| You do make a very valid point about the deprivation mentality. However, for those of us who have had a lifetime to get use to all the "bad" things we can no longer have without complications, adjusting to the restrictions (and they are restrictions) can be difficult and sometimes depressing.
It's amazing to me what a large part food plays in our everyday lives (or at least it's that way in my family). Every time we are together, there's food. When there's a wedding, there's food, a funeral, food, a holiday, more food. It's sad, but true.
Even if I were to adapt the lifestyle that has worked so well for you, i'd pretty much be stuck eating at home or carrying my own meals, as the rest of the world (or MY world, anyway) would be eating as always.
I'm hoping the feelings of deprivation are just a part of the process of adjusting to diabetes...just as anger, denial, depression, etc. , and i'll get over it as well in time. | 
