Type 2 Diabetes

Did the doctor or nutritionist put you on a specific plan?

Try this:
http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/planning-meals/create-your-plate/

Visualizing my plate was the easiest way for me to plan my eating.

When I lost significant weight my cholesterol readings went back to normal. In the meantime you might slightly reduce your cholesterol readings by avoiding foods high in cholesterol, like egg yolks.

jgnatca wrote: »

Try this:
http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/planning-meals/create-your-plate/

Visualizing my plate was the easiest way for me to plan my eating.

When I lost significant weight my cholesterol readings went back to normal. In the meantime you might slightly reduce your cholesterol readings by avoiding foods high in cholesterol, like egg yolks.

Except for people with genetic issues, there is no correlation between dietary consumption of cholesterol and blood levels of cholesterol. Every cell needs it, and the brain is filled with it. If you do not consume enough, your liver makes more. If you consume a lot, your liver makes less.
I eat eggs every day, and have great lipid numbers. And I don't think I am an outlier.
Eggs have all 9 essential amino acids (the ones your body needs but cannot make) along with other nutrients.
They have gotten a bad rap over the years.

cilladade wrote: »

Anyone have some easy meal plans or recipes they can share for someone with Type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol???

I was diagnosed with T2 3 years ago, and changed my diet that day.
I had no meal plan and it was all new to me.
Basically I started with the idea I had to reduce to 100g carbs a day, and adjusted around that. I lowered it to 50g carbs a day once I knew enough about alternate foods to do it.

You need to eat to your meter. Test before eating, then an hour and 2 hours after (some foods may be even longer to create a BG spike) If something makes it go higher than other foods, reduce it or dump it.

Everyone's situation is different. But after a few months, my BG was fairly normal. My A1c before starting LCHF was over 8. Since dumping carbs, it has been between 4.8 and 5.2. My lipids before were not bad, although my HDL (good cholesterol was low). I have since learned this can be a sign of metabolic syndrome.
Since being low carb, my trigs went way down and HDL went up. HDL being in the healthy range means a lot as far as a predictor of heart health.

When I started, a BIG help was this reddit. http://www.reddit.com/r/keto/
So many people use it that there is practically no question not answered and discussed. And it has links to related keto boards for women, vegetarians and athletes.

If you search Pinterest, there are tons of low carb boards with menus and recipes.

There are many facebook groups dedicated to low carb as well, and all share recipes.

If you want to add net carbs to your myfitnesspal food diary, you can use this tool:
https://github.com/Surye/mfp-keto-userscript

You have the motivation to make this work...keeping diabetes at bay.
I don't know if you take meds, but speak to your Dr if you do, as you need to be able to reduce them if your meter shows your BG lowering. I asked to not do meds and try diet first, and my Dr agreed, so never had that issue.

Good luck.

Add as much exercise as you can with what ever you try. Weight loss also helps if that is an issue. I too am in your position. Luck to you.