Now
that I’ve been on the gestational diabetes meal plan for almost a month, I
figured I would give you an update on how it’s going and give you a little more
specifics on what all it entails. I’ve
been surprised to learn that a lot of people think the GD diet is low-carb or
non-carb. It’s absolutely not that. In
fact, a big part of the meal plan is ensuring that I eat some carb, some
protein and some fat in each sitting. As
I’ve said previously, the diet is really not that bad. Other than breakfast,
it’s kind of the way I like to eat anyway.
Here
are the specifics given to me by my doctor (I’m sure other doctors do it
differently, so if your doctor says something different, follow those
directions:
1.
Breakfast: 2 starch, 2 protein, 1 fat (no milk,
no fruit)
a. Favorite
breakfast so far: breakfast burrito
i. 1
whole wheat tortilla
ii. 1
egg
iii. 1
oz cheese
iv. Salsa
v. Sometimes
I’ll add spinach or chopped bell pepper too
2.
Snack #1: 1 starch, 1 protein, 1 fat, 1 milk
a. Favorite
morning snack: Balance Bar & a glass of milk
3.
Lunch: 2 starch, 3 protein, 1 vegetable (or
more), 1 fruit, 1 milk, 1 fat
a. Favorite
lunch: Mediterranean chicken wrap:
i. 1
whole wheat tortilla
ii. 3
oz grilled chicken
iii. 1
tbsp hummus
iv. Spinach,
lettuce, cucumbers tomatoes
v. Glass
of milk or 6 oz yogurt
vi. 1
cup strawberries
4.
Snack #2: 1 starch, 1 protein, 1 fat, 1 fruit
a. Favorite
afternoon snack: 1 oz goat cheese, 1 serving Triscuits, 1 apple
5.
Dinner: 2 starch, 4 protein, 1 vegetable (or
more), 1 fat, 1 milk (optional)
a. Favorite
dinner:
i. 4
oz grilled chicken
ii. 1
cup veggies (zucchini, kale or broccoli, usually)
iii. 2/3
cup rice
iv. 1
tsp butter
6.
Bedtime snack: 1 protein, 1 starch, 1 fat, 1
milk
a.
Favorite bedtime snack: ¼ cup cottage cheese,
with 1 piece of buttered toast & a glass of milk.
One
of the hardest parts of the meal plan is taking the extra 10-15 minutes each
morning to pack my lunch plus two snacks.
I really should start packing my lunch before bed time, but I just can’t
quite seem to ever make myself gather up the energy at the end of the
night. I am very glad that I already
owned a food scale so that I can always measure out exactly how many ounces of
each type of food I’m supposed to be eating.
The one big downside to this meal plan is that it is definitely more
expensive than my typical diet due to all the extra protein (i.e. meat) that I
have to purchase. One way I’ve always
been able to keep household grocery costs down all these years is by cooking
vegetarian meals at least half the time.
While I’m sure that a vegetarian could figure out how to make this meal
plan work for them, based on the paperwork they gave me, it seems I would end
up eating an awful lot of tofu. I like
tofu and all, but I don’t think I could handle that much of it! Oh well, only about a month and half left to
go!
Here are some pictures of typical meals I've been eating.
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1 egg, 1 oz cheese, 2 pieces of toast with 1 tbsp butter |
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Mediterranean wrap as described above |
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Pot roast, broccoli, small potato, greek yogurt |
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