I wouldn't skip a meal. This could be just as harmful as having one with carbs. The old saying that breakfast is your most important meal of the day is true here. Dizzylish78 you are recently diagnosed and have entered a new world of self-management based on a forced need to do so ... or suffer the consequence of doing nothing. Ease yourself into this new lifestyle by finding out what works best for you. Radical change can backfire on you as you may binge on "the bad stuff" as cravings for past diet choices overwhelm you. I still battle this rollercoaster ride, as I am sure most do - especially when the diagnosis hits somebody later on in life. Old habits die hard. Sugar and carbs are just like habit-forming drugs and we face a constant bombardment of tempting ads and commercialism pushing sugar-enriched foods, fast food burger joints, sweets and highly salted snacks and drinks. High salt is your enemy also as diabetics are more susceptible to high blood pressure. Good grief, Charlie Brown - can't we eat anything?!!
All our life we are told to avoid fatty foods. With Diabetes, we should eat low carbs and high fat. Another lifestyle change that is hard to swallow.
I had a friend that had diabetes. His daughter died from a severe hypo, Lived by herself and was found on her bed reaching for the phone - but didn't make it. Not to scare you, but his solution was to eat whatever he wanted - sweets and all - because "the meds would take care of his sins". Yes, he is dead now too.
The solution? Take your time, find your balance, test often, record what makes up the meals that increase your levels and create your diet based on results, exercise often - even if just long walks, don't starve yourself, and try to find food choices you can still enjoy without hating to eat things you can't stand that will only make you grab a chocolate eclair in an uncontrollable moment
