My diet and My Period

goggleslyn

Hi girls ... It's that time of the month again

I have been on my diet for nearly a month ( I dropped 7 pounds!) I was rappidly approaching my first slow down, wondering if it was the a sign I was already reaching a plateau ( very possible with my low calorie intake and hard and fast goal) or if my recent cravings and hard to control hunger were getting the best of me. Well the cramps and the first sight of blood may have given me an awnser.( I had been on the pill for years, but got off of it a few months back )
My question for you guys, do you raise your calorie intake or change any other nutrients during your time off the month? I feel like it may be a good way to reset the diet a bit, but I'm also flat out hungry.

callsitlikeiseeit

no, i do not eat more.

put the fork down and take a walk

dont forget too, that you will retain water during TOM so the scale going up for a few days is normal.

Lasmartchika

I raise my calories to maintenance for those few hungry days.

passenger79

Maintenance and sometimes slightly higher I make up for it rest of the month.

crb426

My concern is your "hard and fast goal" statement.

How quickly are you trying to lose. If you overdue it, try to lose more than your body is ready for (1-2 pounds a week unless you are very obese) then you will really struggle to keep it off.

Slow and steady. I know it's hard, but well worth it.

LuckyAndi

I don't officially change anything, but I do make sure I eat more protein (plus I crave steak at that time). I let my cravings dictate my calories, honestly. TOM is bad enough, I'm not going to make myself even crazier by telling myself I can't have something I want in the worst way. My cravings are really strong, but I usually just need a few bites to satisfy it. I typically eat at maintenance or a bit above 1-3 days out of that dreaded week, but I don't let it get to me. It'll all come off eventually.

evileen99

There has been research that shows that women burn extra calories during PMS/menstruation, and the hunger is your body's way of telling you that you need to eat more to compensate for that (because evolution hasn't caught up to the recent over abundance of food available to us). Like others have said, eat at maintenance. You may actually still have a tiny deficit.

murp4069

I get super hungry for a few days about a week before my TOM. During that time, I tend to eat at about maintenance, sometimes a bit more. I tend to only eat back a small portion of my exercise calories during most of the month, so everything seems to generally balance out.

Davidsdottir

crb426 wrote: »

My concern is your "hard and fast goal" statement.

How quickly are you trying to lose. If you overdue it, try to lose more than your body is ready for (1-2 pounds a week unless you are very obese) then you will really struggle to keep it off.

Slow and steady. I know it's hard, but well worth it.

I was thinking the same thing.

TavistockToad

Davidsdottir wrote: »

crb426 wrote: »

My concern is your "hard and fast goal" statement.

How quickly are you trying to lose. If you overdue it, try to lose more than your body is ready for (1-2 pounds a week unless you are very obese) then you will really struggle to keep it off.

Slow and steady. I know it's hard, but well worth it.

I was thinking the same thing.

Me too.

Why set yourself up to fail OP?

goggleslyn

It's not too hard and fast but it is however as hard and fast as I am comfortable with. It was 10 weeks 20 lbs. We are on week 4 and I have 12 lbs to go. It's not my final goal but it's for a trip I'm taking. I do accept I will likely only loose another 8 and I'm okay with that.