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I just found out that my Hemoglobin A1C is 6.5%, so I may have diabetes.  I need to make some life changes.  Please help me know specifically what to do.  My aunt just died of diabetes-related complications at age 65.

I’m only 46.  I’m 5’8” and 250 lbs.  I have loose ankles due to some physical deformations, so I’m mostly sedentary.  I can walk, but I have to be careful.

I eat three meals a day and a snack.  For breakfast I have two soft-boiled eggs on fresh spinach on bread with a glass of OJ.  For lunch I have fresh chopped veggies with hummus and a banana.  For dinner I eat whatever.  I have a banana and Nutella for a snack before dinner.  Sometimes dinner is salmon and broccoli, sometimes it’s hamburgers and sweet potato fries.  Sometimes it’s coconut curry chicken.  Sometimes it’s Ethiopian or Thai curry.

I take vitamin C, Abilify, lithium, latuda, and Xanax.  I’m suicidal without these - I had a lot of trauma as a kid and have an ACE score of 9.  I’m in therapy twice a week, making good progress.

Where do I start?  I think eating better and getting movement would help, but I’m not sure exactly what.  Maybe a 20 minute walk in the morning?
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