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AACaHa13
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Frustrated about GD, need input!
AACaHa13
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So I saw a dietician for the first time yesterday and she said everything I am doing with controlling GD with my diet looks great. (Started to control it myself since I couldn't get in to see her for a couple weeks) She told me for my snack time to try to cut out the carbs and just eat protein. She saw that I would eat 12 wheat thins with cheese for a snack or some pretzels with cheese and had really good numbers after that following meal. Now since yesterday that I stopped eating carbs for snacks with a protein, I have had a big increase in my numbers one hour after lunch and one hour after dinner! I don't understand.
I talked to her about how I made some carrot cake and asked if it would be okay to eat it for a snack at night. She suggested to eat it as one of my carbs during lunch or dinner. Well, today for lunch, I ate the tiniest piece with a turkey sandwich and some cottage cheese putting me at 145. I am so confused. (Diet says I can have 3-4 carbs)
I had dinner last night with a great number afterwards (105) then had the same EXACT dinner tonight and it was 146! I don't get it. I am frustrated! My fasting numbers are fantastic. Its just after lunch and dinner yesterday and today, they have been higher...At what point is it considered one needs medication? And does it make your levels go up by spacing out meals longer?
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Re: Frustrated about GD, need input!
I do get different numbers eating the same thing, but not *wildly* different numbers.
105 and 146 the next day for the same thing make me think there is more than just the food.
Are your hands super clean? If I get what I think is a too high or too low number, I always re-test (clean my hands and dry them again, try a different finger, etc).
Also, is your exercise the same?
Honestly, I would probably skip the cake. Some people are going to be more sensitive to certain carbs than others. Rice, potato, breads, pastas... they are going to effect everyone differently. You might do great with rice but not with pasta. It is just a learning thing. I would assume that you don't do well with cake. Just a guess.
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I would have a small (itty bitty piece) as part of my snack pared with extra protein, not as part of my meal replacement (personally)... but there's also a chance there's something in it you're not tolerating (some don't tolerate certain foods no matter how many times we're told it's on the diet, it's within a portion size, etc). For me with DD it was rice - if it probably sat on a shelf NEAR any type of rice, it elevated me.
Going without carbs will force your body to release extra glucose which will in turn give you higher numbers.
My dietician nearly *** herself the first time I told her I was having whole fat, regular ice cream as part of my night time snack.... but it also gave me the best stead control of numbers and dropped my fasting by 10 points.
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I've had similar issues. Normally, if a # is off for a meal you eat regularly it's just an off day--could be your hormones.
I was unable to control my after lunch #s with diet, so my doctors watched my #s for two weeks. When it became clear that the #s were just staying high, I was prescribed Metformin 1 hour before lunch.
Everyone's body processes food differently. The odd thing about me is I can have ice cream, cookies or cake at night (usually paired with almonds). I cannot eat any fruit, anytime! It seems like the opposite would be true, but that's just how certain foods affect my blood sugar.