Start with a comprehensive diabetes resource book. Look in specialty bookstores or at sites like dsdbookstore.com, and find something that will give you all the basic information you'll need to arm yourself with diet and fitness techniques to manage diabetes.

Read Up on Everything
But don't stop there. To live the most comfortable, rewarding life with diabetes, keep reading. There's new information on diabetes and the medical science of treating diabetes available all the time as new drugs are tested and new techniques are developed.

Read all you can on nutrition, too. You'll need a good manual to get you started, but you can keep reading niche cookbooks to collect a wealth of great, diabetic-friendly recipes. Look up new exercise programs or techniques that interest you.

This is key to staying healthy, especially with diabetes: Remain interested by indulging your curiosities and learning something new every day.

The Most Important Subject
Beyond educating yourself about diabetes and health and fitness, educate yourself about something even more important, as well: Yourself.

By this, we mean that you need to diligently record your daily routine. Every time you feel a sense of fatigue or any other slightly abnormal feelings, record it in a book. Record what you eat, as well, and keep a diary of your experience with whatever exercise regiment you choose to pursue, including the long term results such as body weight. Record how well you sleep at night, as well.

It may seem like a pain to record all this data, but with a Diabetes reference manual, it really shouldn't take more than fifteen minutes to track your daily affairs.

Perhaps most importantly, keep a daily blood sugar journal. Every time you test your blood, make a note of it in your Diabetes log book. Even when your levels are normal, write it down, don't just write it down when you experience an abnormal high or low.

Keep an Eye out for Patterns
When you review your journals, you'll notice patterns developing, you'll be able to track slow climbs or drops in your daily experiences that are hard to detect on a gradual, day by day basis.

This is key, by the way; once a week, or at your leisure, take a minute to review your logbooks. Make note of any patterns you see developing and mark those in your Diabetic diet manual as well. Your journals will become your own, personal Diabetes reference manual. Everybody has a different body type, a different background, and what might be a great diabetes-safe menu for one person might be a little riskier for the next person. By noting your test results and feelings and referencing them against details in your daily life, such as what you eat, how regularly you exercise, you'll be able to weed out bad foods and ineffective exercise and design a plan to fit your specific needs like a glove.