Gestational Diabetes Question.

SoxFan777

Gestational Diabetes Questions, also posted on Pregnant after a Loss.

Anyone else on here have Gestational Diabetes?  I haven't been diagnosed yet but I realize that I might have it since I had it with my first pregnancy.  I wanted to start with the reduced carb/healthy eating now, but I'm hungry at night and (like right now) ALL I want is ice cream!  I'm about 7 weeks and I haven't gained any weight yet (lost 3 pounds but that's negligible, as I'm 160ish), so I think I'm doing well.  I KNOW that gaining too much weight in the first trimester with GD is bad, so I'm being careful.

Anyway, what SNACKS and MEALS do you gals "go to"?  I'm also working full time and taking classes 3 nights a week, and I have a busy toddler.  NO TIME to cook, sadly.  I did a can of Pasta Fagioli soup last night for dinner and it was pretty good but LOTS of sodium (is that, like, the least of my concerns at this point or should I still care?)... anyway, I was hungry 3 hours later and I ended up with ice cream in hand... What do you guys do for quick, ready to eat meals?  Or snacks late at night? 

lmcgt

I do lots of nuts for snacks especially before bed, peanut butter toast or English muffin, yoplait light yogurt helps me with the sweet cravings. Hope that helps. The ladies on this board are pretty great with food suggestions!

mikkigold

I also do yogurt when I'm craving sweets (which is always) but I do greek yogurt because it has more protein. I also freeze it so it satisfies my ice cream cravings! 

10-4LilBuddy

I like the Nature Valley protein bars. Quick, easy, tasty. Word of warning - don't eat more than one or two a day. It's a lot of fiber.

BeachBucket

There is some "carb smart" ice cream that is, surprisingly, not the worst thing ever. 15g carb per 1/2 cup. I agree that yoplait lights are go to for sweet fixes or sugar free pudding if I really need a good chocolate fix.

Other snacks include: cheese cubes, turkey slices (from the deli), pepperoni, cottage cheese, Quaker granola bars, any 100 calorie pack snacks (I have found that almost all of them have just 15g of carbs), and fruit & veggies paired with peanut butter or ranch (apples, celery, carrots).

Meals: Breakfast is usually always turkey bacon or sausage with toast. I, recently, have been jazzing it up by making burritos. I brown sausage with bell peppers and add eggs then use a whole wheat tortilla shell and hit it with some hot sauce. I keep the left over sausage/pepper mixer in the fridge for the next few days.

Lunch sucks. I usually just make a sandwich or grilled cheese. Add some fruit and a salad. I do some soups too, but I do watch the sodium. I really try and make extra from dinner to have left overs.

Dinner: Some of our favs include: turkey meatloaf with a baked sweet potato, cottage cheese, and salad, spaghetti, sloppy joes (I skip the bun to have more mac n cheese ,  (grilled, baked, how ever) chicken and veggies with brown rice, shrimp skewers with rice or shrimp scampi with angel hair whole wheat pasta, parm tilapia with steamed veggies and rice.

We usually always have a salad at dinner. Strawberry poppy seed spinach salad is a big favorite. Also, deviled eggs are a nice treat when I feel like making them. I try to chose meals that take 45min or less to make or that I can prep before hand. Like browning all my ground turkey for the week on Sunday that I might use. Shrimp cooks pretty quick (5min) as well as any fish. I buy the potatoes that you can "bake" in the microwave.

I completely understand the busy lifestyle. I really try my best to prep a lot of the meals before hand. I have managed to remain diet controlled and eating at home really helps me to not only be full, but stay within my limits. I understand that's not an option for everyone though.

Best of luck!

AnsbyGamber

I snack on Fiber One bars w/ protein (I get the Caramel Nut flavor), peanut butter crackers, wheat thins w/ laughing cow cheese or hummus, or just plain. Pepperidge Farms Nature Bakes (I think that's the name?) have a few different flavors I like, I also eat apple and cinnamon rice cakes w/ peanut butter, celery or other veggies with peanut butter, spinach dip, ranch or hummus. I love string cheese or cheese cubes, greek yogurt (I get the Dannon Light & Fit Greek yogurt, the cherry is amazing! And only 9 carbs!) My doctor recommended popcorn as a bedtime snack, so I bought the mini bags and DH and I will split one of those before bed. I'll portion all of the cracker/veg type items into 15g portions and then put them in ziploc bags and keep them in my purse, office, home.

For breakfast, I make these on Sunday nights: crack an egg into each section of a muffin tin (or as many as you will use during the week), add breakfast ingredients you like. I use turkey sausage crumbles, spinach, cheese, jalapenos, sauteed onion & bell peppers, whatever I'm in the mood for. I will also make them different from each other if I think I'll get bored with the same thing every day. Then I bake them at 350 for about 30 mins or until they dont jiggle. I keep them in the fridge and then during the week I throw some bread or an english muffin in the toaster, throw an egg thing in the microwave for 30 secs, make a sandwich and I have a good breakfast on the run.

Lunch is typically soup and salad or a sandwich and salad, or I just take a few snacks and make them into lunch (apple & peanut butter with greek yogurt and some celery and spinach dip) depending on how my lunch time is looking.

For dinner we typically have meat of some kind, a steam pack of veggies and/or a salad, and then I'll get my carbs in with either dessert (greek yogurt or fruit) or some bread and butter with dinner.