Your Diabetes has likely "progressed"

That happens and NO there is nothing we can do about it, no way to predict if/when it will happen

Unfortunately unless you try to go very drastic with your diet/exercise program (which almost never works - sometimes we just can't do enough and we can really cause some damage playing around) it is time increase or start medications

So if your higher sugar (trends) are persistent for longer than about 3 months, talk to your doctor

Control, at all cost, is what matters - you are still young enough that you want to protect against complications for the next couple of decades

Better to be functional and pain free "on meds" - a lesson my Father didn't realize until it was too late

He was Diabetic for 29 years but the last dozen was just miserable with severely limited function. When it was time for meds and then time for insulin he still thought he could do it himself - didn't turn out well - advanced kidney disease, dementia, close to amputation level neuropathy and died of congestive heart failure

Follow his diet and exercise program to the letter - never fell off the wagon but just to stubborn to admit he needed "pharmaceutical" help

I won't make the same mistake - if you are "out of control", even a little and you can't immediately correct it easily, I'm asking my Doc to get out Her prescription pad - fix it and then if I want to play around I can

You can always go Off the meds later, you can't fix the damage once it's done...

I'm having a similar problem and the only change I made was canceling my gym membership. I stopped walking and just got lazy. It has made an bug difference in my readings. Just taking small walks has shown a difference and improvement in my readings for the last 2 weeks. It's still difficult to do it everyday but I know I need to do it.

thank you this is very nice advice. I do have very painful neuropathy that is how I found out I had diabetes. Doctors came up with a bunch of things that did not make sense. I then tested myself and my level of sugar was high. i normally only eat one meal daily as I am not hungry until late afternoon. but I do not eat large meals. I also limit my sugar-free drinks to 2 a week. So I guess walking the dogs is next on my list😂