Can't Stop Eating
One of my original concerns with being pregnant, before we were even thinking about conceiving, was that I would gain too much weight and become unhealthy. I was chubby as a kid/early teen then got my weight under control in high school and university but a couple summers ago while I was unemployed I let myself get heavy once again and was still on my way back down to my goal weight when I got pregnant in December. I had morning sickness in my first trimester and ended up losing 10lbs which I gained back in my second trimester. Now I'm 28 weeks and when I weighed myself a couple days ago I found I had gained almost 10lbs in a month! My weight does fluctuate day to day as I'm sure everyone's does but my midwife asks my weight every appointment and I'm a little afraid to tell her at my appointment on Wednesday that I'm now up to 179 from 169 last time. I've read that 25-30lb weight gain is normal for pregnancy, although everyone is different, and I started out at a not unhealthy 160 (I'm 5'7) before the morning sickness hit, but I still have months to go and I'm just getting hungrier and hungrier!!
All I want to eat is cheese, chocolate and fruit and nothing else seems to satisfy. I'll make a healthy dinner of chicken and vegetables for my husband and I but after we're done eating I'm hungry 15 minutes later and I'll eat a pound of strawberries like it's nothing and still want more. I've been limiting my chocolate - for example, if I want some chocolate ice cream I'll have two small scoops in a mug instead of having a million scoops in a bowl. Or I'll have two squares off a Caramilk bar instead of eating the whole bar. I don't want to deprive myself of the foods I'm loving during this pregnancy but at the same time I don't want to gain too much weight and become unhealthy. This obviously also has to do with losing the weight after pregnancy and still wanting to feel good about myself and my body during the next few months.
Do you ladies have any tips on foods that will make me feel full? Is there even such a thing in the last few months of being pregnant?
All I want to eat is cheese, chocolate and fruit and nothing else seems to satisfy. I'll make a healthy dinner of chicken and vegetables for my husband and I but after we're done eating I'm hungry 15 minutes later and I'll eat a pound of strawberries like it's nothing and still want more. I've been limiting my chocolate - for example, if I want some chocolate ice cream I'll have two small scoops in a mug instead of having a million scoops in a bowl. Or I'll have two squares off a Caramilk bar instead of eating the whole bar. I don't want to deprive myself of the foods I'm loving during this pregnancy but at the same time I don't want to gain too much weight and become unhealthy. This obviously also has to do with losing the weight after pregnancy and still wanting to feel good about myself and my body during the next few months.
Do you ladies have any tips on foods that will make me feel full? Is there even such a thing in the last few months of being pregnant?