Pre-menstrual bingeing and body dissatisfaction

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  • megzchica23
    megzchica23 Posts: 419 Member
    edited May 2016
    Usually I feel so sick the first day of my period that I don't care about anything. I barely stand being at work all day let alone go home and stand up in the kitchen and cook. So, I tell my fiance to buy whatever food for dinner and bring me chocolate. After that first day I am fine though.
  • stephinator92
    stephinator92 Posts: 162 Member
    The entire last week, it was like I was possessed by a junk food eating monster that knew better but couldn't be bothered. That and I kept crying at things (like watching the Blind Side, which I've seen before) and felt horrible about myself for DAYS. This has been my biggest detriment and I'm going to do my best to actually take the suggestions of the other ladies in this thread. They're really onto something!
  • Gamliela
    Gamliela Posts: 2,468 Member
    edited May 2016
    Well, I'm past having those monthly periods. But I couldn't help weighing in on the topic anyway.

    Some days I have a big dissassitsfaction with my body appearance and I feel like giving up careful calories counting thing.
    Haven't yet though. Something always tells me I'll be happier if I just stick with this for one more day. Then the next day maybe I'm happy with the way my clothes look and so on I go with it.
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,244 Member
    It's horrible these days! Lately I only lose all the weight on two big wooshes twice a month - after ovulation and after period.
    And this past week it has been hell! My normally not so fat tummy (I'm pear shaped) is sticking out like I'm 7 months pregnant for 3 days now, I'm 2lbs up for several days, craving food and I've been sobbing for this and that all day today. Still have the hankie in my pocket wet from my tears. I feel so bloated like I'm gonna burst. And my period is not due for another 2 days.... Horror! My hubby who is on a diet/mfp too has none of this bull... happening to him...
  • Gamliela
    Gamliela Posts: 2,468 Member
    I get weight loss whooshes and I'm post menopausal. I think whooshes are comman among those of us that tend to retain water weight. Also, I just seem to hold onto the fat for a while. It will get sort of squishy looking then it seems to shrink off suddenly. Most people lose in fits and starts regardless of all other factors. So try a little to be a bit less concerned about the daily number on that scale. Save your sanity and stick with your calorie goals. In the long haul, you can do this, and you will see results over time.
    The only dangerous thing is giving up altogether.
  • megzchica23
    megzchica23 Posts: 419 Member
    JeepHair77 wrote: »
    Cultural construct. LOL!

    Mine has gotten worse as I've aged, which sucks. The days immediately before my period are usually fine - it's the days immediately after I ovulate that are the worst. Cranky, craving sweets, and bloating.

    Recognizing it has helped - for ages, I didn't know WHY, since it was a full week before what I would typically have expected to call "PMS." So recognizing, "yeah, this is happening for a reason, and it'll pass" makes a huge difference in my attitude. I still usually eat more those days, but I also exercise more and sleep a little more, if I can swing it, and that helps, too.

    Mine keep getting worse as I get older too. My period is so heavy the first day. I have the worst intense cramps and basically feel like I have a cold. I'm so tired and my temp fluctuates a lot so I'm either too hot or too cold. And because I have IBS it effects that. So I just spend a whole day in pain, feeling horrible and going to the bathroom 500 times. But the good news is because it is so crazy heavy now it is done in like 3 days versus the 7 or more it use to take...
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    @francl27 have you considered using one of the BC devices that stop you getting your periods? Would they help with your pms?
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    @francl27 have you considered using one of the BC devices that stop you getting your periods? Would they help with your pms?

    I tried a pill like that when I was 22 and it totally messed me up, so honestly I'm just terrified of all those hormonal things now!
  • mitch16
    mitch16 Posts: 2,113 Member
    The TED talk about PMS being a cultural construct is somewhat interesting... I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but is it a case of first world problems? Do we tend to be more aware of it because we don't have to walk 40 miles a day to have access to clean water? Or because we're not dying of cholera? Is it the power of suggestion because Midol advertisements are on television and in magazines?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I don't cope. I eat the food and cry.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I've never,ever had pms symptoms... Until I came here lol No personality changes or crying or anything like that. But now, a day before they come and the first day I am extra hungry. It's like reading all of these posts has played some kind of mind control with me!

