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Welcome to the forum. You have come to the right place to learn.

You can still have garlic bread but only one slice. In fact when I make it I slice the bread really thin and still get the garlic bread taste but not a mass of bread. I then have two slices of the thin garlic bread. My wife makes a flourless dark chocolate tort cake. I have a small slice that has almost no effect on my BG.
I went out to a Brazilian restaurant Friday night and have a very enjoyable meal. Two hours after the meal my BG was 107. Last night we went to a friend’s house and had finger foods. Two hours later my BG was 99 and I enjoyed the food. So you don’t have to eliminate things just limit and modify your diet.

I am going on a year after Dx so it is fresh in my mind what you are going through. It seems everything we do has food involved and my wife is a really good cook so it was hard at first. For the last 10 years I was a little on the heavy side and could never loose the weight. At Dx my Doc sent me to some Diabetes education classes that taught me the basics of the disease, how to eat correctly and use the BG meter. Then I had to test and see what foods did to my BG. I limit foods that cause high BG readings. And just by following the meal guidelines I lost 25 lbs and it is staying off. It was hard at first but when I started feeling better and people said am looking great that motivated me more.

Good luck in you journey,