More Please....

Wow my appetite has increased to levels I never thought possible.  I am 20 weeks pregnant, halfway!! Woohoo and feel like I could eat and eat and eat and never get full.  I have done so good up to about 19 weeks.  That is when I noticed a huge increase in hunger pains, and wanted everything in site. 

The morning sickness period has worn off and my body seems to want to catch up on eating everything and any thing it couldn't have before.  It made it really tough since Hubbs was out of town this weekend visiting the son, I had no one to hold me back or not want to act like a complete fatty around.  DANGEROUS for me!  It also didn't help I bought some snickers ice cream and had to have burgers two different occasions this weekend.

Sad I know, I did buy some healthy snacks at the grocery store over the weekend and packed them to eat at work today.  I am going to try really hard to eat smaller meals more often a day to try and avoid binge eating with no end in site.  It isn't easy, and like I said before, I have never been this hungry!

I went out to eat with my mom on Saturday and we did order a pretty healthy meal, I got veggies, black beans and grilled chicken but the bowl of queso I ate as an appetizer didn't help.  I am still under the average weight gain so I am not so worried about that part of this, but I have to find a way to get these cravings for unhealthy food to a minimum and find a way to feel full without eating big meals throughout the day and later at night.

I have heard pregnant women say they get unbelievably hungry but just never knew how intense that was.  I didn't feel that way for so long, and would get so full so fast, but this new appetite of mine has been somewhat shocking.

Hopefully I can make better choices, and cook more at home, its just so hard not to go grab something when I live 3 miles away from 50 different restaurants!  Did I mention a In-and-Out burger is opening up a few miles from my neighborhood??!!!  Don't get me wrong, I am still going to cheat, and the snickers ice cream won't finish itself, but I have to find a better middle ground!  :)

7 lbs gained so far, and here is to 20-25 lbs more!