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Hi, @loaks I too welcome you to Connect. I have type 2 diabetes, diet controlled. @dorisena has some great advice there, she deals with this more than I do, my diabetes seems to be pretty mild. It really improved with a weight loss, which is pretty typical. Did you find that helped with you?
As dorisena commented, exercise is important too and I try hard to get a good amount in daily which has been harder now that we are self-isolating, but there are many excellent exercise videos on Youtube. If you are over 50 there are really good ones by
Jenny McClendon - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jenny+mcclendon+exercise and also
Schellea Fowler https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiWPU83VmOXjQ6xY0gIrhIQ plus if you are on Facebook there are exercises by Silver Sneakers.
I generally alternate my breakfasts between plain yogurt with granola and berries added to it - there are some low carb granolas out there but you do need to check the nutrition info which I always do. The other breakfasts I have are oatmeal, with some chopped walnuts and berries added to it, and a couple of times a week I have an egg with cheese and a low-carb English muffin. Fiberone makes some decent ones. There is another brand also but they get very hard in the toaster.
I almost always have a salad for lunch and for dinner meat or fish and vegetables or salad.
I do manage to squeeze in some treats like dark chocolate but I try to keep most of the treats low carb.
Fruit is great but it does tend to be high in carbs so you do need to keep an eye on the amount of it that you eat.
I hope some of this will be helpful to you. Please feel free always to ask questions.
JK

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I really like your food recommendations, JK, but have different restrictions because of my thyroid removal and the need to take replacement. I can't have yogurt, walnuts, or grapefruit in the morning, which I really would like to eat because of taking the thyroid medicine. However my doctor never mentioned this to me and I found out by studying on the web. Four hours after the pill I can have my beloved foods, so I take the pill at 6:00 a.m. and go back to bed, usually. I must wait at least one half hour before eating after taking the thyroid medicine, so when I do get up I can eat right away because I am hungry. I also eat some dark chocolate with low sugar. I bake All-Bran muffins with the cereal and can eat one of those instead of bread and I don't eat white bread at all. All these little changes really make a difference without considering yourself "sick" or not able to get well. You are what you eat. Dorisena