What My Pregnant Self is Eating 1/5

KirstinH88

What are you stuffing your face with? 

KirstinH88

Today we are going to a semi upscale burger restaurant for my boss's birthday. I can't wait! A big yummy burger sounds soooo good right now!

mylittleirvz

Everything. Seriously, I can't stop eating....it's bad. Especially sweets. I feel like I am CONSTANTLY hungry.

Koukonei

I'm stuck with mostly hospital food for meals. I do have lots of healthy snacks here though, so I've been eating tons of Greek yogurt, fruit, and veggies and hummus. I want pizza so bad, an entire pizza, just to myself hahaha

KirstinH88

@Koukonei Are you bound by the hospital food? Or can DH or family smuggle you in a pizza? HAHA!! I hate hospital food. I was hospitalized at 34 weeks for a whole week with DS and I lost a ton of weight because the hospital food was just so disgusting...

bww_0331

Still on a carb/breakfast food lifestyle. No shocker there. On a big chocolate binge currently. Dove milk chocolate just really hits the spot. Currently having a craving for Kraft Mac and cheese as well. 

Also, constantly hungry. Never enough food. 

HappyAnjel

At 2am I ate a cucumber with ranch and cottage cheese. 

Also all the pub food. I can't wait to work tonight to eat all the food I haven't been able to eat bc of morning Sickness!

KirstinH88

Alright everyone. Help me decide what to eat for lunch!

Option 1: Broderick Grilled Cheese Sandwich - Bacon Mac n Cheese, melted cheddar, grilled tomatoes, stuffed between grilled sourdough bread

Option 2: Desperado Sandwich - Thinly sliced grilled marinated flank steak, seared wild mushrooms, house pickled sweet peppers, caramelized onions & our house made Gorgonzola cheese sauce

Option 3: Johnny Cash Burger - Ground chuck, cheddar cheese, applewood smoked bacon, house pickled sweet peppers, fried onion crisps & scratch made BBQ sauce

I'm literally drooling...

HGRich

@KirstinH88 I'd say go with #1. I'm all about the cheese right now. Haha. @wagnerw kraft Mac n cheese sounds amazing. And @Koukonei I'm so sorry! That sounds gross and I hope you get a pizza soon! 

I'm usually so good about pacing myself. I eat things in moderation and haven't really ever had trouble with that. But since the second trimester hit I've suddenly become unable to stop eating when I start. Cookies, truffles, homemade candy, all the sweets. Also all the carbs. But since I'm back on prenatals with iron I'm also having to combat that with a lot of salads and fiber. Oatmeal and fig newtons are my jam right now. 

DH's birthday is tomorrow and wants to go get a nice steak. But anything with an excess of protein is absolutely horrible for the heartburn, so I can only assume a steak would be murderous. Maybe he can have the steak and I'll have something else. 

Was really craving Panera tomato soup the other day so I went and got some. I love those cheesy croutons they put in it too. 

Koukonei

@KirstinH88 I'm allowed to eat whatever I want, so I have definitely been having people bring me other food whenever possible lol! 

I vote option 1. That sounds freaking delicious.

schef070911

@KirstinH88 I would also do option 1, although 2 sounds yummy too!

Taylor72

 @kirstinH88 I didn't make it thru the bacon mac and cheese part and that's already my vote.  were there more options? lol

rachelmiller03

@KirstinH88 #3!! sounds like the burger I had at Red Robin Monday- DH and I were both off, so he took me and ds out to lunch. 

I am currently eating candy hearts. Glucose test is still a couple of weeks away, so a few (or the whole bad, whatever) can't hurt, right?

KirstinH88

Thanks for the votes everyone! I had Option #1. It was ok. I thought it would be cheesier and gooey-er, but meh. I probably should have went with the burger. Oh well! Baby is fed!

Now, I'm on to candy!!! Cuz my sweet tooth never goes away!

Ekzerr

Can't stop eating McDonald's...

mylittleirvz

@Ekzerr, that was my huge craving all through out my 1st pregnancy!!

cafedisco

A big bowl of butter noodles. For breakfast. 

Carb up!

KirstinH88

I went grocery shopping for the week. Only way I'll stay motivated to cook throughout the week is if I plan meals and buy all the ingredients. As I was going down the aisle, cottage cheese caught my eye! I just downed an 8oz tub of cottage cheese...wish I would have gotten a bigger size. So delicious!

HappyAnjel

@KirstinH88 I've been eating cottage cheese by the container too! It all started with cottage cheese and spaghetti.. soooo good.

KirstinH88

@HappyAnjel together?!?!? 

smoochie041719

Our favorite spaghetti recipe has cottage cheese in it! You put the cottage cheese in the food processor with basil, garlic, and Parmesan, then mix it in with the noodles, sauce, and meatballs and bake it like a spaghetti casserole. DELICIOUS! 

bww_0331

DH took me out for breakfast this morning. Not only do I love carbs, but I especially love breakfast carbs. 

mylittleirvz

Just got done with a bowl of vanilla ice cream and a brownie... It's taking a lot of self control to not go get more!!

Mama5181

I'm so sad but nothing really sounds or tastes good. For the first time in 7 months I wanted chicken today so my wonderful DH went out in zero degree weather to get me some KFC. Bless his heart. Then I wanted tomato salad(diced tomato, cucumber, avocado, dressed with soy and wasabi. It was good but still didn't satisfy. I just want something to be good. Isn't pregnancy when you are supposed to enjoy food?

HappyAnjel

@KirstinH88 yes! I usually make the spaghetti and put it on the side and have a little with each bite as my husband's not open to trying it haha.. but even not pregnant I need cottage cheese whenever I have spaghetti.. it's delicious! I honestly grew up thinking this was "the norm" because my mom and brother both eat it like this too..

KirstinH88

I just made the most delicious loaded baked potato soup! Mmmmmm!!!! And now Samuel is soooo happy. I can feel him kicking around.


I'm not the kind of person who takes pictures of their food, but I knew this one would be epic. 

Virginialeigh

DH made bread pudding with apple bourbon sauce last night. It was so good! I had no idea he could cook like that. He's been holding out on me for 12 years. Now I'm just waiting for DS to take his nap so I can polish it off without having to share.

lovelongdog06

I was craving snickerdoodles but didn't want to bake them. DH actually rummaged around and found a box of really decent gluten free/vegan snickerdoodles we got in a freebie bag of food from our neighbors. Happy pregnant me.

smoochie041719

I stuffed my face with beef ramen last night... then I was so full all evening that I couldn't fall asleep for two hours haha. Oops.