[katiesue]

Actually the diet for her isn't too bad. We only count carbs - nothing else matters for her since she's a bean pole. She normally doesn't eat that many carbs anyway. She likes hot dogs without the bun, no condiments on anything, no bread at all really, no sodas.

We met with a nutritionist and she made meal plans that work with the kinds of things she normally eats. Cottage Cheese, lots of milk etc. She has a range of carbs she needs to stay within for each meal. For lunch today we had to add a bit onto what she wanted to have to make the goal so she's getting lots to eat. Plus there are lots of "free" foods that she likes. "Free" foods are anything with no or very low carbs like cheeses, most meats, hot dogs. Those she can have any time between meals.

It's all a trade off - she can have anything at all she wants if she stays in the range. It's just proportions. Ice cream, pizza whatever as long as you count the carbs and stay in the guidelines.

Later - and the docs think with her because she doesn't eat a ton of carbs anyway it will be sooner - they'll swich her to a plan where she basically decides what she wants to eat, how many carbs it is and then takes the right amount of insulin to counteract it. You get more shots but you can pretty much have whatever you want whenever you want.

Type 2 has more dietary restrictions, I think.