Food (the best category of all):
Chinese buffets that are actually good (the one on I-10 between Wirt and Bingle exits). Hunan Chef is the name I believe. Ate myself silly there yesterday. It's a pregnant woman's dream! Seriously, where else can you get kung pao chicken, fried rice, corn nuggets and a stuffed baked potato? Let's just say I probably overdid the 'eating for two' philosophy by around 2pm. Craveability factor of 10/10.
Pizza of any kind, but especially the $5 Hot and Ready's from Little Caesar's behind my house. I dream of the cheesy, doughy, sauced goodness on a daily basis. Creaveability factor of 9/10
Beans, beans and more beans! For some crazy reason, since the dawn of mini-me's conception, I have wanted nothing more than refried pinto beans. Plain, with cheese, with eggs in a tortilla, with salsa and chips, with rice, on a chalupa, straight from the can, with cheese and sauce wrapped in a tortilla. Basically, I'm creating a burrito monster in my uterus. The beans can do no wrong in my world. Craveability of 11/10.
Donuts. Goodness gracious. Delicious fried dough covered with sugar or chocolate flavored sugar. What's not to crave? Craveability of 8/10. My current favorites are Shipley's chocolate donuts.
Fruit of any kind. The one healthy thing I crave (God's way of keeping at least a miniscule amount of nutrients flowing in this body of mine). Oranges, nectarines, plums, bananas, strawberries. Yum. I think I'll have a fruit salad today. Craveability factor of 8/10.
Other stuff:
Television shows-
The Office: I wish they made about 100 extra episodes, so I could watch one every few days or so, and not have any reruns. I could watch Dwight acting out a birth scene every day of the week! Craveability of 10/10
Damages: An exciting legal drama involving FBI, murder, corporate greed and all kinds of other good stuff. An FX show that keeps you hanging without being super-cheesy like 24. Craveability of 7/10.
30 Rock: Anything where Tracy Morgan dresses up like Teen Wolf and performs the song "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah" is ok in my book. 10/10.
Clothing:
Anything stretchy in the waist area that I can confidently wear in public. Basically cute workout pants or a few sizes larger stretchy jeans from JC Penny.
Cute, warm, matching PJ's. I can thank my husband for these. However, the ones with the long john leggings are starting to depress me when I look sideways in the mirror.
Bath stuff:
AVON shower gels (cheap and smell awesome). Currently my favorites are plum/nectarine and sunflower/apricot. *Insert shameless AVON plug here* Link to my AVON site.
Craveability of 8/10.
Anything from Bella Lucce. But especially their chocolate sugar scrub and their French sugared vanilla, silk and honey lotion. Just try to keep your husband away from the scrub, he may try to eat it. Visit their website here.
Craveability of 9/10.
What do you crave, pregnant or not?
So maybe I'm not as bad as this guy when it comes to the Chinese buffet:
I've never had any strange cravings (yours are not strange, in fact very yummy), I just have to eat LOTS every now and again. Rather boringly I have really enjoyed eating jacket potatoes smothered with naughtly full fat butter and cheese, any breaed items and cakes to the extreme. This time I longed to tell people of my nightly escapades to find the nearest rubber shoe to chew on or send my boyfriend out to hunt for custard donughts in the middle of the night, but no, just the usual naughty food intake!
ReplyDeleteRe: TV I simply cannot watch anything bad to do with children (those 18+ fine) or families in crisis as I just get so upset! Even watched a documentary about a baby elephant last night who had hurt his foot so that he and his mummy elephant got seperated from the herd and had to leave the room! I was not this tearful first time round! I feel such a mess when it comes to clothing. I was a UK size 12 before and at 24 weeks I've gone up to a 14 which is not so bad but my boobs are huge and so uncomfortable! The next few months are downhill. Sorry to be negative..I just don't feel glam anymore! Need some new maternity jeans...any suggestions?
Ally-
ReplyDeleteOn the maternity jeans, I bought some awesome Gap jeans at a resale shop for really cheap and they were hardly worn! I would suggest looking around to any resale shops for maternity clothing.
As for the tears--I cannot control, nor do I ever know when they're going to show up. Could be a song, a television commercial, a random thought, or no reason at all. I feel ya on that one!
If it makes you feel any better regarding your size--I hear the 2nd time around, you get larger, faster and that it's completely normal! Good luck and I would totally check out the resale shops for some awesome maternity clothes.