I found the transition to this way of eating relatively easy, despite the fact that I was a carboholic pre diagnosis. There are lots of good food choices left to you, I really don’t feel deprived. For me my carb cravings disappeared quickly. My office at work is right next to the lunch room and I am daily challenged by wonderful smells and things people have brought in to share. I can honestly say I haven’t fallen off the wagon even once. One thing that helps me is frequent testing (7 to 9 times a day). This tells me if a given food is causing problems as well as offering instant feed back to keep on the straight and narrow.
I read extensively after diagnosis and the two things that had the greatest influence on my path forward were Dr. B’s book and the bloodsugar101 website. Follow this link that describes the eat to your meter system on bloodsugar101. Basically you conduct a science experiment on yourself to find out which foods give you trouble. You can then fine tune your diet by eliminating just the foods that bother you.