If you can control your morning fasting blood glucose number to 7.0(126 usa) or less, count that as a victory every day.

I'm in your age bracket and I am controlling my numbers a little better since I halved my carbs per meal. Prior to that I was maximizing my carbs per meal to keep my numbers in the nondiabetic range of 4.0(72 usa) to 7.8(140 usa).

It is so much easier since I halved my net carb loading at meals.

Before I was always near the top of the range. My morning fasting blood glucose number was 103 to 119.

Now that number is 88 to 103. So much easier.

Hi @A DiabetesTeam Member, and all you warriors.

Good morning from South Jersey all you warriors.

Most are eating Too many carbs. Most diabetics can handle 100-130 net carbs. Some only 50-60 net carbs. Some only 20-30 net carbs. Then there is me at 2-3 net carbs per meal. Baby steps.

Carbs can be simple, aka sugars, or complex, aka carbs, or fiber, which you substract from total carbs to get net carbs. Baby steps.

More carbs than our damaged systems can handle result in high blood glucose numbers. Baby steps.

Meat and fat have no carbs.
Eggs are pretty safe at 1 carb for 2 eggs.
A sandwich slice of sharp cheddar is 1/2 carb. Soft cheese sandwich slice is 1 carb.
Most whole vegetables are good. Baby steps.

Milk has about 1 carb per ounce, whether whole, skim, or lactose free. Baby steps.

White carbs are the worse.
15 carbs is a serving.
Bread - 1 slice
Pasta, or Potatoes, or Rice, or Barley, or Oats - 1/3 cup. Cake or sweet cornbread a little less.
Corn, or Peas, or Lentils, or Pap, or Beans - 1/2 to 3/4 cup.

Cut out all added sugars in food and drink. Baby steps.

Cut out all white carbs and replace with whole grain and high fiber carbs. Baby steps.

Diabetes friendly whole fruits, keep to a serving.
Blueberries, blackberries, raspberries.
Strawberries, avocados, half a peach, half an apple, half a pear, a small mandarin orange, a cup of watermelon.
Baby steps.

Most of my meals look like stir-fry, or eggs, or soup, or salads, or some combination of the above. Baby steps. Nuts are my goto snack, 7-10 raw almonds or the equivalent in other nuts. Baby steps.

Eggs are my goto meal when I don't feel like planning a meal. Inexpensive, quick and easy to prepare, and many options. Baby steps.

Portion control, I plate all my food on a 7 inch plate before eating. Baby steps.

Half plate very low carb vegetables.
Quarter plate protein.
Quarter plate high fiber carbs or a serving of diabetes friendly whole fruit. Baby steps.

Eat in this specific order. 1st and 2nd bite vegetables. 3rd bite protein. 4th bite carbs or fruit. Eat your whole meal in this order. Baby steps.

I walk 10-15 minutes immediately after eating to slow digestion, and lower the glucose spike. Baby steps.

Start with one thing and keep doing it every day.
When you are ready, do another and keep doing it every day. Baby steps.

Soon you are on your way.

Never give up, never surrender, never ever.
You got this.
Have a wonderful day.

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A Diabete...

Hi there! Please help me too!
Every single morning off the wake up my sugar is extremely high.

What can I do to control my sugar overnight because that’s my main problem. My Dr prescribed an increased long acting but that just made me go low in the morning hours, but still I would wake up with high morning readings.

I hear you saying cut the carbs, but please give me a break down??
Thanks!