Diabetes Support Group

It takes time. Make sure you take your meds and get to a dietitian who can tell you how to manage your carbs and how many you can have at each meal. In the end you will find that you did not need all the food you were eating anyway. I have been ok and kept my 1AC around 7 or below.

It takes discipline. You can still eat what you want except you have to learn what jumps you and what does not. Plus learn to eat just so much of your favorites. Yes there are things that will really spike you. Everyone has to learn their own patterns.

Use the glucometer judiciously eat based on what it tells you. If I am high before a meal I might have more of a salad with less carbs. You just have to learn what your body is doing.

Of course there are no guarantees, but if you really follow your regimen symptoms are less likely from what I can tell. .