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[wrenmoon]

I am ravenous. All. The. Time.
My husband is tired of hearing me talk about it. My friends are probably tired of me talking about it. I'm tired of hearing me talk about it. It's all I can talk about!
All I can think about is food, I dream of tacos and cucumber salads, and then even thinking about food makes me nauseous. This I the first time trying to do pregnancy being gluten and dairy free. It is HARD! Non pregnant I really don't have much trouble with this diet unless I am traveling. But. I started eating pizza last week. No good, and then I ate probably half a block of cheese (mind you I've been no dairy at all for almost two years) and woke up with cramps, bad enough that they woke me up...and so I've snapped out of my dallying in dairy and I have renewed my commitment to stay away from those things that make my thyroid sad...and now I have a gluten headache again. I'm just a miserable pathetic lump.

But I'm just so hungry! Anyone else obsessed with eating? I just wish that personal chef would show up! You know the one who can do specialty diets? She's probably out in the Bahamas with that maid of ours who never comes to work either. Well. They won't be getting any bonuses from me is all I can say.

I figured someone here would understand.

[lolliegee]

I understand totally! I want my chef to come home right now! I need him to prepare me some extra tasty low carb meals so I don't feel deprived. And maybe he'd actually be able to make me something that wouldn't make me feel worse after eating it. I think our chefs and maids must be vacationing together, because my house is a wreck too!

[dayiscoming2006]

Originally Posted by lolliegee 

I think our chefs and maids must be vacationing together, because my house is a wreck too!

Ditto ^

I can only eat certain foods without getting sick. It's kind of a guessing game. I'm not hungry all the time, but when I am, I better get food fast or I feel PAIN. It's a hunger pain like no other. I don't have a specialty diet, but I was trying to eat healthy until my taste and smell went all wrong. Pregnancy is so weird. LOL

And my house is a mess because we've been sick. I have been waking up at 3-3:30 am the past few night unable to go back to sleep because of coughing and nose blowing. Yuck. Sooooo tired.

[phobiageek]

Ditto and it makes me feel better to know I'm not alone. They say you only need 300 calories more but man do I think about food all the time. I think to myself, "I'm only 11 weeks, what's it going to be like when I'm 26 or 30?!" I was on a healthy eating track before I found out I was pregnant as I am overweight but mainly was changing my lifestyle. It helps with the pregnancy too with no added salt and no dairy and meat only up to 3 times a week. BUT, I have to say that I am SOOOOOO tired all the time. A friend suggested it may be that I'm not eating enough protein and listen to my body but I'm going for my first prenatal appointment next week so we'll check all my levels then.

I'm not craving meats just cheese so I hear you on the block of cheese thing. I work for a natural organic grocery store (well in the office above) so that makes it harder. On Friday after work I seriously picked up a block of brie (pasteurized) some fig spread and marcona almonds and a baguette. Kind of ashamed to say that I ate almost half of it in one sitting!

I hope it eases up a bit. 

And congratulations!