Mummy with GD please share the GD diet please? My mum have 3 highs and I'm really trying to avoid it

Agreed with some of the mummies here: - it’s good to have a glucometer to test your blood sugar to find out. I think everyone reacts to sugar differently. - from the list of items you shared, I think prolly too much carbs (esp Monday) and also try to control on weekends. I thought my diet was healthy (most of my meals similar to your dinner), until I found out the glucose spike from the glucometer. The amount of carbs we can eat is really very small (if eating rice / bee hoon, cannot include root vegetables in the meals as they contain lotsa starch). I also have to cut my rice portion to 1/4 bowl in order to maintain the healthy glucose range. Also I noted my glucose level spike above 10 (2hrs after meals) when I take any deep fried food or food with spicy sauce (apparently lotsa sugar added to balance the spicy taste). Generally my diet now is like this (test glucose level right before and 2 hrs after meals): Breakfast - overnight oats (Raw organic rolled oats with yoghurt + milk + fresh food like banana / Blueberries. - obimin + DHA Light morning snack (around 10am, or 2 hrs after breakfast): a glass of sugar free soya milk Lunch: Mixed vegetable rice (when I go to office): make sure rice is only 1/4 rice bowl + protein (chicken) + 2 vegetables (greens, no root vegetables) Light afternoon snack (around 3pm or 2 hours after lunch): fresh fruits / a glass of sugar free mixed grain drink Dinner: home made salad: spinach, egg, avo, chicken breast, almond, dressing: olive oil + balsamic vinegar. Generally, the glucose level can maintain are 4.5-5.5 mmol before meal and 5.5-6.6 mmol 2 hrs after meals. The portion is very important. It’s really about eating small meal and light snacks over 2-3hours. Drink only water, no carbonated drinks or fruit juice (even the fresh fruit juice). Once a while I will cheat abit(but just 1 meal) in a week but I make sure I walk for 10k steps (about 1-1.5 hours walk) after that.

Hey mummy! I had GD too! My hubs was super strict about my diet. So this is my EVERYDAY MEAL. Super sian but it’s for the baby 🥲🤣 because I had to prick my finger and test for sugar level. Let me share with you my ‘boring ‘meal plan Breakfast - Anmum maternal milk with low sugar - peanut butter with 2 slice of whole grain bread - nuts or banana or apple *I think warm oats with some fruits and peanut butter will be good for breakfast, you’ll feel fuller Lunch and dinner - lots of boiled vegetables like 🥦 🌽🥕🍅🫑 🥬 - carbs like half of 🥔 or 🍠 - and 1 piece of air fry salmon Fruits are my snacks 🍏🍎🍒🍑🍌🍉🍓 but don’t take to much coz they have sugar content too. If you have a sweet tooth like me and craving for bbt , I cut slices of lime and lemon and dump it in my water. So sad I know. Sometimes I will take a sip. So after 1 hr of my meal, I prick my finger, the results will be at least from 4.8 - 5.8. So this is the safe zone. I hope this helps! You can do it mummy!

you are probably taking too much carbs and sugar (from the bread, buns and sugar rolls). please take more protein especially for breakfast such as eggs. this will help with your body weight. watch your portions too, follow the healthy plate. protein should be palm sized, vegetables palm sized, rice fist sized, fats thumb sized. As for GD patients, it’s always important to exercise so if you want to prevent it, just start going for walks. time yourself to walk at least 20mins, no need complicated exercises to start. i will time myself 10mins walking out of the house and U-turn for 10mins walk back home.

Only way to know if your diet is working is by prick finger test. Do you test before and 2 hours after meal? For me I almost turn into keto diet with high amount of protein n vegetables. My frequent diet can also be yongtoufu soup without any mee or rice, will be replaced by tofu and root veg. I cannot take any type of rice. Even so, my carbs portion is a miserable a palm size portion. As for bread,only wholemeal bread doesn't spike my levels.

I started controlling diet right from very beginning. Act my bfast is mostly bread w egg and has been eating almost everyday till now (wk 29). Red bean bun is actually very high in sugar content. Carbo also is sugar. I think still can have cheat day but not so often. I think eat more healthy protein and vegetables. Fruits actually also has sugar so don’t overtake also. Exercise is important to prevent excessive weight gain :)

There is no cheat day for GD patients. Everyday need to control intake of sugar. If there is family history, low chance we will not have it. My maternal side had family history of GD and here i am, diagnosed with GD as well. My cousin who dont take sweet drinks during her pregnancy also diagnosed with GD.

i have GD and supposed to take metformin, which i didnt. i stopped drinking soya bean for breakfast and bubble tea for lunch. do some walks even in the supermarket after lunch helps to get my sugar level down.