Diabetes Self-Management

“Live in Control” is a four-week diabetes self-management education program taught by certified lifestyle coaches. The goal of this program is to empower individuals who are living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes with the knowledge and tools to better manage their diabetes.  

“Live in Control” is a family-centered program that encourages support from family and friends, enables problem solving through real-life situations, and helps participants identify what works and what doesn’t work as well in managing diabetes.

This program emphasizes:

• Diabetes disease basics
  • What is the safe blood glucose range?
  • What are the signs of low blood glucose and how do you treat it?
  • What should your blood glucose be before and after eating?
• Testing blood glucose levels
  • Basics of checking your blood glucose
  • Where to test your blood glucose
• Portion size and meal planning
  • The three main nutrients in foods
  • How carbs affect blood glucose
  • Reading food labels
  • Creating a health plate
• Physical activity and diabetes
  • What should your blood glucose be before and after physical activity?
• Medicine and diabetes
  • Understand how your medications work and when you should take them
• Preventing diabetes complications
  • Which annual exams should be scheduled
  • What to watch for at home

If you are interested in attending the “Live in Control” class, please click here.