The Diabetic Body Coach

If you've got type 1 diabetes and feel like you're constantly fighting your own body, this is for you.

After coaching people with type 1 diabetes for over 10 years, I can tell you honestly, the difference between the people who completely transform their health and the people who stay stuck for years almost never comes down to intelligence, motivation, or knowledge.

It comes down to something else entirely.

The people who stay stuck are almost always living in reaction mode.

Reacting to blood sugars. Reacting to bad weeks. Reacting to stress, to chaos, to life. Always responding after things have already gone wrong.

The people who get the best results eventually stop reacting, and start building actual structure around their diabetes instead.

And that difference is bigger than most people expect.

Most people think better diabetes control is just about insulin and glucose numbers. But the people who get the best results understand something deeper.

Your blood sugars are usually a reflection of your overall lifestyle. Your food structure, your body composition, your consistency. These are what create the patterns.

Fix the lifestyle, and the numbers follow.

A lot of people also tend to wait for the perfect time to start.

'When work calms down.' 'When the kids are older.' 'When life feels less stressful.'

But honestly, life never suddenly becomes stress-free. The people who transform their health learn how to manage their diabetes inside real life. Not a perfect, idealised version of it. The actual messy, busy, unpredictable version.

And this one is big.

The people who get the best results stop seeing diabetes management as just surviving the day, and start focusing on building a healthier body.

Because better body composition directly improves insulin sensitivity, glucose stability, and energy levels. Your physique and your diabetes control are deeply connected, and most people don't realise how connected until they actually start working on both together.

Another pattern I see constantly, the people who stay stuck keep relying on motivation to carry them.

But motivation disappears the second life gets difficult. And with type 1 diabetes, life gets difficult regularly.

The people who get results build systems and routines that still work on the hard days. On the busy days. On the days they really can't be bothered.

That's what creates long-term change. Not two weeks of intensity followed by burning out.

And honestly, most people already know what to do.

Eat better. Train consistently. Be more structured.

But knowing isn't the problem. It hasn't been the problem for a long time.

The real issue is having no structure, no accountability, and no proper guidance to actually apply it consistently, day after day, in real life, with type 1 diabetes making everything that little bit more complex.

That gap between knowing and doing is exactly where people stay stuck for years.

The people who stay stuck keep trying to figure it all out alone. Reading more. Researching more. Waiting for the right moment.

The people who get results reach a different kind of moment.

They just decide.

'I'm done living like this.'

And that decision, that single shift, is normally where everything changes.

Like Michelle (in the photo), who went from constant corrections and unhappy with her body to stable blood sugars and 20kg loss.

If you're ready to stop figuring this out alone, send me a message with the word CONTROL and I'll come back to you personally.

This was something I didn’t really recognise properly at the time.

From the outside, it looked like I had things handled.�
I understood diabetes, I knew what I was supposed to be doing, and I was getting on with life like normal.

But when I actually look back on it, a lot of my diabetes management was sitting in the background.

Not fully ignored, but not properly structured either.
A big part of that came from how I felt around other people.

I didn’t like drawing attention to it.�I didn’t like feeling like I had to explain myself.

So instead of dealing with it in a clear and consistent way, I kept things quiet and just managed it in my own head.

That meant a lot of small decisions throughout the day that weren’t really thought through.

Eating without much structure.�Adjusting things on the go.
�Reacting to what was happening rather than having a clear plan behind it.

Over time, that creates a way of managing things that never quite feels settled.

There’s always something slightly off in the background, even if it’s not obvious straight away.

This is something I see a lot with people.

It’s not that they don’t care.�It’s not that they don’t understand diabetes.
It’s just been handled in a way that never fully moved into something consistent and structured.

Once that changes, everything starts to feel a lot clearer.

If you’ve ever felt like your diabetes has been there in the background without a clear way of managing it day to day, you’ll know exactly what I mean.

COMMENT “HEATHER” if you want to see how we made this work around real life with type 1.

Heather’s been navigating type 1, work, and being a mum to a toddler.

So fat loss was never just about calories or training. It was about finding a way to look after herself without everything else falling apart.

Her days are full. Some unpredictable. Energy isn’t always consistent. Blood sugars need attention. And like most mums, she’d spent a long time at the bottom of her own list.

When she started, she didn’t ask for anything extreme.

She wanted to feel more like herself again. Have some structure. Build a bit of momentum she could actually keep going.

So that’s what we focused on.

