So, I have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Not sure what that means entirely at this moment, as I will be talking with my doctor next week and a dietician the week after that. In the meantime, I have been given a blood tester and am keeping track of my food intake. I am hoping that I will be able to skip medication by eating well. I am already starting to hate my blood tester.
So far, my blood has not been too high. I am also starting to learn to listen to myself a little better when I need a little pick me up snack. The hard part is that people seem to constantly throw junk food at pregnant women: “you MUST be craving this, right?” or “just have a little, it can’t hurt anything.”
No, I do not need to be craving that. Yes, it can hurt. Mostly what I crave when pregnant is beef. I know this, because I do not eat a lot of beef when I am not pregnant, and now I always want it. Ice cream is something I do not crave, but always want. I love ice cream. I haven’t had ice cream in weeks. I will be eating it when it is safe for me to do so again. Hopefully I can control myself with that same ice cream as I hope to do a better job of losing the baby weight this time around.
As my blood tests have shown me, in the day that I have done them, a little bad thing can do harm. I tried very hard to portion out my dinner so that I could enjoy a little desert. I haven’t had desert in over a week, when I found out I may be either borderline or over the border for gestational diabetes. I tested 2 hours after eating and my blood sugar was still high. Not high enough to be concerned, but it still concerned me. I have learned my lesson.
It is sometimes funny how we learn about things. I knew practically nothing about diabetes, now I am trying to live with it, even if only for a few more months. I very much hope that I will not come down with diabetes later in life. It is a pain in the ass (and finger). I will definitely be doing my best to stick to a healthy diet and exercise plan as soon as the bump is born. Well, as soon as I can start to exercise. I have already committed myself to restarting the C25K program by February. I figure that will give me the cold months of December and January to recover from labor. I will also probably start doing small things in those months such as yoga and some cardio that will help me to prep for jogging.
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