I wear a Libre 2 CGM and consider that the best piece of technology to come out (along with the other CGM's) in giving the Diabetic "immediate feedback" in order to constantly correct/alter what I'm doing or eating to keep my blood sugar in a tight range

I follow a strict 2000 calorie, <130 net carb a day Low Carb/High Fat diet (LCHF). A hair over 60 percent of all my daily calories come from FAT

Eating Fat doesn't make you Fat - eating "too much" for YOU makes you fat - I can burn 2000 calories a day and my body (and yours) doesn't care where those calories come from - as long as I don't eat more than I burn, weight remains stable

And on that diet I lost and kept off 60 lbs - BMI 30'ish at diagnosis, has been 22.5 for the past 7 years now

I also follow an exercise program, every other day, for my (hybrid) stair climber/elliptical trainer - I'm 60 but in excellent shape - everything works, so I do the every other day high intensity cardio training with the full body workout of the climber-elliptical

I don't take (and have never taken) Anti-Diabetic meds. Initially diagnosed in Aug 2016 with an A1C of 6.9 - was down to 5.7 by November and since Feb 2017 I have been in "remission" - not only clinically non-diabetic, but also "normal" A1C since then bouncing between 5.4 and 5.6%

I do take a Statin (Lipitor) as a "protective" for cholesterol - recommended by Diabetes Canada to lower the risk of cardio vascular disease - ditto the reason I take an ACE Inhibitor (Perindopril for Blood Pressure)

About 80% of us will get taken out by Heart Disease so anything you can do to reduce the risk is a good thing

check my gluclose first thing in the morning i eat oat meal no more coffee, apple juice no sugar, always count your calories
go for 30 min. walk, fruit for lunch.always pay attention to your feet very important.look for swelling if so talk to your doctor. dinner time do not go for seconds, watch your weight.get some diabetic sock they feel much better. i eat salads,tomatoes,cucumbers,spinish.exercise is very important

The way I control my diabetes. Is diet and exercise.

I'm working on my own project where I have a spreadsheet that has many categories the main ones being grams of carbs eaten per meal, blood glucose after meals (90 mins for breakfast and Evening meal, 120mins for dinner and 8-9 hours after supper and night fasting.

The other categories are ratios between weight of carbs eaten, blood glucose, total weight of meal and so on.

This is all work in progress but at the moment there does not seem to be very strong corelations between the different ratios but I need to do more analysis and I'm doing an online spreadsheet course which is very helpful.

My aim is to be able to work out the best low carb foods to eat. For me not all low carb foods are equal.

I eat less than 15g of carbs per day. I have to keep an eye on the fat as sometimes I get some mostly mild problems with gallstones and gallstones can not only be painful but dangerous to health especially if they move and block the pancreatic duct.

I do have a continuous bg monitor but it makes my arm sore but I think I'll try again as the data could be very useful.

I don't take statins as low cholesterol runs in my family. Ditto with low pressure so don't take ace inhibitors

My goal has been to turn my 6.4 A1C around and get it going in the other direction. For years, I had been misusing foods to "fix" any problems, which grew into a full-blown carb addiction, bingeing and "food comas". I took a cold turkey approach by limiting myself to 1500 calories a day, of 3 low carb, healthy meals and 2 snacks which "rocked my world". At some point, when I got up to tinkle at night, I'd end up at the kitchen counters half asleep rifling through the cupboards for something to binge on. That period was especially challenging, but I made it through by brainstorming for creative solutions and never gave up.

I've also had to do a lot of experimenting along the way. For instance, I tried different eating patterns and found eating any carbs early in the day, gives me the lowest bg numbers throughout the day. (It seems my tolerance for glucose lessens as the day goes on) Conversely, it also appears that eating a big meal for dinner feels satisfying for the evening and gives me the best fbg. So I am undecided about that. I do however, wait until after noon to eat breakfast which gives me a 14 hour, or more, intermittent fast. I think the next thing to try is real fasting-maybe for a full day to start.

Ultimately, I have likened my journey to attempting to turn the Titanic around mid-course and that analogy feels fitting. I had been stacking up symptoms of metabolic unhealth for years and was quickly reaching the point where health was about to tumble like a dominoes run. Not sure what will get me in the end, but I think I may have avoided the diabetes metabolic syndrome "iceberg" and am ever so grateful for that.