craving terrible things

[*noni*e*]

hey everyone
im having trouble controlling cravings!! im eating sooo terribly! take aways all the time because i feel like i have to have it! today ive eaten almost a whole large packet of doritos and am now craving the sugarless v thats in my cupboard eeek i really wanna drink it its sooo hard!! i just wanna eat healthy but none of is appealing waaaaahhhhhh

[MamaPan]

lol noni you are a classic. stay away from the v - you can do it! but dont beat youself up too badly about the other stuff - just balance it with good things too....
cant believe you are so far along already! wow!

[Lulu]

Don't panic too much, some women feel compelled to eat DIRT when preg!

Make sure there is no crap in the house, you'll make do.....but leave a bit of crap around being preg entitles you....

[Serenitylee]

You can always try balance it out by eating healthy one day and having some naughty things the next day? At least try with vegies and some salad and say let your naughty things be some hot chips or something?

[Indadhanu]

Ummm. I craved soap.

Yep.

Soap.

I would walk down the laundry/cleaning isle and when I smelt the laundry powder and fabric softener I got this weird urge to eat laundry powder and fabric softener. I once licked the soap in the shower because I just had this overwhelming urge to!!!!! Didn't taste near as good as it smelt to me LOL!


And yes, I also craved fatty unhealthy food. I ate it LOL. I just tried to balance it out with good food when I could stomach it, but up until 14ish weeks, and in the last few weeks, I could barely stomach anything so I just ate when I felt up to eating! Better to eat somethign unhealthy than not eat anything when you're pregnant. Just eat some Subway when you can, nice and healthy!

I would tip the V out though, thats really no good for you or bub.

[*noni*e*]

thanks guys
the vs not cold so am leaving it in the cupboard!(who wants to drink warm v yuk!!) will give it to my mum when she comes to take me to anti natal appt tmw as i know she drinks them..

[~CrazyMumOf3~]

dont worry. DF got a box of timtams from work (24packets) and ive been living off them. but like the others have said try to balance it out with healthy foods.

[Nelle]

Noni*e, do you reckon you get the fast food because you crave it or because it's easy? I know when I get takeaway a huge part of the attraction is because I don't have to cook it!
Can you buy some yummy frozen meals or make extra to freeze when you are in a cooking mood?
Or maybe ration things? Allow yourself one takeaway a week, so that you end up saving it for when you really need it? Or only buy yourself a certain amount of junk each week so when it's gone, it's gone til the next week? I know those are things that have worked for us.

[AnyDream]

Oh Noni I soooo hear you... in my first pregnancy I just craved deep fried food ALL THE TIME.

My suggestion is think about what exactly you're craving, then get it a healthier way, eg if you're craving crunchy saltiness, then try some pretzels or popcorn, if you're craving chocolatty flavour, have a hot chocolate (with real milk) or a small chocolate custard...kwim?

The one thing that always undoes me is when I go on an MSG bender - omg I can't get enough of the stuff - it's in all those yummy things like cheezels and doritos and packet macaroni cheese. Only way I found to get off the MSG is just to go cold turkey. Which prolly isn't what you want to hear LOL.

BTW I think you're amazingly strong resisting the V, I know how you love the stuff.

[*noni*e*]

thanks again everyone,
nelle - i think it is partly the convenience sometimes.. im so tired chasing after dd i just cant be bothered and dh refuses to cook because hes at work all day.. sometimes tho i just feel like i need that super fatty awful hit of something like kfc and maccas.. cooking extra is a good idea and not buying it.. dosnt help i have a fridge full of leftover wedding cupcakes ahahahaha!!
md - yep i was atleast a can a day woman before getting preg haha!! have been pretty ok without it just the odd day where i feel like i need it lol.. had a nice iced green tea with mango instead, full of sugar too but ohh well!! ohh cold turkey im too scared haha!! im so useless with cooking etc id probably end up never eating hahaha

[AnyDream]

im so useless with cooking etc id probably end up never eating hahaha

I don't know about that, you've turned into a regular little domestic goddess since I first met you in our TTC thread!!

[Lulu]

I declare that HOT CHIPS are always allowed any time whilst preg.

[sloane]

i second that lulu! and everyone else needs to eat extra for me now...damn GD

[Nadine216]

I third Hot Chips!!! with salt ...

*off to go get some* And I'm not even preggies!!!

[Artechim]

Noni, this happened last time too! I remember you feeling guilty for overindulging in take aways lol.

MD's healthy alternative idea is good, I find a hot chocolate works wonders for taking the edge off a sugar craving. Eat the Doritos though, they are the thing I miss most about Australia lol

[Tinks]

I craved alcohol with 2 of my pregnancies and I wasn't a huge drinker! I didn't drink it of course but I just wanted it so badly.

If you're craving junk buy the fun sized packs of everything. They will satisfy the cravings, it's not too bad to eat the wrong thing every now and hten as long as its a small portion.

[dantri]

EVERYONE, preggers or not, are allowed hot chips, with salt, AND hosed down in vinegar (for me anyhow) just once in a while

Can't help with your cravings except to say, hang in there and as others have said, try alternatives.

As for unusual cravings, a friend of mine craved cement throughout most of her pregnancy. Yep, CEMENT! We couldn't find an alternative so she ended up sucking on a small block of cement! Plus we thought her body might be craving calcium? Only thing we could think of that might be "in" cement that her body would need. So she upped her calcium intake as well. She said it wasn't exactly what she wanted (she wanted to EAT the cement) but it did the trick. It was SO weird and she was so embarrassed by the whole thing.

LOL at Leasha and the soap not tasting as good as it smells. I can imagine so...

[briggsy's girl]

these are the days i LOVE living in the sticks - "convenience" food really isn't convenient so i cave and eat a bit healthier at home (not perfect, but better than i'd do if i was out!

have you thought about trying to find alternatives you can make at home that fix the craving for junk without being AS bad? i have potato wedges in the freezer all the time - the oven fry ones - LOVE them - they meet the "chip" craving, but aren't soaked in oil...

ummm, make sure you have stuff in the house to substitute for other junky cravings - i know it's cheaper to buy in bulk when getting things like Doritos (which i've gone off since being pg!), but maybe buy smaller packets. i'm someone who dreads opening a packet cos i know i'll eat it all, so i figure spending a little more on getting smaller packets means i don't eat it all at once.

find another drink that you can substitute for V (though i know most things can't replace V!) - it's hard, but better to be drinking cordial or iced tea than something heavily loaded with caffeine


i can't go the "fully healthy" option of salads and stuff cos they do nothing for me. i can't have a salad without tomato and tomato gives me heartburn and makes reflux/morning sickness worse - so i have just changed things to mean i'm meeting a lor of my needs without being super unhealthy. i DO cave and have KFC if i go shopping though - just the chippies - i neeeeeeeeeeeeeeed them!