OK, This is no bullshit. My last a1c was 7.8 which isn't bad, but it is above the "medical establishment's" recommended score of 7.0 and below for Diabetics.  So when I got the score, I was pissed, because I want to get off of these damn pills (metformin).  So I changed my diet which was already way better than most people's and added some wheat grass into the mix, continued walking my 2 dogs every day twice for just under a mile or a little more each time. I also play basketball everyday in my back yard for about 30 minutes (yes with the dogs) and that is pretty much it. 
I sit on my ass all day long on my computer working on my internet marketing businesses which is not the best thing to do for diabetes, but I take my breaks and get some exercise, and I start every day with wheat grass, water, and walking dogs. I am seriously considering creating an information product that goes into detail about my diet, and my routine.  Why would I do that?

Because I just got an A1c Score of 5.4, That's why!!!!!    I can't believe it, I am ecstatic, happy, overjoyed, proud, stoked, etc.  This is HUGE.

When I was diagnosed last August my a1c was 13.8.  My doctor said I should have died of stroke, because I was also a heavy smoker and total alcoholic.

That's right folks, I am a diabetes success story.  I can't tell you how happy that makes me.

In the last year (since August of 2009) I have accomplished the following:


Quit drinking with no support groups and no relapses (I drank over a 12 pack every night, yeah, the real deal)
Quit Smoking Cigarettes (2 packs a day since I was 17 years old, now I am 36 almost 37, shit........)
Quit Eating All the foods I used to Eat (Yes, all of them.  Hamburgers, Greasy burritos, Potato chips, Coke, Gatorade, Fruit Juice, Candy, Big plates of pasta)
Came up with my own diet 100% on my own that I stick to like its the LAW
Started Exercising every day with no exercise partners or support from anyone
Fought panic disorder and detoxification during all this other shit.


I just wanted to post this so everyone in this forum knows a little more about me, and what I have accomplished in one year.  Maybe it can be an inspiration to other diabetics who are in hell right now.  I can't really explain how hard it is to get from where I was to where I am now, lots of breakdowns, tears, fear, obstacles, anger, and on and on it goes.

But I feel GREAT and I look great, and my A1c is probably better than my wife's who isn't even a diabetic. 

So I guess I am allowed to have my own diabetic diet forum now, I have earned it, lol.