How to stop comforting yourself during your period?

EleanorLynn1989

The only thing I can do is constantly eat for 1-2 weeks. haha I was about to have a breakdown because I was so hungry even though I ate all my calories. I figured if my body was going through something like that then it must've been hungry for a reason. So I gave up and started eating even if I went over my calorie limit. I'm totally fine now now that I'm not having it. haha

ReadyWillingEager

Larissa_NY wrote: »

It's your period, not a death in the family. You shouldn't need "comforting." I get horrible cramps and mood swings, and I don't love them either, but that's life. It's not unfair, it's not "mean," it's not suffering, and unless you have one of a few specific and diagnosed medical conditions, it's nothing special. Women have been dealing with cramps as long as there have been women with uteruses.

In short: suck it up, buttercup. Stop with the self-pity, because all you're doing is giving yourself an excuse to eat high volumes of all the crap you want to eat during the rest of the month and manage not to. Take Tylenol for your cramps or live with them like half the rest of the human race does. Have some chocolate if you want chocolate. If you think your period is really that intolerable, see a gynecologist. But I've got to tell you, cramps that can be cured by chocolate are not very bad cramps.

I bet you're just a joy. You are being unhelpful! This is the "just stop it" approach which is like the equivalent of saying "because I said so" to a kid asking why: rude, inconsiderate, and slightly bitter.

ReadyWillingEager

Pain killers help a lot. For me, craving usually happen because I am in an immense amount of pain.
I also like working out outside because 1) it gets my mind off it for a while and 2) more calories to eat more.
Lots of hot chai tea with splenda and a little soy milk (low cal and tastes like such a treat).
More pain killers.
Physically yelling when the pain is really intense helps me. Lol. But I don't know if yours is more pain related or specifically just hunger or cravings.

Larissa_NY

ReadyWillingEager wrote: »

Larissa_NY wrote: »

It's your period, not a death in the family. You shouldn't need "comforting." I get horrible cramps and mood swings, and I don't love them either, but that's life. It's not unfair, it's not "mean," it's not suffering, and unless you have one of a few specific and diagnosed medical conditions, it's nothing special. Women have been dealing with cramps as long as there have been women with uteruses.

In short: suck it up, buttercup. Stop with the self-pity, because all you're doing is giving yourself an excuse to eat high volumes of all the crap you want to eat during the rest of the month and manage not to. Take Tylenol for your cramps or live with them like half the rest of the human race does. Have some chocolate if you want chocolate. If you think your period is really that intolerable, see a gynecologist. But I've got to tell you, cramps that can be cured by chocolate are not very bad cramps.

I bet you're just a joy. You are being unhelpful! This is the "just stop it" approach which is like the equivalent of saying "because I said so" to a kid asking why: rude, inconsiderate, and slightly bitter.

Dang, is it Friday again already?

Look, sometimes telling people to just stop being ridiculous is more helpful in the long run than enabling their self-pity. If you're an enabler, fine, you do you, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to be around you either. Enablers usually have a vested interest in seeing other people fail.

Francl27

I'm a bit surprised at all the heating pads comments... sure, they help... but when your stomach is huge (like mine was before I lost weight), it did absolutely nothing, lol.

I'm not understanding the hate about the 'take an Advil' comments though. OP mentioned that it's the painful cramps that make her feel the need to comfort herself... and getting rid of the pain is relatively easy, so why shouldn't it be the first step? I can get some wicked cramps too but once the meds kick in I'm totally fine.

A note though - when I was at my heaviest, I had to take 3 Advils at once for it to go away, and had to alternate with 3 Tylenols... I went way over the maximum dosage once and freaked out, but I was obese so apparently the dose was just fine for me. Now I can take the normal dosage of 2 at a time, but when I think about it, I was probably overdosing for quite a few months after losing weight without realizing that I could make do with 2...