Hi!

I'm Type 2 and was vegetarian for 19 years. I have recently been back into it to relieve the constant digestives issues I have been having...and rediscovered how much I love eating that way.

BUT I have put on weight.

3 days ago I restarted a weight loss effort. I am trying low calorie/high vegetable/low protein/and no or very little dairy and meats. I do eat seafood.

I think as a diabetic you must give up grains and potatoes until you hit goal, and then limit them to 1/4 c. at a time. Starchy carbs drive blood sugar skyward, which aggravates the cycle of making your cells more resistant to insulin...so it stores your blood sugar instead, as fat. Meanwhile, your cells are starving and making you want to eat. It's a vicious cycle driven by starchy carbs and/or excessive intake of non-starchy carbs or protein.

You can eat; eggs and dairy, tofu, soy tempeh (read labels...don't get the kind made from wheat and/or barley), other soy products (read label...lots of them are lowish in carbs!) and all non-starchy vegetables. My goal is to eat about 400 g vegetables (measured raw) daily.

I've been having soy chorizo in scrambled eggs, and last night I fried up a couple of strips of tempeh in a little olive oil and soy sauce. Last night I did have maybe 2 oz or less of beef in a fajita thingie I made. I mostly ate the veggies (poblano, yellow bell, and onion) and none of the rice.

Nuts and seeds are for later stages in the Atkins regimen, but if you can control your amounts, it might work for you to have small amounts of those daily. Watch the carb count.

Lastly I have to watch the calories. YMMV.

Good luck!!