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GD moms, did you survive the holidays?

I basically threw my hands up this weekend and said, screw it.  I didn't do anything bad, stuck with the diet-but the whole, checking 1 hr. after each meal-well with traveling and the holidays, I didn't really eat 3 square meals.  In fact, I had a little breakfast early am, then 2 days in a row had a "brunch" at 10:30-which is supposed to be snack time, but then we weren't going to be eating lunch b/c we were on the road traveling both days, but it seemed to early to call it lunch...so I basically skipped my midday readings.  Then at dinner, I ate cookies xmas eve, but that was it.  So I don't feel too bad, my readings have been a little elevated but given the circumstances, I'm hoping that it will go back to normal when I get back on a schedule.  Oh, and then I left my glucometer out in the car by accident and it got too cold and I went to take my reading and it said it was an error.  UGH. But then genius me left my glucometer at my inlaws-3 hours away.  Luckily I have another one here, but still.  C'MON.  I'm REAL tired of this GD nonsense already. 

Re: GD moms, did you survive the holidays?

  • I basically had the same weekend, minus the meter issues!  I only had one reading above where they want it to be (but who knows since I missed a reading on time).  I've been very good outside of the weekend and didn't go nuts, so it's back to the grind as of yesterday.  Only 11 weeks or less to go (they will only let me go to 41w vs. 42w now)! 

     

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  • Mine was similar- meal times were way off, so testing was hard. The hardest part was sticking to three meals, two snacks. With the holidays, I tend to "graze" all day.... which made the testing hard. I did allow myself a few cookies here and there, and my levels stayed alright as long as they were spaced out. Problem is... we still have lots of cookies and candy lingering around our house, and I need to just  be done with it!
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  • I had a really good couple of days. My readings all day on Christmas Day were fine, as well as yesterday. I had birthday cake and some goodies on Christmas Day and all my readings were perfect.

    I think LO is starting another growth spurt though since my fasting numbers the last two days have drastically risen and are on the cusp of being too high. I'm going to wait one more day as per the instructions the endo gave me before upping my Insulin.

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  • I did pretty well with staying on the diet and eating at the right times.  I only had high numbers twice, breakfast each time.  I would wait and eat my dessert as a snack after checking my numbers, so I think that helped.
  • That's interesting penguin, I didn't know that about growth spurts affecting things.
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  • Yea... all my meals were all over the place... no real snacks... it was a mess... I am not looking forward to my next doctors appointment LOL
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  • I did test (except one night when I was just too tired to stay awake for even an hour) and everything stayed within acceptable numbers, except for fasting. Some of my numbers were a little higher than normal, but still within my allowed numbers. The only numbers high were fasting...it was pretty high above allowed fasting the first morning after not having a snack before bed so I made sure to have a snack going forward. After that, my fasting numbers were lower, but still higher than allowed (often by 1 or 2). 

    Overall, I was relieved that I could still enjoy the holiday meals (including work party, etc.) and still control my numbers. For the most part, I just added more meat to my plate and took a little bit of the sides that I really, really look forward too. I also had my mom freeze some of my favorite baked goods so that I can look forward to enjoying them in a month or so.  

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  • It was tricky, but I think I did okay.  Just like you, we mostly grazed all day, so it was really hard to figure out what was "meal time" and what was "snack time" and it was even harder not to eat anything for at least an hour so I could test, but my numbers weren't as bad as I thought.  I tried to stay within my carb range and I think I did pretty well.  I ate a lot of turkey, ham and veggies, just a little bit of cheesy potatoes, and avoided the rolls all together.  I did splurge and have a few crackers on Christmas Eve and a little bit of chocolate candy on Christmas, but I only had one number that was above 120, so I was happy.
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