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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
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!
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....
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?
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.
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..
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.
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.
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. :)
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
I don't know about that, you've turned into a regular little domestic goddess since I first met you in our TTC thread!! :):
im so useless with cooking etc id probably end up never eating hahaha
I declare that HOT CHIPS are always allowed any time whilst preg.
i second that lulu! and everyone else needs to eat extra for me now...damn GD :wall:
I third Hot Chips!!! with salt ...
*off to go get some* And I'm not even preggies!!!
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
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.
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...
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!
Aw hun I feel for you and know where you are coming from.
I craved junk with my first pregnancy, my son.
This pregnancy (currently at 20 weeks), I have been craving COFFEE, COKE & RED WINE.
Needless to say I have not succumbed to the red wine.
I have one cup of coffee in the morning and that is it. Its hard though!!
Must admit I have crumbled and had a coffee frappe or coke during the day at one point or another also. :redface:
Just have to balance healthy foods with your occasional slip ups and dont feel too guilty! We are only human and being pregnant isnt an illness. :)
i read a story about a woman who ate SPONGES!! like the coloured dish cloth ones...then she went to natural sea sponges she thought it'd be healthier!!!!she used to treat herself to one bite a day!!!! her mouth used to water at the sight of them...
i laughed my head off when i read that.
yes i have a theory our bodies need extra fat stores for b/f thats why so many pg women crave junk esp hot chips!
I was craving salad sandwiches & fruit salad for so long...but this week that's all gone out the window!! I want ANYTHING bad for me. It's not that I've got nothing else, I've got plenty of healthy food to snack on but I just don't want to eat it. And tonight DH is at work so I'm having McDs or Red Rooster for dinner- yet to decide which!! Yum :p I'll eat better next week.
When I had morning sickness all I would have for breakfast is a dry biscuit (like a scotch finger or nice biscuit) if I could keep it down, otherwise a few lollies would help...boy did I feel bad- what a terrible breakfast, a handful of lollies and a sip or two of water!! LOL
Even now I still crave sugary foods, lollies & chocolate especially. I'm terrible and just give in to the cravings... I also used to have cravings for KFC chips with sweet & sour sauce and Macca's cheeseburgers (although I was sick after eating one for lunch, don't know why just didn't agree with me that day, and just the thought of them now turns me off!). I just try and eat healthily at all other times, lots of vegies and some fruit (not a huge fruit eater) as well as drinking milk & having yoghurt. I'm not the size of a house yet so I think I'm doing ok! Lol.
I'm craving indian curry something chronic.
And i am ALWAYS hungry. Always. I'll warm up a whole garlic bread loaf, eat it, and fifteen mins later be ravenously hungry again.
LOL yep a month or two ago i got hot chips drowned in vinegar on my lunch break, they were so soaked that the bottom fell out of the chip box as i walked back to work and about 10 seagulls swooped in and ate them all :(:
funniest bit is i went back to the shop and told them 'i dunno why, the box just collapsed' and got a replacement...the paper box this time wrapped in a plastic bag ....pmsl
I say there is nothing wrong with some good hot chips with salt or anything like that, as long as we make up for it with a nice healthy meal. All things in moderation hey. :redface:
I wish I was craving food all I cravel is Cigarettes I quiet well over 12 months ago and its all I think about. The smell makes me feel sick when I walk past someone smoking but just the thought of it drives me a little nutts :redface: I even dream about smoking all the time. Mind you I have not given into this craving at all and wouldnt but its just weird! Have been eating too much Choclate instead oh and microwave popcorn :lol:
In my first pregnancy I just craved deep food, kfc, maccas, hot chips, pies, sausage rolls. I put on 35kgs. :wall:
This pregnancy I have been craving tomatoes, tomatoes and more tomatoes, cheese tomatoes & lettuce sandwiches, and ice cream but I only have little every two weeks at the most. This time I have lost 4kgs so far. :dance:
GUILTY as charged....
I... crave... hotdogs.
Not just 1, or 2, or 3...
I crave like four hotdogs a day. It is so bad because I grew up with a mother who had a PHD in nutrition and I know how bad hotdogs are. But man, just the thought or smell of one and I go insane.
This might explain why I have gained 15 pounds so far... lol
Well I'm destined to give birth to either a giant cheese sandwich (toasted or not and crackers will do the job just as well, thank you very much) or a super-sized chicken schnitzel. They are definitely my standout faves at the moment.
I cannot go past chicken schnitzel with heaps of salt - yummo!! This also means that I've fallen in love with the Maccas crispy chicken burger...licking my lips just thinking about it. Oh, and I NEVER eat Maccas normally!!
My naughty sweet snacks are ice cream (generally just for dessert) and lollies of any description really but Starburst jelly beans and any brand of jelly babies are my faves though. Speaking of which, I'm off to my car to retrieve my bag of jelly beans now!
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Can we Hotdogs while pregnant???????
:pray: Please say yes. I thought they were a big big no no.
I thought Hot Dogs where fine as long as you cook them properly... hope so I have had a few myself, went to Ikea the other day and the whole place smells like hot dogs, had to stop and buy gluteen free ones on the way home!
I just realised i really don't pay much attention to what i'm eating, I was just eating celery and thought oh this would be good with peanut butter so i used it like dip, then i ran out of celery and thought lets just eat the peanut butter with a spoon, I was about to start dipping freddo's in there too but my work mate came back and i thought that would look way to weird, ok so now i'll ad peanut butter to my list :redface:
Im trying my hardest to stay away from junk. It's not working very well!
But last night, oh my gosh! I wanted a frozen coke from maccas BADLY. DP said once dinner was done he would go and get me one, so I waited very patiently.
An hour passed. WELL wasn't I one very grumpy little lady!! I hardly spoke to him! :redface: He eventually got the hint after asking me what was wrong and me almost yelling "frozen coke!!" into his ear lol
Afterwards I was so excited and happy to have my delicious frozen coke.
that is until I drunk it all and then got heartburn :wall:
stupid cravings!
I am not so worried about pg weight gain. I am a sweet tooth and have had a lot of sweet foods though. I did consider eating one of the dog's schmackos the other week, but refrained.
a schmacko i think is pushing it LOL!
i am there with the schnitzels though - YUM! veal ones are my thing... with lots of lemon!
OMG Alioops, I did the exact same thing!! I was so embarrassed to think that I came so close to tasting a schmacko! I'm so glad I managed to restrain myself and just settled for a couple of extra long sniffs then put the schmackos away. Phew!:
I'm craving indian, subway and chinese like there's no tomorrow. And also roti (malaysian bread thingies). Anything curry-ish i think, with beef and it's got to be red
I know, i'm weird. Lol
This is just making me hungry all this food talk lol
i had bad cravings for things im not suppose to lol
last saturday i ate 4 apples lol unlike me
Oh I love apples! I eat one every morning for breakfast but it can not have the skin on, has to be red and sweet and cut up LOL its the only way I can eat it whilst preggers :P