For Women: PMS Cravings...

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  • 33nessy
    33nessy Posts: 104
    This is probably not the best advice, but it works for me. Keep in mind I am not trying to lose a ton of weight, and I maintain a fairly healthy diet. However, this morning I treated myself to a white mocha because of PMS cravings. What I do is allow myself 1 treat for the entire 3-5 days of my period. I pick something that I usually never have (ie white mocha) and try to savor it. If your go-to is chips, limit yourself to a bowl. Or buy a small bag.

    Hope that helps! Like I said, probably not the best advice, but I'm not on the extreme diet page; I believe in eating what you want as long as it's within reason (ie some chips or popcorn when hanging out with friends on Saturday night is fine if you stick to a handful, not 5 bags, and not every night).


    Totally agree with this comment......everything in moderation.....otherwise if you deny yourself you will binge. i only eat chips now for example if my kids are around me so i only have a few and they down the rest.
  • soriakyte
    soriakyte Posts: 17
    I eat 1 Tbsp of peanut butter with a few chocolate chips (if I can not tolerate a chocolate substitute) but usually I can get by with 1/2 cup of unsweetened Greek yogurt mixed with 1 tbsp Hershey's Unsweetened Cocoa Powder, 1-2 tsp almond extract, 2 packets of Splenda and 1/2 - 1cup of strawberries. I have found that having protein with my chocolate goes a long way to stop my cravings. If I keep craving I go do some intense exercise to keep my mind off things.
  • Black_Swan
    Black_Swan Posts: 770 Member
    I usually get cravings 2 days before. I try to manage them.
    But today I almost binged on my major binge food - dads spaghetti. Oh how good they smelled. And I was hungry.
    I managed to avoid it by spicing up my normal food with some onions...
    Maybe take something healthy but try to make it more interesting...so that you dont eat junk food:)
  • dh_dom
    dh_dom Posts: 8
    Apparently pineapple releases the same endomorphins as chocolate does.

    xoxox
  • tabbychiro
    tabbychiro Posts: 223 Member
    Just saw this today from EatingWell.com: http://www.eatingwell.com/blogs/recipes/_5-healthy-ways-satisfy-pms-cravings
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