Cake and Tater Tots

#7. 
That moment when you abandon your good intentions for eating a healthy, well-balanced lunch, and instead find yourself hovering over the kitchen counter, eating tater tots and 4-layer cake with buttercream frosting. 

Here's the thing, though: it's not that I don't understand what is healthy and what is not. I know exactly what I should be eating to nourish myself and baby.

But baby won't let me. What to Expect says I should be eating whole grains, veggies, fruit, 75 grams (!) of protein per day, and plenty of water. But this tiny junk-food addict inside me demands salty, fatty, buttery, sweet food.

Before my pregnancy, I would eat a spinach salad with tomatoes, artichokes, carrots, feta cheese, and sunflower seeds for lunch. Now, the only way I can stomach the idea of eating spinach, or anything green for that matter, is to hide some in a smoothie. I can eat carrots....dipped in ranch dressing. I can eat tomatoes...if they are made into a sauce and put onto a cheesy pizza.

I'm hoping that when the first trimester fades into the second, I'll regain my appetite for foods that have some nutritional value. For now, I'll keep hiding spinach wherever I can, and I'll definitely make my husband take the rest of this layer cake to work with him tomorrow.