Neo123, I was 58 years old, with no history of Diabetes, then Nov 2011, during a routine physical, my BG was 386 and my A1C was 13.8. I was told that I had developed Type II Diabetes. I immediately went on Metformin and insulin. I was a fair to middling powerlifter, still competing and lifting heavy. I weighed in at about 265 with eight percent body fat. I had lifted weights for 50 years and suddenly found I could not eat what I wanted or abuse my body the way I had been for years. It took a complete life style change/overhaul, but I am at 228 and maintaining my BG at 90 - 120 and my A1C between 5.5 and 6.2. I agree with all of the suggestions above, but highly recommend one more step. I encourage you to step back and decide for yourself if you want to live or die a very slow painful death. Bottomline, it is up to you, you must evaluate every aspect of your life and make the decision about everything that you do. You must decide if something is good for you or bad for you, everything from exercise, to diet, counting carbs, alcohol consumption, smoking, all of your bad habits and all of your good habits, your life has started anew. Read every book about diabetes you can get your hands on, look around, find cookbooks for diabetes, some are very good, and as everyone has recommended exercise. Walk, walk, walk, walk, and walk some more. You can live with Diabetes , I have several friends that have live with Diabetes for 35 - 40 years, or it can kill you, I have had some that never understood and didn't make it over a couple of years. Good luck my friend and don't hesitate to reach out for any reason if you need help. Finally learn about the side effects, learn how to overcome them and enjoy life.