The trick to Pregnancy Cravings is to give into them without going overboard.  I you just have to have a bowl of ice cream with hot fudge, switch it with low-fat frozen yogurt with chocolate syrup.

If you are dying for a hot dog, instead have a bowl of popcorn.  The salt in the popcorn should curb your craving.

If you are craving something crunchy and want potato chips, substitute a hard pretzel instead.

If you are dying for mashed potatoes substitute sweet potatoes.

It is important to find the healthiest way to cure those cravings or you might find yourself trying to loose a whole lot more pregnancy weight than you expected.

When you are pregnant you need to eat a well balanced meals.  You must remember that you are eating for 2 now.  Now eating for two does not mean that you should eat everything in site.  You should actually be consuming an additional 300 calories a day.  Here are some healthy ideas for that additional 300 calories.

1. 8-oz. low fat yogurt and a banana
2. Half a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on wheat bread, with a glass of skim milk.
3. 1/2 cup of trail mix-nuts and dried fruit, including raisins.
4. 2 oz of cheese, such as cheddar with socm grain crackers.