Nutrition For Women Calories
Posted in Health and Nutrition on 09/20/2009 12:26 am by Steven Nerenberg
Helpful cookbooks for gestational diabetes?
I am 14 weeks pregnant with twins, and found that I have gestational diabetes. Therefore, my OB has asked that I follow a diabetic food plan, but that I must be aware to consume the necessary caloric allotment of 3,200 daily. That is a lot of calories when almost eliminating carbs! Does anyone out there have a suggestion for a helpful (and easy) cookbook designed for women with gestational diabetes? I am sure I could use any diabetic cookbook, but am hoping for one geared more towards pregnant women, to help me get enough nutrition and calories in. Your help is appreciated.
Oh, and consuming meat is either hit-or-miss for me daily, as my morning sickness still lingers some days.
ADD: Yes, I am fully aware of the fact that I could easily look online. However, the whole point of using YA is to get actual perspectives and ideas. (Otherwise, wouldn’t the suggestion of just using Google pretty much eliminate about 95% of the questions on YA)
I feel your pain!!
I am experiencing my second pregnancy with gestational diabetes. Since I hae a strong family history of diabetes, they generally test me at about 8 weeks so I get to spend the entire pregnancy eating a diabetic diet.
With my first pregnancy I was not very good about following my diet and gained 40 pounds in a singleton pregnancy.
Now I’m 18 weeks deep into my second pregnancy and have been following the diabetic diet since beginning. I was nearly 20 pounds heavier when I conceived this time than last time and I have yet to gain any weight. Instead I’ve lost 8 pounds and remain 8 pounds lower than my pre-pregnancy weight. Again, I am carrying only one baby…. (and I was overweight.)
I spend a HUGE amount of time researching gestational diabetes and diets during my first pregnancy and discovered that of the inter-connected library service in my county (connected to three other counties there was only ONE book about it. Since the book had a long waiting list I only got to keep it for four weeks. Since it was dry as hell, I think I only got through three chapters.
I have yet to find any cookbooks geared toward pregnant diabetics. 
I will list in my resources the two BEST diabetic websites I have found to date.
Additionally, I will tell you that the key to my current success is walking after meals (about 10-20 minutes) and limiting my carb intakes to that which was specifically directed by the dietitian I was assigned to.
Further, here is a list of “super foods” I have found to give me great energy, meet my dietary requirements well, allow for second helpings, and keep my blood sugars low:
Spinach Quiche (If you like eggs,want a recipe I have a really easy one, email me and I will send it back to you.) The added benefit to this is that my midwife informed me that egg consumption helps strengthen the amniotic sac!
2. Home-made turkey chili (beans add additional which not only helps to keep sugar levels down, but had *ahem* added benefits to counteract pregnancy symptoms… again I have a great recipe.)
Great snackies:
Kashi brand makes a cracker that is virtually identical to a Triscut, but it has no added sugar and half the carbs, I get mine by the three pack at Costco. It’s called Heart-to-Heart
Plain Greek yogurt 7g carbs per serving! If you add 1-2 Splenda packets to a 1/2 cup, it tastes like creme freche! I like to throw a couple of raspberries in too for a low carb, low sugar fruit yogurt.
Places to find hidden sugars:
TOMATOS, tomato sauces. If you like Italian food… stick to meaty stews with small amounts of polenta and cheese… red sauce spikes my sugar every time!
Carrots (sad but true!) and OK in limited quantities ix-nay on the ranch dressing dip.
Peanut butter! Seems like a great place to get protein, I know! Actually it is, but you have to seek out the “special” peanut butter that is made with only peanuts and peanut oil. No added sugar (you can toss the Skippy and JIF right now.) Plus, this stuff usually requires refrigeration…
Pre-cooked bacon or jerky. Both of these are typically cured in sugar, so make sure you read packages.
It’s tough but not impossible. If you do it well you’re in great shape. If you have trouble, talk to your doctor, they can offer medication that isn’t insulin to try to help control it.
Best of luck to you!
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