It’s so strange. Before getting pregnant I was a very healthy girl. Tarzan and I cooked at home and ate healthy. We ate tons of chicken breast, salmon, and veggies. Lots of salad too. It was a very rare day when we would eat fast food, cookies, cupcakes, or chips.
Being pregnant has changed me and changed my eating habits for the worst. Pregnancy nutrition, what?!
I’m not talking about wanting donuts and fried chicken constantly, because thankfully I do not. However, I can’t stand the thought of eating at home, unless it’s cereal, an egg sandwich, or a Fiber One pop tart. And that’s not one word of a lie.
Like the thought of baking chicken in the oven – Ew. Thinking about eating a salad at home – No thanks.
And I don’t have a good reason for this new way that I am. I’m not sure if it’s the thought of preparing food at home, or just the fact that I like to be lazy right now (another thing that has changed about me). It just seems so much easier to run out and pick something up, even when I could have been perfectly capable of making it at home. Weird, I know.
Not that I was this huge cook before pregnancy, but I will admit that I gave it a try. I’ve always liked the thought of cooking for a dinner party, not just for the two of us. That being said, I used to cook about 4-5 times a week and most of those nights were meals I would try from a recipe. And not food from a box. I would get all the ingredients to make things from scratch.
Oh yes, how times have changed!
Maybe deep down I just know that I should relax and take the “easy” way out now before the baby arrives since that will be a crazy time. Maybe it’s some weird thing to do with being pregnant. Or maybe I’m just lazy and I just don’t feel like it. I’m not really sure, but it’s dinner time and my mind is racing on what I will pick up and from where.
Is this normal? Did any of you go through a period like this when you were pregnant? I’m extremely curious…
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I'm exactly the opposite, since being pregnant with my son, my husband has offered many times that we should do something "simple" for dinner (like lasagna from a box or something), or get something out. I just can't do it - The thought of all the preservatives and the horror stories about the crap they add to fast food makes me literally gag every time I think about it. All I want is plain, wholesome food. Ingredients I know and nothing artificial at all. So, instead of spending extra money on going out, we're spending a little extra money on our spice collection and at the produce section, since instead of going to the market once a week, it's about 3 or 4 times now. I think we should all just trust our bodies to know what we need and to need and want (or "crave") what we may be lacking as far as nutrients, fats, etc. I was the same way with my daughter as I am with my son, except I mostly lived on cereal, fresh fruit, milk, and beans, I craved other things but threw up the entire pregnancy, so that was a separate ordeal of its own, I couldn't eat meat either, even though it sounded really good at times. But just like the thought of preservatives and other synthetic ingredients making me sick now, it did with her -and soda was the worst, couldn't even think about those syrups that they add to the carbonated water to make "soft drinks"- ugh! LOL :) I say, eat what you can keep down and try to consciously make healthy decisions, if this is not easy then make sure to at least take your prenatals, drink plenty of water, and go for a good long walk as often as possible.
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