What should I have for breakfast?

linzerd · December 2013

Well I had a lovely morning. After slipping UP the stairs outside carrying my tiny dog, scraping both legs and almost crushing her, then there was an accident on my way to work so I was detoured and got into work even later than I thought I would.

I have my GD 1 hour test today and it's not until 3:30. I grabbed a raspberry greek yogurt out of the fridge and just read it has 19g of sugar. So now I am going to have to go downstairs and get something.....other than hard boiled eggs, WHAT CAN I EAT??? Ugh. And I can't even have any coffee. This day sucks already and it's only 9:18AM.

lazyreader · December 2013

Eat whatever. It's no worse than chugging a soda (sugar wise).

Plus your body should process any breakfast WELL before your appt. same for lunch if you eat around noon.

angelsnight · December 2013

Whatever you want....if there were restriction they would have told you. The GD test measures how your body reacts to the sugar in your system, not how much sugar is in it. Besides, I test my BS two hours after a meal, and then I eat a snack....so even if you ate too much sugar for breakfast somehow, it would not be a factor for a test at 3:30 pm.

Yogurt is fine....and if you're really worried, I am alloted 30 grams of carbs for breakfast, 19 is low even for a diabetic.

linzerd · December 2013

They specifically told me not to eat anything sweet the day of the test...

mfarmer0811 · December 2013

angelsnight said:

Whatever you want....if there were restriction they would have told you. The GD test measures how your body reacts to the sugar in your system, not how much sugar is in it. Besides, I test my BS two hours after a meal, and then I eat a snack....so even if you ate too much sugar for breakfast somehow, it would not be a factor for a test at 3:30 pm.

Yogurt is fine....and if you're really worried, I am alloted 30 grams of carbs for breakfast, 19 is low even for a diabetic.

Unfortunately, 19 isn't that low for a diabetic, I'm only allowed 23 g. carb for breakfast! If I know I'm not going to have a snack, I may have 35g. If you can find some low-sugar oatmeal, that will help. Greek yogurt would be good because it has protein, you could always add some nuts to it, but no granola, because that has carbs as well. Good luck!

angelsnight · December 2013

linzerd said:

They specifically told me not to eat anything sweet the day of the test...

Then I'm sorry but whoever told you that kind of sounds like an idiot. What does that mean? No cookies? No milk? Almost everything has at least a couple of grams of carbs. Even diabetics NEED carbs, just not a lot. Don't eat cake, ice cream and french toast with syrup and powdered sugar, but I assure you if you eat normal food with some carbs in them, you won't fail the test because of that. And if you were to fail the one hour because it's got less strict parameters, that is what the 3 hour is for. Just eat normally and up your protein if you're worried.

carrieactually · December 2013

I ate a fage with honey which was like 29g about 2 hours before mine and passed so I think you'd be fine eating the yogurt you have

AriaAmante143 · December 2013

I had wheat toast with a tiny bit of PB on it before mine. I passed my one hour.

kelley72 · December 2013

Anyway- hope you decide to eat your yogurt and a protein packed lunch before your 3:30 apt. no way in hell would I make it that long without eating... Why cant you have coffee? small amounts of caffeine are ok unless you have other concerns.. to each his own but I do drink 2 to 3 cups per day

linzerd · December 2013

kelley72 said:

Anyway- hope you decide to eat your yogurt and a protein packed lunch before your 3:30 apt. no way in hell would I make it that long without eating... Why cant you have coffee? small amounts of caffeine are ok unless you have other concerns.. to each his own but I do drink 2 to 3 cups per day

I won't have coffee cause black coffee is nasty to me and I need sugar (truvia) in it. I'm sure I'll be fine without the coffee though. I just want it and hope I don't get a headache.

bumpuser9058414 · December 2013

I wasn't told to eat anything special. At 7:00 am I had coffee with nestle flavored creamer, a slice of whole wheat toast with a little peanut butter and a small amount of milk. I drank the drink at 8:40 am and when I got my results my blood sugar was 65. If you are diabetic you'll fail, just don't eat donuts and super sugary stuff. That yogurt is fine and have a healthy lunch too. I ate as I normally would because if I had GD, I'd want to know, not try to "cheat" it somehow by altering my diet.

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