Soup ..salad ...small portions of meat a hand size amount. No sugar and no white flour. Fish is good ....

Donna - you can eat a lot more variety than soup, salad, fish - eggs, steak, chicken, cooked veggies - sauteed mushrooms onions with steak. I could go on and on - if I go out for lunch I usually order a greek salad because its large and is tasty. For dinner, usually steak and baked potato - I don't eat out often anymore so the baked potato is a treat. What you should stay away from in inexpensive restaurants is tuna, chicken and egg salad. They usually use a filler in them to keep the mayo from dripping.

my favorite is salad bar.......stay away from white foods.....white sauces....cheese sauces....h burgers...Poison......deep fat fried.....Poison.......don't eat the breading......or white bread.....no greese burgers...gravys..etc.....watch dressings...eat light dressings......but, if you bounce the blood sugar up high.....take a chromium picolinate......and bounce it down again......once in a while a piece of chocolate cake follows us all home........

sisterhood - you are right about the food to avoid in restaurants BUT I tried chromium for 5 months and it did nothing for me. There have been recent articles that say chromium has not been proven that it does anything for blood sugar.

What do these suggestions have to do with blood pressure?

no one mentioned blood pressure in this discussion

Oh - if Donna meant what to eat blood pressure wise when out for dinner the answer is simple - stay away from anything with salt in it. Its difficult because restaurants have a tendency to add a lot of salt and/or sugar to their recipes to make them taste better but if you ask the will make it special for you

this topic was listed on the discussion group as blood pressure. That's what it said yesterday.

My problem is that I like real food and now I'm having problems with both diabetes 2 and high blood pressure. I feel like a pharmacist with all the pills and now the insulin. I have to eat out but am trying to find foods I can eat besides salad. I can't eat soup anymore because there is too much sodium in it. Is anyone in the group having this duo problem?

Donna - I think we all have that problem. There are many things to eat but salad - depending on time of day - breakfast eggs, lunch salad is easiest - dinner any meat or fish that isn't prepared ahead of time. Tell them 'no salt, please'. Veggies are usually cooked fresh with no seasoning. Chicken is probably full of salt - fish is usually good - tell them again 'no salt'. In restaurants you are better off with simple dishes rather than mixed because then they can add anything and you'd never know the difference.

Had another idea - don't know how often you eat out but if its only occasionally you really can have some salty food and later drink a lot of water.

Unless you have congestive heart failure and then you have to limit salt and water.

To answer your question Donna yes,I have High BP,and Diabetes type 2.It is a challenge but can be done.Many restaraunts offer low sodium or heart healthy options on the menu.Condiments like sauces and other high sodium items often can be ordered on the side.The salad bar is good,and almost every place offers broiled dishes like chicken and fish,or other yummy things that are not fried.I pretty much don't go to Pizza,or Chinese places for obvious reasons but can usually find something anywhere else.As far as buying things for home,the possibilities are endless.I had to cut out all possible salt,and make many things from scratch for the quality.But I found that when I got used to light salt,it wasn't so bad.I make homemade soup with lots of black pepper and other spices so that I don't miss the salt so much.Then if I just can't handle the taste I go ahead and add a little salt-much better than it all being cooked in.i have a lot of good recipes,if your interested ,or would like to know what I buy for home,please feel free to message me.I hope this helps even a little,and hope it made sense,I am fallind asleep here-LOL Take care-Jen

EAT PROTEIN BUT WATCH YOUR KIDNEY READINGS. Replace salt with Mrs. Dash or something similar. Share the large portions with a companion. Check out Internet suggestions, but remember those are sometimes not accurate.

very simply - its difficult to eat out often with high blood pressure and diabetes. At home stay completely away from the salt shaker - I don't even have one anymore. Homemade soups don't need it and once you get used to no salt you will not miss it. Mrs. Dash is great - use it. i found eggs hard to get used to without salt - now I can't stand it - pepper suits the purpose.