I have to eat constantly to try and maintain my weight. Since I’ve cut out all simple carbs and have limited my grains to almost nothing, it’s hard getting enough calories to gain weight. So I have a smorgasbord of snacks on hand. Here are the foods that get me through the day.<\/p>\n
Nuts<\/strong> Beans<\/strong> Cheeses<\/strong> Yogurt and Cottage Cheese<\/strong> Meats<\/strong> Veggies<\/strong> Eggs<\/strong> Grains<\/strong> Lattes<\/strong> Iced Teas The key to my low glucose numbers has been to eat very, very few grains, and when I do eat them, they are whole grains only, no breads, eat something every 2 hours, and get lots of walks in, three a day if I can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have to eat constantly to try and maintain my weight. Since I’ve cut out all simple carbs and have limited my grains to almost nothing, it’s hard getting enough calories to gain weight. So I have a smorgasbord of snacks on hand. Here are the foods that get me through the day. Nuts Almonds, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5004,"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4253\/revisions\/5004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAlmonds, cashews, walnuts, pecans. I throw them on salads, eat them alone, or enjoy spoonfuls of almond or peanut butter. I keep a bag of cashews in my purse for emergency snacks.<\/p>\n
\nBeans, beans, the magical fruit. I have on hand Kidneys, garbanzos, black beans, canelinni beans, refried beans, black eyed peas, and pintos. I make batches of chili, three beans salads with beets, serve them alongside meats, have them refried with eggs in the morning, eat bean soups. Canelinni bean salad with lemon juice, bell peppers and tomatoes is one of my favorites.<\/p>\n
\nMini baby belle cheeses are perfect for on the go snacks. A variety of cheeses before dinner is a good way to get more calories in. Goat cheese goes in eggs and quiches, cheddar on top of everything.<\/p>\n
\nPlain Greek yogurt and cottage cheese keep me going all day. I eat it straight out of the container to save on dishes. Cottage cheese is the one thing I haven’t yet gotten sick of. It was a favorite food of mine as a kid and I can’t seem to ever get enough of it. I switch to the whole fat variety, trying to squeeze in more calories.<\/p>\n
\nBoneless chicken breast, cubed, marinated in lemon and grilled, is the perfect snack to have around. Great on salads, great chopped up into a chicken salad with lots of mayo and celery, great as a finger food. Bacon is a good addition to anything. I throw it on salads, cook it with fava beans or black eyed peas, and have it with eggs. Ribs with my homemade, sugar free dry rub have been a great treat. We buy the huge packs of pork short ribs and cook them one rack at a time. I can pretty much almost eat a whole rack to myself. Ground Italian sausage is great for adding to my scrambles when I get so sick of eggs. <\/p>\n
\nsnack veggies are really hitting the spot right now. I cut bell peppers in half, de-seed them and chomp on them. I love eating whole tomatoes or cherry tomatoes. Lightly blanched green beans are great, and can be added to garbanzos and kidneys for a three bean salad. Radishes are rad, whole carrots are great in the car. I eat Toby’s Tofu spread on celery sticks. Coleslaw has been a good friend. To make it, shred cabbage and carrot with mayonnaise, buttermilk, a little mustard, rice vinegar, salt and pepper. Pack into a container and let sit for 24 hours. Great alongside anything really, or straight out of the container.<\/p>\n
\nWhen I first got pregnant, I thought, I hope I don’t have an aversion to eggs, because I love them. Now, I eat about 2 dozen eggs a week and I am so sick of them. It’s sad. After the baby is born, I’m going to treat myself to some nice fried eggs on toast and restore my love affair of the egg. I guess fried egg over beans is good, might have to switch my morning scramble to a morning fry. I keep a bowl of boiled eggs in the fridge for a quick snack or to add to green salads.<\/p>\n
\nI’ve found that I just can’t have bread. Not even a single slice. But I’m finding a small portion of grains, like a 1\/3 of a cup at night is fine, and may even improve my morning fasting glucose numbers. My favorite right now is bulgar cooked with chicken stock and a little bit of butter. It’s so nutty. I’ve heard that sprouted grains have less carbs so I’m going to try that. I like buckwheat, I may start there. I also have a ton of wheat berries, which are great additions to green salads of tossing into all kinds of other hearty bean and vegetable salads.<\/p>\n
\nI found out milk is pretty sugary, so I’ve been advised to avoid it early in the day when my numbers tend to be worse. I have a decaf latte every afternoon and it’s my special treat for the day. I do a double shot of espresso and probably only about a half cup of milk.<\/p>\n
\nWater gets really boring. I came up with my own fake root beer concoction. I steep a healthy amount of loose sarsaparilla and a little star anise in boiling water for several hours. To that I add a small amount of stevia and some pure vanilla extract (hmm, guess I could brew vanilla bean along with the tea instead). I serve half tea, half sparkling water over ice. Very root beery and refreshing. My other favorite tea is “pregnancy tea” raspberry, nettle, alfalfa, oat straw, with lots of fresh mint leaves from the garden, steeped for a long time, like 8 hours. Very refreshing and it;s supposed to help with all sorts of common pregnancy issues like muscle soreness.<\/p>\n