dr. susan hallberg is well thought of here. I think she coined the play on the GPS acronym, "no grains, potatos or sugars" - This is my guiding principle and easy to explain to others if they ask, and they do.

You are on the right track, keep reading and avoiding the above for now until you get a plan locked in that you think you can follow and fits your lifestyle AND reverses T2D - Another person you may want to google is Dr. Jason Fung - intermittent fasting - skipping meals my be a way for you to deal with going out all the time but there are also ways to eat fairly low carb at restaurants. the simplest one I do is order a salad and a hamburger no fries, dump the hamburger and fixens into the salad and offer the soggy bun to your compainions, they will probably refuse