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Has anyone had trouble with their numbers? GD again

SapphyrEyesSapphyrEyes
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So, I've been doing high protein and more veggie than carbs and my numbers are still sucking.  I've been eating meat this week which is disgusting beyond belief but I have no idea what to do.  I don't know if I should just call the OB on Monday and say that my numbers aren't working especially without a formal diet plan in place.  Especially since I'm hungry and want to eat.  And starving this time just doesn't seem like an option and is incredibly annoying.  (I know everyone says the GD diet you don't go hungry, but I did and do.  I cannot get full or satisfied at all eating the way they want and I wind up miserable, angry and mean to DH.)
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Re: Has anyone had trouble with their numbers? GD again

  • superauntsuperaunt member
    it took me several weeks to get my numbers consistent... how many carbs are you supposed to eat and are you eating them or are you eliminating them? it's important that you DO eat some carbs with every meal/snack and eat the total amount they say. At least that's what I've been told.
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  • amoureuxamoureux

    I am a vegetarian as well (lacto-ovo with the very occasional serving of fish).

    I don't know if this will help but I'll list a couple of the meals/snacks I have been having that work for me.

    snacks -

    10 thin triscuits with sharp cheddar cheese and a small apple

    1 piece of ancient grains bread (quinoa and all kinds of good stuff in there) with natural peanut butter

    meals -

    breakfast #1
    1/3 c porridge oats (slow cooking with flax, oatbran and wheat germ). (1/3 c uncooked).  16 g carbs
    1 c light unsweetened soy milk
    1/2 c coffee 1/2 c milk

    breakfast #2
    1 egg
    2 pieces of 'light' whole grain bread spread with cream cheese
    1/2 c coffee...

    (breakfast is the meal I need to restrict the most)

    lunch #1
    2 pieces of ancient grains bread with sharp cheddar, two 'veggie' lunch slices and red pepper
    100 g source yogurt
    1/2 banana
    baby carrots

    lunch #2
    1 c tomato soup
    grilled cheese and tomato on two pieces of light multi-grain bread (13 g of carbs in two slices)
    1 c unsweetened soy milk
    100g source yogurt
    baby carrots


    I also make sure I get up and move around after eating. The dietician stressed how important this was to help your body cope with the sugars.  I don't usually go for a walk per say but I'll vacuum, put away laundry, unload the dishwasher, etc etc

    GL - I hope it gets easier for you.

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  • SapphyrEyesSapphyrEyes
    I'm not eliminating carbs just yet because I don't have a diet plan yet.  I've been told to test this week and go back to the OB to show her them.  Since they are not being well controlled except for today when I resorted to eating barely anything for food.  (So far just two sandwiches today and about to have a third.)  It's just honestly frustrating doing this for a week without guidance.  Follow a GD diet doesn't really work for me because as of right now based on the plan I have from last time there's not much to eat.  And I did have to practically eliminate all my carbs last time and it looks like if my numbers today are any idication versus so far earlier this week I will have to do the same this time.
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  • SapphyrEyesSapphyrEyes
    imageamoureux:

    I am a vegetarian as well (lacto-ovo with the very occasional serving of fish).

    I don't know if this will help but I'll list a couple of the meals/snacks I have been having that work for me.

    snacks -

    10 thin triscuits with sharp cheddar cheese and a small apple

    1 piece of ancient grains bread (quinoa and all kinds of good stuff in there) with natural peanut butter

    meals -

    breakfast #1
    1/3 c porridge oats (slow cooking with flax, oatbran and wheat germ). (1/3 c uncooked).  16 g carbs
    1 c light unsweetened soy milk
    1/2 c coffee 1/2 c milk

    breakfast #2
    1 egg
    2 pieces of 'light' whole grain bread spread with cream cheese
    1/2 c coffee...

    (breakfast is the meal I need to restrict the most)

    lunch #1
    2 pieces of ancient grains bread with sharp cheddar, two 'veggie' lunch slices and red pepper
    100 g source yogurt
    1/2 banana
    baby carrots

    lunch #2
    1 c tomato soup
    grilled cheese and tomato on two pieces of light multi-grain bread (13 g of carbs in two slices)
    1 c unsweetened soy milk
    100g source yogurt
    baby carrots


    I also make sure I get up and move around after eating. The dietician stressed how important this was to help your body cope with the sugars.  I don't usually go for a walk per say but I'll vacuum, put away laundry, unload the dishwasher, etc etc

    GL - I hope it gets easier for you.

    Thank you for the sneak peek into a day of your diet.  :-)

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  • Married2MrWrightMarried2MrWright member

    Have you not been given a formal diet plan?  You should have one.

    You want to have some carbs at each meal...if you're just doing veggies and meat it will not be enough.  On my plan I get 30 g of carbs at breakfast and all 3 snacks and 45 g carbs for lunch and dinner.  I find that as long as I also have a good amount of protein with each meal or snack that I am not hungry at all.  If I have more carbs than protein, then I do get hungry about 1.5 hours after eating.

    My morning numbers are still slightly high after doing the GD diet to a T for the past week.  So my nutritionist said if they are elevated after this weekend to give her a call and see what we can do.  She did recommend that I have a glass of milk or some other lite carb snack in the middle of the night when I wake to use the bathroom.  So I will try that starting tonight. 

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  • SapphyrEyesSapphyrEyes
    imageMarried2MrWright:

    Have you not been given a formal diet plan?  You should have one.

    You want to have some carbs at each meal...if you're just doing veggies and meat it will not be enough.  On my plan I get 30 g of carbs at breakfast and all 3 snacks and 45 g carbs for lunch and dinner.  I find that as long as I also have a good amount of protein with each meal or snack that I am not hungry at all.  If I have more carbs than protein, then I do get hungry about 1.5 hours after eating.

    My morning numbers are still slightly high after doing the GD diet to a T for the past week.  So my nutritionist said if they are elevated after this weekend to give her a call and see what we can do.  She did recommend that I have a glass of milk or some other lite carb snack in the middle of the night when I wake to use the bathroom.  So I will try that starting tonight. 

    No plan yet.  The doctor thinks I'm somehow going to miraculously remember what I could eat last time that didn't kill my numbers.  I'll most likely have to go in for a second 3 hour GTT this week to see if I fail that one.  I passed the first one, but I pushed 3 liters of water through my system in those last two hours.

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