it ain't easy (keeping down greens)
for reasons unclear, i find myself repulsed by green, plant-based foods. i have been in this state of perpetual revulsion since early in the second trimester. yellow veggies? dandy. red veggies? bring 'em on. green ones? no, and i'll thank you to remove them from the building.
friday's gd news, though, has been sobering, and i have determined that i must, must get some green in my diet (since apparently mint chocolate chip ice cream doesn't count). so friday it was spinach, saturday: romaine and seaweed, sunday: mixed baby greens, yesterday: iceberg (i know, i know), and today: the trifecta of cucumbers, green bell peppers and broccoli (none of them in huge amounts, but still, some). it's grossing me out. my one tiny bit of fish for the week (tuna) should not have to come in contact with something so vile as a bell pepper, and cheese deserves better than to be associated with blechy broccoli. but at least i can show the gd dietician an effort when i go in tomorrow; i graphed everything i've consumed besides water since i got the gd news - i figure i might as well get started, because i know that's what i'll be asked to do starting tomorrow.
if anyone knows who i can talk to about getting mint chocolate chip ice cream recategorized into the green food sector (hey - mint is a plant!), please let me know. also, i think in return for voluntarily going into a building in which people regularly die in order to learn how to regularly cause my own blood to spill deserves at least a scoop of mint, don't you? (sigh) must investigate frozen, sugar-free yogurt at grocery store.
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at last: the answer to the mystery of that pregnant glow, courtesy of the onion, bless their pea-picking hearts.
friday's gd news, though, has been sobering, and i have determined that i must, must get some green in my diet (since apparently mint chocolate chip ice cream doesn't count). so friday it was spinach, saturday: romaine and seaweed, sunday: mixed baby greens, yesterday: iceberg (i know, i know), and today: the trifecta of cucumbers, green bell peppers and broccoli (none of them in huge amounts, but still, some). it's grossing me out. my one tiny bit of fish for the week (tuna) should not have to come in contact with something so vile as a bell pepper, and cheese deserves better than to be associated with blechy broccoli. but at least i can show the gd dietician an effort when i go in tomorrow; i graphed everything i've consumed besides water since i got the gd news - i figure i might as well get started, because i know that's what i'll be asked to do starting tomorrow.
if anyone knows who i can talk to about getting mint chocolate chip ice cream recategorized into the green food sector (hey - mint is a plant!), please let me know. also, i think in return for voluntarily going into a building in which people regularly die in order to learn how to regularly cause my own blood to spill deserves at least a scoop of mint, don't you? (sigh) must investigate frozen, sugar-free yogurt at grocery store.
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at last: the answer to the mystery of that pregnant glow, courtesy of the onion, bless their pea-picking hearts.
posted by laura at 7:59 PM
4 Comments:
Mint chocolate chip ice cream isn't considered a green? Darn food pyramid.
(that Onion article is hilarious)
Oh.My.Gawd. That article is deadly accurate! Just ask she of the world famous pregnancy rage who lives at my house. Um yep, that would be me *blush*
I think that the leafiness of mint should definitely go towards recategorization. Make sure the dietician has considered that there is plant matter involved here. Cocoa beans AND mint leaves.
Is anyone able to eat anything green in pregnancy? I met some woman while I was pregnant who said that she loved loved loved salads and couldn't get enough of them when she was pregnant, and lo and behold, her child loved salads too!
Hahaha. I was like, well, I guess my kid's going to like ice cream.
I found the cooked stuff (overcooked) was a little easier to get down. Good luck! I'm sorry you've gotta deal with this.
I loved, loved, loved salads BP (before pregnancy). During pregnancy? Lettuce = insta-barf.
Come on - mint chocolate chip ice cream - gotta be green!
I drank Odwalla Superfood to get my greens during pregnancy, since I had the handy-dandy salad aversion, but they may be too sugary for gd gd.
Really pulling for you, Justin & Milo - have been caught up in your story for a while - good luck and wishing you well!
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