I am relieved to read so many of you who don’t micromanage your eating every day. That is the part of any diet that tends to throw me off. I dislike cooking and am grateful that hubby and I are now empty nesters. (Between us, we had six kids and those days were NOT fun for someone who hates cooking!) 
Anyway, I also don’t mind eating similar/the same foods often, so I don’t necessarily need a lot of variety, especially starting out. So, since I’ve done enough reading on low-carb stuff over the last eight years (even though I didn’t always obey), going even lower carb should be easy enough. I was pleasantly surprised, for instance, to find out early in 2010 after my diagnosis that having some potato chips was a BAD idea for blood sugar… unless I paired it with onion dip! The fat slowed the carb absorption. Lesson learned.
So, I have always been on board with fat-is-a-friend. I’d already switched to butter, having finally given up on those Smart Balance margarine tubs and other blechy choices. And I just found that our local Walmart actually carried Kerrygold butter so I picked some up. Sure, it’s pricier, but that’s okay.
I work from home, so I have a lot of flexibility in food choices and timing. I never used to eat breakfast before my diagnosis, so learning to get up and EAT a no-carb breakfast was the hard part. Once I realized I loved having scrambled eggs and bacon every day, I quickly adapted (and can make it all in about 3-4 minutes). And if I have 3 eggs and 3 strips of bacon (or 4), I find I don’t want lunch till late afternoon (like, after 4 p.m.). Sometimes I have to remind myself to eat. We have late dinners since hubby goes straight from work to a bunch of rental properties we own. Dinner is often between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. I’m a night owl so that’s all right… but my issue is that I’m often up late enough that my brain thinks it wants to eat again.
The other night I got away from the Christmas snacks (which are FINALLY disappearing from the house!) and had some wedges of sharp cheddar and a large handful of olives as a late snack. Loved it… and no guilt.
Tomorrow I have jury duty (UGH), but once that is over I’m going grocery shopping for all sorts of no-carb snacks and foods. I already read labels for carbs so I just need to keep doing that… and apparently adding more meat.
I’m blessed that, although hubby also needs to lose weight but has NO interest in a focused diet of ANY sort, I can feed him almost anything and he’ll eat it. He doesn’t really care for potatoes and prefers veggies anyway, so I am going to load up on meats and then supplement with no-carb veggie dishes instead of carby side dishes.
And the late-night snacks will, I hope, disappear completely. But in the meantime at least I’ll finally have in the house some carb-less snacks. (FWIW, I detest almost all nuts, which is sad because they are a diabetic’s friend when we need to carry snacks without refrigeration. But I HATE 'em. Blech.)
Great to be here…and great to hear that others here are diabetic and have eventually found that the fasting is not an issue. Heather, yes, one step at a time, I think. After these holidays, I’ll eliminate sugar and the really nasty carbs (that can be done in a day for me), and then move on from there.
I’m actually excited about grocery shopping tomorrow. Well, except for the fact that they’re calling for 1-3 inches of snow … again. 
I’m really JUST getting into this, after seeing a friend at Thanksgiving who is a lot like me – and who’s lost 40 pounds so far (about 6-8 months) on a keto diet.
