Why can't pregnancy cravings ever be healthy?

[sil]

Broccoli? gross.
Carrots? gag.

3 AM last night and I was dying for a cheeseburger... I was seriously wondering if it would be crazy to fire up the grill and make one in the freezing weather in my pajamas.

Now I'd give my right arm for a hot dog.

Why can't I be craving things like humus or beets?

 

[SleepyBaby]

Id love to know what it is i want atm! i want to eat it very badly, i just dont know what it is haha

 

[sil]

That happens to me too! I know I'm dying for something but I just can't put my finger on what

 

[horseylass]

I want toast with butter. Diabetic type 2 from PCOS so can't have many carbs. It truly sucks craving what you can't have. Feeling very down.

 

[greats]

I craved a cheeseburger last night and DH fulfilled my wish by going out to get me one. With fried cheese sticks. And ice cream.

 

[JumpingIn]

Mine have been really disgustingly unhealthy for weeks now, but finally last night I got a relatively good one...A tuna sandwich!

Unfortunately I was brushing my teeth at the time, had just eaten supper and was going to bed as it was midnight No tuna in the house either.

 

[misspriss]

I have (on occasion) craved carrots, salad, cucumbers, watermelon, peaches, etc. I don't have a lot of cravings and they are never very strong (although that watermelon one was killer as they are out of season!).

 

[JumpingIn]

Mine were healthy in weeks 4 and 5, I was mad about broccoli, kale etc, all I wanted was greens...

Unfortunately baby went off the rails after that, and it was fries, crisps and potato waffles from then on

 

[BoobsMcGee22]

I am craving green beans with butter...

 

[Jenny Bean]

I think I could eat tuna every day, weird....
I have been putting it off because of the mercury though.

I find it hard with Christmas approaching too many sweets etc...I indulge at least once a day, bahhh

 

[BoobsMcGee22]

I honestly have not been craving much yet. I don't really even get hungry until the food is in front of me!

Though DH said he is making salmon for dinner, and I got excited...

 

[fluffet521]

I've been craving peanut butter and jelly sandwiches + macaroni and cheese!

 

[BoobsMcGee22]

...mac and cheese...yeah!

Homemade, extra cheesy!!!

 

[fluffet521]

Ohmigosh, I'm drooling!

 

[Starlight34]

Mac and cheese sounds awesome!
At first, all I craved was salty food, the saltier the better. Burgers and fries. I lost my sweet tooth for a few weeks. Now it's back with a vengeance. I want cakes, cookies and of course the junk food cravings are still there. I'm trying to sneak in more veggies, but I'm finding them icky right now. I do really like and crave fresh fruit though.

 

[AndiAmsterdam]

I literally cannot stop thinking about salty, delicious fried chicken! I need it!

 

[JumpingIn]

Blech, meat. I've had a serious meat aversion all pregnancy so far, haven't touched a single bit!

Salty fries sound good again today.

 

[fluffet521]

Wow, you ladies have me wanting so many things right now! Starlight, I'm with you on the salty foods and fresh fruit, for sure. I haven't had much of a sweet tooth, though. I also haven't had an aversion to veggies yet, and have even been craving broccoli, so I eat as much of it as I can while I actually crave it. Burgers and fries sound AMAZING. And Andi, I had a craving for fried chicken strips yesterday! Weird as it sounds, I've never been a meat-on-the-bone type of girl.

 

[BoobsMcGee22]

I'm not proud. I ate a LOT of pizza bites last night.

 

[JumpingIn]

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