Undoing healthy habits?

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Is anyone else in this situation:

My husband and I have spent the last 2 years really developing good eating habits. We aren't perfect, but we don't eat out as much, we cook most of our meals and don't keep frozen prepackaged food in the house. I get home a while before him from work and I'm hungry. No energy to cook. Craving mac n cheese or a hot pocket. Wanting to vomit at the idea of grilled chicken or a salad. Does this pass?

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I'm thrilled to find this post! I was just discussing this with my coworkers yesterday... I am a plus size girl, i was diagnosed with pcos so I spent months changing my habits to lose 40lbs, then I got pregnant.

Now all I want and can stomach is French fries and every unhealthy food choice I gave up for so long. The guilt feels crushing, how can I get so healthy for me and then go off the rails when it's even that more important to be putting good things in my body right now.

I'm hoping the 2nd trimester settles this down! Every pregnancy is different, my sister keeps telling me how her sickness never let up the entire pregnancy😣 and my mom keeps telling me she was never sick with any of her 4 kids. 😂

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Same!!! I had pizza bites for dinner last night haha I had an appt on Wednesday and she said it isn't so much about what you eat right now it's that you're eating. I'm 10 weeks so hoping after this trimester I'll enjoy my spinach and eggs in the mornings and salads for lunch. I'm craving French fries and grilled cheese. I don't have any morning sickness I just don't feel like eating normal and healthy!! I've been eating egg salad made with avocado instead of mayo which is delicious and then I put bacon on my salads :)

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Yes!!! I actually started off great in the beginning, but I'm in my 11th week and at this point I just eat what my body wants. If it doesn't make me throw up, I attempt it.

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So glad I'm not alone! My husband and I workout everyday and eat healthy but since week 5 of pregnancy I've not had the energy to workout at all and most healthy foods make me nauseous. So I've definitely not been eating healthy. My Dr. also said I'm in survival mode for the first trimester and if all I eat is carbs one day, she is okay with that. Once the second trimester hits, I'm definitely hoping to resume working out and eating better!!

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I am the same way! I can eat healthy all day but by dinner I just feel like eating French onion soup and mozzarella cheese sticks. (Which I had tonight). I used to love to cook chicken and make salad and healthy veggies for dinner but right now the thought of handling raw chicken makes me gag. Just try to eat healthy during the day the best you can. I unfortunately have ALL day nausea with no vomiting. It's hard to stomach certain foods.

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My midwife said to focus on eating healthy but it's ok to treat yourself! Especially if you are sick for while just eat whatever you can keep down. If you eat an unhealthy dinner try to have healthy snacks. Lots of water. It gets easier once you get pass the morning sickness stage. With both pregnancies I ate like crap the first 4 months but was able to eat healthier the last 5!

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For my first pregnancy I was in the best shape,that i had been in a while, right before I found out I was pregnant... I had done insanity a couple times, t 25, and ate great. The thought of vegetables made me sick to my stomach.... the only that I regret is not keeping up with a work out regiment  (I was so exhausted and eventually just felt uncomfortable). Even like yoga or light walking would of kept some of the extra weight I gained off. I say indulge every so often but eat as healthy as you can other times. It's easy to pick up bad habits through out a pregnancy that are hard to break afterwards.

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I'm sooo glad I'm not the only one! I lost 30 pounds before getting pregnant and was in a good healthy diet and exercise routine but now only fast food sounds good and I don't have the energy to exercise! I'm hoping in a few weeks it will get better...

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Mmmm mac and cheese. I don't think I've eaten this since a child and now it's like multiple times a week. I have no tips because my healthy lifestyle has gone out the window, I'm hoping the major food aversions and hunger go away eventually and I can get back to it.

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I'm right there with you. I had been extremely health conscious with food and lifestyle choices for four years and a few weeks ago a lot of that has gone out of the window. It seems I am able to hold down things like chick fila but not a healthy smoothie :( I feel so guilty, but trying to just get food in and then I can take my prenatal without it coming back up. I'm hoping once the nausea dies down I will be able to go back to my healthy ways.

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