Welcome to the Forum. I was dx'd 4 years ago when I was 56. I was not overweight, either and was very active in exercise. I guess what I thought was a healthy vegetarian diet wasn't so healthy for me as a diabetic. So now I am a meat eater again and try to do moderately low carb ( 45-70 carbs) a day. But it works, now I have almost normal bgs and am at my college weight ( 118) Not bad for an old gal.