Keeping track of your numbers, particularly your A1C, & seeing the improvement as you learn to adapt to healthy eating & lifestyle changes, gives a sense of empowerment & I guess you could call it "pride in accomplishing a job well done", which in turn helps one to become more determined to "overcome the beast", instead of it ruling you. Quite a lot of satisfaction as you see the numbers levelling out & you begin to feel better in yourself. Give yourself a pat on the back (don't be a pain to rest of the family), for a job well done in getting on top of the numbers as you need & want to.
Take care & best of luck. It's great to have a Forum like this, where we can discuss issues & discuss strategies for achieving our goals. Happy weekend everyone.
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