Not hungry, but I WANT to eat.. WTF is wrong w me

wilburbud

Ive been doing REALLY good on not over indulging too much with this pregnancy.. but this past week, it has all gone to hell. I ate a nice filling lunch. Im not hungry at all. but DAMNIT that pasty on the break room table looks really good and I want to eat it!!! mind you, I already had one before lunch! ;( anyone else feeling like this?

raynes

I want chocolate.  BAD.  Quite possibly some filled with some sort of fruit creme.  Or a Twix bar.

DinabethL

I think a lot of what I want is the comfort and the munching. I usually don't get super hungry, but still feel the desire to eat something. It is frustrating!

nicolelaroche

Haha I've felt like that whenever I was bored when I wasn't pregnant. Definitely feel like this a lot now that I am.

kasper923

I just text this to my DH - ALL. I. WANT. TO. DO. IS. EAT!!!

I'm hungry all the time!

Tambcat

This is how I've been feeling for the past 12 weeks when it comes to junk food - candy, cookies, ice cream. I walk into the grocery store and want to devour any junk food my eyes come in contact with. God forbid I sit down with a package of cookies or a pint of ice cream. I have NEVER been like this before in my life. It's so weird.

eta: okay, actually longer than that. Since Halloween, whatever that is. 15 weeks? I don't feel like doing the math.

ninjabridemom

Yeah, this is a recent but totally annoying thing w/ me as well.  Junk food, real food, juice is a big one! 

gisa886

I feel that way too. Try chewing some gum. It sometimes helps me, especially when I am dieting.

hey_little_bird

i have seriously been craving sugar the last week or so.
i bought a package of Lebkuchen (chocolate covered gingerbread cookies from germany) on tuesday and i ate all 5 of them over the next 2 days.

i have also been super tired, like first tri tired.

i'm chalking it up to a growth spurt.

tessatewks

To solve this problem, I chew on ice. If I eat an entire glass of ice and am still hungry, I know my body is actually hungry. If I eat a glass full and have had my eating/chewing urge satisfied and my stomach is not growling, then I know I was actually only thirsty and/or wanting to eat for pleasure.

I gained 80 lbs my first pregnancy, so I'm working extremely hard not to overeat this time around. I've gained 24 lbs so far at about 32 weeks. Most people that see/know what I eat on a daily basis accuse me of dieting when pregnant, but really I am eating only when my body is actually hungry, and it just so turns out that it is FAR below the recommended calorie intake for a pregnant woman.

dojo1

This is normal non pregnancy urge for me... I don't know what it would be like to be any different.

JFH2010

DO-JO:

This is normal non pregnancy urge for me... I don't know what it would be like to be any different.

Me too...not so much craving junk food, but just wanting to snack all the time. I pretty much want to be eating something at all times. Luckily I prefer healthy food, so I don't balloon up, but the desire to eat is constant. In fact, I think I'll go eat something now. Mmmmmmm.