6/6/11

I'm hungry all the time! I don't want to gain too much weight or put on weight too fast. I know that the more evenly I gain weight and the more controlled my weight gain the easier it will be to lose the baby weight after, but my belly is talking louder than my brain right now.

My brain wants me to have healthy food and to eat 6 small portions a day and only increase my calorie intake by 300 calories over what I normally eat. My belly wants me to eat anything and everything including Oreo cakesters and Italian sausage.

I need to go to the grocery store and pick up a bunch of healthy snacks and I need to plan meals with left overs that I can bring with me to work instead of eating out. I have been eating fruit and yogurt and applesauce and rice cakes for snacks since I got pregnant, but that doesn't sound nearly as good anymore. 

I got a little help from my friends on facebook and here's what they had to say:

• Lindsay Mae Harvey In the last trimester of my pregnancy I ate an entire 8 pack box of those drumstick ice cream cones... They were SO SUPER yummy!!!! :-) :-) My dad got (playfully) mad at me only because I didn't share. Lol. :-)
• Tina Gutt Kramer Baby carrots are always a good choice. Otherwise for your sweet tooth (or salt tooth) the 100 calorie snack packs would be a good choice too. I craved fruit loops with my first baby...lol.
• Lindsay Mae Harvey Baby applesauce and pears are really yummy too... I always "steal" a spoonful from my daughter when I feed her. Lol.
• Kristen Wells I just eat double of everything I would normally eat. I typically eat a lot so pregnancy means I'm eating constantly and always looking for more. Forget about portions until the 3rd trimester (when heartburn & indigestion really kick in). tons of grains & protein, fruits, berries, fresh veggies...yum. yogert, trail mix, & snack bars rock.