Since getting knocked up, my appetite has taken a little upswing.
What I mean to say is I’m suddenly able to take in a lot more food without feeling like a beached whale at high tide. It’s definitely strange, and I’m adapting to my newfound, undeniable, and seemingly never ending appetite.
Case in point: I housed a boatload of peanut butter directly after a big lunch the other day because I was still hungry. A serving of granola, which used to satisfy me before, barely wets my whistle now and I often go back for seconds. Full plates of food I couldn’t dream of finishing three months ago, go down like a spoonful of sugar, usually followed by an actual spoonful of sugar.
Some days I scratch my head and wonder if I’m harboring a tapeworm, while other days I recognize this is a result of growing a tiny human. Either way, I thought it would be fun to bring some pregnancy eats to the What I Ate Wednesday link up today.
Therefore I give you my Sunday eats, from the week before last.
First Breakfast: a giant glass of straight up H2O, followed by warm lemon water, and then some nectar of the gods, also known as coffee. I drink this trifecta daily.
Second Breakfast: a fruit and kale filled smoothie which I very nicely shared with the Hubby.
Third Breakfast: Bagels are my everything right now. I definitely didn’t share with the Hubby.
Snack: fistfuls of this edible fruit arrangement, including some of those sea salt chocolate covered caramel apple slices, which were drool worthy.
Lunch: a ginormous spinach salad bigger than my head and certainly my fork with two hardboiled eggs, avocado, carrots, bell pepper, green onions and blue cheese. Some roasted red pepper salad dressing completed the look.
Snack Part Two: a Coffee Crisp. It pays to have Canadian friends, in chocolate that is.
Dinner: was a much bigger bowl of Acorn Squash Soup than seen below, although it was topped with feta cheese and pomegranates. It was also accompanied by two Blue Cheese and Chive Drop Biscuits.
Dessert: was another banana, this time dipped in peanut butter and smothered in chocolate chips.
For shits and giggles or really comparison purposes, you can find a pre-pregnancy WIAW here. It’s definitely less food, although just as tasty.
What’s the verdict? Am I harboring a tape worm or a tiny human? If you’ve ever been pregnant, how did your appetite change?
Bagels are my very favorite. Also, love seeing you feed that darling little tapeworm :D.
Kate recently posted…Tuna & Macaroni Salad (WIAW)
She’s gotta eat. 🙂
Meghan recently posted…WIAW: The Pregnant Appetite Edition
Yum!!!! Everything bagels are the best. I love mine topped with hummus + avocado. Also, the soup and biscuits sound like a perfect combination. I don’t know how the weather is in Cleveland but it’s chilly here in Virginia and I wouldn’t mind a meal like that to warm me up!
It’s downright frigid here in Cleveland and soup and biscuits are the perfect accompaniment to the cold weather.
Meghan recently posted…WIAW: The Pregnant Appetite Edition
Those biscuits look so tasty! When I was pregnant I found I was most ravenous the first couple months and then things tapered off a bit. After those first couple months I didn’t notice too much a change from pre-pregnancy volume wise, probably because I wasn’t working out as intensely. I was definitely all about chocolate chip cookies and Doritos, preferably in the same snack time!
I think I was probably the exact opposite. My appetite was tiny in the beginning when I was still working out, probably because I was nauseous all the time. These days, I’m no longer exercising and eating anything and everything in sight.
Chocolate chip cookies and Doritos sound delicious right about now.
Meghan recently posted…WIAW: The Pregnant Appetite Edition
It’s so funny how food consumption changes when the circumstances change. I see this in myself as well. Anyway you’re eating much more (I checked your comparison post) but I am still super impressed how healthy you eat and how much fresh food you get in.
If I was pregnant I imagined myself to be like, okay I can as well get fat now and eat all the fried food.
I have an eye on the drop bisquits. They are on top of my must try list 🙂
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I crave all the fried fatty foods along with the sweets. I try to make it a point to allow myself those cravings, so long as I pack in some nutrients with it or prior. Hence, you see lots of sweet potato fries and salads. Bagels and smoothies. Soup and candy bars. 🙂 It’s a good system.
You’ll love the drop biscuits. The best part is you can customize them to your hearts content.
