What are you eating?

[Ravenmoon]

I have to watch my weight gain with this pregnancy.I have always been careless when it comes to weight gain and pregnancy and i have so paid the price.With my last babe i went up to 220lbs and my body was very,very unhappy.I swelled horribly and my legs hurt badly.Last year i lost all of my excess weight and am starting out at a good weight.But if i gain more then 35 lbs i will be pushing 200 and i know my body will give out on my.I have these veins in my right leg that have gotten more pronounced with each pregnancy and they are already sticking out and hurting.My Dr said i can't get them fixed until after i give birth.So i need to be careful.My midwife told me i could even lose 15 lbs if i wanted to but i don't want to lose weight i just want to be careful

Yesterday~scrambled eggs with one piece of wheat toast
salad with chicken
Polenta with sauted zucchini and red peppers
cookie

I only drink water and teas so i'm good there.

[sprinkle pocket]

i tend to only be able to eat what my body craves (not the treats my mind tries to want). so lately it's been mostly raw food, summer foods--fruit, salad, carrots, cukes,berries(yum!) some cooked pintos/tortilla chips/brown rice/avocado/raw cheese when i can, but that's all been pretty rich for me. i'm craving simple/satvic foods. for a while i was constantly eating raw almonds and dried apricots. also, rrl tea, sometimes with nettles, mint, red clover. i really like traditional medicinal's pregnancy tea. i feel like i'm eating almost constantly, but when i look at what i'm eating, it's really good food. pre-preg, greens, broccoli and brown rice were among my fave foods, eating them daily, and now i can hardly eat the brown rice, and my body won't let me eat greens or broc. i can't wait to eat those again, i love 'em!! oh, also, for bfast (with fruit) i've been enjoying a toasted sprouted bagel with org. salted butter. the salt is divine tasting in the a.m.!! one day dh was eating carrots dipped in nut butter and i thought i'd never tasted anything as scrumptious--and haven't been able to eat it since. :LOL so funny trying to keep up with what my body is telling me!

i just remembered, i've been able to down a few vanilla cashew wah guru chews! love 'em!

wow, this is getting me hungry for my midnite-can't-sleep-until-i-eat-one-more-time snack! gotta run!

[Patchfire]

I learned my lesson with dd that if it doesn't sound good, don't eat it. For the past week, hamburgers have sounded divine. I think the meat people at Harry's/Whole Foods might start recognising me soon. Last night I ate two of them in, quite literally, mere minutes. I've been wanting to make one of my favourite dishes - a chicken/bean/rice thing - but chicken's sounded horrible so I'm avoiding it still. There must be something in potatoes that is good and unfortunately I've been craving dairy. I really wanted to try to avoid it, esp. straight milk, as much as possible, but it doesn't look like I'm going to manage at this point.

I love those organic fruit leathers - I can't remember the brand - for a quick snack/rush of sugar.

[crayon]

With DD1 I also craved potatoes- it was the only think I could keep down. Nothing else sounded good or was even close to the thought of wanting to try to keep down. With this baby, I can eat almost anything- so far, we had a few weeks where meat was way out, and even now I am not searching for it. I like fruits, sandwitches, cereal, milk and lots and lots of cheese style pastas

But I think I have lost 10 lbs already- not like I didnt have much to loose anyway, but still, I have not been eating much however, because I feel nauses most of the time but it is not like when I only think of food or something, I think it has to do with how hard I work and that I am also nursing my 16 month old several times a day.

[muse]

Not much, these days, since I throw up almost everything I eat. I've given up trying to eat "healthily". My usual diet of brown rice, tofu and green veggies makes me puke at the thought of it. The one thing I've found is safe is a poached egg every morning, and a baked potato in the evening. I also try almond nuts, crackers/dry toast, water and RRL tea.
Oddly though even though I'm so sick, I've been fancying chocolate, but I'm steering clear for now.

[TRIBE]

I eat only what I am craving otherwise I get sick

So fo rme its a lot of chicken breast, fresh raw veggies, blueberries, sushi, subway subs, yogurt, soups (miso and chicken noodle), lemonade, water and tea.

I am having to avoid red meat for the most part, its making me gag. Chicken thighs chicken wings, even some pork just isn't settling. And yet with all that I am NOT eating I have still gained 10lbs so I am thinking it doesn't matter how well or not well I eat I am going to put on what my body thinks I need.

[sprinkle pocket]

i was able to actually eat a whole sweet potato today!! i love getting to eat something nutritious and enough that i get full before queasy. maybe i'm more relaxed b/c dh passed through where i'm visiting on his way to be with his family. i haven't seen him in 2 1/2 weeks and we were definitely missing each other. i only got a few hours with him, but it was sooo nice to get to sit and visit and catch up in person, rather than the phone calls.

regardless, i got to eat a whole potatoe!! of course within a couple hours, i was starving again and had a salad, plum and apple.

speaking of hunger...i better go before my "am i hungry? twinge" quickly shifts to "oh, my god, i am starving and shaking with hunger!!" it happens so fast for me. we need a smiley of a mama eating so fast she can't come up for air. :LOL

[TRIBE]

Same here sprinkle. I get the omg if I dont eat right now I am gonna puke before I get the hmm i am a bit hungry twinge.

Last night I think I shocked dh. I ate an entire porkchop 2 servings of mac-n-cheese and a salad. Then called him to make me a huge bowl of salad, then an hour later a huge bowl of icecream! Oink!