1) Expecting your doctor to take control of your sugar levels: Nine out of ten diabetic patients depend quite a lot on their doctor or someone else to have a good control on their day to day sugars. The fact of the matter is you are the one responsible and you should take care of what you eat, exercise and taking the medication on time. Know and educate yourself more by taking the help from your doctor, dietician etc and understand the reasons of high sugar and the way your medicines work.
2) Trying to improve your lifestyle without involving your family: Lifestyle is best improved when everyone around you is following similar healthy routine. Research suggests that people who have an exercise buddy are more likely to stick with the regimen for longer. So involve your spouse or grown up kids in your daily life….It’ll be god for your physical and emotional health as well.
3) Becoming too aggressive: Once a person is diagnosed with high blood sugar, the initial shock and denial causes you to suddenly correct all wrong doings in one go. You want to suddenly eat well, exercise, reduce weight, and quit smoking and so on. But becoming too aggressive in a recipe for failure. You are more likely to quit because all these changes are too uncomfortable for the body, instead ease into a gentler regimen of moderate exercise and stick to it. Consistency pays higher returns in the longer run.
4) Ignoring daily stress and depression: High stress levels can perpetually shoot up your blood sugar levels and diabetes are twice as likely to be depressed as compared to healthier population. Lethargy and weakness can sometimes arise due to depression without one realizing it but it can ruin your exercise plans. It is advisable to really give a good look at your life and smoothen out the stressors if possible. Meditation, breathing exercises and yoga can be very helpful to bring down stress and help you cope up better.
5) Messing up with medicines: A lot of people suffering from high sugars mess up with the dose or timing of medication. They think it is OK to increase insulin dose after having sweets or junk food and sometimes do not stick to the timing also. All these can have disastrous consequences for the body and experts advise patients to avoid Fasting and feasting and stick to regular meal and medication time for a good blood sugar control.