Meghan recently posted…WIAW: The Pregnant Appetite Edition
OMG I was so beyond ravenous all day long that I thought I would never return to normal! I ate 3 breakfasts, a huge lunch followed by a second lunch as a lunch dessert lol. By the time I got home for dinner, I was stuffed. I also avoided sweets when pregnant, how funny? I was savory all the way and gave up pb for a while too because it didn’t sit well. Hormones are so funny like that. Enjoy every bite!
meredith @ Cookie ChRUNicles recently posted…What I Ate Wednesday 1.20.16
It truly is amazing how much your appetite changes and increases. I’m just trying to keep up with all the nuances. 🙂
Meghan recently posted…WIAW: The Pregnant Appetite Edition
You eat like 500% healthier than I did when I was pregnant! I wasn’t a healthy eater at the time anyway, probably my first was the best and then my second and third involved huge oversized bacon egg cheese bagels, cheetos, and curly fries whenever I could get my hands on them! And I think ice cream too if I remember correctly. Then while nursing I ate the exact same stuff and yet lost all the weight and then some. Growing people in your body is just weird!
Michele @ paleorunningmomma recently posted…WIAW – A Late Long Run and On the Go Paleo
There have been lots of bagels with butter and French fries on my plate. I’ve been craving waffle fries like crazy too, although I’ve yet to find some.
Growing people inside your body is weird and kind of awe inspiring at the same time. I just keep acknowledging the fact my body is not mine right now.
Meghan recently posted…WIAW: The Pregnant Appetite Edition
Oh man, seriously sometimes I’m hungry all.day.long with this baby. Enjoy it, though, because I’m starting to get to a point of fullness after 3 bites. The babe is squishing everything and there’s not much room! Either way, that salad looks AMAZING.
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I’ve heard that’s next to come. No room for your own insides anymore. I’m already having trouble getting big breathes and get winded really easily. Lungs first, stomach second?
Meghan recently posted…WIAW: The Pregnant Appetite Edition
You are doing a great job and eating a lot healthier than I have been while pregnant! My first trimester, I was all about some bread, cheese and potatoes and now that I am weeks away from my due date sweets and carbs are my best friends! It is absolutely crazy how a little growing human can change how you eat! I’m thinking it will go back to normal–right?!?!
The first trimester I didn’t even want to look at a vegetable, much less eat one. It was definitely all about bread, cheese and potatoes. It still kind of is, although I’ve been trying to squeeze in the greens now too.
It’s amazing the appetite changes. Let’s cross our fingers and hope it goes back to normal. It’d be nice to reclaim our bodies. 🙂
Meghan recently posted…WIAW: The Pregnant Appetite Edition
I MISS BAGELS!! Tell China to start making them mmmk?! Looks like an awesome day of food!
I can’t imagine a country without bagels. S.O.S. indeed.
Meghan recently posted…WIAW: The Pregnant Appetite Edition
There’s definitely a little human being knit together in your womb. I always think that pregnancy is such an amazing thing! <3 Thanks for sharing your eats.
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Pregnancy is pretty remarkable. I’m astounded by what our bodies can do.
Meghan recently posted…WIAW: The Pregnant Appetite Edition
That edible arrangements look bomb! When I got one a few years ago, I ate it all in one day, no shame. It looks like you are eating so healthy compared to many other pregnant women, kudos to you!
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I made a deal with myself: I can eat all the French fries I want so long as I toss in a salad in there too. 🙂
Meghan recently posted…WIAW: The Pregnant Appetite Edition
Love this! Okay, so let’s see. I’ve definitely been pregnant a time or two and while I don’t really remember how much more I ate, I do recall different cravings for each child. The most interesting one was when I was pregnant with Freddy I craved crunchy bleachy laundry detergent. The stronger the clean smell, the better. There’s a name for this rare craving in pregnancy, it’s called “Pica.” And it essentially indicates that the body needs iron, lots of it. Interestingly enough, Freddy was born with a blood disorder. I just find our bodies so fascinating and the pregnant body the coolest of all.
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I’ve heard of Pica and thankfully I haven’t had any cravings for bleach or laundry detergent. I’ve been really making it a point though to add tons of greens to my smoothies, and I actually feel a difference in my energy levels when I do.
