Q&A: How can I enjoy the holidays without my blood sugar going off the rails?
Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven
Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
You can eat the pie and support your blood sugar. In this minisode, Jess shares practical tips for enjoying holiday food without spiraling. You’ll learn how to anchor your meals, sneak in movement, and focus on connection over perfection. This is your reminder that one meal (or even one week) doesn’t undo all your progress.
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| 0:00.0 | Happy holidays, y'all. For those who are new here, my name is Jess and I am the co-founder of Diabetes Digital, |
| 0:08.4 | which is a one-on-one virtual nutrition counseling platform for folks with diabetes, pre-diabetes, |
| 0:15.4 | PCOS, and everything in between. And today I'm doing a minisode, which is based on a question that we got asked by |
| 0:24.1 | one of our patients, and that is, how can I enjoy the holidays without my blood sugar going off the |
| 0:30.0 | rails? This is such an important question, and especially for the population that we work with, |
| 0:35.7 | because there can often be a lot of shame and |
| 0:38.6 | guilt around the holidays and people feeling like they have to earn or restrict holiday food. |
| 0:44.6 | And that is just not the case. |
| 0:46.7 | And I'm going to give you a couple of really quick tips to go into the holiday season with. |
| 0:50.8 | Welcome to the Diabetes Digital Podcast. |
| 0:53.4 | I'm Wendy. |
| 0:55.7 | And I'm Jess. And we're best friends, registered dieticians and diabetes educators. Through our telehealth platform, DiabetesDigital.co, |
| 1:02.2 | we offer accessible and personalized virtual nutrition counseling for people with diabetes and |
| 1:06.9 | pre-diabetes. Visit diabetes digital.co, that's CO, to book your first appointment. |
| 1:12.6 | We accept insurance and offer affordable self-pay options. |
| 1:15.9 | Now, let's get into today's episode. |
| 1:19.8 | So number one is one meal or one day won't undo your progress, right? |
| 1:25.6 | If you're someone who's been working with us for a while and you |
| 1:29.0 | really got your blood sugar in a great place and you're feeling that you're at Target and also your |
| 1:33.7 | energy is up, one day is not going to undo everything. So try not to be too stressed about it. |
| 1:38.6 | Now, if you want some more concrete tips, and these are things we've been telling our patients for |
| 1:43.0 | years and they're part of our diabetes |
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