One of the hardest things?about living with diabetes?is making changes in your?eating and exercise habits.?Knowing the things you?need to do—and even?wanting to do them—may?not always be enough to?make them happen. A recent?study focused on behavior?change may have some keys?that can be helpful in?your life.

The study examined?something called the self-determination?theory.?According to that theory,?there are three basic needs?that help us to start and?maintain healthy behaviors:

1. A need for feeling?like we determine?and control our own?behaviors.

2. A need to feel like we are?good at what we do or?are competent.

3. A need to feel?understood and cared?for by others.

If people believe those?needs are being met, they are?better able to make changes?and have a greater sense of?well-being, physical health?and mental health.

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