If I had to eat one food for the rest of my life I have always said it would be salad, especially seeing as how salad comes with endless possibilities of toppings. If I said that today I would starve. For the last 6+ months I have eaten a gigantic organic fancy greens salad with a ridiculous amount of veggies in it. But now the greens make me gag, they are suddenly very acidic and I cannot swallow a forkful. Yesterday I ate half a bag of carrots and some romaine without hating life. At least I'm getting in some vitamin C! Just to clarify I have not actually thrown up, but the idea or more often smell of some foods really turns me off. and now in the a.m. I can't eat my red beans, somehow they are okay in the evening but not in the morning. I think I need more vitamin supplements, now to work up the energy to go buy them...
As for cravings, my little grape sized fetus really likes carrots, toast, milk, bananas, tamales and veggie soup. How much milk does one have to drink to gain 25lbs? I might be able to do it with a few tamales a day! I had my first appointment with the midwife the other day, she said "Since you are underweight we would hope you would gain 30-35 lbs." To which I broke into hysterical laughter. First off I'm not underweight for a normal person, just for a pregnant lady. My BMI is 19 something and I'd have to lose 7 lbs minimum to be underweight for my height, which wouild leave the pancake bottomed girl with nothing to sit on, so I think not to any weight loss.
Speaking of weight, I bought a scale the other day. To which I must point out I have never owned a scale, we never had one in the house growing up and I have generally never desired to buy one. It's yet another thing to move for this frequent mover. Upon trying them out in Target I weighed 160, 112, 127. I went with the latter scale as I'm about 124 unclothed. Scales are weird, they get you fixated on what you look like, they could lead to eating disorders, and they can definately be off if even the basic kilter of your house' foundation isn't perfect.
Say goodnight, Gracie.
8 years ago
