Wow
@smkhan I am so sorry that your introduction to the forum has been the arguing on this thread. Not what we usually expect on an intro thread. Especially when you clearly stated that your blood glucose is now under control and you are very aware of your diet choices. If you are feeling better, then that is what is important. And it is very likely that you can continue to improve and work up to more mobility and better health in the future.
I also rather dislike the implication (earlier in the thread) that your age means you should have less concern for your diet and eat more of foods that are known to negatively impact your health. You are obviously well aware of the need to eat well, since you are coming out of a year of raised blood glucose and struggling with the impact of those blood sugars on your legs and overall health.
The thought that someone should neglect their eating because of age is apalling to me.
My own father is 86 and he spent the last weekend with my brother in law breaking up a concrete coalbunker (that he built himself 50 years ago). The pair of them carried the concrete pieces out to a skip in front of the house, then broke up the concrete slab underneath the coal bunker (2x4 yards) and carried that to the skip too.
Did my father do the lions share of it? No.
But he was active, on his feet, working for hours on one of the hottest weekends of the year.
And yes, he is a T2 diabetic who looks after himself and now takes more care of his diet thnt he has for the last 20 years.
He is certainly more fit and active than he was a couple of years ago, when his bgs were higher and his energy and stamina were much lower.
But one thing is very certain - he would not have regained this level of health and activity without appropriate care and attention to his nutrition. He eats plenty of good quality protein, butter, cream and cheese, along with salads every day for lunch and 2 or 3 portions of veg every evening. He reluctantly saves sweet treats for special occasions and has never eaten processed foods regularly. He eats higher carbs that I would like but he is active enough to burn most of the glucose off. This is key. The more sedentary we are, the more insulin resistance that T2s have. The more exercise we do, the more we can cope with carb intake.
Consequently, the more sedentary we are, the more our blood glucose rises, and the worse we feel, and the more reluctant/unable we are to exercise. This is not something that T1s experience in the same way. They are less prone to insulin resistance. So please bear that in mind when reading posts from T1 diabetics, because their experience of carbs, insulin and insulin resistance is very different, and may not be relevant to you.
Oh, and in case anyone thinks that my father is some kind of octagenarian superman, I can tell you that he is taking a few days to recover, my mother is furious with him for working too hard, and he won't be allowed to overdo things again for a loooooong time.
So
@smkhan please take things gently, just add a few extra steps a day, and with insulin in the mix, make any dietary changes slowly, and with plenty of blood glucose testing to see what is happening.
Best wishes, and welcome to the forum!