GD mommas help please

emriley84

Hi ladies. I have just been diagnosed with GD. I have all my testing supplies and I started testing today. I have a meeting with a nutritionist on Monday to go over diet, what my goal numbers are etc. In the mean time, I'm at a loss at to what to eat. They said avoid sugars and simple carbs. Anyone care to share their daily meal routine? I'm at a loss here, and I'd like to get my numbers under control ASAP, and hopefully be able to control this with diet alone. TIA

MBush4

I find my best numbers come when I stick with these options for my meals and snacks:

Breakfast: two slices of double fiber toast, 2 T peanut butter or 1 hard boiled egg, and 1 glass of milk. The toast is so high in fiber that two slices count as 1 serving. Or a La Tortilleria Factory low carb tortilla with an egg or two, cheese, and salsa as a breakfast burrito.

Lunch: salads with protein (usually a hard boiled egg), low-sodium and low-carb soups (broth based), or even a PB&J sandwich on aforementioned toast. I was surprised how low my numbers were when I ate it).

Dinner: non-starchy vegetable, 1/3 c brown rice and  1/2 c beans with meat, or the other night I had a low-carb whole wheat pasta with a sauce that had lots of sauteed vegetables, a little bit of tomato sauce, and extra lean ground meat.

For snacks I do flavored Greek yogurt, vegetable with plain Greek yogurt flavored with ranch seasoning of some sort, PB & whole wheat crackers, nuts...

But like PP said, different food affects blood sugar differently. It took me a while to figure out what things work and what things don't. Test around to see how different foods affect your sugar levels. I'm unfortunately learned that most fruits and juices spike my sugar A LOT and in order to keep my fasting numbers down I eat a handful of almonds right before I go to bed (I spoil myself and eat the cocoa roasted variety).

emriley84

Thank you ladies, that will definitely help me get through the weekend, and hopefully start getting my numbers down. I don't have a diet plan, how many carbs or what they want my numbers at yet, so I'm just trying to get a head start.

Amanda&EricB

I would definitely play around with it. See what you can eat and what would spike your numbers. Eat like you normally would and watch to see what the reaction is. Milk in the morning would spike my number up like crazy. But I could have it the rest of the day and be fine.

Try to have a protein anytime you have a carb.

brenaxtruthx

Been type 1 for 7 years... I find milk also spikes me in the morning but at night not so much.  Everything has sugars in it, the trick is learning what is good sugar and not good sugar...obvious answer: fruits are good and candies are not as good.  However, my doctor allows me to have small treats.  It's all about portion control.  Don't sit down and eat a whole bowl of cereal or a box of mac n cheese.

Examples of some meals I eat:

Breakfast (30-45 carbs):
Small banana with peanut butter
2 eggs, 2 slices of low carb toast (sometimes with cinnamon/sweetener for a little treat)
Serving of cereal with soy milk (I have to be careful because milk does spike me)

Lunch (30-45 carbs):
Half sandwich with lettuce, cheese, tomato, and light mayo; serving of baked lays (or half serving of other chips)
Small salad with light dressing, sometimes a bit of chicken on top, half an apple

Supper (45-60 carbs):
serving size of meat choice (usually baked chicken with seasoning), half cup of a starch like noodles/potatoes, cup of veggies, applesauce

Snack (15-30 carbs):
Popcorn
Caramel Rice Cake with Peanut Butter and Banana Slices
Banana  or Half an Apple
Celery with Peanut Butter and Raisins
200 Calorie Snack Packs 

Also if you need a quick meal to take to work weight watchers, south beach diet, etc... have some great pre-made meals