Can someone start me.

Fish or Meat and two veg, plus plenty of dairy and eggs (exactly the kind of food your Granparents probably ate).

Hi Cosy

Unfortunately slimming world is not a good diet for diabetes. (I did slimming world last year (before diabetes) and worked well I lost 1.5 stone. But for diabetes it's too full of carbs, eat as much potatoes , rice, pasta, etc. it's a no no now.

Low carb is he way to go. I am sure someone will be here with the "list"

Scot

Hi there!
. The total number of carbs per day you can eat depends on how advanced your diabetes is. It’s perhaps worth starting at about 50% of normal levels for a non-diabetic then adjusting up or down according to how you get on. That’s 150 grams of carbs per day for a man, 125 for a woman. Make sure you're including ALL carbs in your count. You can read the total carb content of food under “nutritional info” on the packet or wrapping, or look it up on the internet for loose food. Just google “carb content..”
You also need to stop or reduce the bad carbs; that is the starchy ones that make your BG go up quickly.
So obviously no sugar or glucose! But also no white bread, white rice, pasta, flour products like pastry, cake and batter. You can eat a little basmati rice, wholewheat pasta or the tri-color pasta fusilli ones in small quantities. A few boiled new potatos are OK but not old pots mashed, boiled or in their jackets. (Roast is not so bad, the fat slows their absorption and conversion to glucose in the blood) Amongst other veg, parsnips are about the worst for BG, and carrots not great but ok in smaller amounts.
Multi grain bread (not wholemeal) is not SO bad, but lots of us eat Burgen soya and linseed bread from tescos and sainsburys, although all bread should be in limited amounts.
All fruit has carbohydrates, and needs to be included in the amounts of carbs you eat in a day. For most people, bananas are about the worst for pushing our BG up and berries (like strawberries, raspberries etc) are the least bad.
Good luck!

Definitely meat, fish, egs and cheese with veggies. Mainly green leafy stuff.
Look in an Atkins diet book. Atkins is pretty good for diabetes.
Hana

hanadr said:

Definitely meat, fish, egs and cheese with veggies. Mainly green leafy stuff.
Look in an Atkins diet book. Atkins is pretty good for diabetes.
Hana

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I was just going to suggest Atkins Hana, you beat me to it.

Try

The diet consists of meat, fish, shellfish, eggs, vegetables, legumes and vegetable proteins and fats from olive oil and butter. The diet includes less sugar, bread, cereals, potatoes, root vegetables and rice than a traditional diabetes diet.

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You could also look at this as an overall indication of a low carb diet

http://blogg.passagen.se/dahlqvistannika/?anchor=my_lowcarb_dietary_programe_in

or this is a good beginners guide

http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf

Cosy said:

... I just feel I dont know if I can do it sucessfully although most people on here seem to like it.

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It's a bit overwhelming at first, but some find it easier to start with just one lo-carb meal and get used to the diet gradually. For example, for dinner have some meat or fish and a cooked green vegetable or two.
If you look at the Swedish websites Xyzzy put up, you'll see that this is a healthy diet not just for diabetics, but for people who want to lose weight, or just improve or maintain their health. You don't need to say anything to anyone, just drop the potatoes and bread and see if they notice.

Do you really need anything with your coffee?
I have T1 diabetes, and have to use insulin with anything I eat. Injecting the right amount of extra insulin mid way between meals is difficult , so I was told from day 1 not to snack. I know that the dietitian at my hospital also gives the same message to people with T2.
You soon discover that you really don't need to unless you have done some extra exercise.
I'm lucky to live in an area where the temptation isn't as great as in the UK (no coffee shops) but even when I'm in the UK and even though I know how to manipulate my insulin I stick to just coffee.
Take a look at the Costa nutrition info, most things are high in both fat and carbs .
http://www.costa.co.uk/media/22162/Food ... -Apr12.pdf
They are mostly energy dense,nutritionally devoid calories. The only thing below 100cal is a mini muffin, many contain 400cal or more. Are they worth it, I don't think so.

Cosy said:

I am still fretting re what to have with a coffee,

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As phoenix suggested I try not to have a snack with tea or coffee, I drink so much some days that I would put on weight if I did I found whilst trying to lose weight that rather than snack I would look at my watch and think its only x hours till lunch/diner I will wait and will enjoy my lunch/diner more by not snacking. And that worked for me.

I watched 'Would I Lie To You' on the telly last night and some one said, I think it may have been Jossie Lawrence, that she met someone who was giving up smoking and had a cigarette packet which was full of carrot sticks and every time he wanted a cigy he had a carrot stick instead, perhaps you could adapt a similar strategy for your snacking :thumbup:

Hi Cosy, don't panic, help is here in this forum. Take on board all the advice from above and take alook in the LOW CARB THREADS of this forum, especially VIV'S MODIFIED ATKINS DIET and LOW CARB DIET - A GUIDE FOR NEWBIES, the relevant information is all there. See also the section on low carb recipes, there are many various recipes there to point you in the right direction, best of luck x