Vice: Chocolate. Say yea if you agree. 2 teaspoons of sugar daily in coffee. I can't use artificial sweeteners and I have one glass of sugar free iced tea with dinner. Water all the rest of the time. Fruit and nuts for protein. Plenty of salads.

Were you in the Military during the Vietnam war? Exposed to A/O(Agent Orange)? If so,contact your local VA service officer as he or she may be able to see if your Diabetic condition is due to being exposed to A/O.It was used to control weeds on bases in Thailand and probably Vietnam,beside being sprayed on jungles to expose NVA troop and supply movements.

Thanks in large part to diabetes, my diet now consists of:

1. Do I like it?

2. No.

So my vices are pretty much everything.

My actual approach is to reign in my worst eating impulses and compensate the hell out of the rest with exercise. My daily goal is 10,000 steps on my FitBit. It's a horrible time-sink, as it takes 60 to 90 minutes of concentrated walking to pull that off, but my weigh has held and even dropped slightly and my A1C numbers are solid. I used to be about 100 lbs overweight (late 1990s), am now about 20 overweight and inching up on zero.

Also -- if you can afford it, use erythritol in place of sugar. It has ZERO impact on blood sugar or metabolism generally, actually tastes like sugar and looks like sugar (although only about 60% as sweet, which contributes to its cost). None of that "off" flavor you get with Stevia and the others.

I am not diabetic but had a client who had type 2 diabetes and started changing her diet to low carb, no grains and primarily animal protein, healthy fats, and low carb veggies. She lost 72 lb. and has had her blood sugar in the normal range. I had shown her an article on high risks to dementia/Alzheimer's which was smoking, alcohol consumption, and uncontrolled diabetes. She had other positive changes in her blood work.
I think of diabetes, my past thyroid issue and other ailments something we are slaves to since it is what limits us. I think of a healthy way of eating as freedom.
If anyone would like to.be part of a low carb no grain (Keto) way of eating i would live it. I am not sure I am knowledgeable on the science behind it to start one. I am and always been a big sweet lover and after a few weeks to month I didnt have them and also stopped the stress/ eating my feelings with carbs ehich in fact effected/ cteated moodiness and stressful thoughts. My favorite vice now is rebounding daily 15 minutes and often 10 min before work.
I apologize for responding even though I havent had the challenge of diabetes, but I am a social worker and it is bigger than me not throwing in a more positive productive possibility.