Hungry...hungry...STARVING!

Argh! I am soooooo hungry allll the time. Granted I have a cold at the moment and am seriously sleep deprived but I seriously feel like eating all day long.

If your appetite increased in the first trimester, how did you manage it? I mean, realistically my calorie needs won't have increased much at all. I believe at this point an extra apple a day is all that is needed.

I'm trying to make healthy choices and eat filling foods but I just wanna eat!

LOL well I was craving chicken nuggets, pineapple and beetroot but now it's peanut butter on toast and fruit and rice.

Not exercising much as am too sleep deprived thanks to Miss Rocking Rowdy.

eat it all i say... sounds like a protein and fruit craving to me... so go for it you have heaps of time to exercise and get over being tired...

as others have said try and snack on fruit and veges. Brown bread can be quite filling too

I'd say go for it too! In a few weeks bubs will be taking up so much room there won't be any room for food so make the most of it now!

Eat, eat, eat!!! I lived on fresh fruit and vege and heaps of potatos in my first trimester - DH told me if our baby looked like a potato it would be all my fault

Then I learnt how to make a super easy, super healthy rice risotto from scratch and packed it with veges.

Carbs and veges - nothing better!

mashed banana on toast with cinnamon and sugar on top
porridge
anzac biscuits always available in the cupboard (they're healthy )
If you like veges and dip, make it up in the morning and have a steady supply in the fridge so when you need a snack right now, it's right there
Cheese and pineapple
Potato salad is another thing you can make and leave in the fridge for when you need a solid pick-me-up
Macaroni cheese for lunch
Spaghetti on toast/toasties

In between my first prenatal exam (week 11) and my 2nd check-up, I ate like a horse and thought I had gained a billion. But the scale hadn't budged at all!

Hi Kazzle

I'm now at 15 weeks but up until about 12 weeks I found I was constantly eating all day. One to keep the nausea away and two because I was always hungrey.
Did put on about 3kg in the first trimester as I was too tired to do any exercise and I found I was craving carbs in particular vegemite sandwiches(Brown bread) and the odd lolly for a quick sugar fix

Now finding that my appetite has decreased especially my desire for carbs and I don't seem to be able to eat as much or want to eat as much and my weight has remained steady. Energy levels have also come back so I am now doing a bit of exercise.

Drink plenty of water as well.
Just listen to what your body is telling you

hmmm. chocolate cake! Dh just called to say there is a wheat/gluten free chocolate cake at woolworths for $4.50 but I was very self restrained and asked him NOT to buy it (as the 2 slices of giner crunch I had at breakfast time were bad enough - and I don't even have the excuse of 'eating for two').