eating in -vs- eating out

SethandSara · March 2009

I have had no desire to eat anything home cooked for the past 4 weeks or so. I have no idea why, but food from restaurants, even if it's just McDonald's, sounds so much more appetizing to me. Is anyone else experiencing this?

sestock17 · March 2009

Yes! I am all for eating out b/c I cannot stand the smell of my stove right now. Every time DH turns it on I have to go outside. This whole heightened sense of smell freaks me out. I would say that about 50% of my meals in the past 2 weeks have been take out. Sad, but true.

jandb_plyter · March 2009

nope I'm the exact opposite...tonight is the first night I've had fast food in about 2 weeks....we'll see if its successful...

rebeccaontherocks · March 2009

I don't know about you, but for me it is the difference between preparing raw food, and having it served to me cooked. I much prefer eating out right now than eating in... but it is getting expensive

LC1009 · March 2009

Yep! I don't know if it's lack of energy or the aversions, but I'd rather just not go through the process of preparing anything too labour intensive.

ilenegrace · March 2009

I totally feel your pain. I have not had a meal at home for 6 weeks. Its driving my dh crazy! I have a had an aversion to watching food being cooked or smelling it cooking. I even missed my best freind's bday party because she went to one of those restaraunts where they cook the food at your table.

Even worse when I eat out I end up ordering food I don't eat. Buffets have become my best friend. I don't have to feel as bad when I don't eat something I thought was a good idea at the time. Needless to say its been an expensive pregnancy thus far

SDSwife · March 2009

I thought that I was alone on this as well. Mine is more that everything that I normally cook and eat and usually I like, doesn't taste good to me. I end of eating a bowl of cereal or ice cream , which isn't helping me in the calorie department. When I 1st found out, all I wanted was meat and cheese. Nothing sweet, and now it seems to have switched.

anhella · March 2009

ilenegrace:
I totally feel your pain. I have not had a meal at home for 6 weeks. Its driving my dh crazy! I have a had an aversion to watching food being cooked or smelling it cooking. I even missed my best freind's bday party because she went to one of those restaraunts where they cook the food at your table.

Even worse when I eat out I end up ordering food I don't eat. Buffets have become my best friend. I don't have to feel as bad when I don't eat something I thought was a good idea at the time. Needless to say its been an expensive pregnancy thus far

I was just trying to explain this to my husband last night. I feel super guilty because we are trying to be frugal, but I really only want food that was prepared no where near me.

bim38106 · March 2009

yep. I was just able to start cooking again this week. We've had a lot of takeout in the past few weeks!

MadameFancyPants · March 2009

I've been like that to a certain degree mostly because I've been craving things that I can't make at home. DH and I have had some heated discussions about my wanting to go out every night and fast food every day for lunch.

mtendere · March 2009

I've been the opposite. Last night was the first night in a month that I could go out for a nice dinner with DH. Lately, the best I can do is a baked potato from Wendy's.

star21gazer · March 2009

Yeah that's me. Like PP's I have an aversion to raw food and smelling food being prepared. So for the past six 6 weeks we have eaten out most nights. This week I have done pretty well. I have cooked the past two nights!

DiscusCoach · March 2009

I am having two issues on that front that are leading me to eat out more.

#1 Dealing with raw food (especially meat) makes me want to gag.

#2 I don't know what I want to eat until I get hungry and then I am starving and I'm not going to go to the store and then cook.

lgurian · March 2009

i am all about eating out right now. firstly i am too tired to grocery shop. secondly i am too tired to cook. thirdly i would be to tired to clean up after us should we eat at home. it just seems easier to go out. besides, i dont figure we will be going out much after they are born. might as well ham it up now!

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