Also with regard to our bodies: Holy Shit, it completely amazing what they can do.
Meghan recently posted…WIAW: The Pregnant Appetite Edition
I’m not harboring a tiny human and I still get weird cravings all the time and finish plates of food seemingly too large for my 5ft tall body. Like this weekend, all I could think about was a Bareburger turkey burger and fries, and when I finally got it I ate most of the “sharing plate” of fries for the table. And considered whether their burgers are really big enough. Although sometimes I do get the beached whale feeling afterwards…something eventually to look forward to not having? Maybe.
Alyssa @ renaissancerunnergirl recently posted…WIAW #41
A burger and fries doesn’t sound too bad…in fact those fries sound pretty appealing to me right now. 🙂
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That sounds like my day! I can house some food when the hunger hits. I wonder what the economics of pregnancy food tallies up to be. Do you think you spend more on groceries now than you did simply because you eat more?
Ellie recently posted…What I Ate Wednesday [Mad About Macaroni]
Hmmm, I bet I do spend more on groceries. Certainly fruit which I’m consuming like it’s going out of style. I’m also eating out a bit more than usual, which could be related to the exhaustion and not wanting to cook as much.
Meghan recently posted…Olive and Artichoke Tapenade Recipe
See, Im NOT pregnant, so should I be worried that I eat like this on a daily basis? I mean I know I lift weights and all that, but holy smokes my appetite is ridiculous. Regardless, your food looks super yum – especially that soup! I’m all about soup right now. I just want it at all times!
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I wouldn’t about your weight at all, unless it impacts your health. That’s my motto.
Meghan recently posted…Olive and Artichoke Tapenade Recipe
When I was pregnant I wanted all the food all the time. On a normal basis, I love my food, but when I was pregnant I was eating as often as a Hobbit. Now, that that’s said, I think I’ll go have second breakfast because that smoothie has my mouth watering and looks downright refreshing!
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I think the hobbits were onto something….second breakfast might just be my favorite, although noonsies are petty good too. 🙂
Meghan recently posted…Olive and Artichoke Tapenade Recipe
Ha! You’re cracking me up, and I really enjoyed seeing a pregnancy edition WIAW. I just found out my sister in law is having a boy, and I’ve been obsessed with reading everything pregnancy related. So so excited!
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Congratulations on becoming an aunt. That is exciting!
Meghan recently posted…Olive and Artichoke Tapenade Recipe
Mangia mangia mangia! Oh yeah that’s a baby. I feel ya, yesterday I ordered three dishes for breakfast. I was alone and had no idea what I wanted so figured get a bit of it all. Sadly my taste has grown more picky and if I don’t love it, I don’t wanna eat it. Which results is lots of leftovers at times but that’s what my hubby and dogs are for, well sometimes 🙂
Still loving your smoothies! Smooches and pink puffy hearts at the belly
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I make enough for leftovers and then eat all the leftovers before they can actually become leftovers. Oops.
Meghan recently posted…Olive and Artichoke Tapenade Recipe
When I flew as a Flight Attendant with Delta I would sometimes fly the Boston to Bermuda route and I would always bring an extra bag. We would have about an hour between our flights and I would hit up the store in the airport and load my extra bag up with those Coffee Crisps and those Honeycomb Crisps. At the time they weren’t available in the states like they are now. The other crew members thought I was nuts until I would share, then I started a trend.
Coffee Crisps are AH-Mazing. I’m rather fond of MacIntosh toffee as well.
Meghan recently posted…Olive and Artichoke Tapenade Recipe
While I have no experiences in pregnancy appetite and the likes myself you do seem to have a much better tolerance [or even cravings for] vegetables than what I heard was common. Yay vegetables! I can’t imagine not craving them but I guess special circumstances can do that to you.
My appetite is rather huge in general but through the roof during that time of the month.
That little tape worm inside of you gets its nutrients through some pretty stellar foods. One day you’ll teach her the public banana skills and she’ll be proud of her cool mum.
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In the beginning, I had no interest in veggies, so I’m taking full advantage now that they seem appealing to me again.
