Being a food lover, deciding to have a home-cooked meal or eating out or where to eat have never been a dilemma for me. Now, apart from breakfast, thinking what and where to have lunch and dinner take me more than 10 minutes or more. Simply because, I just can't bring myself to eat chinese food, dairy, creamy, greasy and smoky food. At times, my mood swing affects my appetite.
The week before last, I could slowly finish up the thin tuna sandwiches I made myself and snack on fresh cherry tomatoes, cut capsicum and lettuce, after days of eating Western/mamak cuisine. Towards the end of last week, I had Vietnamese cuisine for two days in a row. This week, when sister happily brought me cans of tuna, I politely returned all to her as these food has made me sick again. The menu of the week has switched to something drier - baked potatoes, plain thin porridge and plain dessert soup.
On good days, I would have nasi lemak for breakfast or wanton noodle soup for lunch, though it took me about one hour to finish a potion.
When my mood swing comes, I am grateful that the people surrounded me tolerate my temper and allow me to eat whatever I feel like at that moment.
Safe food ( I have tested them for two weeks)
1. Nasi lemak with sweet and spicy sambal, only for breakfast. Yes, suprisingly, I can now take spicy food.
2. Curry bihun, only for dinner. I guess this only applies to homecooked dish as my uncle customises the dish for me.
3. Salinated crackers. Peanut butter cracker is by far the flavoured biscuit I am able to take in. I have stocked up five packets of biscuits. They are my life-savers when I have to get up to eat every two hours.
4. Granola bar.
5. Trail mix, with savoury dried fruits.
6. Fresh fruit and vege. Healthy food that I try to remind myself to snack on when I am still slightly full. Eating them an hour after food will turn my stomach upside down.
7. Oh! how could I leave this out? CJ once commented I should ask for a membership card. Subway has suddenly topped my favourite all-day food list. Having said that, since I try to reduce my consumption of processed food, there seems to be a limited choices available.
8. Protein powder. A substitution of daily products.
The experiment continues as I adapt to my new hormonal change. Let's hope it gets better.
I shall also remind myself to be grateful everyday, as that is the positive energy and attitude I would like to instill to my little one.
→→I'm grateful...
Father dumped his usual way of cooking and made me a thin porridge for dinner.
Uncle cooked a decent, simple vegetarian curry bihun for dinner.
Cousin made baked potato with tomato mushroom sauce for supper, after knowing about my crave.
