I was diagnosed with diabetes type II 3 years ago, but am not new to the disease...many in my family suffer with it. In my dad's last years with us, his sugar was rarely under 300, and he was heavily medicated for it. I've gone from Metformin with Glyburide to Invokamet 50. I'm now on Inovkamet 150 with nightly 10 unit injections of Toujeo. I can finally say, after 3 years of the docs playing around with my medications, that my morning fasting numbers are under 120. I've had two mornings where it was at 100, which is the goal...and will likely increase the Toujeo by one unit to try and get it back to 100, with consistency.

My wife, God bless her, isn't accustomed to cooking for a diabetic, so I cook most of my meals. With the MFP app, I'm better able to keep calories down, and keep track of my sugar intake as well. I only wish that it had an option to enter my daily glucose readings, so that I don't have to enter it in a different application.

I can't exercise due to health issues. My doctor has actually tole me to sit down due to the vertigo and heart issues I have, plus the syncope when I stand up and move about. (I'm prone to passing out just by standing up) Because of this, I have set my caloric intake to 1500, with a daily goal of being 100-250 calories below that.

I know of some "free foods" that I'm able to eat, but what do you suggest I do to kick up the flavor of a boring cucumber or light popcorn? What types of diabetic recipes are out there that will let me hit a satisfactory level of umami in my food, so that I feel more satisfied with less?