Mrs. G has a way of always starting out with a pregnancy by making me gain weight. Of course I have yet to lose the "baby fat" from the last child, but that's another story for another time.
When pregnant with our first child I can remember vacationing in Napa Valley and eating at all of the swankiest places, and she would drool over the menu as she tried to decide what she could not live without. Hearty pasta, huge chunks of meat and stacks of different types of potatoes and none of it was limited to any certain meal or time of day.
Each time the food would arrive at the table the same scenario took place. She would take one maybe two bites and when the food reached anywhere near her stomach, pow reversal of fortune! A few times, the smell emanating from the plate was enough to cause her to turn her nose up and put hand to mouth in an effort to keep from heaving what was not there.
When I was growing up, I was always taught never to waste food and to always finish what was on your plate. This could be part of the reason for not losing said "baby fat". I say this not because of some deep-seated eating issue I have developed, but because I cannot sit idly by while food goes to waste, and of course it must be finished when started. All of this leads to double meals and double calories and double chins!
Lunch is a time when we get to meet and eat without the rigors of children or the stress of work. It's a time to relax during the day together. We have usual haunts that make up our lunch routine, and one of them is a Chinese restaurant.
She has been craving this food "for weeks now", and I was not too crazy about the idea, but hey who would argue with a pregnant lady's cravings? Being the father of three, I assure you it did not take long to for me to learn the lesson.
Sure enough this "had to have" craving resulted in two bites and a "no thank you but I'll pass" reaction. I think I'll start resorting to letting her order and only having water myself. Once our meal comes, I am assured that I won't go hungry. Now if I would only start liking Sesame Chicken.
Oh, how I remember those days!! And by the second trimester does she eat her own plate AND yours?? That should be the time to lose the weight!
We got married and I was 170 pounds, now after 3 kids and the same problems with eating everything that is still on the table, I'm up to a nice plump 215. I was going to say that maybe you should just have her order and you get a drink and then you can eat after her two bites, but you beat me too it. You are so good.
Be nice now. You don't really want her to take the advice I gave her on her blog, now do ya? Besides, I've seen her picture and she looks great. You don't want her to end up looking like me!!!!!
Just one more reason to ad to my
"50 million reasons why NOT to have children.."
No babies for me thank you very much. I'm selfish that way.
Take care!
Robin
How about ordering in rounds. If she likes round one, she can have round two, and so forth and so on. Sorta like drinking - you don't order three bottles of wine to start with...
A flogging with a wet chinese noodle for you Genuine. You should be so happy that she's not spending all her time sick that you'll let her have whatever her heart desires in whatever quantity she can tolerate.
Oh...I feel your pain, but to top it off, my wife is a chef.
Our kids are teens now so the memories of the pregnant months are a bit foggy but still there, nonetheless.
I even had women trying to fatten me up when I was single. Women like Mrs. Paul, Marie Callander, Mrs. Smith etc.
Good thing I have the metabolism of a hummingbird.
heh, your predicament sounds a lot like my dad's. After my mother had us, any time I didn't want to eat my food I gave him the puppy dog stare and said dadddyyyy, i don't want it. Heck, I'm 25 years old and I STILL pull the Daddddy I don't want it. Maybe that's the reason he doesn't always lose weight.
I'm 16 weeks pregnant and have watched my poor "gains weight easily" hubby pack on a few pounds too. While I've gained only the required 8 (it's twins.) And lately, I feel hungry, then get full so fast! It actually sucks. I was enjoying eating all I wanted without guilt. I'm sure this will pass-- one of the little bundles is probably sitting on my stomach or something. Nudge him/her off and eat, I say! I like your idea of ordering nothing at first... probably a good strategy if she's going to keep getting icked out by the food after a few bites.
Oh, Sesame chicken is so yummy!!! (and I don't get to blame the kid for the fat... I only gained 4 lbs when I was PG!!)
What a goodgfuy. I remember those days. I learned to ask for a box when I ordered in case that happened.
My husband gained 40 pounds with Baby Tish, I gained 30. With Baby Tish #2, he gained 30, I ended up with 35.
There's a cosmic force that jinxes women and punishes men, I think. But the same force also doles out the happy time in a woman's life: THE CHANGE
so a little weight gain for a guy doesn't really bother me.
You are so, so, so right on. My wife is just about out of her first trimester with our first kid and I am consistenly eating all of the stuff that she can't finish at restuarants and also eating the stuff that she can "no longer even look at" at home. I have to do it just to have room in the fridge (it doesn't take much to get her off of stuff.
See how much she loves you? There seems to be no end to her sacrifices. What a doll she is. She goes hungry while you eat a gourmet meal.