Goal setting, summary & feedback (summary)

Setting goals is important. Goals help you to get to where you want to be. They can help you to overcome any issues in your way. Long-term goals will help you to focus on the big picture.

Setting goals will help you to improve your health. They can help you to reduce your risk of future health problems caused by your diabetes. They can shift your thinking away from simply being on a diet to making sustainable lifestyle changes that will benefit your health.

Long-term goals may seem difficult or too far away. A good goal-setting strategy to help you move towards your long-term goals is the SMART goal checklist.

SMART goals are:

• Specific.
• Measurable.
• Attainable.
• Realistic.
• Time-bound.

You can use food and exercise diaries to help you make better goals. They can help you identify patterns in why and what you eat.

Keeping diaries helps you to reflect and feel inspired to keep making positive changes.

Remember that making small changes eventually add up to see huge positive results.