https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:09:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-922092 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:46:09 +0000 PurplePeony 922092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't been eating terribly, but it hasn't been as healthy as I'd like either. Mainly, my problem is that I'm awful about packing lunches and there isn't much really healthy stuff near my office. I have tried bringing snacks to stash at the office, but they rarely seem appealing when it comes to actually eating them. I still have plenty of time left to try harder, but I don't know why it's so difficult! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-922046 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:40:00 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 922046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried really hard with my first because I had an unrealistic goal to stay as fit as I was before I got pregnant - HA! I finally gave that up the last trimester, since it was around thanksgiving and Christmas. </p> <p>Next time around, I'm going to do what @littlebittyhouse said and make sure I get all the good stuff first </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-922041 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:39:02 +0000 heffalump 922041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm eating healthier then last time, but still not as healthy as I should. I think it helps that 1. I don't want to gain so much this time and 2. I have an actual baby already and know that I don't want to feed her junk. I knew I was feeding the baby in my belly junk last time but it's just easier comprehend it now that I have an actual baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-922038 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:38:20 +0000 shopaholic 922038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>HAHAHA... ummm... nope. *sheepish* I ate terribly! I had so many food aversions, the only things I'd want or could stomach weren't very healthy. Ice cream, Coca-Cola, McD's Sausage McGriddles, cinammon buns, and Del Taco = most of pregnancy diet. Thankfully, post-partum, my healthier eating habits have come back quite a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-922032 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:36:22 +0000 Mrs Checkers 922032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not until I got gestational diabetes - then I was forced to eat healthy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-922018 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:33:15 +0000 Turd Ferguson 922018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ehhhh, not really. I mean, I'm not anywhere CLOSE to eating nothing but veggies/fruits/lean meats, but I haven't gone ridiculously overboard with anything... I could definitely cut back some of the sweets and pizza though... Mmm, pizza. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-922007 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:31:08 +0000 avivoca 922007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Carbs were the only thing I craved in the first trimester, especially salty french fries. I'm working on being better about my food, but the desserts definitely call my name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921973 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:24:27 +0000 edelweiss 921973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i didn't eat healthy at all during the first 6-8 weeks due to nausea. my favorite thing to eat were triscuits with shredded cheese zapped in the microwave for a few seconds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921965 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:23:14 +0000 rachiecakes 921965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only thing I craved was peaches and milk. Not bad. </p> <p>But the food aversions were pretty terrible. Thank goodness it didn't last long. I lived off of pasta with butter, bread and crackers for a while. It was the only thing I could stomach. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921958 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:21:05 +0000 JessKas 921958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first trimester was horrible. I had really bad morning sickness and basically just ate white bread. Since then I am back to my healthy eating. Whole grains, lots of veggies. I feel sick when I eat ice cream, and desserts don't really appeal to me at all. And because of the heartburn, I've found when I have something like a cheeseburger the aftermath is just not worth it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921915 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:10:52 +0000 KayKay 921915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I ate about the same as normal. The biggest change for me was wanting more poultry and less fish -- exactly the opposite of how I had been eating pre-preg.</p> <p>I did eat a lot of ice cream, but I would only buy the tiny, expensive ones like Talenti to limit the damage. Or force myself to leave the house and get frozen yogurt w/ fruit...which was often just enough to make me say forget it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921899 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:06:00 +0000 MrsTiz 921899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I'm much happier when I'm not only eating vegetables, so I eat what I want. I don't over eat but I don't make myself be good all the time. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921887 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:03:59 +0000 mediagirl 921887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I had a hard time eating in general in the first trimester and from there on out, I ate like a horse. An unhealthy horse who eats ice cream for 3 meals a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921881 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:02:57 +0000 deerylou 921881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Prior to becoming pregnant, I ate a pretty clean diet, and managed to keep it up to some extent, throughout pregnancy. However, I have definitely given into countless guilty pleasures, finding myself craving lots of sweet treats. Luckily, I've also been obsessed with fruit and homemade smoothies, which have helped hit the spot, and keep the jumbo cupcakes at bay...most of the time.</p> <p>I'd like to eat even healthier (and exercise much more) the next time around, but I'm relatively happy with how things turned out. I'm a week overdue, and have only gained about 19 pounds, so I think I did alright. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921880 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:02:48 +0000 cascademom 921880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I had starchy cravings most days, so I ate a lot of baked potatoes during my pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921873 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:01:27 +0000 lawbee11 921873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was really really good during the first trimester. During the second I was ok. The third has definitely been my worst! I am still eating pretty healthy for breakfast and lunch, but I usually have some sort of dessert almost every night now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921869 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:00:48 +0000 Mrsbells 921869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i ate good stuff and bad stuff too, lots of chocolate </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921868 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:00:32 +0000 MapleMoose 921868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I couldn't tolerate much besides carbs in the first trimester but I've been trying to balance healthy eating with "treats" in the second &amp; third trimesters. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921866 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:00:10 +0000 matador84 921866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes! i craved fruits, vegetables, v8, banana bread...weird, pretty overall healthy stuff! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921865 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:00:06 +0000 MrsH 921865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now nothing sounds good so it is a struggle to eat anything healthy or not. I'm trying to eat fruit and dairy as snacks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921861 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:59:43 +0000 Dandelion 921861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I did really well this last pregnancy. It contributed to losing so much in the beginning and then not gaining so much at the end. Plus, I now weigh less than I did pre-pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921859 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:59:21 +0000 autumnlove 921859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I are very well with my second. Not so much for my first! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921857 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:59:09 +0000 regberadaisy 921857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: haha I did eat healthy but all my cravings were bad things. This one week I wanted buffalo wedge fries from a local pizzeria 3x! The third time DH had to say no. :( Party pooper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921854 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:58:42 +0000 DillonLion 921854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921852 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:58:36 +0000 MrsKoala 921852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now, no. I just cannot bear to eat anything that isn't a carb. Hoping this will change in a couple weeks when I'm out of the first tri. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921850 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:57:32 +0000 Bao 921850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: That's a good idea to make it a point to eat the good stuff then if you do, you get a treat.<br /> @regberadaisy: haha right! I would eat candy, desserts, boxed mac n cheese like it was going out of style....it was bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921849 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:56:43 +0000 yin 921849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I craved potatoes and sweets with my first and carbs with my second. Both times I had to put an end to that due to GD. It's a blessing in disguise. I ate very healthy and only gained 15 with my first. So far I've gained 3 lbs with my second, and I'm almost 23 weeks along. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921833 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:53:33 +0000 regberadaisy 921833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No! All I craved were BAD stuff! DH had to cut me off a few times. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921817 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:51:13 +0000 littlebittyhouse 921817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was! I felt I had a duty to nourish my body which is strange because I love desserts! I would only 'allow' myself treats if I had eaten all my veggies/protein for the day.</p> <p>I usually got a .99 soft serve with hot fudge from mcdonalds - they were my weakness! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-good-about-eating-healthy-during-pregnancy#post-921803 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:48:41 +0000 Bao 921803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm hoping to be better this time around. I tried my best with LO but those cravings really put a damper on eating healthy! </p>