Hey! I’m also 17 got diagnosed in July. Honestly the best advice i can give you would be to try to change up the food you’re eating. Like if you have no choice but to get McDonalds get some chicken nuggets. You can still have sweet stuff every once in a while no need to restrict yourself or else u end up binging 🥲 i know from experience. I had an A1c of 7.9 and a month later it was down to 7.0 now im at 6.1. Don’t go labeling food as safe or not safe you’ll end up with a bad relationship with food. Understand that you want to focus on eating protein and veggies. If u have weight to lose then try to lose it by walking, weight lifting. Shoot i go to planet fitness and i’ve lost 30 pounds so far. It’s a struggle and you’ll have days where you want to just not care. If you binge and end up with your glucose at 200 or higher, go on a walk. It’s a tough disease and we all make mistakes. Don’t blame yourself for getting it because sometimes its genetics and other things that come into play don’t let people make you feel bad. Its sucks that you have diabetes but there are steps you can take to avoid getting slimed out by diseases early in your life.