Type 2 Diabetes - Be A Tortoise, Not A Hare, to Help Reduce Your Diabetes Risk
By Beverleigh H Piepers

The hare is quick. Like rabbits, they are fast-moving creatures. Tortoises, on the other hand, are anything but quick. Similar to sloths, no matter how hard they try there is a limit to how fast they can move. Now if we suggest you should move like a tortoise and not a hare when it comes to making changes to your lifestyle, you might get the impression we are advocating sluggishness over quickness. That is not the case. The difference comes down to efficiency.

In simple terms, trying to change too much too quickly is a risk you should not take. Changing your lifestyle to improve your health and body weight requires sustainable changes. Rarely is something great achieved in a hurry and also be sustainable. Implementing slow and gradual changes are in your favor because they create progress you can maintain. It is a more efficient way to build momentum and, in turn, will ultimately bring you greater results.

Let us examine this idea from a fat loss perspective. To lose weight, you know you have to make changes to your eating plan. It also helps if you work out because exercising is a useful tool, and it should be a staple in your lifestyle anyway. Be proud of yourself if you have started to make changes to your diet. If you have begun making exercise a habit, know you are on the right track.

Even with these significant steps forward, be careful with how aggressively you strive to change. Remember it is gradual changes that prove to be most effective in the long run. Do not overextend yourself. A common mistake is suddenly ramping up the intensity and volume of an exercise program. Many people start to get into an exercise routine for the first time in years and realize how great it feels. Since results are just around the corner, they begin to exert themselves more, and more. It soon becomes too much, because willpower has its limits. When you impose an excessive burden on yourself, fatigue sets in and it is just a matter of time before burnout results. Going to extremes ends up being the reason why many people abandon their goals.

Sometimes, less is more: this is why you should think like the tortoise. Slow and steady determination wins the race. There is such a thing as being overzealous, and it tends to prove costly. Besides, if you commit to gradual changes to both your diet and physical activity, you will develop habits that will stick. On its own, this would be a victory because there is nothing more compelling than yielding long-term results that start out halting any upward weight creep and ends up with you reducing your weight by fifteen pounds that will lower your Type 2 diabetes risk by almost 60 percent. And most people find the longer they keep their weight off the easier it becomes and the new habits become more firmly ingrained.

Although managing your disease can be very challenging, Type 2 diabetes is not a condition you must just live with. You can make simple changes to your daily routine and lower both your weight and your blood sugar levels. Hang in there, the longer you do it, the easier it gets.

For nearly 25 years, Beverleigh Piepers has searched for and found a number of secrets to help you build a healthy body. Go to http://DrugFreeType2Diabetes.com to learn about some of those secrets.

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