I have had Type two for about nine years. I love sweets and carbs. I have found that
single serving snacks help me to not over eat on the carbs. I eat single serving cookies,
I've cream cups (least carbs), pudding, microwave single serve mash potatoes, soup, mini candy bars, popcorn.
Those are snacks. I do eat fruit also. Message me and maybe I can help more.

Hugs and sorry that you are here, but welcome. I am a type one. I have been type 1 for two years now. I love dark chocolate and love my pasta. I am Italian and you can guess the carb heavy meals. But I did it. Slowly but surely you will do it to. Everyone is different. What would work for me might not work for you. The basic rule is 45 grams of carb each meal and two 10 to 15 grams for snacks. One thing is relax. Stress will shoot those pesky numbers up. There are a lot of recipes for diabetics. hugs. you will be fine. Walking is great way to relieve stress.

Hi, I just found out I have type 2. Of course I'm all new to this and like you, love my sweets and carbs. I'm scared to eat everything now. I've had people tell me it's okay to eat small portions of the evil sugar and carbs and I've had some people tell me never to. I have only known this for a month so my Doctor is still trying to determine if I will go on insulin. Right away, I'm thinking that if I slip or cheat I can lower my blood sugar with insulin. I wonder how many people think that way. I know that sounds stupid but at this point I am stupid, scared, full of anxiety and everything else that goes with it. I'm 58 yrs. old. Any other snacks that you know of, that I can get away with, please post. I obviously have a lot to learn. I know everybody is different so this may be your answer. I have seen the cases of people going blind or losing their legs and wonder if these cases were people just abusing their eating habits or it has nothing to do with that. Thanks.

JacknAthens, I was diagnosed about two years ago and was very nervous but with eating properly and exercise my medication has been cut back. I have been going to a specialist every year for my eyes and just went last month to see him for the third time. He says there is no diabetes related problems with my eyes. I am taking Januvia and was taking Gliglazide as well but stopped in February. When I went to the diabetic clinic they seemed to push a lot of carbs but I have always had to watch my weight so never ate as much as they said I needed. There are some Facebook groups that you might be interested in: Reversing Diabetes and Low Carb Eating that have a lot of information that might be of help.

I'm also recently diagnosed and am looking for help. I'm not so much a sweets guy. . . more of the fries/chips type of carbs for me. Sadly, I didn't take things terribly seriously until two weeks ago when I was in the ER for chest pains. I just turned 50 (still odd to say that) and it was a wake up call. Nothing cardiac thankfully but it woke me up anyway. I'm trying to cut my carb intake way down but not Atkins-low. I do a lot of reading online and I've decided to start a blog about my journey. I'm on Metformin. We all need to support each other, it seems like life and our society is stacked against us with food choices, etc.

Know the feeling, it is scary in the beginning. I was about 80 lbs overweight and when diagnosed, went on low carb - 100-150/day. I know everybody is different, but I was a sweets addict too and found what worked for me was to totally avoid them .... I did for the first 6 months. It was easier after a couple days, no cravings. If you like to cook, you can do great stuff with caulif rice, and pizza crust/crackers. I also am a big fan of beans as the protein source; great fiber to help keep the whole process moving - which can be a problem with a big decline in the carbs. After I got about 60 lbs off, I started having a treat a couple times a month. Exercise is so incredibly helpful, I joined a gym that was a 10 min walk from my office, road the stationary bike and did strength training 4-6 days a week. Really helps keep the numbers down ... alway make myself go on the treat days to fight those little spikes .... hey, anything to motivate us to exercise, amiright? Best of luck on your journey.