat.”
Did YOU set diabetes-related goals for 2023? Share with us in the comments!
Join the T1D Exchange Online Community today. Hit “Join” in the upper right corner of our website to answer our daily Question of the Day, read engaging article and stay in the loop about the latest T1D news.
Samantha Walsh
Samantha Walsh has lived with type 1 diabetes for over five years since 2017. After her T1D diagnosis, she was eager to give back to the diabetes community. She is the Community and Partner Manager for T1D Exchange and helps to manage the Online Community and recruit for the T1D Exchange Registry. Prior to T1D Exchange, Samantha fundraised at Joslin Diabetes Center. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a Bachelors degree in sociology and early childhood education.
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My A1C has been stuck at a higher than normal of 6.7 over the past 2 years due to high stress. My goal is to better manage my BG and lower A1C and increase Time in Range.
I can’t seem to be able to do a comment – so putting my two cents worth with commenting on @TD4LongTime ‘s post. I’m hoping to be able to figure out how to use the Medtronic pump I’m trialing at the moment to get the best looping experience possible. So far, without any help other than manuals/forums – it’s been interesting. Time in Range aka TIR is now the more important thing for me than the A1c (it’s gone up since attempting AutoMode with the 770g). Ohhhh, the joys of technology (and fighting for coverage for some of it here in Canada).