Can't stop eating (rubbish!) inspiration please

[naturalbaby]

i'm 14weeks and eating like a horse, all day every day. didn't help that we had a party for my boys a few weeks ago and the house was full of crisps and chocolate that we're only just finishing! have always been a healthy eater but am getting carried away with sweets and chocolate so looking for inspiration for quick and easy snacks please...am trying to have a bowl of cereal, banana or toast between meals and even nutrition build up drinks but it never feels like enough - i'll have one of those then a couple of biscuits on top. great timing with all the pregnancy and obesity stuff in the press but i'm doing a fair bit of excercise and running round after 2 boys so my body needs fuel!

[Kathyjelly]

Slow release carbs are supposed to be the answer, not sugar. So bananas, pasta, pulses, nuts, wholemeal bread etc. I was hopeless too when I was pregnant except that I made lots of home made flapjacks and ate those.

[sotough]

do you like porrige? with bits of dried fruit? it's quite filling.
toast doesn't really do you any good, unless thick wholemeal bread and no butter.
Oatcakes and hummus; peanut butter (very much in moderation); home made smoothies (yogurt+fruit blended etc) are all good.
i'm not practising what i preach - am also eating a load of rubbish. have just a packet of pickled onion Monster Munch crisps. not had them since schooldays! they were tasty but my breath now tastes disgusting and i am mortified. have also eaten a large slice of DS's birthday cake and two bits of buttered toast. got to stop as no desire to pile on three stone like i did last time round!

[vmcd28]

if you are like me, the "filling" aspect of the food was actually irrelevant, cos I eat whether I am hungry or not. I have had to either stop buying treats completely, so that they are simply not there, or buy lower calorie treats - eg eat a KitKat (109 calories) instead of a Twix, kind of thing.

I also buy all the fruits that I enjoy, eg nice melon and cherries etc, and make myself eat them every so often, so AT LEAST I am getting something good into me too.

Finally, I also try to eat a fairly low-cal dinner, such as thai fishcakes with some rice and veg, so that even if I DO stuff my face with rubbish, then I'm not making it worse by having loads of calories for dinner too.

Hope that helps. x

[hoolabombshell]

I have been an absolute fat b*stard nightmare for each and every 12 weeks of my current pregnancy. Started eating chocolate when my period (yeah, the one I missed and never saw again) was due, and haven't stopped since.

I too feel as if the pregnancy/obesity issue in the media has 'great timing' and that DP will pass comment any day now!

My BMI was almost 30 when I found out I was pg so I need to calm down quite a lot. I gave up smoking though, so maybe that's the issue

[PDR]

sotough I have also recently rediscovered Pickled Onion Monster Munch when I found them on sale in M&S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[11 weeks pregnant]

[Marrow]

PDR - I'm with you on the pickled onion Monster Munch. They are on offer at the Co-op at the moment!

[PDR]

I have just finished the last of the Monster Munch 6 pack

[sotough]

i really regretted the Pickled Onion Monster Munch! it took about three hours for my bad breath to die down! might try the beef ones next though

[niamh29]

I was nauseous every day with my last DD and I could only stomach potato waffles, crisps and apples so I made sure to take a good pregnancy multi-vitamin so that I didn't have to worry about forcing down something that was good for me but made me feel 10 times worse, I know you should always try to eat right but sometimes you have to go with what will stay down!