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The January DSMA Blog Carnival asked this question: What is the one thing you are looking forward to in 2012? (diabetes related)

I am really looking forward to the notion of “Better” as Chuck Eichten would say in his book.  There are a few different areas that I’m going to be focusing on in the coming months and year.  For the last 14 years I’ve been doing “good” at my diabetes management.  This year I want to take it to the next level and do better!  Here is how I plan to take things up a notch:

1. Diabetes Technology – I plan to utilize more technology to help with my diabetes management.  What I’ve been talking about for almost a year now is a CGM to help gather more data to tweak my basal, bolus and carb:insulin ratio.  I’ve been fighting this for some time now because I feel like there will be a new shiny CGM as soon as I get the current one.  It’s the whole buy today’s technology or wait just a little long for the next best thing.  Frankly, I’m tired of waiting and ready to pull the trigger.  I’m going to be working on a project to help with my decision in the coming month or so.
2. Health – In the last 30 days (started the day after Xmas) I’ve lost 11 pounds with ZERO exercise.  It’s all been done through the Dukan diet as recommended by my doctor.  This is just the start.  I’m just now starting to get back into my exercising, cardio and more of the diet.  This should help me lose more pounds to get to my goal of 190 pounds.  From there I can work on building back some lean muscle.  My biggest concern is to take it easy as to not re-injure my shoulders.
3. Blogging Diabetes – Over the last 6 months I have been dedicating a significant amount of time to the Podcast, which has been a HUGE success.  The response I’ve gotten is awesome.  In the coming months and year I’m planning on continuing the weekly diabetes podcast and adding more interviews, projects and video.  I’ll probably be investing a bit in equipment for doing more videos.  I am as focused as ever on the blog in all aspects and that’s not going to change.  More content, information, podcasts, videos, interviews, etc.
4. Family (non diabetes)- Welcoming baby #3 in June! YAY WOO HOO!  We find out on Monday if it’s a boy or girl.

As a huge supporter of DSMA (Diabetes Social Media Advocacy) this is my entry in January’s Blog Carnival found here.  As you can see, I plan to make every effort to be involved in DSMA this year.