Then you need to know your carb/insulin ratio. count the carbs and take the proper amount of insulin. and test your BG after 2 hours and 4 hours to see if your BG is in range. if its too high you need to check on your carb/insulin ratio to see if it needs adjusting.
Carbs from whole grains and/or carbs with fiber will help you maintain more stable blood sugar.
Here is some information on better carbs for diabetes.
http://www.medhelp.org/diabetes/articles/Know-Your-Carbs/2288
http://www.medhelp.org/diabetes/articles/Natures-Blood-Sugar-Secret/1822
You can find these articles in the Eat Right section of the Sugar Sense app; tap the bar menu in the upper lefthand corner and scroll down to find the Health Guide.
Milk Chocolate can be as low as 25% chocolate, which of course is less toxic. Bakers, unsweetened chocolate is 90 to 100% chocolate and is deadly in very low doses.
Low carb. Cut out soda, candy & other sweets. Bump up your veggies & fruits, lean cuts of meat. Exercise.
I meant to add, before Gymdandee does, that if you really want to use chocolate for energy, use something that has as much unsweetened dark chocolate as you can tolerate -- you're still using caffeine for your rush, but at least you're also getting antioxidants and you're getting the full effect of the chocolate, whereas Hershey's really doesn't have much real chocolate inside.
What you need to do is weight loss (slow and steady), daily exercise at least 30 minutes and some of this should be intense, low carb diet. Avoid all sugars, limit grains, and fruits. Nonstarchy veges and proteins are your new best friends, vegetable frutis such as egg plant, capsicum, avocado are all good. Unsweetened diary, eggs, nuts, etc.
You could follow a paleo or primal way of eating.
ll have a fruit popsicle that has only twenty five calories and they taste amazing, but if craving chocolate i eat Nature Valleys granola thins...they have a touch of peanut butter and dark chocolate on the back of the granola thin and its only sixty calories and sweet so it relieves my sweet tooth without ruining my calorie intake for the day!!! Hope this helps!
You said: "Yes, look out for what you consume, any carbohydrate rich foods is very fattening, this includes but it not limited to: sugars, chocolate, bread (dark or white), pasta, rice, potatoes, fries, most sauces, carrots, broccoli, most fruits (avocado is ok though), all yogurts and other dairy products that have sugars added.
First thing to know is that even thought the dietician may recommend high carb, there is another school of thought that looks at low carb during pregnancy. By low carb I mean plenty of non starchy veges, cheese, meat, eggs, regular fat, unsweetened dairy, nuts etc. You can research that online. I used the low carb approach and it helped a lot in controlling blood sugar.
IF blood sugar is higher than you want, then a walk may help. Probably insulin will be on the cards.
I had it bad my first pregnancy I ate three meals and two snacks a day the trick is to watch your carb intake I seen a dietician and was told for breakfast to eat no more than two carb allowance which was thirty grams each fifteen grams is equal to one carb. The best things to eat was meat and veggies salads and morning eggs and bacon.
I had 2 successful diabetic pregnancies (on insulin) using low carb approach. I found if I ate the amount of carbs they wanted me to (about 240 g/day), I would have gained an unreasonable amount of weight and also I would have had great trouble controlling blood sugars.
Most important in pregnancy is to control blood sugar. This is more important than eating lots of carbs. Focus instead on meats, eggs, unsweetened, diary, protein, and low carb veges. Eat unprocessed fats (ie.
If you drink a lot of sodas, try exchanging just one/day with a glass of water or unsweetened tea. If you keep doing this eventually, you will only be drinking water and unsweetened drinks. Do the same with sweet foods; when you're craving sugar, try eating something with cinnamon or vanilla; both have a sweet flavor but won't flood your body with empty calories. Try an apple with peanut butter for a snack.... yummy!!
This will help stop the liver dumping glucose. However, your breakfast should definitely be low carb; meat, eggs, vegetables, unsweetened tea or coffee, with cream.
Hope this helps.
You need to be sure you are using the right Insulin Carb ratio for your doses before meals and that you have an accurate carb count. Calorieking.com is a good resource for carb listings in addition to what's on packages (and be sure to correctly measure servings). In order to gain weight you want to increase your protein and fats so that you can gain weight without increasing carbs.
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