Quite a lot of T2's on these forums have found they need to cut out bread (white, brown, wholemeal, all), rice, pasta, potatoes and many supposedly good for you fruits as they are all carb heavy foods, but it is different for everyone, if they spike your blood sugar then you know you can't really deal with them.
That’s the bad news. Sorta.
The good news is the way people report feeling after about 30 days of healthy eating.
For me, in a similar situation as yours:
High natural fats. We cleaned out every lab oil in the house. No processed foods w their “less than 1% sugar” (yeah? So why the need to add it? Why the need for 60 different names?)
Low carb for me meant going 20 carbs a day or lower.
Bacon, eggs, sausage, steaks, chicken, bone broths, pork, etc all eaten without guilt (now).
I did the “low fat, heart health” gov’t diet that made me fat and unhealthy.