OVERVIEW
WELCOME! You are here because you want to reduce your risk for type 2 diabetes or
improve your A1C blood work, & I am glad & honored to be apart of your
journey, thank you for joining.
I help my clients toward these goals: Losing weight.
Being more active.
Creating a healthy lifestyle.
Support, accountability, resources & tools
Reaching Goals Together Chances are pretty high that you've been on a diet before, I think
everyone has been on at least one.. they can be miserable & they can be
very lonely. No one should face all the challenges & barriers alone.
Reaching your goal weight may prevent you from getting type 2 diabetes
or heart disease. You will look & feel better. Your health will improve.
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OVERVIEW continued
GETTING STARTED QUICK FACTS WITH WEIGHT LOSS What is type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes is a disease caused by This course we will get started having too much sugar in our blood. The with your weight loss goal by sugar in blood is called glucose. making healthy choices. How do we get glucose? We get glucose from the food we eat. Determining how much to weight Our body breaks down all the sugar &
to lose that will reduce your A1C starch we eat into glucose. Glucose is
number. How to Keep track of your the basic fuel for the cells in our body.
weight & what you eat is the most How do we get too much glucose in important part of changing our blood? Normally our bodies use a hormone your behavior. I will give called insulin to carry the glucose in our you the tools & support to blood to the other cells in our body. The make it easy! amount of glucose in our blood can get
too high for two reasons: 1) our body We know that change is not does not have enough insulin or 2) our
easy, but myself & the others in body does not use insulin properly.
the facebook community (group) What happens when the glucose in are here to help you through any our blood gets too high? challenges. The glucose builds up in the blood
instead of going into the cells, & we get
diabetes. Diabetes can damage many You can make healthy choices parts of the body, including the heart, that will reduce your risk for eyes, kidneys, & nerves. type 2 diabetes. Together we How can we stop ourselves from will take it one step at a time. getting type 2 diabetes? Participating in a lifestyle intervention to
You Can Do It! lose some weight & become more active
can prevent diabetes.