How to Start a Lifestyle Change

Diabetes is a condition where your blood sugar rises above the normal blood sugar levels. It is because our pancreas and liver can no longer supply the insulin our body needs due to our high sugar diet or intake over the course of years. Clearly, Type 2 Diabetes is a lifestyle disease. If you ask the people who know me, I am a health buff. My diet is super healthy and balanced which I prepare myself inspired by my complicated health condition :). I have an autoimmune problem which affects my kidneys every time my immune system is compromised.  One day, I participated in a medical mission where they are giving random blood sugar test. That afternoon, I thought I had a super healthy lunch with all the veggies and watermelon as a dessert. After they took my blood sample and placed it in the testing strip, we saw that my random blood sugar values are soaring high. It was alarming. So that night, I just ate soup for dinner and made it a goal to reverse my blood sugar issue from ...

"I will start my diet and exercise activities ...tomorrow" then tomorrow then the following day, tomorrow again because the food is so tempting! Changing lifestyle starts with a good intention. But a good intention without the corresponding action is nothing. Action is the result of a productive and active brain signals. It's like when our hand touches a hot surface, we remove it immediately. However we define this action as a reaction or a passive movement versus an active movement. Changing lifestyle should be a product of active conscious movement that comes from our brain. It is combined with right intentions and the knowledge of its good effects to our body; and the logic that if we change now, the change will manifest in our body. So here are some tips to start changing your lifestyle. 1. Understand your Brain Functions Our brain is a complex system with a very small part of it dedicated to logical thinking. We need to feed our mind with goo...