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<blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 938664" data-attributes="member: 88961"><p>DD, I've said a million times, that people will only take action to change when they have an answer a clear answer to the "What's in it for me?" question.</p><p></p><p>In your husband's case probably just being a bit healthier wasn't a big enough reason, but getting himself pain-free (i.e. an immediate and actual return on his effort, rather than a possible return at an indeterminate time in the future) was clear and beneficial enough to make the change.</p><p></p><p>That's why so many people, given a pre-diabetes diagnosis do nothing about it. To be clear, that's not an insult to those individuals, just understanding why many do nothing.</p><p></p><p>We can educate all we want, but unless the motivation is clear and immediate change rarely occurs and even more rarely is it sustained. Such is human nature.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AndBreathe, post: 938664, member: 88961"] DD, I've said a million times, that people will only take action to change when they have an answer a clear answer to the "What's in it for me?" question. In your husband's case probably just being a bit healthier wasn't a big enough reason, but getting himself pain-free (i.e. an immediate and actual return on his effort, rather than a possible return at an indeterminate time in the future) was clear and beneficial enough to make the change. That's why so many people, given a pre-diabetes diagnosis do nothing about it. To be clear, that's not an insult to those individuals, just understanding why many do nothing. We can educate all we want, but unless the motivation is clear and immediate change rarely occurs and even more rarely is it sustained. Such is human nature. [/QUOTE]
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