Congrats on your success thus far
@AlcalaBob! You might be interested in this Prof. Taylor & Allison Barnes journal article in the February 2018 issue of
Diabetologia as you contemplate your long term management plans:
Translating aetiological insight into sustainable management of type 2 diabetes
“Taylor and Barnes summarise studies testing the hypothesis in individuals with a short duration of type 2 diabetes using a low-energy diet and maintenance of reduced body weight. The beta cell defect can now be understood as de-differentiation, caused by cellular metabolic stress and reversible loss of specialised function. Longer-term management highlights the need for effective approaches to dietary advice. It is clear that one diet cannot suit all, therefore, a range of soundly based approaches, tailored to individual preferences, is described.”
Link to the full article:
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00125-017-4504-z.pdf