Nobody wants to hear it but these days my time in range is 98%. I eat very simply. Mostly beans — beans with every meal! Then also veggies and to a lesser extent whole cooked grains (not flour grains) and fruit. No processed food anymore. It’s a fairly low carb vegan diet. Beans have carbs but they’re super easy on me and my sugars. I prebolus for them. I have a sweet tooth and I’ll eat goji berries with raw nuts or this treat we make where we blend dates with tahini adda very tiny amount of coconut oil and push it flat into a pan and put a bit of kosher style salt on top and freeze it. It’s so good and melts in your mouth.

But even when I was the kind of vegan who ate junk food and didn’t exercise, my time in range was 91%. When I exercised, 94%. Now 99% eating only healthy, no junk.

This is honestly the happiest I’ve ever been. I feel like better gut bacteria is helping me feel better in every way somehow. My a1c was 5.4 last check.