gd dovyou ever cheat?

sunflwr2

My levels are completely controlled by diet. I'm just wondering have you had a day or meal/snack where you just splurged knowing your numbers would be high after? I havent done this but im dying for candy right now knowing it will for sure put me over.

Justabean3

Yes I did

And my MFM doctor was ok with it. If you do small cheats.

minirella

Yes, I work wonky hours and sometimes I don't get to eat on shift and then I'm so hungry afterwards that I blow my carb limit. Mine is controlled through diet right now but I'm getting a glucose reader whenever the office decides to call in the order because they want to know my actual levels now.

KMW08

Yes! I've been fortunate though as my numbers aren't terrible.

For instance for dinner we went to Wendy's. I had a pretzel burger, small fries, half of a small chocolate frosty & a diet coke. My # was 137 2hrs later. If I would've skipped my fries or the ice cream my # probably would've been fine. It takes a lot (imo) for my numbers to be over 110.

I have also found that peanut butter candy (Reese's) doesn't affect my #s too bad either.

As long as I balance the carbs with protein I've had pretty good luck. Soda is about the only thing I've found that really spikes my #s.

My OB said he wouldn't be terribly concerned unless my #s are consistently 150+

CandaceC1020

I'm not technically GD, but my midwives have me following the diet because my numbers are on the high side of normal (I passed my 3 hour test).  When I want something, I'll eat it but I take the remainder of my meals and foods into consideration.  I won't splurge for a whole day and eat nothing by junk and sugar, but I will allow myself a treat from time to time. 

yvanehtnioj

Yes I did cheat. I would try to make it better by walking for awhile afterwards, at least 20 minutes. For the most part that strategy worked, and I'd have normal or marginally high readings 1 hour later.

And then I'd get ridiculous numbers after perfectly normal meals...

jaminjeff

Yup, and I probably have three max high numbers (out of 28 numbers) each week and my OB is thrilled with my numbers and my weight gain (or lack thereof).

jlf1019

Of course. And as long as I keep getting good reports from my endocrinologist, I will probably keep cheating. Granted, I take glyburide with my supper, so that helps a bit and gives me a little more cushion to eat more. But I'm 31.5 weeks and my GD is classified as "well-managed." I visited my endocrinologist one time after I had eaten Olive Garden for lunch and she said "good for you." I find it much easier to behave and stay within my limits the majority of the time if I allow myself to cheat once a week or so. 

jlf1019

Also, to add, I've been treating GD (my endo said she would call it insulin resistance, not full on GD) since 10 weeks. So if I didn't let myself cheat, I would have lost my mind by now. 

Bigboneded

I just got started, my numbers are borderline high... unless I cheat, (ice cream and thin mints) scored a 173. And they want my fasting below 90, it hasnt been yet. I will probably win some glyburide for the remainder.... and I think a once a week cheat is reasonable. If the rest of your levels are good.
@minirella‌ how do you know you are controlled by diet without a glucometer?

Cryssteen

minirella said:

Yes, I work wonky hours and sometimes I don't get to eat on shift and then I'm so hungry afterwards that I blow my carb limit. Mine is controlled through diet right now but I'm getting a glucose reader whenever the office decides to call in the order because they want to know my actual levels now.

Just curious: How are you controlling it through diet if you don't know your numbers throughout the day?

sunflwr2

Cryssteen said:

minirella said:

Yes, I work wonky hours and sometimes I don't get to eat on shift and then I'm so hungry afterwards that I blow my carb limit. Mine is controlled through diet right now but I'm getting a glucose reader whenever the office decides to call in the order because they want to know my actual levels now.

Just curious: How are you controlling it through diet if you don't know your numbers throughout the day?

I was wondering this too.