Does anyone else lose interest in food?

When I was pregnant with Bonnie I used to get yelled at for not eating
enough, which I did enjoy just a tad due to my large stature, and also got
yelled at for losing weight. Anyway I seemed to have lost 8 lbs. in the
last month without dieting and I promise I have not been exercising, Ha Ha
Ha, Anyway I am already losing interest in food and it takes me FOREVER to
pick something to eat and by then I have had my mind on eating so long that
I am STARVING so then it ends up being something not necessarily healthy.
For instance I have encouraged hubby to drive 2 towns over for Mc Donald's
because nothing in the house sounded right and then it was too late to cook
it.

I was just wondering if anyone else has this problem and how you have solved
it. I know most people would go "yippee I lost 8 lbs." But I got Lectured a
bunch for not eating when I was not hungry and not interested in food. I
want to avoid that this time.

Tori

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Tori M. wrote in message
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When I was pregnant with Bonnie I used to get yelled at for not eating
enough, which I did enjoy just a tad due to my large stature, and also got
yelled at for losing weight. Anyway I seemed to have lost 8 lbs. in the
last month without dieting and I promise I have not been exercising, Ha Ha
Ha, Anyway I am already losing interest in food and it takes me FOREVER to
pick something to eat and by then I have had my mind on eating so long
that
I am STARVING so then it ends up being something not necessarily healthy.
For instance I have encouraged hubby to drive 2 towns over for Mc Donald's
because nothing in the house sounded right and then it was too late to
cook
it.

I was just wondering if anyone else has this problem and how you have
solved
it. I know most people would go "yippee I lost 8 lbs." But I got Lectured
a
bunch for not eating when I was not hungry and not interested in food. I
want to avoid that this time.

Absolutely! Never did get that big pregnancy appetite people told me would
come. I'd not have eaten anything if it hadn't made morning sickness worse.
My dr. with #1 gave me some good advice. "eat what you fancy, when you fancy
and don't worry about it". I've found that very good at stopping me feel
guilty after eating junk.
I wasn't weighed for #1 (the drs scales didn't work) and #2 only weighed me
at 20 weeks to check I hadn't lost too much. I'd lost a bit but not majorly
so they didn't worry again.
Debbie

"Tori M." wrote in message ...
When I was pregnant with Bonnie I used to get yelled at for not eating
enough, which I did enjoy just a tad due to my large stature, and also got
yelled at for losing weight. Anyway I seemed to have lost 8 lbs. in the
last month without dieting and I promise I have not been exercising, Ha Ha
Ha, Anyway I am already losing interest in food and it takes me FOREVER to
pick something to eat and by then I have had my mind on eating so long that
I am STARVING so then it ends up being something not necessarily healthy.

I have lost weight in all of my pregnancies. First pg (ended at 21
weeks), I lost about 20 lbs. Second pg (42 weeks), I lost about 40
lbs. This pg, 29 week right now and I'm down about 17-19 lbs from
pre-pg weight. The thing is, I had the weight to lose - it's hardly
putting me in the realm of being anorexic or even thin! - and it just
seems to be how my body reacts to pg.

All three times, I've been very sick in the first 18-20 weeks - not so
sick that I couldn't keep water/fluids down but to where I could only
eat a very small number of things, and fought m/s all day long. It's
manageable but not pleasant. Then, when I do get my appetite back
(which in my second pregnancy happened only with using Phenergan for
about a week to break the "cycle"), my metabolism is really revved up
and I can eat whatever I want/need to without gaining a thing.

My OB's have never been thrilled about it, but since I've been able to
tell them honestly that I'm eating plenty of healthy food (as well as
some "junk" food), there really isn't anything else to be done about
it. I get exercise in the way of walking, hanging out with my DD,
cleaning house, etc... so I can't really cut back there. The baby is
growing well, so it appears that I'm actually continuing to lose
weight as the baby gets bigger - and if we're both doing fine, that's
all they can ask for!

BTW, one thing that helped me when I had no interest in food was
eating in buffet style restaurants. Reading a menu (which involves
picturing the food and deciding what you want) would turn me off
entirely - but getting one spoonful of this with a bisquit and 3 bites
of fruit really worked well for me. Also, not allowing yourself to
get ravenous might work - just keep some snacks around so that you
aren't starving hungry before trying to decide what to eat.

hth -
kellie
edd 7-04

Tori M. says...

When I was pregnant with Bonnie I used to get yelled at for not eating
enough, which I did enjoy just a tad due to my large stature, and also got
yelled at for losing weight. Anyway I seemed to have lost 8 lbs. in the
last month without dieting and I promise I have not been exercising, Ha Ha
Ha, Anyway I am already losing interest in food and it takes me FOREVER to
pick something to eat and by then I have had my mind on eating so long that
I am STARVING so then it ends up being something not necessarily healthy.
For instance I have encouraged hubby to drive 2 towns over for Mc Donald's
because nothing in the house sounded right and then it was too late to cook
it.

I gained weight at a steady rate, but I must admit I ate only for the
baby. Food really lost it's appeal, even though I never got morning
sickness or felt ill.


I was just wondering if anyone else has this problem and how you have solved
it. I know most people would go "yippee I lost 8 lbs." But I got Lectured a
bunch for not eating when I was not hungry and not interested in food. I
want to avoid that this time.

I have been lectured about "not eating for two".
I am assuming Bonnie came out just fine ? If so, use her as an example
to shut people up !


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Baby, I can't wait to meet you !
EDD: 10-Apr-2004