Recipe Exchange

Hi Cdjd,

Welcome to the board! If you do a quick stroll through the listings, there are a lot of healthy alternative recipes posted.

Be careful of not only your sugar intake, but things that convert to sugar too...like starches.

Hang in there....with the holiday weekend in process, it's apt to be a little slow until Mon or Tues, but I'm sure you'll get some replies.

Jim

Thanks Jim.

No problem...You're welcome...but I don't see where I did much of anything other than say 'Hello'.

Have a great 4th if you're in the U.S., if you're living off our 'North Coast'...Happy Canada Day (a little late, but...)

Jim

Cdjd, I have type 2 diabetes, diagnosed in March 2007. Definitely increase your intake of vegetables and beans. Everyday, and sometimes for more than 1 meal, I like a big salad with chopped lettuces (green leaf, romaine, red leaf, a splash of iceberg for the crunch) chopped carrots, radishes, red cabbage, a bit of crumbled feta or Gorgonzola cheese, maybe a sprinkle of bacon bits and topped with a lot of beans. You can use garbanzo, black beans, kidney beans, etc. I then mix in a small amount of dressing. It's wonderful and healthy.

Try to stay away from breads, especially white breads, white potatoes, white rice. It would be good to try to keep your intake of carbs to not more than 40 grams per meal and maybe 15 grams per snack.

I chuckled at your aversion to fish while you're pregnant. I remember when I was pregnant with my first child, if my husband would cook any meat I'd hide in my upstairs bedroom, in the bed with the covers over my head to avoid the smell. LOL

Also, please note that those who have gestational diabetes have an increased chance of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. It will fare you well to try to maintain an ideal weight and eat healthy as a permanent lifestyle. Please don't feel I'm judging you as I am still working on the "maintain ideal weight" for myself. I have a ways to go yet. :silly grin:

Maybe you can find more information on some of the pregnancy boards. I wish you the very best of luck and a beautiful, healthy, happy baby.

Thanks rubystar2. I was never "overweight" until after I had my first child. I was always the skinny one. But that all changed. I have noticed that I do really well with whole grain and wheat breads the most. Since I have started my diet, I have lost three pounds. So, I am still in my weight gain parameter for 15-25 lbs during this pregnancy. Which I am glad about. I have always been worried about that. As for the exercise thing, my DH is always saying that we need to do this, we need to do that and so far, it hasn't gotten done. Hopefully it will be nice out and we can go for a walk with our dog. He's the only skinny one in the family besides the kids.
I try to hide from some of the stuff that my DH cooks but it is next to impossible. For some reason, the smell always seems to find me though.

That's what I tell my kids...."before I had children, I was in perfect health!" It's all THEIR FAULT!

Jim