Meghan recently posted…Olive and Artichoke Tapenade Recipe
All looks pretty good to me! I am having a very hungry day and am not harboring any parasites, human or otherwise. And yet my meals are not nearly as healthy as yours. Yet. I did eat an orange with my lunch. Also need to get back to drinking hot lemon water every morning. I love your juicer dish! and thanks for the WIAW post!
I made a deal with myself. I can happily house the plate of French fries so long as I ingest a great big salad first. It’s a great way to get extra nutrients in and in a non-pregnancy world, the salad would fill me up substantially so I only ate part of the fries. These days, I eat it all. 🙂
Yep, this WIAW is for you, and you are most welcome. I was happy to do it.
Meghan recently posted…Olive and Artichoke Tapenade Recipe
I’m going to go with “harbouring tiny human,” only because you seemed just as appealed as me when we were going over the details of the tapeworm diet that one morning 😛 And while I can’t relate to jumps in appetite because of pregnancy, there are definitely times where I feel like a bottomless pit… especially when I’m off snowboarding. There are literally days where I’ll wake up with morning sickness… but that’s mostly because I’m starving 😉
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Morning sickness, crazy swings in appetite….you might already be pregnant. 🙂
Meghan recently posted…Olive and Artichoke Tapenade Recipe
Wait – are coffee crisps Canadian? They have always been my favorite. Far before I even liked coffee. Strange. But I’ll take one please. Your appetite may be sky rocketing but look at you go with continuing to fill both those appetites with so many fruits and veggies. Although everything looks delicious, I must say I am now craving a bagel. We have the same spoon 🙂
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Yep, Coffee Crisps are a Canadian thing along with MacIntosh toffee and dill pickle potato chips. Thankfully, we’ve got the last one in the US now although it’s still hard to find, whereas it’s a staple in Canada.
Meghan recently posted…Olive and Artichoke Tapenade Recipe
Those biscuits look amazing! I love anything with blue cheese. Also, I love your mug 🙂
I’m looking forward to the day where I can ruthlessly overeat and not have the dreaded beached whale feeling!
I adore that coffee mug too. It was a gift from a lovely friend.
Meghan recently posted…Olive and Artichoke Tapenade Recipe
I was obsessed with bagels and cream cheese in the first trimester. In other news I baked and ate an entire cake this weekend.
Those are my favorite kind of weekends.
Meghan recently posted…Olive and Artichoke Tapenade Recipe
I couldn’t eat during any of my pregnancies. I am sort of very jealous.
The first trimester was rough so I guess I’m making up for lost time.
Sorry to hear about your experience. That sucks.
Meghan recently posted…Olive and Artichoke Tapenade Recipe
Wait…what was first breakfast…coffee and water?! That doesn’t count!! I don’t know what my excuse is then because I eat allllll the time and I’m not pregnant. That fruit basket looks so good.
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Yeah first breakfast was all liquids so I guess you could say I only had two breakfasts instead of three. 🙂
Meghan recently posted…Olive and Artichoke Tapenade Recipe
Banana and nut butter – awesome. Adding Choc chips… Why have I never done this!!??
I still think that fruit bouquet is one of the nicest gifts I have seen! And sea salt dark choc caramel covered apples have got to make up for the absence of alcohol! Well, maybe… Just a little 😉
Although, obviously, I have never been pregnant, I just say listen to your body and give it what it needs. Heck I would tell everyone that, pregnant or not!
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The Hubby’s the one who got me adding chocolate chips to the banana PB combo. The man’s a genius.
Yep, listening to your body is the best advice.
Meghan recently posted…Olive and Artichoke Tapenade Recipe
Dude. You ned some protein. I’d be hungry too. Not that I know anything about being knocked up. Because lesbian. 😉
WHO did you get an Edible Arrangement from?! I’ve always wanted one. Really.
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I wish. This little tomato wants nothing but carbs, fats, and more carbs. It’s all about quick delicious energy right now. Besides, even when I do eat protein, it barely makes a dent.
The edible arrangement was from my parents because they rock.
Meghan recently posted…Olive and Artichoke Tapenade Recipe
Yay for Coffee Crisp, they are my favourite! Let me know if your stash runs low, can hook you up 😉
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Coffee Crisps are one Canada’s many blessings. 🙂