(FYI, I am complaining below because I am so sore and tired and sugar deprived - sorry for the rant!!)
I am totally bummed after my unscheduled doctors appt this past Wed. I am almost 35 weeks and I now have to be on a diet because of excessive swelling. I have to limit my carbs, sweets, and salts. Anyone who has ever met me knows I live on carbs and sweets!! I love breads, pastas, cakes, ect....and most of my cooking involves a generous portion of carbs (I am Italian and Irish for crying out loud!!). So, the last few days have been quite hard. No more yummy goodies - and it is Christmas - and I can only eat a limited amout of breads/pastas per day. The doctor said that by following the diet I should be able to lose a lot of the water weight that came on very quickly over the last week - and will probably weigh less when I go back on the 30th - well of course I will weigh less - there is nothing to eat - HA!!
Now, I know it could be much worse and I shouldn't complain - I don't have gestational diabetes or preeclampsia (at least not at the moment, and shouldn't develop it if I can control the swelling). But with the sciatica pain, stretch marks that popped up two weeks ago, and just not being able to move because my stomach seems to get in the way of everything, it is a bummer. I hope labor goes better!!!!
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Poor thing. I know how hard the GD diet was at Christmas time! You'll be surprised at what you can eat though, and I gave myself one cookie a day just for the week of Christmas. :) (Against the rules, but it wasn't going to do too much damage.
ReplyDeleteIt really taught me portion control in both carbs and sweets. And now I enjoy them so much more b/c I know to savor them rather than devour them. lol
It is SO hard to see all the yummy cakes and cookies and not eat any of them.....I had to give in today and eat one rugelach (only one, and it was small, so that can't possibly be too bad!)
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to eat though without a diet plan....the doc just said limit carbs and no more sweets....when I asked what I could eat he said proteins and veggies (not even many fruits b/c of the sugars)....I never realized how much I don't eat proteins and veggies - HA!!
Oh dear, that came on at the wrong time of year. Just a couple of weeks and you are full term!! So exciting! I love pastas and sweets too :)
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