So I'm now 6 weeks into my diabetes journey. It's hard to believe as a reasonably well-educated person that I was so ignorant in terms of what I was doing to my body. I've learnt so much in the last 6 weeks, not least from this forum. I'm now up to 2000mg of Metformin per day (two tablets each in the morning and evening)
I have been enrolled on the Oviva diabetes support programme. Given the current climate this is being run completely through an app - I upload pictures of my meals and I have a dietitian coach who comments on them. I can also log BG readings and weight in the app, and message back and forth with my coach. We had one 30 minute phone consultation where she seemed very happy with my progress to date. Otherwise I have had no contact with health services since my initial chat with the diabetes nurse. To be honest I am ok with this as I feel there is much better advice here and online in general that that proffered by the GP. Next week I have by Diabetic Eye Screening appointment - hoping I haven't done too much damage to my eyes!
I work in Business Intelligence for the NHS so obviously the first thing I did after I was diagnosed was to start logging things on a spreadsheet. I wear a Fitbit so am tracking things like heartrate, sleep and steps, and track my food intake on MyFitnessPal. I had already started losing weight before being diagnosed - last November I was 140kg, or just over 22 stone. This morning I am down to 119.7kg or 18 stone 12. This is the lowest weight I have been since I got married in 2015, so feel like it is a good start. My fasting BG is gradually coming down (I've added a rolling 7 day average line to the below to smooth out the odd anomalous result.

I'm also tracking my readings before each meal. It's quite satisfying seeing the number of readings that are coming down into the target range, and really quite motivational to track results.
The other really cool thing to see has been the impact on my resting heart rate.
For anyone that is new and struggling, I hope it is useful to see how quickly you can improve things. I am aware that some of the BG control will be down to the medication, but am feeling super proud with the strides that I have made in about 6 weeks. I am still testing a lot, probably excessively so, but it's helpful for me to see the impact that various meals have on my BG. We even went out for a Sunday roast last week - it was pretty odd asking for a roast without roast potatoes or yorkshire pudding! I try to avoid snacking at all but I do make sure I have 3 good meals a day (today as an example was yoghurt with mixed seeds for breakfast, tuna mayo and cheese with salad for lunch, and dinner will be rump steak with celeriac chips and broccoli). If I get super hungry I might have a handful of macadamia nuts, or sometimes in the evening I make a chocolate mousse with double cream, cream cheese, raw cacao powder, and powdered erythritol. My wife is being super supportive and has adapted her diet so that she is doing the same (she does occasionally sneak a packet of crisps or a bit of toast when I am not around.
Apologies for the long post - obviously I'm not delighted that I have ended up with diabetes, but I'm really pleased with how it is going in tackling the challenge.
All the best,
Mark