My Numbers & Me

Have you recently been told you have diabetes or prediabetes?
Are you finding it difficult to manage your blood glucose levels?
Would you like to feel more energetic, healthier, and in control of your condition?

You’re not alone — and support is available.

Our Diabetes and Prediabetes Group Sessions are designed to help you understand your condition and learn practical, realistic ways to improve your health.

These sessions are run by the diabetes doctors and nurses at Aspen Medical Practice in a friendly, relaxed group setting (maximum 12 people) at the Aspen Centre meeting room (second floor). You’re welcome to ask questions, share experiences, or simply listen — whatever feels comfortable for you.

The course includes two sessions, each lasting 1½ hours, offered at different times during the week, including afternoon and early evening options.

Session A — Understanding Insulin Resistance

In this session, we’ll help you understand:

• What your diagnosis means
• How blood glucose works in your body
• What your target numbers are and why they matter
• How to use a glucometer to learn how different foods affect you
• Which foods are more likely to raise blood glucose

Most importantly, we focus on hope. For many people, type 2 diabetes and prediabetes can be improved — and sometimes put into remission — through lifestyle changes.

Session B — Putting Knowledge into Practice

In the second session, we’ll build on what you’ve learned.

We’ll cover:

• Reviewing your blood glucose journal together
• Practical food strategies to help reduce glucose spikes
• Understanding your blood test results and metabolic health
• The four pillars of health:
• Food
• Movement
• Sleep
• Stress
• Whether intermittent fasting might be appropriate for you
• Next steps and ongoing support

You’ll begin to see how food, activity, sleep, and stress all affect blood glucose levels, and how small changes can make a meaningful difference.

One of the most powerful things you’ll learn is that blood glucose responses are personal — the same food can affect people differently. By monitoring your levels, you can discover what works best for your body.

Our Goal

Our goal is to help you feel informed, confident, and in control of your health by understanding how your body responds to lifestyle choices.

We encourage you to bring a partner, family member, or friend who supports you — lifestyle changes are often easier together.

Interested in attending?

If you’d like to learn how to personalise your diet and lifestyle to improve your metabolic health, we’d love to see you at these group sessions.

Please email: aspen.diabetes@nhs.net to register your interest.

Some of the feedback comments from patients who have already attended our Diabetes and Prediabetes Education group sessions

• ‘A very informative course and sessions have opened my eyes to the implications if I do not eat healthily and how important the need for exercise, sleep and no stress are to achieving your goals’
• ‘The sessions with Sam have been very helpful and informative. She explains things clearly and makes the information easy to follow. She is enthusiastic and inspires confidence’
• ‘I recently attended a session for patients who have been diagnosed with prediabetes and diabetes. The session was really well delivered, the doctor presenting it was very engaging and made the information easy to follow and understand. I feel I learned a lot about my condition and how I can try to turn things around and I would urge anyone who is offered this service to attend the sessions.’
• ‘Makes understanding diabetes easier, makes understanding of what I can and cannot eat, the PowerPoint was very good and easy to follow, not too many medical terms’
• ‘Fantastic information and lots of support options, sessions are well ring, all information is excellent, me my numbers & me book is very good’
• ‘Convenient time at lunchtime, definitely food for thought, excellent 2 sessions’
• ‘Sessions were really valuable and friendly’
• ‘Useful to understand, lovely recipes and ERF was very helpful’
• ‘Very well-presented session, I get distracted easily and this did not happen, thank you!’
• ‘ I struggle with memory, but the booklet I have has really helped me, coming to the meetings have helped me also realise my strength how much I need to try my hardest to succeed and have a better life’
• ‘The Session was really amazing, content was very useful , overall, it was fantastic’
• ‘It was very informative and really made me think about my meals, I have been reducing my carbs and tracking my blood, without the group sessions I definitely wouldn’t be as knowledgeable’
• ‘Two great sessions, very interesting and educational. Very helpful with lots of suggestions in getting sugar levels down’
• ‘Absolutely brilliant, it has really made me focus on what I eat benefit to me. I feel the session have given me firm foundation going forward, thank you!’
• ‘Can tell the doctors passion towards helping people on the course’
• ‘I thought the sessions were very informative – making lifestyle changes and substituting high sugar foods have made a difference already. Blood monitoring has been very beneficial in that you can see after a meal where food is not suitable if reading high’
• ‘Great info has really helped me make changes. I have used the tools from the first session to change my diet. Found out about 3 monthly blood tests as I wasn’t aware of this.’
• ‘Excellent content and communication. I have been a diabetic for 32 years and this has added very helpful information which is already improving my health – thank you!’
• ‘Very informative and includes lots of excellent advice and guidance for managing the journey to be undertaken. Found both sessions very interesting and well presented with useful handouts’