Gestational Diabetes Menu - Week 5

Dun-dun-dun-dun!! (That is the sound of a trumpet introducing royalty...so sing it in your head as such...) Here is my week 5 menu for my gestational diabetes control. I should really be working on getting even more complex carbs in my diet, but honestly, with the baby's due date so quickly approaching and so much to do to prepare, I haven't had time to grocery shop as I ought. I am finding that working full time and preparing for a first child is very difficult...I don't know how single women do this on their own. I am so blessed that Prince Charming is so helpful and selfless and generous.

Without further ado...here is my menu from Week 5 dealing with Gestational Diabetes. Again: I AM NO DOCTOR OR NUTRITIONIST. THIS IS WHAT WORKS FOR ME, BUT NEVER DO ANYTHING WITHOUT TALKING TO YOUR DOCTOR FIRST.

 

Week 5 Gestational Diabetes Menu

 

Day 1 (Another day of double showers...forgive the randomness of food)

Breakfast (18 carbs)- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Chewy Granola Bar

Mid-morning Snack, Lunch, Afternoon-Snack (37 carbs)- avocado chicken salad, artichoke bars, ham and swiss on a Hawaiian roll, raw vegetables with spinach dip

Dinner, Before-bed Snack (40 carbs)- raw veggies and spinach dip, pulled pork, chicken tender with breading removed, hummus and veggies

 

Day 2

Breakfast (18 carbs)- Fiber One 90 Calorie Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Mid-morning Snack- none today

Lunch (58 carbs)- Snow Crab Roll Sushi

Afternoon Snack- none today due to late, large, higher carb lunch

Dinner (44 carbs)- Homemade turkey meatloaf, 3 Tbsp hashbrown casserole, tossed salad, 3 Tbsp baked beans

Before-bed Snack- none tonight due to a late, higher carb dinner

 

Day 3

Breakfast (13 carbs)- avocado chicken salad, ham and cheese, and Dannon Light & Fit Strawberry Greek yogurt 

Mid-morning Snack- skipped today due to later breakfast

Lunch (25 carbs)- turkey meatloaf with tossed salad and ranch

Afternoon Snack (9 carbs)- BlueBell No Sugar Added Mooo Bar

Dinner (18 carbs)- Ruth's Chris Crabtini, Petite Filet with Shrimp, and creamed spinach

Before-bed Snack (7 carbs)- Planter's deluxe mixed nuts

 

Day 4

Breakfast (18 carbs)- Fiber One 90 Calorie Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Mid-morning Snack (20 carbs)- Dannon Light & Fit Vanilla Yogurt with Planter's Deluxe Mixed Nuts

Lunch (34 carbs)- Tuna Salad Sandwich Ready Starkist pack, 1 wedge of Laughing Cow white cheddar cheese, Special K multi-grain crackers, and one Dove dark chocolate square

Afternoon Snack (9 carbs)- Blue Bell No Sugar Added Mooo Bar

Dinner (31 carbs)- low-carb broccoli cheese soup, Frigo string cheese, and 1/2 C of mixed fruit cocktail

Before-bed Snack (14 carbs)- Nature Valley Peanut Butter and Dark Chocolate Protein Bar

 

Day 5

Breakfast (16 carbs) - Dannon Light and Fit Blueberry Greek Yogurt with mixed nuts

Mid-morning Snack (14 carbs) - Nature Valley Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Protein Chewy Bar

Lunch (24 carbs) - Flat-Out Hungry Girl Fold-It Flatbread with 3 Packet Pot Roast and a 2% string cheese

Afternoon Snack (18 carbs) - Disney Foodle with apples, cheddar cheese, and grapes

Dinner (40 carbs) - Healthy Choice Crustless Chicken Pot Pie Steamer

Before-bed Snack (17 carbs) - Swiss Miss diet hot cocoa topped with some Cool Whip with a 2% string cheese and a Nature Valley Granola Thin Crispy Square with dark chocolate

 

Day 6

Breakfast (25 carbs)- Kellogg's Special K Flatbread Breakfast Sandwich with an Atkins chocolate shake

Mid-morning Snack (18 carbs) - 1 small apple with JIF whipped peanut butter

Lunch (40 carbs) - Izzo's Illegal Burrito Illegal Salad with steak and black beans (no rice)

Afternoon Snack- skipped due to late/higher carb lunch

Dinner (24 carbs) - Buffalo Wild Wings traditional wings and parmesan garlic wings with ranch dressing and a Fiber One brownie chocolate chip cookie

Before-bed Snack (6 carbs) - Swiss Miss diet hot cocoa with cool whip

 

Day 7

Breakfast (20 carbs)- Kellogg's Special K Flatbread Breakfast Sandwich

Mid-morning Snack (5 carbs) - Atkins Chocolate Shake

Lunch (30 carbs) - snow crab salad with raw cucumber and steamed edamame from a Japanese sushi house

Afternoon Snack- none today; was so full from lunch

Dinner (41 carbs) - Greek platter: chicken shwarma meat with half a whole wheat pita, baba ganoush, small Greek side salad, and tzatziki sauce

Before-bed Snack - none due to large, later dinner