It is possible that you are producing some insulin and also possible that you may be becoming less insulin resistant. This can happen when your body gets a rest from the higher sugar circulating in your blood.
It is one of the reasons that restricted calorie intake can make significant changes to the way your body handles sugar.
So, you might be on the road to some remission so keep it up!
However, it might just be that your body responds differently to certain foods, as has been said many times "we all vary". I have found that I can eat quite a few chips and not have a big spike. But I can't eat boiled or mashed potatoes, I can eat 3 small new potatoes.
That's why we all need to test around food, if there was a standard diet that worked for all T2s you can bet the NHS would have us all on it.
The way your body handles the carbs input will also vary depending on the time of day, I cannot eat porridge in the morning but I can eat a small portion in the evening without any spike. Spooky hey!
8.2 two hours after a meal is not so bad, better if it was less than 8 but remember your meter could easily be out by that .2, trouble is it could be up or down.
If you get a high reading after certain food eaten at a particular time of day, either don't eat it or reduce the portion size. If you can eat roast spuds and roast meat then eat it, might be OK for breakfast?
H