When your doctor diagnoses you with GDM, they will likely refer you to a nutritionist or dietician who specializes in creating diet plans for people with diabetes. The dietician will review your regular eating habits and come up with a diet that suits your health needs and lifestyle. The dietician or nutritionist will likely require you to keep a food diary for a couple of weeks. This will allow them to better analyze what you eat and suggest substitutes that will help lower your blood sugar. It may not be safe for you to try to lose weight while you're pregnant. However, if your BMI is at a level that you qualify as either overweight or obese, your doctor may want to put you on a limited diet to help control your GDM.  Typically, you can manage GDM by reducing your overall caloric intake 30-33%. Similarly, you should limit your carbohydrate intake to 35-40% of your overall caloric intake. There are some basic substitutions you can make that will reduce your carbohydrate intake. For example, you might substitute white bread and pasta for whole-grain varieties. You can also substitute squash or cauliflower for high-carb potatoes. Low-impact exercise, such as walking or cycling, can lower your blood sugar levels and help you keep your GDM in check. Regular exercise also lowers stress levels, which can result in improved blood sugar levels. Your doctor will work with you to develop an exercise program that you can safely follow while pregnant. If you've lived a relatively sedentary lifestyle prior to getting pregnant, start slowly and spend 5 to 10 minutes a day being active. Gradually increase that time, but take care not to put any excess stress or strain on your body. For example, you might add another 5 minutes to your active time every 2 weeks. If you know you have people who care for you and support you, it may be much easier to deal with GDM. Your support network can help remind you when to check your blood sugar levels and encourage you to follow your diet and exercise plans.  For example, if you've decided to start walking 15 minutes a day, your partner, or another friend or family member, may be willing to walk with you. Walking with someone else may be more fun than walking alone. It also holds you accountable to someone else for following your program. Friends and family can also support you with your diet. For example, if you go out to eat with a friend, they may restrict their own choices to the dishes that you can eat. Your partner can help ensure that foods you're not allowed to eat are not available in your house.
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One-sentence summary -- Get nutrition counseling from a registered dietician. Restrict your carbohydrates and overall caloric intake if you are obese. Start a moderate exercise program. Build a support network with your partner, family and friends.


Your body language will tie your whole look together, and someone will be able to tell that you're cute just from the way you smile or the way you're sitting. Here are some ways to express cuteness through your body language:  Play with a strand of your hair. Fiddle with your bracelet or necklace. If you're sitting, keep your feet together and your hands in your lap. If you're standing up, shift your weight from foot to foot. Break  eye contact from time to time. Though you should keep eye contact to maintain a conversation and show you care, you should look at the floor or at your hands once in a while to show that you're humble. Cover your mouth when you laugh. This is cute. Cover it when you sneeze; this is polite and prevents spreading germs. If you're a touchy-feely person, give the person you're talking to the occasional light touch on the shoulder or knee. This adds to the whole cute aura. Here's how to speak so as to appear cute:  Talk softly. This will make everything you say sound more important because people will have to lean in to hear you.  Laugh often. Laughing and giggling while you talk is cute. Don't overdo it. Listen patiently and speak when it's your turn. Butting in before a person has finished speaking is not cute. Being humble or demure is a major part of being cute. You can be humble while being sweet, friendly, and bubbly at the same time. You can still be fun and social while being demure, as long as you're not loud or overbearing. Here's how to act demurely:  When you engage in conversation, act very innocent. Don't tell dirty jokes, engage in racy conversations, curse, or be vulgar. Learn to blush from time to time. If you're genuinely embarrassed by a topic, it will be very cute if you blush.  Don't dominate. You can still be a part of a conversation without fighting to be the center of attention. Being pushy, rude, or bossy to be the star of every show is not cute. None of this should be forced. Let it come naturally. If you look happy and sincerely provide compliments to other people, they will think of you as nice and may classify you as "cute".
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Use body language to your advantage. Speak in a cute way. Act demurely. Avoid forcing your cuteness.