Newly diagnosed - can I really not eat a mince pie??

I would definitely stay away from sugary things unfortunately as they will definitely set your sugars high. With my GD it was only my first morning numbers that were high but I seemed to be okay during the day. I think if you had a couple sweet treats on Christmas Day it wouldn’t be detrimental but I wouldn’t do any more than that. Try and stick to non-sugary stuff as much as you can x

I personally have had sugary treats but always pair them with something so I'll have like my healthy GD friendly meal and then will get something sweet straight after as if you eat it by itself that's when your sugars will spike

I would suggest
1- may be give yourself 1 day of Christmas and eat whatever you want to eat. Problems with GD comes when you have continuous high sugar levels and on multiple times. One day of bad levels are not going to be a problem.
2- Eat with a-lot of fibre and protein and fats so that the absorption is slow.
3- immediately have walk after your meal, it helps with regulating sugar levels in the blood.
4- Ask your friends and family to make something with artificial sweeteners or with actual fruits.
Best of luck with your pregnancy.

I had treats but paired them with protein my levels were slightly high but all was fine with baby etc you’ll work out what makes it too high over time

It would depend on your body - are you testing your sugars throughout the day? If only your fasting numbers are high, your body might tolerate an occasional treat in the afternoon without spiking but everyone is so so different. For me, it was only my fasting numbers that were high. It didnt matter what I did, they wouldn't budge. But my afternoon and evening numbers never spiked if I had a small treat occasionally during the day. I could never do sugary drinks though but a cookie wouldnt spike me. If you have a small treat in the daytime and pair it with a healthy fat or protein, check your sugars a few hours later and see how your body tolerated it. Good luck!

i think everyone is a little different, its all about limiting ur sweet treats and like others have said, pairing them with things that will keep ur sugars balanced. i dont get spikes over potatoes or pasta but heavy spikes from wholemeal bread which is odd but EVERYONE is different. so say at christmas if you wanted some terrys chocolate orange, limit urself to 3-4 slices of it and then i like to have something pickled as the vinegar seems to stabilise me

I also have a massive sweet tooth and really struggled when I had GD. For special occasions I would treat myself, making sure I also ate something high in protein and made sure I went for a walk after to help my body process it! I don’t think I’d have coped if I didn’t do that. Out of curiosity, I also tested myself after chocolatey stuff and my blood sugar never spiked higher than 7.9, but sometimes a handful of pasta salad at a BBQ would send me into the 8s 🤷🏻‍♀️

Everyone is different. I would start with no sweets and see how your numbers are. Then try introducing a sweet and doing something active after, like walking for at least 15 minutes or like 45 squats. These haven’t spiked my numbers but i also walk after having them and eat an appropriate portion https://www.theconsciousplantkitchen.com/pumpkin-brownie-recipe/

my fasting numbers were the problem. when i tested after i ate even if it was carbs and a brownie i was ok, you can't really control fasting sugars without medicine because it's hormonal. equally some people make sure to have a good chunk of protein and go for a walk ten minutes after eating and that lets them eat what they want. you'll just have to test throughout the day and ultimately you can always ask them to explore medication rather than diet control

I had GD over my birthday and remember asking if i could have cake on my birthday. The diabetes nurse just laughed and said its one day enjoy the cake.

Ended up my blood sugars after the cake was perfectly in range anyway 🤣

A mince pie or treat on Christmas wont hurt. As long as youre numbers are well controlled whether through diet or medication a one off treat will be fine.