Megan - good for you! I plan to try and stick to the diet after delivery too. Hopefully

So yesterday was the appointment with my DE.
Yep, she was happy allright with the BSL numbers. Until she saw my food dietary intake.

She said I've been starving myself and the fact that I've lost 2kgs in a week may not indicate a good sign. She told me to up my meals intake and eat 9 servings (2 serves each 3 main meals, and 1 serve at snack time) of carbs!! Don't you think that's a lot??

Now that I'm up-ing on carbs, my levels just shoots up high!

10/2
BSL = 4.6
Breakfast - 1/4 apple + 1 thin beef sausage + capsicum + mushrooms + 1/4c baked beans + 1 slice white bread
BSL = 8.7!!

Lunch - 1/2 egg + 20g yoghurt + vege stir-fry
BSL = 5.1

Snack - veggie stir-fry (garlic + mushrooms + chillies + spinach + beansprouts + tofu + capsicum + cabbage + tomatoes) + 1 piece (25g sweet potatoes)
Dinner - Roast chicken + veggie stir-fry + roast carrots + gravy
BSL = 4.6
Before bed snack - 20g yoghurt + veggie stir-fry + chickpeas

11/2
BSL = 5.2
Breakfast - 1 Chicken wing + 1/4c baked beans + 1/4c soy milk
BSL = 4.9

Snack - 30g noodles + veges stir-fry
Lunch - 1/2 avocado + 1/2 chicken breast + vege stir-fry
BSL = 5.7

Snack - 1/2 avocado + 2 thin rice cake + a spread of cottage cheese + 1/2 apple
Dinner - 1/2 chicken breast + rocket + snow pea sprouts + 2 slices soy-lin bread + 4 grapes
BSL = 6.7
Before bed snack - chickpeas + 1 kiwi fruit + 1 thin rice cake

12/2
BSL = 6.3
Breakfast - 1 rye bread + 1 beef patty + a spread of cottage cheese + snowpea sprouts
BSL = 6.3

Snack - 2 thin rice cake + 50g yoghurt
Lunch - Tomyum chicken soup + 1c noodles
BSL = 7.5

Snack - 1 thin rice cake + cottage cheese + 1 paratha bread + 5 grapes
Dinner - 4 beef wontons + tomyum soup
BSL = 8.1!!

I don't know what I'm going to do now. Last night before bed I got so depressed and bursts uncontrollably into tears (3rd trimester hormones sure helps). It feels like I'm trying so so hard to get the levels down while eating properly, but it's still not working. I'm trying my best not to beat myself up over this. I know it's probably not what I eat but the way the placenta hormones work. But I can't seem to get over it After looking at my 8.1 reading last night, I feel like stuff it! I might as well get chocolate pudding and brownies for dessert (but I didn't)!

Do you think it could've been the paratha bread and noodles made my levels shoot up? Though those are the only carbs I eat for lunch/dinner. Rye bread for breakfast seems to do well with me, eh? 9 servings of carbs may be too much for me? Oh actually yesterday I only got 7 serves of carbs. Sighh..