Confessions of a Preggy with GD

Hmm... what should I eat?

I wake up, and I want a bowl of cereal with fruit. But nooooo(!), I can’t have any of those things for breakfast. So I have to muster all my willpower to eat eggs and a hotdog despite the fact that my mouth is really craving a deliciously cool, refreshing, invigorating, sweet glass of OJ to wash down all that protein.

Come snack time (with my hotdog breath – even though I brushed my teeth!), I feel a false sense of liberation – like I can eat ANYTHING (but not really)! It’s just that I can eat fruit or have a glass of milk if I so desire. So I grab a little tub of baby yogurt, but realize I also want a banana, but I can only have either dairy or fruit. So I stand in the kitchen contemplating what I REALLY want for a treat, and have to remember that I need to also follow it with a handful of nuts or a hard boiled egg (Mmm… not!). Can you picture this? I stand there almost walking around in circles… ARGHH.

Lunch time is yet another battle of what protein I need to eat. Do I go for a salad loaded with tuna, eggs and avocado, or a turkey and cheese sandwich? Either way, it doesn’t really matter because all I want is a slice of cake topped with ice cream… and BANANAS!. (I have this banana fetish for some reason. I think I’m having a monkey.)

Snack time again: same old stuff – fruit or yogurt?

Dinner: I could probably devour an entire steak but I’m too tired (OK, lazy!) to make it, so we usually go out to eat. I blow my diet because I’ve eaten the bread rolls before dinner came. And when my entrée arrived, I ate more than the allotted serving of mashed potatoes that I am allowed to eat. Of course, I want to wash it all down with a milkshake. ARGHH!!!!

Snack time again: I’m excited about this snack because I usually make my banana and cocoa powder dessert, and a slice of cheese (every night)!!! This is a must-have because without my banana, I’ll get leg cramps at night.