At first I thought I'd do right by the developing baby by going organic with fruits, veggies, and dairy. And try to cut out artificial stuff. I wasn't eating much meat anyway so I didn't worry about that. So there off to Whole Foods we went, buying produce and gummy bears with natural coloring and flavorings. Then I started feeling yuckier and more tired. So dragging myself to Whole Foods every few days was not happening. And then there was the day I realized that I had just popped a handful of peanut M&M's into my mouth. Yes, those brightly colored gems of chocolate-y goodness that just happened to be full of artificial stuff. I read the writing on the wall. Going organic was not going to happen. I guess a week and a half is better than nothing.
So I moved into the eat-anything-that-sounds-remotely-palatable stage. Because I felt like crap and very little sounded good. Chocolate milk was a popular item. I consumed quite a few little Horizon chocolate milk boxes (left over from the organic phase). Saltines were essential, of course. I bought protein powder and baby spinach to add into smoothies to improve my nutritional intake. I also bought bottles of Ensure to increase my protein intake in the morning. String cheese was a go to snack for on the go. Fruit went down pretty well. And I always, always needed COLD water. If I left home without water, I could get a little panicky.
During this time there was also the see it, eat it stage. I would see something on TV or hear about some food and suddenly think "Hmm, I think I could actually eat that." Take, for example, buffalo wings. The thought of a plain, baked chicken breast sounded repulsive. I saw a commercial with buffalo wings. And they sounded good. Plain chicken = bad. Fried chicken dipped in spicy sauce = good?? The next night we were having dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings.
At some point I entered the various snack foods phases. I was feeling better so I was able to eat most regular foods, but had preferences for some specific snacks.
-First the snack of choice was Baked Cheetos. That one lasted multiple weeks.
-Somewhere in there was a brief lived affection for orange soda. It only lasted for a few days but during that time my snacks were very orange.
-Then it was the infamous Butterfingers. A previous post suggests that Butterfingers and Cheetos overlapped a bit. But the Butterfinger phase was on its way out by the time Jeff rudely consumed two of them in front of me.
-Then it was Goldfish. Mmm, salty. I was carrying around the smaller bags of Goldfish for a while. Once I saw this phase was sticking around a while, I gave in and bought the big box. And about a week later, I was done with Goldfish. Totally over them but still more than half of the box left. *sigh* But since our special ed teachers are always feeding some of their kids, I found a good home for the poor goldfishies.
-I moved on from Butterfingers (and chocolate in general) to Skittles as my candy of choice. Mmm, fruity.
-The Skittles may be on their way out though. I've been grabbing strawberry Nerds from our candy bowl. And yesterday I passed up Skittles in favor of some Starburst.
Who knows what's next?
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