Originally Posted by
Blueobelisk
Yeah I get the feeling lol. My parents buy KFC or Pizza or something every Friday and then on Saturday they go out to a restaurant to eat. Of course I don't join them but it's hard to eat your small "healthy" meal when there's something good in your face. (Not to mention my physics and math clubs keep inviting me and they order pizza and soda and I have to watch and get told "Hey Tariq take a slice" ZZZZZZZZZZ.)
But if he's really diabetic then he shouldn't be eating snacks like chocolate at all. (Not that I'm blaming your Mom or saying that he does.) The healthy-meal part of the diet is good to lose weight, but won't help too much with his diabetes (just don't give him a lot of sugar or salt and really any meal will work out). Just watch what snacks he eats, it's okay as long as they aren't loaded with sugar. If he has Type 2 Diabetes make sure he exercises, even if it's very lightly. The point of the exercise isn't to lose weight or burn calories, but to get his cells to be more active, which can help his diabetes.
To reiterate: There's a difference between a diet to lose weight and a diet to help Type 2 diabetes. If you're trying to kill two birds with one stone that'll be good but maybe you should wean him into the losing weight part. (If you haven't been.)