Nuts! Need ideas please!!

[JulieDB]

As for the diet, I have no clue if you are overweight or not to begin with. I was/am so the amount of calories I was eating while pregnant may not be enough for you. It was however difficult for me to eat all of it. Also my diet was mainly vegetarian at the time and I do love beans. So you wouldn't be eating what I ate.

Keep in mind that the body is the most insulin resistant first thing in the morning. So your breakfast may be smaller than you are used to. And it's likely to stay that way. That is one thing that doesn't seem to change.

Most likely they will have you eating 2 carb choices for breakfast. A seving of carb is 15g. If you are in the US you will need to subract the fiber from that to get the 15g. So for most breads it is one slice. And for many cereals it is 1/2 cup. Potatoes and pasta are 1/2 cup. Rice is more carby so only 1/3 cup.

You will also need to eat some protein and fat for breakfast. My typical breakfast was 2 slices of lightly buttered toast with an egg or a piece of cheese or some cottage cheese.

Between meals I was eating a piece of fruit.

Lunch was three carb choices, 3 protein choices (a serving of protein being 1 oz. or 1 egg or 1 T. peanut butter, 1 fat choice (1 t. butter or olive oil) and 2 serving of non starchy vegetables. A serving of vegetables is usually 1/2 cup cooked or 1 cup raw.

Dinner was five carb choices and 5 protein choices. Veggies and fat was the same.

My bedtime snack was one carb choice and one protein choice.

Keep in mind that most fruit is high in carbs and can be subtituted for a carb choice. Milk is also high in carbs. I don't like milk and don't consume it. But if you do, you would have to count it as a carb choice. I think 8 oz. is considered a serving. Foods that we think of as vegetables like peas and corn are high in carbs and would have to be counted as a carb choice. And watch the sauces and gravies. Always check the carb count of your jar, bottle or recipe.

I found it best at first to make everything in the form of a casserole. That way I could cut it in wedges or squares. I would add up the total of carbs in the recipe then divide it out to find out how many carbs I could safely eat.

And this is just my personal opinion, but watching the amount of carbs eaten is more important than the amount of protein and non-starchy veggies you are eating. Unless you are eating a ton of the veggies in one meal and then you will need to count them as a carb choice. I also don't pay much attention to the fat that I eat but I don't eat an overly fatty diet.

And then there are free foods. These are foods that have less than 4 g of carb per serving and tecnically no fat. Stuff like lettuce, cucmbers, pickles, sugar free Jell-O, fat free broth. So if you are still hungry between meals you can have a serving of these things.

However, many diabetics consider anything that is low in carbs to be fine to eat between meals. So they feel free to eat cheese, nuts, seeds, eggs, meat, etc. between meals.

[JulieDB]

Can you get a false positive on these 3 hour tests?

I'm reading online where you are supposed to "load up" on carbs 3 days before the test.

I've checked my blood sugars 2 hours after eating...even after eating a snicker bar with dinner :). And my blood sugar has never been above 109. It is has been 78 and 77 in the morning respectively.

And believe me no "working out here" mostly couch potato (broken tail bone has makes it difficult to excercise in pregnancies except in our pool which I have been in, in 4 days due to storms and visits with friends.)

Snickers bars are somewhat high in fat. I don't know what you ate for dinner. If it was high in fat, the spike may come at the 3 or 4 hour mark. Or you may just be one of the lucky ones. My dad and brother managed to remain around 80 for years no matter what they ate. And then one day they didn't. They're both on insulin now.

[JulieDB]

Little confused...

1st the "class" isn't until Sat.

2nd - Pricking is so much easier now (phew, the Delica is painless enough).

3rd - Yesterday I did the cardinal "sin" for diabetics. I had cereal for dinner (just to see how "bad" it was going to be). Rasin Bran with a Tablespoon of REAL Sugar (my favorite way to eat it).
Here is how the night looked...2 hours later - BS was 93...2 hours later 10:30 at night...79....decided low enough...I want some friggin icecream... I had about a scoop of Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (ate more dough the icecream though ;) ) This morning..BS was 70!!?!?

How in the world can a person with diabetes (gestationally or otherwise) have a BS of 70 in the morning 8 hours after icecream? Lunch I had 3 1/2 Tony's Pizza and ~3 handfuls of Froot Loops...(kids and I were playing a game). BS 2 hours later 98..

My mom has diabetes (newly diagnosed for 2-3 months now, and no help in the food dept.) She had icecream and was 198 in the morning and that is with 2 pills of some sort.

Most likely the problem is that you ate pretty much all carbs. You probably had a big spike that you didn't catch. It probably came early on. And then it dropped. 70 is not good. I will leave your numbers up to your Dr. to decide but most likely they won't want you to go so low.

Next time eat some protein of some sort. And maybe some fat. Yes, the ice cream does have some protein and fat but probably not enough. You should probably eat some peanuts or other form of nuts. That will take care of the protein and the fat.

But do keep in mind that when you are pregnant your blood sugar can be especially hard to control because your hormones are fluctuating and insulin is a hormone. I also developed a thyroid problem while pregnant and that puts a further cog into the picture.