Just before more advice comes in - no I don't drink fizzy pop, we have no car so I ride and walk and take public transport everywhere, and we cook almost all of our meals from scratch with fresh ingredients.
I have kids and I actually *want* more energy to run around with them, I'd like to get back into swing dancing again, you can't go jogging when your blood sugar is already below 70 mg/dL.
I'm so bored of having to convince people that I didn't choose this.