Comments on: So, yes, I’ve had to find out what the Glycemic Index is

By: Ten things that motherhood gives you — Notes From Home

Ten things that motherhood gives you — Notes From Home — Sun, 22 May 2011 20:34:37 +0000

[...] pastry thrown in to mop it all up were my staple diet throughout my twenties. Add in a brush with pregnancy diabetes and I’m now an over-zealous nutrition expert.7. Learning to appreciate any amounts of me-time. As the years have passed, the number of children [...]

By: How to eat more healthily, turn vegetarian and generally be a bit less cake-fixated — notes from home

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:04:17 +0000

[...] me that we are not eating as healthily as we might be. When I was pregnant with Edward I had to switch to a low GI diet when I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. But as the months have passed I have slipped away [...]

By: WhyMommy

WhyMommy — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:01:51 +0000

Hurrah for feeling better and coping with the new diet. I’m really impressed… refined sugar and white flour are EVERYWHERE.

By: ella

ella — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:09:59 +0000

About five or six weeks, Kristen, if they let me go to term (which they should, as I’m being a good girl and keeping my blood sugars down).

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:18:01 +0000

You sound great! Glad to hear you are feeling so much better…food really makes a difference…Well, you’re not alone in giving up the sweets as I’ve yet again given them up for Lent. Of course last year for Lent I was pregnant, so it was especially difficult! I’ve added in some running at the gym three times a week and I’m feeling much better as well…probably just because I’m getting out of the house more than usual! Keep up the good work! how many weeks to go is it now??

By: TigerFeet

TigerFeet — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:52:19 +0000

Glad you are feeling better. As a sugar addict married to a diabetic I can heartily recommend the GI diet as a healthier way to live. I am yet to persuade my husband that lentils or brown rice and pasta are actual foods but he happily eats brown bread and new potatoes with the skin on.

Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy, I’ve been lurking for a while so have been following your (blood sugar) ups and downs. Hope you continue to feel better from here on in.

By: Madeleine

Madeleine — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:57:54 +0000

Yeah for healthy! Yippee for feeling so much better!

By: angelfeet

angelfeet — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:38:54 +0000

So glad you’re feeling better (and you do sound much better). There are good ways of cooking lentils – when you’re ready.

By: Frally

Frally — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:15:04 +0000

Ok, here’s my turn to be evangelical – if you can’t eat lentils, you’re not cooking them right! If you can eat mince (like in a pie, spaghetti bolognese etc.), you should be able to substitute the meat with lentils and hardly notice the difference. If you’re not sure, try going half-half with the meat until you get used to the taste.
I actually find them nutty and delicious and think they are highly underrated as a food source due to the “hippy stigma” associated with them.

Anyway, good on you for getting healthy and well! Woohoo!