I try to have something dessert-y every day, like a small slice of cake or pie, after dinner. It gives me something to look forward to and I'm less likely to binge on that stuff because I let myself have it.
I think it's normal. I'm just working on balancing it out by eating much healthier than I normally do for all my other snacks and all meals. Hard candy helps too because it's harder to pig out on. I have jolly ranchers or tootsie pops. I feel like if I deprive myself, I'm more likely to binge so I give in to little sweets cravings often.
I have only gained 1 lb so far (15 weeks today) and I still got a lecture from my doctor Monday about eating sugars/starches. He says a new hormone begins producing at 15 weeks that makes processing sugar and starches more difficult and that is why it's easier to gain weight. I am trying so hard to lay off, but he listed like all of my favorite foods on the do not eat list.
That's definitely me too, I want ice cream and cupcakes when I usually wouldn't! Just eat those things in moderation, maybe allow 1 sweet per day cause they have 0 nutrition.
I have no cravings right now per se. It was fruit but right now i just try to find foods that i'm not averse to. It's mostly bland foods, the kind of food i used to hate.
It seems sweet foods (from fruit to pudding - weird because i always hated pudding) are the least offensive to me.
O gosh I am obsessed with them too. And yeah not much to do but try to go for healthier sweets. I just try to limit myself. Or I drink extra water or milk and maybe a healthy snack and see if I'm just hungry or thirsty. If I still want it bad I may give in some.
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It's totally normal. That's how I was when I was pregnant with DD, and I didn't really even care for sweets pre-pregnancy!
Like PP said, go with fruits so you don't feel as guilty for indulging and giving in to the sweet crave.
I have no cravings right now per se. It was fruit but right now i just try to find foods that i'm not averse to. It's mostly bland foods, the kind of food i used to hate.