I got diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes on Friday. I need to know what to eat till I see a nutritionist?
I am going out for a preplanned dinner date with my husband. he works 70 hours a week so we planned this quite a while ago. he told me to pick a restaurant I can eat at and he would find something but I don’t really know what to eat. I got a diabetic diet from the doctor but it isn’t for pregnant women. I am only allowed 6 oz of meat a day on this plan. It i just a guideline. I don’t have to follow it word for word but I don’t see a nutritionist till tomorrow morning. any suggestions would help.
meat is protein so you have to eat protein to counteract the carbs. you need to cut carbs not meat. I am asking for people who have gone out to dinner with it.
I currently have gestational diabetes and have been able to manage it with diet and exercise. I have eaten at Applebees and had the oriental chicken roll up and about half the fries that come with it. I have also gone to Red Lobster and had the king or snow crab, the mashed potatoes, one biscuit, and a caesar salad. I have eaten at Chipotle and had the burrito with chicken, black beans, rice, cheese, mild salsa, and sour cream or the burrito bowl with the same stuff and half a bag of the tortilla chips. I’ve gone to Noodles and Company and had the Med Salad and a three piece pot sticker. I can have a taco salad from anywhere…There’s lots of choices. My diet says 4 carb choices (up to 60 grams of carbs) 3 oz of protein and one fat choice (sour cream, salad dressing, etc) for lunch or dinner type meal. This is a guideline and your body may tolerate some stuff better than others. Get a portion of meat that is about the size of your palm, a carb like potatoes or rice that’s about 1/2-1 cup, veggies, a salad with dressing on the side, drink water or diet soda or tea with artificial sweetener, avoid fruit. If you want a desert, share it…NO HONEY!!
Try to walk around for about 15 minutes about one hour after you eat. I’ve done this and been fine with my sugars (they stay between 60-120 two hours after a meal). Have fun!!!
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just try to cut out sugar,meat and cheese type foods for a while. vegetables are fine, so maybe pasta with veg or white meat/fish with salad etc… might be best.
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Well I don’t know much about it, but this website (is a little weird, I know) has some good guidelines for servings and such.
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http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/diabetes-gestational-diet-plan.html
The information that the doctor gave you, even though not for pregnant women, should be used as a guide for now. Don’t over do the carbs. Make sure you eat meat, you need the protein it provides.
With my last baby I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I was scared to death. I too was sent to see a dietitian. She set up a diet plan that really wasn’t all that difficult to follow. Make sure to follow their advice, so you won’t progress to the point of needing insulin or further intervention. To control gestational diabetes by diet is the best for you and your baby.
Once my baby was delivered my blood sugar returned to normal within hours. And I was able to return to a normal diet. My daughter is now 20 and I have had no further problems.
Good luck I hope you have a great pregnancy, delivery and a happy healthy baby!
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ok for one thing, pasta and rice have to be in portions you shouldn’t eat a lot of those because of the starches, vegetables you can pretty much eat as much as you like except tomato, STAY AWAY FROM MARINARA SAUCE, that is a big no no i found that one out the hard way and my gestational diabetes isn’t that bad and the marinara sauce put it to 201, just try to watch what you consume with sugars i mean you could ask the waiter about it if you want but i don’t know
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I currently have gestational diabetes and have been able to manage it with diet and exercise. I have eaten at Applebees and had the oriental chicken roll up and about half the fries that come with it. I have also gone to Red Lobster and had the king or snow crab, the mashed potatoes, one biscuit, and a caesar salad. I have eaten at Chipotle and had the burrito with chicken, black beans, rice, cheese, mild salsa, and sour cream or the burrito bowl with the same stuff and half a bag of the tortilla chips. I’ve gone to Noodles and Company and had the Med Salad and a three piece pot sticker. I can have a taco salad from anywhere…There’s lots of choices. My diet says 4 carb choices (up to 60 grams of carbs) 3 oz of protein and one fat choice (sour cream, salad dressing, etc) for lunch or dinner type meal. This is a guideline and your body may tolerate some stuff better than others. Get a portion of meat that is about the size of your palm, a carb like potatoes or rice that’s about 1/2-1 cup, veggies, a salad with dressing on the side, drink water or diet soda or tea with artificial sweetener, avoid fruit. If you want a desert, share it…NO HONEY!!
Try to walk around for about 15 minutes about one hour after you eat. I’ve done this and been fine with my sugars (they stay between 60-120 two hours after a meal). Have fun!!!
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Currently have GD and 35 weeks pregnant.