Hi again,
I tend to do low carb eating anyway, eating a max of 20-30g carbs a day anyway so just made sure I was really strict on that in the first trimester. It's perfectly safe in pregnancy if part of a healthy diet otherwise and didn't seem to effect my energy levels (although these were in my boots anyway in the first trimester and coupled with awful nausea made eating anything tough).
Ciara things I found good to eat that are low carb:
Breakfast - eggs +/- bacon, avocado.
Lunch - salad with some cheese (had terrible cravings for cheddar cheese through most of this pregnancy), cold meats like ham or smoked mackerel etc. small amount of humous. Also soups are good but need to know what has gone in them as a lot of them have thickening agents which are high in carb.
dinner - meat or fish with salad or veggies. Was quite strict on which veg i had as some quite carb heavy (like parsnips/beans/corn)
snacks - nuts. also a small amount of popcorn is also only about 5-10g of carb depending on amount. Also had rice crackers with peanut butter (make sure it's the ones without any added sugars). One of my colleagues who is also type 1 eats dried seaweed which is very low carb as snacks.
The hardest thing I cut out was fruit, i love fruit but that's so high in carbs so can't take the risk.
I also found through amazon, the Atkins daily bread which only has 3-5g of carb per slice. This made breakfasts much more filling as had awful cravings for bread from 12 weeks onwards.
I would suggest having a look at the low carb forum on this website as this is useful. There are also loads of other websites out there for low carb meal ideas.
Hope that's helpful!
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