KGB,

What you had for lunch seems like an okay meal. The only suggestions I have is that if you had mayo or dressing on the sald that may have contained sugar or the other thing is that for some people (not all...food things tend to be very individual to each person) you may just be one of those people who don't do well with breads.
Diet and any type of Diabetes is soooo individual. For example some people like a glass of milk before bed and for others it shoots their sugar levels up big time....some people cant handle anything carby at break fast time and others can...you will find it is trialand error for a little bit to find your groove. As for avocado it shouldnt be an issue and diet coke is defintely fine ti will have no effect on insulin or BSLs.

Katones...... i know what the doctro said seems scary (and really he shoulda kept his bigmouth shut and delivered the inofrmation in a less sensationalist way!) but in reality the chances of any of those things happening is only a small fraction above what it is for the normal population anyways. If you can control your sugars reasonable well the risks are tiny, they are there but theyare tiny. Years ago before we had blood glucose monitoring and decent purified insulins there was definitely a bigger risk of all that but today with modern monitoring it shouldnt be an issue.

I recommend to anyone who want to learn more about diet to find a copy of "The New Glucose Revolution" by professor Jennie brand Miller. It contains all the latest stuff about the glycaemic index of food and how to use it to control your sugar levels better. it is easy toread and comes with companon boks with recipes and shopping guides for all the food you can get at the supermarkets and take aways etc..
Also grab a copy of the magazine Diabetic Living....it comes out every two months and has stacks of awesome recipes in it that evryone in the family can enjoy!

Also someone mentioned about medium carb not low carb...just wanted to clarify this so people dont get confused. There are two things to consider with diet one is how much carb and theother is what type of carb to eat.
You shuld try and eat low GI carbs at all meals and try and avoid high GI carbs at all costs. a little bit of medium GI carbs is okay but try to aim for as much of the low GI carb as possible. With regard to how much that depends on how much you normally eat...if you normally do not eat a lot of carby food then there is no point trying to start now but on the other hand if most of your food intake is carbohydrate you may want to cut it back a bit The aim is eat a moderate amount of mostly low GI carbohydrate in your diet...does that make sense? Hope this helps out the newbies a little bit! tell me to butt out if I am sticking my nose in!