Postpartum Addictions

[GinaRae]

Funny and yet not.

I'm totally addicted to carbs/sugar (soda and junk food) and shopping. I was SO grumpy yesterday and nearly frantic to shop. I took DS3 with me (and Lachlan) to the Salvation Army to bribe DS3 with a toy so I could shop the baby boutique.

I made my 20% off purchases of baby yoga pants and top and touched everything in sight until I seriously felt SO much better.

This happens to me after every pregnancy!!! Sugar and shopping. WHAT is that about?! I thought I'd kicked it because I didn't do it DURING pregnancy as usual.

Anyone else???

[ComfyCozy]

Sugar, definitely. I was eating so well until that very last pre-labor hormone shift, and then it was chocolate chocolate chocolate. I'm trying to curb my sweet tooth with honeycrisp apples...they are pretty sweet, very juicy and big.

I might have gone through the shopping thing after I had Isabel. It just rings a bell to me...

If I were actually going anywhere, I'd probably hemorrhage the $$. Good thing it's cold and I've been keeping the baby in b/c of the infection (which seems to be almost gone, btw!!)

ETA: Chocolate has seratonin in it, which makes you relaxed and happy. I make sure to have a little of it everyday to keep my mood in check.

[Isaac'sMa]

Uh, yeah. : I am shopping like a mad woman. I really need to stop. It isn't healthy for me, my bank acct or the earth! ugh. It's a reason to get out of the house though I should just go to the library...that usually satisfies the urge to shop (ie, bring something home that's "new")
Carbs like crazy over here too. And I've always been a chocoholic, so that's not going to change anytime soon. If it did I would turn into a raging bee-yotch.

[sorteep]

*luckily* my screaming colicky stomach sensitive kids keep my diet WAY on track (if spartan and prob not too well rounded)... the indulgences are SO not worth the days of screaming... look out after i wean tho.. I tend to go on a months long food bender and then feel like crap.... oh well, i have a couple yrs to look forward to that.... sigh... I have been net shopping too... oops.. the shopping would be really ugly if i had a girl... the CLOTHES... since i got three kids worth of 2nd hand boy clothes I simply can not justify more boy baby clothes!! although I did get two xmas outfits...ack... good thing the weather is so crappy.. keeps me home

[Da WIC Lady]

I have been eating simple sugars like mad! I'm not too much on the complex carbs like breads and pastas though. Sodas, juice and mini candy bars have been my vices. I've been so blah and not wanting to cook even to just heat up something that I figure that it's a quick way to get calories since I'm nursing two.

Anna

[scheelimama]

I had serious thrush battles the last two times I was nursing, so I've been able to keep my sugar/carb intake in control just by remembering how extremely painful nursing was for me the other two times and how long (like a year each time) I ended up battling it. It's so not worth it.

That said, I do enjoy sugar/carbs, and with all my friends bringing me holiday cookies, it's awful hard not to overindulge. I do have a bit each day. But I try so hard to balance it with good stuff. And those Honeycrisp apples are worth the $$ they cost! They're my favorite right now.

Shopping...ah, I so badly want to shop, but dh keeps me in check. He's so darn frugal. Got to love him for it. But I did decide to buy each of the girls one more Christmas present. Couldn't help myself.

Gina, maybe it's because you feel so crappy during your pregnancies and when you're not pregnant anymore, you have to make up for all the lost time/food. Sounds plausible to me. I've enjoyed cooking so much since Piper was born for the same reason.

[Taradactyl3]

I can join in with the junk food. I so want to stop but I'm here all day with a 3 yo and 4 week old and I get bored and sooooo hungry and never have time to prepare anything so.......I hit the cookies and candy and tea and juice way too much. I have no self-control right now. I am planning to start a whole new diet plan on Jan 1st as a sort of new years resolution. I know a better diet will help me feel better.

T

[chrysalis]

oh yes. totally sugar sugar sugar is what i want. : in pg, protein is what i craved occasionally. i knew when i needed more. i guess i do now too but man, my appetite only seems to want sweet things...carb-y things. i'm w/ you girl. good stuff like veggies and fruits even are not what i crave now. not so much on the soda's but oh yeah when i do have one, yum yum yum. most of the groceries contain sugar/sweet things... poor megh hasn't had a decent actual meal in 2 weeks. oh well at least we are alive and happy. i'm actually drinking coffee this morning but i don't like it much w/out 1/2 and 1/2...i'm drinking it w/ half a mug of heated milk...ick...: scheelismama, did you say HOLIDAY COOKIES!?!?! mmmmm been doing that too........yum.

oh and shopping...hell yah. count me in. i am going to goodwill today to get me some normal pants/jeans. these maternity pants ain't cuttin' it anymore. lol i LOVE to shop. touch everything...look at EVERY thing...oh yeah. i have to unfortunately take it easy (awww megh is using our new spotbot bissel carpet cleaner...she knows how to move it and which buttons to push...she spilled some purple crayola paint on the light colored rug...) so i can't shop all i want to. plus, money isn't exactly flowing in like i'd prefer either...but i shop when i can and if its thrift stores/resale kids shops, i'm SO there. my fave places to shop. and my ex said i was all about MONEY. pffff whatever dude.

[kgrfcharlton]

Yes to the junk food (as I eat a no-bake cookie!). And I would love to be shopping, but I am adjusting to the having 3 kids. I even have Christmas presents to buy, but am reduced to shopping online.

When does the junk food addiction stop? (I don't think it ever did after my 2nd!!!).

[Kontessa]

Wine! This happens after every baby. I crave it! With Toby though I got such bad thrush I am really trying hard to keep sugers to special. I have about 1/4th cup of wine (A few sips) every other night now.

My other craving is breakfast sandwiches. LOL They are not helping my waist line I am sure.

Shopping.... between my husband (They tend to go spendy crazy when they get home) and I we have a hurting bank account. It will get better though I am sure. Specially as we are trying to hunt down a Wii that will keep us and the kids in the house.

[mittendrin]

Sugar and shopping. Yep, same here.
The dangerous thing is that dh is never home anymore, works 7 days a week and comes home around 7ish at night. Brings home some good money which is supposed to be used for our downpayment for a house next year. Lonely housewife with money in the bank - danger!!!!!!
Lonely housewife w sugarcookie dough in the fridge and all 3 kiddos asleep - Boy, don't even go there.....

[lisalulu]

I wish I could blame my sugar problem on not being pregnant anymore. I wasn't so good with my sugar intake while I was pregnant this time. so I've just maintained my bad habit. I love shopping in general but taking the baby out with my toddler who gets bored in the stroller has been a great deterrent from getting out to the stores. Now online shopping is another story

[*Lindsey*]

Sugar and carbs here, too. My DH has a huge sweet tooth and is of no help to me in this department!

Shopping, not so much. It's way too much of an ordeal to get a 4 year old, 2 year old, and 7 week old twins ready and out the door. : We've got all our Christmas shopping done so that helps. But, I do find myself browsing things online...mostly clothes for myself since I'm frustrated that nothing I have fits right right now. So far, I've been good.

[Curlita]

I was going to cut sugar to help in my thrush battle... that lasted 36 hours until my husband e-mailed me that it might be a day too late to get Conrad on our health insurance. We now *think* the issue is probably resolved... but not before I ate a bunch of candy that was supposed to be stocking stuffers.