Training she could do from home.
A way of eating she could repeat without overthinking.
A structure that worked on busy days, not just the ideal ones.

Over time, that added up to:

• 18lbs lost
• Her best A1C to date
• More stable day-to-day energy
• Feeling stronger and more comfortable in her body

There wasn’t a turning point where everything suddenly clicked.

It was small decisions, repeated across weeks where life still looked the same. Toddler, work, diabetes, all still there.

She just had something that worked alongside it.

That’s usually the missing piece.

If you’re trying to manage your body, your glucose, and a full life at the same time, you need something that holds up on the days where things aren’t perfect.

Comment “HEATHER” and I’ll show you how we build that.

A lot of people won’t say this out loud… but they’ll recognise it straight away.

There were periods where I avoided checking my blood sugars.

Not because I didn’t understand diabetes
Not because I didn’t care about my health

It was more the mental side of it.

Every time you check, there’s something attached to it.
A decision to make.
Something to adjust.
Something else to think about in an already busy day.

And when that keeps happening over and over again, it can feel easier to just delay it.

“I’ll check in a bit”
“I’ll sort it later”

But that pattern builds.

More reacting.
More guesswork.
Less clarity on what’s actually going on.

That’s where things start to feel unpredictable.

And for a lot of people, that’s the part that becomes exhausting.

This is something I had to work through properly.

Not by trying to be more “on it” all the time, but by building a way of managing things that actually fit into my day.

Something that made it easier to stay on top of things without it feeling like a constant interruption.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re just reacting day to day with your diabetes, you’re not the only one.

And it’s something that can be worked through with the right structure around it.

🎯 From Struggling with Blood Sugars to 100% in Range and Dropping 20kg 🎯

When Michelle first came to me, she had been managing Type 1 diabetes for over 35 years. Despite her efforts, her glucose levels were all over the place. She was constantly dealing with blood sugar highs, unpredictable lows, and feeling like she couldn’t get ahead.

After trying various things over the years, she still couldn’t find the consistency she wanted. She would go into hypo after workouts, deal with frustrating spikes, and still not see the results she was after with her body.

Her goal wasn’t just about losing weight, it was about understanding how her body works and gaining control over her blood sugars without sacrificing her lifestyle.

Fast forward to now:

💥 100% in range more days than not

🔥 20kg down, losing stubborn belly fat

💉 Her HbA1c is now 5.8—the best it’s ever been

📸 And yes, she even did a photoshoot to celebrate the transformation

All of this while juggling life, family, and Type 1 diabetes.

The biggest shift for Michelle wasn’t just following a new diet or exercise routine—it was stepping into the identity of someone who is in control of their health.

She didn’t need more tips or tricks. She needed a system that worked for her body, her diabetes, and her busy lifestyle.

If you’re feeling stuck and frustrated with your glucose control or body composition, know this: you can have stable glucose levels, lose fat, and feel confident in your body again—without the constant guessing.

Michelle’s journey is living proof of what’s possible with the right plan.

If you’re ready to take control and stop letting diabetes hold you back, drop a 💪 in the comments or send me a message to start your journey.

Lately I’ve been getting my kids involved in my training, and it’s brought up more than just movement for me.

Living with diabetes, most people already know the basics. Eat better. Move more. Look after yourself. The struggle is rarely a lack of information.

It’s the load of life that gets in the way.

Work stress.
Parenting.
Mental fatigue.
Plans changing.
The constant sense of being needed by everything and everyone.

From a psychological point of view, this is where consistency usually breaks down.

Not because someone doesn’t care, but because their nervous system is already stretched.

When life feels chaotic, self care is often the first thing to go, especially for diabetics who already carry a constant background level of decision making.

Training with my kids around has been a reminder that regulation doesn’t require perfect conditions.

It doesn’t need silence, structure, or an uninterrupted hour. Sometimes it just needs presence.

They’re very aware of my diabetes, not because I’ve sat them down and explained it, but because they see how I live.

They see me move my body. Slow myself down. Still show up on days when it would be easier not to.

Children learn what “normal” looks like by watching, not listening. And so do we, as adults. The way we repeatedly respond to stress becomes our baseline.

Diabetes doesn’t exist in a controlled environment. It exists inside real life. And the work isn’t about eliminating the chaos. It’s about learning how to stay connected to yourself while the chaos is there.

Sometimes progress isn’t about doing more.
It’s about not abandoning yourself when life gets loud.

JG - The Diabetic Body Coach✌️💙

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