This Craving Business

So, Im not exactly craving pickles and ice cream or anything, but I am craving fried chicken like crazy, especially chicken strips. The weird thing is, it's not chicken strips from the same place. Monday, I might want Sonic strips, Tuesday I want Cane's, and Wednesday, I want Popeyes! It's getting a little crazy. I want lemonade all the time too. I think this kid is taking after me with the friend chicken. It started with a small peanut butter craving that made me cry sometimes. Now, it's friend chicken and lemonade every day. This has been a two week thing, and it's about time it stops. Now, I'm hungry. So, let me try to make this blog useful while I'm at it.

Pregnant and craving the unhealthy stuff? That's OK. You're going to hear me refer to What to Expect when You're Expecting a lot. It's like the pregnancy bible. I live by it. But in this case, I'm going to talk about another book. I read in the book from my doctor's office that when you're pregnant, it's OK to eat pretty much whatever you want (unless you get GD...but let's be optimistic and assume you don't). Pregnancy is the time when you're put on the easiest diet in existence. You're supposed to increase your calorie count. Just keep it balanced with healthy stuff too. I eat fried chicken pretty much once a day every day,and I'm trying to quit by weening off on chicken strips salads, but I've also found that baked chicken with ketchup or a grilled chicken sandwich usually settles the craving for me, and they're healthier! Chicken that's baked or grilled can also help settle your stomach too, and it's got plenty of protein. I also try to eat a salad or a baked potato instead of fries (thank God for Wendy's).

As far as lemonade goes, it's OK to drink. Being pregnant means you need lots of water, and I find the easiest way to make sure I'm drinking enough is to mix half of one of those to go lemonade packets in a bottle of water. Be careful on juice intake though, cause my mom (Mom always knows best, right) assures me that there is far too much sodium in most juices, and while they are a step up from soda (ha I didn't say Cokes) they still can't beat good old water. So, try lemon and lime in water instead. Lime is actually good if you try it.

So, still trying to be healthy and fight those bad cravings? Instead of a candy bar, I eat chocolate drizzle Fiber One bars. I swear by them, and they are great! They're also a good source of fiber. I eat dried rice chex now instead of chips, and when the fruit snack craving hits me on occasion, I go for the real stuff.

Keep eating! I think I would rather deal with a happy pregnant woman with slightly unhealthy eating habits then a bitch on health food.

-PGee