Cravings

My pregnancy has been so strange this time in terms of what I can and can't eat. My comfort food of choice (when I'm not pregnant) is definitely ice cream, which I also ate quite often with my other pregnancies. In fact with Preston, I gained nine pounds in one month because I ate so many of those Drumstick ice cream bar things!! Oops!! However, I have had an aversion to ice cream lately, since about week 8. I can have a bite or two here or there, but that's not satisfying at all.

I am also having aversions to any kind of fast food or anything fried at all really. We went to Wendy's a couple of weeks ago and while the boys and Chris had french fries, chicken nuggets, hamburgers and frosties, I had a salad! And their food didn't even look good!!! Anyone who saw me must've thought I had some great willpower to eat a salad while surrounded by all that yummy food!! If only they knew....

So, want to know what my body craves for a "midnight" snack? Vegetables......ew! Not that I have anything against vegetables, but I think they should be reserved for lunch and dinner time. And maybe a snack here or there when paired with a fattening dip. I even bought two heads of broccoli at the grocery store last week and I can't wait to roast them up and sprinkle with lemon juice. It's such a weird feeling to crave something that doesn't really sound good to me.

I have also been craving carbs - pasta, bread, potatoes, etc. I didn't realize how bad it had gotten till one night last week Chris was asking what things we had in the house to eat. I listed off ravioli, lasagna and macaroni (that were either leftovers or easy to make). Then he asked what we had for a side and I said bread. Not what he wanted -- he wanted a steak. Poor guy, guess I hadn't been paying attention to how much pasta we were having. The next day I went out and bought him a big steak!!!

I'm wondering if this kid is going to come out a health nut or vegetarian or something. Or I've also heard that your body craves what it isn't getting enough of. I know I don't get enough veggies, but that was true with my other pregnancies too. Oh well, at least I'm eating healthy I guess!! I wonder if this will continue after the baby is born? I told Chris I want a big bowl of chocolate ice cream as soon as the baby is delivered, but I probably won't feel like it then either, huh?

Oh well, I don't mean to complain so much, it's just that I've always seen pregnancy as a time where I can kind of eat whatever I want (to a certain degree) and not worry about the weight gain (to a certain degree). And this time I get to be pregnant over Thanksgiving and Christmas, so I don't need to worry about the pounds I might put on during that time, except that this time I'll probably be putting the pounds on with veggies and rolls instead of pumpkin pie and candy!!