Getting full fast?

nicklesb · August 2016

Anyone else getting full faster than pre-pregnancy life? I can now only eat half of what I used to in one sitting.

Cbeanz · August 2016

No.

I'm contemplating a career move to competitive eating.

ladyoriza · August 2016

I was literally just talking to DH about this! I got Taco Bell for lunch. I ate half a gordita and half an order of nachos. That's it.

nicklesb · August 2016

@ladyoriza I'm in the same boat. Only I used to down whole cheeseburgers easily, now I can only eat half.

CBS7 · August 2016

Yes I have been having this problem too! I will feel super hungry/nauseous (these days they seem to be one in the same) and I'll sit down to eat only to find that I get full halfway through. I've been finding that if I eat my meals in parts I'm able to get everything in by the end of the day. My husband thinks I'm crazy because I have to take "breaks" while I'm eating but I will seriously feel like I can't possibly take another bite.

Cbeanz · August 2016

ladyoriza said:

I was literally just talking to DH about this! I got Taco Bell for lunch. I ate half a gordita and half an order of nachos. That's it.

I'll take the other half.

catybug820 · August 2016

Yes!!!! I think I'm starving so I get the amount of food I think I want, and then end up only being able to eat about 1/3 of it. My dad got married this past weekend with a BBQ and my entire family brought food, and I couldn't even try a little bit of everything.....I may have stocked up on leftovers, and have been working my way through them since Saturday.

Burrberrymum · August 2016

Me! I've commented on something about this, I feel STUFFED most of the time. I eat half of what I usually do and I feel like I'm going to bust.

pandalily · August 2016

Kind of. The nausea has mostly subsided but I feel like my appetite has gotten much smaller. I find that I have to eat smaller meals more frequently.

onefootinthebayou · August 2016

Yes. I'm definitely eating less but I think I'm eating *worse* which has led to a modest weight gain

hippiemama-2 · August 2016

Yep - it happened to me last time too.

nicklesb · August 2016

@hippiemama @onefootinthebayou @pandalily @Burrberrymum @catybug820 @ladyoriza @CBS7 Do any of you know why this actually happens? It's so weird!!

mtmama2 · August 2016

CBS7 said:

Yes I have been having this problem too! I will feel super hungry/nauseous (these days they seem to be one in the same) and I'll sit down to eat only to find that I get full halfway through. I've been finding that if I eat my meals in parts I'm able to get everything in by the end of the day. My husband thinks I'm crazy because I have to take "breaks" while I'm eating but I will seriously feel like I can't possibly take another bite.

This is exactly what I have been doing too! Half now and half for when I'm "starving" again in an hour... Lol

CanadianintheSouth · August 2016

CBS7 said:

Yes I have been having this problem too! I will feel super hungry/nauseous (these days they seem to be one in the same) and I'll sit down to eat only to find that I get full halfway through. I've been finding that if I eat my meals in parts I'm able to get everything in by the end of the day. My husband thinks I'm crazy because I have to take "breaks" while I'm eating but I will seriously feel like I can't possibly take another bite.

Same!! I fill my plate because I feel like I'm starving, then can't eat most of it. Then an hour later I'm back in the kitchen digging for more food.

EnglishTeacherMama · August 2016

I think your body loves you more than mine loves me, and is taking care of you. I am not getting full. A bunch of articles I've seen say "try to eat 6 small meals a day!" in pregnancy, but I think my brain blocked out "small" and I just eat all the friggin' time. (She says as she types this response through fingers dusted in Cheeto crumbs.)

ShaunaT25 · August 2016

I was just saying to a friend the other day that I had a tomato sandwich for dinner and I was painfully full for 3 hours after. I don't have much of an appetite still, so it is working out ok.

pandalily · August 2016

@nicklesb idk for sure but probably something to do with how my insides are slowly getting pushed aside due to the growing uterus. At least that's what I'm blaming all my problems are.

OctoberLove13 · August 2016

This happens to me at some meals, not all of them. I can eat about half - 3/4 of what I normally eat and be miserably full!! I haven't been nauseous at all and have lost about 3 pounds. Eating a full cheeseburger is nearly impossible for me at the moment.

RunBooRun · August 2016

It's been going in and out for me. Sometimes I'm a bottomless hole. Sometimes I can only pick at my food and do so because I know I'll feel miserable if I don't eat.

I actually sat at the table for an hour trying to eat two tacos the other night and was really excited when I finished them. Normally I could down those things in three bites each.

mrsyimster · August 2016

that's the main problem for me at night. I seem to eat 1st breakfast, 2nd breakfast and 3rd breakfast everyday

Jen524 · August 2016

Yes! It was like this with my other kids too. I am starving and then only eat half of what I normally would and feel stuffed. Then I'm hungry/nauseous again in a few hours. I always seem to loose a few pounds in the first trimester because of this and the nausea. It seemed to continue through most of the pregnancies for me. I just eat small meals/snacks every couple of hours.

kiyamurph · August 2016

Last night I was starving and ordered an Italian sub from a pizza place. Normally I can eat the whole thing, but I ate half and then felt like I was going to hurl. The same thing happened when I was pregnant with my son, but only lasted for the first trimester. After that I could eat like normal.

ngcsugirl1112 · August 2016

I have to also eat small meals...if I eat too much I feel absolutely miserable....this happened to me last Wednesday night...so I stick with smaller portions

mecoats · August 2016

I cooked dinner last night...pork chop, baked potato, and corn, and had 2 bites of the corn, and half the potato...I couldn't even eat the pork chop. but then an hour later i had pound cake with blueberries. I feel stuffed all the time. DH is getting most of the leftovers because I want the food one night and then the next day I can't stand the smell of it.

GoldenTMama · August 2016

Yes to all of this. I feel stuffed all of the time so i have to eat these tiny meals all day and i just want to snack, which is not good because I need to eat real food too. Sometimes I feel so full (2 hours after I eat a small serving!!) that I can't even sleep!

sunshine507 · August 2016

Yas. So glad you started this thread. Thought I was going insane when I got my appetite back and suddenly couldn't finish a meal.

ccook1211 · August 2016

I'm glad to see that I am not the only one feeling this way! I do not remember having this problem when I was pregnant with my son, in fact I couldn't stop eating! Now I feel I have to force myself to eat throughout the day due to not having an appetite and when I finally do I can only eat a little!

Linds1083 · August 2016

Yes! But I'm eating more frequently... So it's probably a good thing that I'm eating less.

Liss_37 · August 2016

yes same here, but I'm also eating more frequently so that might be why

librarymom917 · August 2016

yes, I get so full and then get indigestion 30 minutes later I'm starving again and repeat the cycle all over..

alexxapplepiee-2 · August 2016

YES! And it's annoying! Food = Love!

marshmallowfarts · August 2016

Yes! It happens because to get all the nutrients our bodies slow digestion down so you can feel full faster. Last time with DS I "grazed" all day. Every hour or two I need to eat or my husband says I get cranky

. Seems this pregnancy is no different. I enjoy it though - makes the morning sickness a little more tolerable too. Instead of rejecting an entire meal I only reject half a meal.