Sorry to hear about your diagnosis. I've been diabetic for ten years and the single most effective thing in managing my numbers has been exercise - if I run briskly on a treadmill three or four times a week for 30 minutes or more it's astonishing the effect it has, more so than any medication I take or what I eat. When I don't exercise for awhile I have to take insulin to control my numbers - when I do exercise vigorously I can go days without any medication at all.

Back to your original question, you need to find out what your triggers are by measuring your blood two hours after your meals to guage the effects. For me, breakfast is by far the hardest meal of the day to get diabetic friendly. Virtually everything I would like to eat is bad - oatmeal/porridge, toast, cereal, pancakes obviously. Finally I've found that eggs and some sort of side meat (sausage, breakfast steaks, etc.) don't raise my blood sugar at all, so that's what I eat most days. Also, and very important, get yourself some sweetner that is maltodextrin free. I found that that additive in most artificial sweetner products will raise your blood sugar, even though you think you think you're taking a safe sugar substitute. Google it and you'll see a lot of information on the web.

When you're on the road it is obviously much more difficult to control your numbers for a lot of reasons - stress, more temptations like restaurants you would like to go to, fast food, lack of exercise. My advice is to eat seafood/ fish or sushi at least a couple nights a week, and on the other nights balance it with something you want in moderation. You will know by your readings what you can tolerate and what you can't.

Besh wishes on your road ahead. Also be careful about making sure you have something sweet around at all times. One time in a way off the beaten track place in Iceland I almost OD'ed. By a miracle of God I found somebody in a hallway in the middle of the night who just happened to have a piece of candy on them. I think I would have been done otherwise.

One other suggestion for you - track your readings very closely so that you can spot trends over time. You want to be ahead of the game and calling your doctor if you notice that your readings are going up over time instead of waiting for your A1c results to tell you the same thing. I have all of mine in an Excel spreadsheet going back 10 years. Makes it very easy to see when I need to have my medications adjusted or make a lifestyle change.