Hello,
I'm another type 2 who basically just eliminated carbs from. my diet. The thing that I found was to start with food that basically have no or very low carbs in them- examples include meat, fish (not all seafood), hard cheese, eggs . Things with low carbs include spinach leaves, cauliflower, broccoli.
Some artificial sweeteners work but notyvall- you need to test. I'm currently testing some that haven't gone well so may HbA1c will go up next time but as it was 5.1 the first time and 5.2 the second I have some scope. I wouldn't recommend testing too early.
Google ket and the meal that you would like and usually some recipes pop up. I keep to less than 20 grams of carbs as I want my levels to be low and to continue to lose weight.
Once I have lost all the weight I want (in a very long time) I think I will join the program to try to mix up my food a little. I really hope that I will be able to bump up my carbs to something like 50 grams a day but that day is not yet here. Maybe by that time my tastebuds will have changed but I don't know.
At the moment I don't really have the mental energy to try too many different recipes but if you like to cook the program may be just the thing to help you on your journey