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ok since i have had this stupid thing, i have not felt right at all on this diet, i am so light headed and not feeling well, i had to cut carbs and sugar,i am so not feeling like myself, i have not tested my blood bc the machine did not come yet, so my question is do you think i should just eat regular, bc before they put me on this diet i felt fine, now not to hott like i am going to faint or something I had a bowl of speical K with milk at 630 this morning and not suppose to have a snack till 10ish and it is 5 mini rice cakes and that is it......... TIA

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I would eat something if you feel lightheaded. Maybe your blood sugar level is too low. I think that is too much time in between breakfast and snack. My breakfast was around 8 and I had a snack around 10:30. I pretty much ate every 3 hours. Did your Dr or Dietian give you that schedule? I felt ok when I was on the GD diet, just hungry...lol

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While I don't know much about GD, I have been following a low-carb lifestyle for quite a few years. I can sypathize with how your feeling - when I first started it was rough and I felt the same way.

My advice - since this ultimately benefits your child's well-being - would be to not "eat regular" but rather allow yourself more low-carb/sugar snacks until you have a chance to speak to your doctor about this. Maybe try to take in some more protein - vegtables will help too.

Good Luck!

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103 isn't bad at all. I would watch what you eat, don't go eating a bag of cookies or anything...lol, and wait to see what the dietian says on Thursday. I had days that I was over 115 but if I remember correctly, 103 isn't bad at all!!! I would not follow that diet that was given to you. If they are telling you to eat breakfast 6:30 then nothing until 10? that is crazy!

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I don't have GD but I do have insulin resistance. If I go too long without eating or not eating enough protein I feel like you do.

I don't think a bowl of cereal and milk alone is enough - I know they used to tell me to eat something more with protein - how about a small egg beater omlette with the cereal and milk?

If you are feeling tired and lightheaded it sounds like it could be low blood sugar - I would call you doctor and or eat a small amount of some protein. I wouldn't go back to your old diet though.

Do a google search there are a lot of sites that offer meal suggestions etc - you want to make sure you eat a balance so as not to spike and lower your blood sugar.

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Like the pp said, have some protein. When I was on the GD diet, I couldn't have cereal for breakfast. I had eggs and a Thomas' multigrain light english muffin or I had some cottage cheese and the english muffin.

Hopefully the Dr gives you some help.

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Posted by 2003fallwedding

Like the pp said, have some protein. When I was on the GD diet, I couldn't have cereal for breakfast. I had eggs and a Thomas' multigrain light english muffin or I had some cottage cheese and the english muffin.

Hopefully the Dr gives you some help.

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Can you get a hold of some carrot sticks - those are supposed to be okay to snack on and can hold you until you hear from the dr.

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heard from the nurse. prac. and she thinks my blood pressure is too low she says, "Well keep your appo. for this afternoon, and we will see but stick to your diet." ok so it is not working and i just had a quasdilla and now i feel a whole lot better, i am sure no i am postive it is bc my sugar is way to low on this dumb diet they have me on.....

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I would call your doctor just for their info. Maybe they can offer a better suggestion.

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you def need to eat protein at every meal- that will help regulate your blood sugar- if you eat cereal- your sugar will spike and fall...

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Me too, I feel much worse since I have been following this stupid diet. I felt much better when I was eating whatever, even though my sugar may have been high.

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5 rice cakes sounds like a small snack? No protein added to that snack??? that doesn't sound right? Even my 10pm snack I was suppose to add a protein or fat with it...if I remember correctly from my last pregnancy.

Have you met with the nutritionalist? If you haven't I would just keep low carb as much as possible until you meet with her. Don't worry about timing and such esp if you aren't even testing your blood yet. I waited to start my diet until I met with the nutritionalist and really understood what was going on and what to do. I know for me I was starving all the time on my diet plan....unfortunately my nutritionalist was a nazi only told me to add more veggies. I know I needed more meat/protein. Luckily my high risk ob ordered me not to talk to my nutritionalist and to spike here and there since my numbers were sooo sooo low under the diet plan. I only spiked twice and cheated here and there and still barely spiked. Once you understand what you should be eating and get your numbers under control - you can start playing a bit and figure out what you can and can't eat.

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You need to make sure that you have protien at every meal.. even if it means having a t-spoon of peanut butter with the rice cakes...

Are you testing you blood 4 times a day? this is how you will know if you have a proper blood sugar