Wednesday, November 10, 2010

The Evolution of Pregnancy Cravings

Ode to food, how great you are. I don't think I can put into words how much I love food. It is one of the most amazing gifts from God and I am so thankful for it. But I must admit, pregnancy has brought out some pretty crazy truths about my love relationship with food.

As I climb the pregnancy mountain, I feel as though my food cravings have evolved just as much as my mood and body has. In my first trimester, all I wanted to eat was fruit and steak. That was it. One night after work, I had such a hankering for steak I made Steve take me out for some. As he was sitting over his pasta dish, jaw dropped; there I was pounding back a 10 oz steak blissfully. I ate a lot of cow that day. And don't even get me started on the fruit. I would make a huge fruit salad every week and almost always eat the entire thing. As I entered into my second trimester, my days of steak and fruit slowly dwindled.

Trimester 2! A few months ago, I woke up and was overwhelmed with the desire for a glass of milk. Now typically, I don't drink milk. You've got to twist my arms in order to get me to drink milk, unless you put a cookie in front of me and then its game over.  Anyways by the end of that day I drank a bag of 1% milk to myself. Steve was a little grossed out at first and now he thinks I've broken some kind of record. We go through 2 3 L bags of milk in a week and I am sad to say, it is mostly my fault. 

On behalf of pregnant women everywhere, I want to salute you Subway for producing a truly remarkable sandwich in your new Flatbreads. If you have not gone to Subway and tried the new flatbread sandwich, you are missing out. Oh my goodness, so good. Subway has been my fast food vice during this second round.

For years, I have had one major enemy in the food world: coffee! You may find this ironic as I worked for Groundswell Coffeehouse for 2 years but it's true. I don't know why I dislike coffee so much, I just do. However due to the magic of pregnancy, I have somehow fallen madly in love with decaf coffee. One of my fellow co-workers bought me a cup during a rather long day and BAM! Now I’m hooked. 

Gone are my pre-pregnancy days of ice cream cravings I thought I would never get over. I think this has been the biggest food shocker for me. Aside from the random Smartie McFlurry, I have not touched ice cream. Weird...right?

So that's it. Salt is still my dearest friend which is probably not a good thing but hey, whatever. I am just grateful that I have not had any crazy cracked out cravings like peanut butter and pickles or cookies with lamb kabobs. But, I still have another 3 months to go. Pray for me.  

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