I can't stop eating!

ScarlettAKZ

I have been lucky not to have much MS but I am afraid I am going to gain 100 pounds by the end of 9 months if this appetite keeps up. Actually the only time I really feel nauseous is when I am too hungry. I feel like I am starving every few hours or so.  I have been trying to eat healthy snacks in between meals but I feel like I am eating so much more than I used to.  Before I got pregnant I was on a diet trying to lose those last 10 pounds so I was used to not eating much but now I can't seem to stop eating.  I have already gained 5 pounds....ugh!

mrspappy

As long as you're eating healthy snacks, it's probably ok (especially if you're starving).  I am trying to spread my meals out so I'm just grazing all day and not eating as much at meal times.

cdc1982

Yay!  Someone else like me!  I go to my 2nd appt this Friday & I'm afraid the doc will yell at me for gaining too much weight so soon!  He said at the 1st visit that I should only be getting about 200 more calories/day in the 1st tri.

But, I'm like you, if I eat, I'm ok, if I don't I feel sooo blah (not so much like I want to t/u, just very very "blah")

Mrs._F

I am constantly hungry too!  And if I wait too long to eat...I feel SO. SICK.  So I basically have to eat all day long.  The problem I am having is that so many foods seem unappealing/gross to me.  I keep joking that it's like a full-time job keeping myself fed!

melissa&mark

I felt the exact same way with my last pregnancy. Meals I used to eat that would leave me feeling so stuffed I almost felt sick were hardly even satisfying anymore. Warning though try to keep it healthy snacking because I ate my fair share of junk food and packed on 65 pounds!! I'm determined to not let it happen again.

Sarah_lily

I'm right there with you...I was doing so well up until about 6 weeks. I was exercising, eating really well (only healthy food, not overeating). Then, it was like a flip switched. I eat everything in sight, I quit exercising because of the constant queasy feeling, and the food choices I'm making are NOT healthy. My first doctor appointment is on Thursday and I'm thinking I need to get this under control...eek!

iheartnutella

Sarah_lily:

I'm right there with you...I was doing so well up until about 6 weeks. I was exercising, eating really well (only healthy food, not overeating). Then, it was like a flip switched. I eat everything in sight, I quit exercising because of the constant queasy feeling, and the food choices I'm making are NOT healthy.

 

This exactly.  I was doing great at first - exercising (without getting my heart rate too high / getting overheated), eating healthily.  But lately all I want is junky food.  DH took me to the grocery store at 11:30 Saturday night for grilled cheese supplies because it was ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT.  I ate a chocolate croissant yesterday and then Bojangles (fried chicken) for dinner (with fries and a biscuit).  All I can think about is carbs, chocolate, and cheese.  Before I got pg, I had lost 30 lbs so I was so careful about what I ate.  It's SO HARD to stay on track now!!

ScarlettAKZ

I think another one of my problems is that I have to get up at 5:30am every morning for work (yuk).  I have to eat breakfast so early that I am ready for lunch at about 10:30 or 11:00.  Then I am starving by 3:00 but it is too early for dinner so I just come home from work and eat random things......like today I ate two spoonfulls of cream cheese and then had a bowl of leftover rice.  Then I will eat my actual dinner around 6:00 or 7:00.  I really need to find a better way to organize my eating schedule so my weight doesn't go out of control.

Alyssa102

Welcome to the club!

I am so like you, only feel sick when I am not eating.  Healthy snacks are great.  I do cereal for breakfast, a fruit at about 10am, lunch at noon, a yogurt at 2-3pm, dinner at 5pm.  But I find by 5pm I dont want to eat that much.

Carbs are my best friend too right now....

 

 

jjerribug

i am in the same boat, but i have only gained about 2 lbs. i will do whatever it takes to keep the nauseousness away!