Type 2 here

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17. Holly, as a Type II who is sick to death of cooking and eating, I am considering

the adoption of a similar diet. I have been doing low-carb for the 3 years that I have been diabetic, plus I take the minimum dose of Metformin daily. It's worked out great -- I consistently have an A1C of about 5.5 or 5.8 and my doc is over the moon happy.

But! I am pretty sick of having to eat like this; it's not very satisfying mentally. I used to love to bake, but of course I rarely do that now except for holidays when everybody comes over for dinner. I just find it too hard to eat just one cookie, just one tiny sliver of pie, just one chocolate, etc., so I've pretty much eliminated eating that stuff at all. I'm slowly assembling a set of standard foods/dishes that I can throw together quickly -- 3 different breakfasts, 3 different lunches, etc., and just rotate through these limited dishes to at least eliminate the hassle of cooking and the hassle of thinking about food. For example, my breakfast this morning was cottage cheese, 6 strawberries, 1 slice of low-carb bread and butter.

My doc, may he be blessed by angels, has given me a prescription for a fast-acting diabetes med to use when I am on vacation/at a holiday dinner so I can at least eat somewhat normally at the event. He's happy about my A1C, my daily exercise program, and my weight loss and he feels sorry for me when I go on vacation. Bless his heart!