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Cravings?

post #1 of 25
9/7/10 at 11:25pm
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I know, I know.. so cliche to have cravings this early but I do.

I really want carne asada and grilled jalapenos. I never eat red meat except when Im pregnant. It just isnt super appealing to me. Last pregnancy I had a bit of a hamburger/meatloaf/meatball craving until one day I tried to sub ground turkey and ended up being so disgusted any type of ground meat was totally repellent to me after that. I never really craved protein rich stuff after that .. I craved sweet things.

This time, I am pretty repulsed by sweet stuff. I also dont want any carbs like pasta or potatoes.

I did get a bit obsessed the last few days with cauliflower roasted with breadcrumbs and parm and ate half a head of one for dinner tonite

What about you?

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post #2 of 25
9/7/10 at 11:36pm
Oranges. Seriously, I cannot get enough oranges. I usually don't care for them.

I'm also craving baked potatoes. My lunch for the past week has consisted of a heaping spinach salad, navel orange, and a baked potato with sour cream an shredded cheddar cheese.

I'm also craving red meat. Which is the opposite from my pregnancy with DD. I had a major aversion to red meat (especially ground beef) throughout my first trimester.
post #3 of 25
9/7/10 at 11:37pm
fizzy stuff.

my beverage of choice, cranberry juice with club soda and a slice of lime. i drank it all through my first pregnancy and have started drinking it already.

sadly, i have more aversions than i do cravings.
post #4 of 25
9/8/10 at 12:18am

I hope you all get what you're wanting!


Edited by sewingsparklz - 11/22/10 at 6:37pm
post #5 of 25
9/8/10 at 12:33am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sewingsparklz View Post
Red meat, here!

Tonight DH took me to Outback where I got their filet and wild mushroom sauce -

I definitely think it is the protein, but also the iron I crave. Sometimes I have a slight iron deficiency by then end of the pregnancy.

That and cheesecake!!!
That sounds really yummy! I havent been to Outback in forever. I dont trust my pregnant self around that blooming onion, so it's best we dont test my willpower.

But the cheesecake! Now that is a sweet that sounds good. The Red Velvet Cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory is one of the most delightful things Ive ever eaten. Im so glad I live an hour away from that restaurant
post #6 of 25
9/8/10 at 7:41am
I don't really have any cravings yet, I seem to have gone off chocolate though
post #7 of 25
9/8/10 at 8:21am
Protein--beans, lentils, nuts, hummus, Quorn...surprisingly, no meat.
Ginger snaps
WATER! (Is that a craving? Haha.)

A couple things that I usually like that have grossed me out are asparagus and avocado.
post #8 of 25
9/8/10 at 10:36am
Before I got pregnant the first time, I never craved sweets or drank soda. Once I got pregnant with her, all I wanted was sour stuff. I had a huge aversion to sweets. Ever since she was born, I've only craved sweet stuff. I never was a dessert eater before her; now I eat tons of sweets. At the same time, my tolerance for salt dropped. I hardly use salt in any cooking and don't enjoy eating out because everything is too salty.

Now that I am pregnant again, my salt tolerance is back. I ate MASSIVE amounts of salt yesterday (pickle, pickle juice, a can of vienna sausage, breaded buffalo chicken wings, spaghetti and garlic bread, lots of ranch/caesar dressing). In fact, I think I will go eat more garlic bread...
post #9 of 25
9/8/10 at 10:36am
I am craving hot sauce and spicy stuff. I add siracha chili sauce and Tabasco to everything. Eat wasabi peas by the handful. Not as strange though as last pregnancy where I was obsessed with ice, eating it, crunching it, super size drinks with crushed ice in the MIDDLE of winter. It was very strange- and I wasn't anemic they checked!
post #10 of 25
9/8/10 at 10:45am
Roasted garlic and roasted hatch chilis. Can't get enough of either. I'm sure I stink!
post #11 of 25
9/8/10 at 10:46am
oh yes... and protein. Which is odd, because I had to gag down protein with my first pregnancy. Now, I want lots and lots of it.
post #12 of 25
9/8/10 at 11:40am
My cravings have not been very strong. I have been drinking lemonade with soda water to cut the sweetness and give some sparkle. That's about the only thing that has changed.
post #13 of 25
9/8/10 at 12:11pm
I've been getting really random specific cravings. Like last night I wanted to make italian dressing chicken. I had to go out to the dollar general and get a bottle of(kraft) italian dressing to cook the chicken in. store brand dressing or olive oil and vinegar and spices weren't gonna cut it. I needed the processed nature of bottle italian. Crazy! This morning I'm craving applesauce. It sucks because the nearest grocery store is 20 minutes, so if I'm craving something specific, I have to drive a bit, or get what I can find at the dollar store. so annoying! Right now I'm drinking a homemade mocha, so that's staving off the cravings a bit. Nothing too weird though! I already eat a lot of meat, so I think I'm getting enough protein and iron!
post #14 of 25
9/8/10 at 12:55pm
whoops - daughter somehow posted the same post again
post #15 of 25
9/8/10 at 1:25pm
Food! . Actually no specific cravings yet, but last night I bit into a sandwich made from leftover roast chicken and it was suddenly the best thing I had ever tasted . I could have eaten two more just like it.
post #16 of 25
9/8/10 at 1:43pm
Chicken Ceasar Salad! I haven't had it in years and now I MUST have it as much as possible! It's got to be my strangest repeat craving to date.

With #1 I had to constantly have bananas. Now DS5 eats at least one a day!

With #2 I had to have Sausage McMuffins with egg. Previous to this pregnancy I would never have eaten one. Now DS4 loves sausage. He would eat it everyday if we let him!

With #3 I didn't have any really strong repeat cravings. I wanted ice cream more than usual. Not usually a big fan. We'll see if she winds up being a super ice cream freak. At 19 months, she's not allowed to have more than a couple bites occasionally, and who wouldn't love it?

Now with #4, I can't get enough chicken ceasar salad and I am also not interested in sweets. What? This is the first time in my life! I think this is going to be a healthy eating girl baby.

So, do they like these things because I ate them, or did they make me crave them?
post #17 of 25
9/15/10 at 12:44pm
I was about to start a cravings thread! Love that I found this one. I wondered if early cravings were just my imagination.

Mine is potato salad. I hardly ever eat the stuff. But in the past week I cannot eat enough of it. My husband's been to the food coop to get it for me last night, and I bought it for lunch at least 3 times now. I sat in bed last night and ate the entire container.....

I regret nothing.
post #18 of 25
9/15/10 at 12:54pm
I think it's too early for me to actually be craving stuff, but I have really wanted a hamburger lately.
post #19 of 25
9/15/10 at 3:48pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by puffnstuff View Post
I think it's too early for me to actually be craving stuff, but I have really wanted a hamburger lately.
OMG I had to have a hamburger at lunch today! my last pg I couldn't stand the thought of ground beef at all. It's so strange.
post #20 of 25
9/15/10 at 6:31pm
Thread Starter 
I never want to eat meat again. I made carne asada, which was so good going down. But I just dont have the digestive enzymes for meat because I never eat it and just UGH. I had to take colace. I feel disgusting still, 3 days later.

Now, I just want Avocado sprout sandwiches and lavender soda.

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