Type 2 Help..really high bloody sugars

" but like a cheeky snack in the evening"

That could be part of your problem.
Are your vegetables all from above ground?
No root vegetables such as potatoes and parsnips?
Nothing made from grains?

It would help if you could list what you eat most days so we can see if there is anything we could suggest that you change.

Good evening @Mulberrymanc and welcome to the forum.

How long have you been taking metformin?

I'm a metformin user. Please bear in mind that metformin doesn't work as quickly as empagliflozin. It's therapeutic effects are cumulative. Whilst metformin may start to lower your BG levels during the first week of treatment, it takes 2 to 3 months to reach maximum effectiveness.

Obviously the chocolate biscuits, skittles and fruitella will impact quite alot but that still seems high if the rest of your diet is as it looks.

Although, i just looked up skittles and it's 40g carbs in a 45g bag. Fruitella are 3.5g per piece. Chocolate digestives as an example biscuit are 10g per biscuit. Add those all up and you're consuming 70g of carbs on a skittles and biscuits day. That's way more just in sweets than some people eat in a day.
Plus, fruit may be a better choice than sweets, but they are also high in carbs. About 25g for an apple and 10g in a satsuma and I sort of guess you're not a 'just one' kind of person!!
Not that I've ever been on the med you were on, but if you pee out your sugar and you're not on that now, it suggests it was doing more work than you perhaps thought even though it didn't agree with you. Metformin works very differently, it doesn't get rid of the sugar in your blood but reduces how much the liver releases and helps the cells utilise insulin better.

Glad your diabetic team are getting back to you with a plan!

There is definite room for improving your diet to help in reducing your next HbA1c, namely exclude potatos, rice, pasta, biscuits and sweets. Even swapping out your apples and tangerines for berries which contain less sugar.

Mulberrymanc said:

@Rachox - Thanks - I will definitely look into swapping to berries, which I love.

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That's the idea @Mulberrymanc. Most fruits contain heaps of fructose (fruit sugar). Stick to small portions of fresh or frozen blackberries, raspberries or black currants and you won't go far wrong.

LivingLightly said:

That's the idea @Mulberrymanc. Most fruits contain heaps of fructose (fruit sugar). Stick to small portions of fresh or frozen blackberries, raspberries or black currants and you won't go far wrong.

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Not forgetting strawberries!

Not forgetting strawberries! @Rachox (sigh).

Mulberrymanc said:

Hello, so I’ve been T2 for 2 years. I’m active, exercise 6 days a week and walk 5k a day. I eat well, lots of veg, protein but like a cheeky snack in the evening.
Was on emplofagzin - which was awful for me, so now I’m on metformin 3 a day.
Got my hbac1 results - 109. I feel well.
I can’t believe it. It’s shot up from taking Jardinace- I am waiting for the diabetic team to get in touch this week.

Any suggestions?

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"You can't outrun a bad diet", so yeah, being active and all that can help some, but it's the biscuits and fruitella doing you in. Doesn't sound good, maybe, but.... Yay, there's massive amounts of room for improvement!

Every cloud and whatnot...
Good luck, you've got this!
Jo