I'm eating the same way good clean diet eat a lot of diabetic recipes... I haven't try salad yet but have try some red meat ground very lean beef and good lean pork I live in Texas we eat a lot of red meat a long with fish and Deer,wild hog,I drink a lot of v8 juice and summer vegs out of my garden...I have try some real sugar foods very little and it's ok...Sleeve march 4th I was at 200lbs and at 165 lbs been on a stall for 3 weeks just when down today about 1.5lbs to day I have up my water and more protein 85g a day by eating or drinking it also up my cals ..and lower my carbs..I haven't been to the gym much my right hand now in a brace for 6 weeks I did go for a walk today ....I use myfitnesspal everyday to track my food ....