you dont need to have spicy food just a well balanced diet walking and monitoring talk to your diabetic therapist or a nutrishen spec

Have whatever you like. If you look after yourself and do what you're supposed to do the rest of the time, one meal is not going to do you in.

If you have to eat at restaurants frequently, I would suggest limiting things like bread, potatoes, and rice (or at least watch the portion sizes), and having salad or veg. as your side dishes instead. Most restaurants are willing to accommodate in this way.

Of course, my advice is worth exactly what you paid for it.

I agree Borgnine, diabetes shouldnt have to be so hard for us.

Swiss Chalet should be a good restaurant if they have them around your place. I live in Canada and we have them around here. They have chicken and baked potatoes and salads. I am told to eat meat the size of your palm so just watch the quantity you eat. Baked potatos are better than fries and most vegetable should be good except for corn. I have quite a list of free vegetables that I can eat and they have also added carrots and beets and squash because they help with the fibre. Send me a message if you want the list
ConnieBell

Thanks. I just have two small coffee shop/cafes I can eat at that don't cost an arm and a leg. They serve just plain american or mexican food. I can't eat a lot of mexican foods because I have a sensitive stomach and the food is too spicy. I ate some Bumblebee tuna and chicken salad cracker combos and some peanut butter later. My BS readings the next morning were in the low 200's. I didn't think I ate that much, what do you think did it?

DonnaB - that meal in the coffee shop did NOT
raise your BS to the low 200s. Either you ate something bad the day before or that day or you need more meds.

Is there one particular place that you eat at, all of the time! Maybe you could talk to the owner, or chef about a diabetic menu! If you go in, maybe others do as well!
Dieters would appreciate this as well!
Its a thought ,anyway
good luck

Most restaurants can modify dishes to meet your needs. Just ask! But nothing high-fat is going to be a good thing. Ask for it baked or grilled instead of fried. get the rice instead of the potatoes and the slad instead of the coleslaw. Always aim for low calorie, low fat, high fiber.

With this illness, you HAVE to move towards eating like a gorilla. Although you are allowed to skip the live bugs.

Hi, I eat out a lot. I almost always start with a salad and then I only eat half of my meal and take the rest home to eat later. I love soup and salad. I try to order lower fat foods and high fiber. I don't know if you are on meds or not, but that can make a difference.
Be sure to check your blood sugar 2 hours after eating so you can see how you handle food. Then adjust form that. I hope this is helpful. Remember fiber!

arline, I have to disagree with you -- it is possible that meal she describes did raise her BS that high, because although peanut butter raises BS slowly, any food that high in fat keeps your BS high for about the next day and a half.

Cliffenstein - the meal she had was tuna and egg salad - not peanut butter. Incidentally, peanut butter doesn't bother me at all. I eat a lot of it every day because its filling.

I am type 2 and when I go out I jsut eat meat (always carb free) with lots of vedgies no potato a slice of bread and either milk or diet soda works good

speaking of peanut butter - you have to buy something like Smuckers Natural which contains only peanuts and salt. The other brands, ie Skippy or Jiffy have added sugar and palm oil

Cliffenstein - here's a blurb I just found re peanut butter........

? Peanuts and peanut butter fit well into diets
that are consistent with current guidelines for
diabetes management. They can also be an
important part of a diet to control blood sugar
and prevent cardiovascular disease.
? Peanuts contain mostly good, unsaturated
fat. They contain a small amount of
"saturated fat" (about two grams per oneounce
serving) and no trans fat, the two
"bad" kinds of fat (14).
? Peanuts are high in plant protein and can
be used to replace animal sources of protein
that are higher in saturated fat such as red
meat. Peanuts are also rich in arginine, a
key amino acid for maintaining healthy
blood vessels.
? Peanuts are relatively low in carbohydrates
(six grams per one ounce of peanuts, with 2
grams of fiber). Peanuts contain fiber and
magnesium, both of which increase the
bodys ability to use insulin and have been
inversely associated with risk of type 2

Hi kid!!!! Coffee shops/cafes should offer some acceptable cereals/steamed veggies. & I hate that queasy feeling you get when you eat something u REALLY shouldnt
God Bless