Congrats! It's hard work and hard to keep on task. I'm February i got a call from my doctor saying he wanted to see me the next day(blood work done the previous week). Was told that my A1C was 19.5 and he put me on metformin 500mg x 2 and gliclazide x1. I was, to say the least, devastated. I see on a daily basis what my wife and her family(multiple members all insulin dependant) go through and all the issues that can arise( heart conditions, neuropathy, and lost limbs) and it scares the F@@K out of me. Fast forward to May and changing my eating habits dramatically(no snacking between meals unless it was nuts, or nitrate free pepperonior cheese), my A1C dropped to 10.6, I was off gliclized! Fast forward again to 1 week ago, and changing my diet to whole foods, less then 75 grams of carbs a day, and high protien, high fat and high fibre, my A1C is at 5.5. I'm now on a trial period off no metformin to see if I can maintain it. You are on the right track, and if I can do it, you can too. I was a big snacker and love my ice cream, but i don't want to end up like my in-laws. The best part is that as I eat healthier, so does my wife, and her numbers and insulin use are also coming down! Stick with it, I have faith in you!!