Oh, and the diabetes-friendly pasta is a brand called Dreamfields.

The bread was Nature’s Own Wheat Bread Double Fiber, which I got from Target.

Sweet potatoes were indeed no problem. I was allowed 30 gm carbs for full meals (15 gm for snacks), and a small sweet potato is about 25 gm, so with broccoli & chicken it got me right to 30. They have a lot of fiber, maybe that’s why they are ok? Or maybe I was just lucky with them. Normal potatoes, on the other hand, were a disaster....

And my Russian friend says the grain she gave me was buckwheat.

Anonymous wrote:OMG I remember that.... it *sucked*

This was my general plan. (I also carried around cheese sticks just in case I was consumed by hunger. Its been 7 yrs & I have yet to eat another cheese stick....)

Breakfast: 2 eggs Scrambled with cheese, 1 slice Low carb high fiber bread (got it at target), coffee with a tiny bit of heavy cream

Mid morning snack: vanilla Greek yogurt (not non-fat) Mixed with 1/2 of a bigger sized carton of strawberries

Lunch: peanut butter sandwich (low carb high fiber bread), a baby bell cheese, hard boiled egg on spinach salad with oil/vinegar

Pm snack: Bag of almonds, 7 baby carrots & a whole sliced up English cucumber, cheese stick (not low fat!)

Dinner was often one of these options:
- taco salad (chicken breast cut up & cooked with taco seasoning, 2 crushed up hard tacos, lettuce, cheese, salsa, little bit of sour cream)

-cut up chicken breast mixed with diabetes-friendly pasta bow ties (from Amazon), pesto & walnuts

-chicken breast with broccoli & a baked sweet potato

- Some coarse grain that my Russian friend (who had also had GD) brought me (it was like kasha or bulgur - not sure what because box was in Russian, but low glycemic index) cooked in chicken broth. Threw in cut up chicken breast & part of a bag of mixed frozen vegetables & mixed it together

- if we went out to eat then I would also have a burger & just take a bit or two of the bun.

Before bed snack: bag of almonds & 1/2 of a supermarket-brand ice cream sandwich

The key, for me, seemed to be getting a mix of fat, carbs and fiber in every meal/snack. If one of those elements was missing then my blood sugar wasn’t as stable.

You can do a sweet potato?! Lucky! : )

Just have a cookie, it’s not going to kill you our the baby. I’ve had gestational diabetes three times, one cookie is not this big thing.

OMG I remember that.... it *sucked*

This was my general plan. (I also carried around cheese sticks just in case I was consumed by hunger. Its been 7 yrs & I have yet to eat another cheese stick....)

Breakfast: 2 eggs Scrambled with cheese, 1 slice Low carb high fiber bread (got it at target), coffee with a tiny bit of heavy cream

Mid morning snack: vanilla Greek yogurt (not non-fat) Mixed with 1/2 of a bigger sized carton of strawberries

Lunch: peanut butter sandwich (low carb high fiber bread), a baby bell cheese, hard boiled egg on spinach salad with oil/vinegar

Pm snack: Bag of almonds, 7 baby carrots & a whole sliced up English cucumber, cheese stick (not low fat!)

Dinner was often one of these options:
- taco salad (chicken breast cut up & cooked with taco seasoning, 2 crushed up hard tacos, lettuce, cheese, salsa, little bit of sour cream)

-cut up chicken breast mixed with diabetes-friendly pasta bow ties (from Amazon), pesto & walnuts

-chicken breast with broccoli & a baked sweet potato

- Some coarse grain that my Russian friend (who had also had GD) brought me (it was like kasha or bulgur - not sure what because box was in Russian, but low glycemic index) cooked in chicken broth. Threw in cut up chicken breast & part of a bag of mixed frozen vegetables & mixed it together

- if we went out to eat then I would also have a burger & just take a bit or two of the bun.

Before bed snack: bag of almonds & 1/2 of a supermarket-brand ice cream sandwich

The key, for me, seemed to be getting a mix of fat, carbs and fiber in every meal/snack. If one of those elements was missing then my blood sugar wasn’t as stable.

Go buy dark chocolate that has 80% cocoa and eat a small piece.

Cheese. Full fat yogurt. Nuts.

Protein, protein, protein!

Heavy stuff, high in fat and protein.

One night when I was starving, soon after being diagnosed with GD, DH made me a steak with a fried egg and parmesan cheese on it. I was so hungry and it was so delicious.

Nuts, cheese (I splurged and always had 3 nice cheeses on hand), crunchy veggies with guacamole, low sugar fruit such as grapefruit, oranges, raspberries, strawberries. Eggs. Peanut butter (low sugar). Dark chocolate >80 percent—totally recommend having a square or two each night. Lots of meat with veggie sides. Cauliflower rice. Zucchini noodles. A treat for me at a restaurant would be a super decadent burger without the bun and a side salad.

Thanks! I’ve been adding cheese but maybe need to add more? I want a chocolate chip cookie so badly. Sigh.

More protein nuts and water.

Before I had the diet figured out, I had some days where I was ravenous. What helped me was to add another slice of cheese, increase protein without increasing carbs.

You'll get it figured out, OP.

I have really been struggling with GD and am constantly hungry. If you had GD how did you manage feeling hungry? I’ve tried all kinds of snacks.