    It's like "hey, my periods are, i can eat more".
  • FaatSara
    FaatSara Posts: 14 Member
    OMG I am insatiable days before my period. I can't stop eating. So I try to stick to protein packed foods, or just eat healthier foods until I can't anymore. But, usually I give in and eat like a friggen maniac for a couple of days then I eat healthier when that feeling is over. It sucks. It's probably what has me stuck at the same weight.
  • mathiseasy
    mathiseasy Posts: 165 Member
    mitch16 wrote: »
    The TED talk about PMS being a cultural construct is somewhat interesting... I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but is it a case of first world problems? Do we tend to be more aware of it because we don't have to walk 40 miles a day to have access to clean water? Or because we're not dying of cholera? Is it the power of suggestion because Midol advertisements are on television and in magazines?

    It was very interesting, and I intend to go back and watch the video again, but she lost me when she started on midol. Bloating and cramps (midols main marketing) are not cultural constructs. I really did not understand that bit, unless there are other midol ads that I am not seeing. She sounded a whole lot like the stereotypical burn your bra feminist who claims that women's issues are "medicalized" to make money for The Man. Like, she can pry my midol and the csection that allowed a quicker and less infant-stressed birth from my cold dead hands ;)
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    mitch16 wrote: »
    The TED talk about PMS being a cultural construct is somewhat interesting... I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but is it a case of first world problems? Do we tend to be more aware of it because we don't have to walk 40 miles a day to have access to clean water? Or because we're not dying of cholera? Is it the power of suggestion because Midol advertisements are on television and in magazines?

    Not necessarily. I wasn't really aware of it before counting calories either... I just ate if I was hungry, no second thought. I'd guess that women who have to walk 40 miles for water probably don't have to worry about it too much either because their periods must not be very regular, and they don't exactly have the option to raid the junk closet anyway... I'm sure that diet has its parts too.

    The cramps must suck though. Heck I still remember my first period when I was 10, I was in so much pain that I threw up several times. I don't think I even knew what periods were at the time, so I have to laugh again at that 'cultural construct' comment.
  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    I get cramps and bloating the first few days and my skin is terrible. The scale goes crazy and I just ate two hashbrowns. Ugh. At least it's not this bad every month and exercise does make the cramps tolerable.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    the fact that i need pms pants makes me think it is not a cultural construct.
  • megzchica23
    megzchica23 Posts: 419 Member
    moyer566 wrote: »
    the fact that i need pms pants makes me think it is not a cultural construct.

    Also find it funny that in other countries there is a thing called menstrual leave. So it isn't just America.
  • Heartisalonelyhunter
    Heartisalonelyhunter Posts: 786 Member
    mitch16 wrote: »
    The TED talk about PMS being a cultural construct is somewhat interesting... I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but is it a case of first world problems? Do we tend to be more aware of it because we don't have to walk 40 miles a day to have access to clean water? Or because we're not dying of cholera? Is it the power of suggestion because Midol advertisements are on television and in magazines?

    I think it's a fascinating topic. There is a lot of societal pressure on women to put themselves last/not complain and you could argue PMS gives us an 'excuse' to show emotion, vent, eat chocolate and cry without being ostracized. I do get bad cramps but I sometimes wonder how much of it is in my head. I work in a fertility clinic and often the Dr's see women who claim to have terrible periods and/or hormonal issues when in fact what they have is chronic depression.
  • megzchica23
    megzchica23 Posts: 419 Member
    Heartisalonelyhunter wrote: »
    mitch16 wrote: »
    The TED talk about PMS being a cultural construct is somewhat interesting... I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but is it a case of first world problems? Do we tend to be more aware of it because we don't have to walk 40 miles a day to have access to clean water? Or because we're not dying of cholera? Is it the power of suggestion because Midol advertisements are on television and in magazines?

    I think it's a fascinating topic. There is a lot of societal pressure on women to put themselves last/not complain and you could argue PMS gives us an 'excuse' to show emotion, vent, eat chocolate and cry without being ostracized. I do get bad cramps but I sometimes wonder how much of it is in my head. I work in a fertility clinic and often the Dr's see women who claim to have terrible periods and/or hormonal issues when in fact what they have is chronic depression.

    I feel like I'm dying. I am in so much pain and so nauseous. I can't regulate my temperature and it effects my IBS. So I'm so miserable the first day of my period. I know that isn't in my head. If it is, then I guess I must hate myself more than anyone else in the world to on purposely imagine that... But I don't use it as an excuse for anything. I go to work even though I want to just be in bed and sleep it out. But nope I don't say a word to anything because society has taught me that it isn't an excuse and I should suck it up and I'm just a weak, fragile girl if I don't.

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