Ladies-- T.O.M Cravings- HOW do you get over it

GamecockFan14

I'm on carb overload. It NEVER fails. It's all I want. Carbs and salt. Like mayonaise and bread. It's so gross but tastes so good at the time lol. I don't crave chocolate as much as I do carbs and salt... how do ya'll handle this awful , awful time?

meerkat70

Like cravings at any other time of the month. If I have the calories, and I'm quite sure I want it, I have it. If I don't, I don't. Always enter high cal foods into your diary BEFORE you eat them. Sometimes seeing it on the screen in all its calorific glory helps calm the impulse down.

I don't think there's anything particularly special about cravings when bleeding vs cravings when not. I'd suggest not giving them such a special, all powerful status in your head, and I think probably you'll feel more in control of them.

ninjakitty419

I'm lucky that I never have cravings related to TOM. But I do get cravings for junk on a regular day quite often. Usually, the only way I can keep myself from eating it is to eat it all in one sitting so that it is gone next time and I dont have the choice! Haha that is terrible i know but I usually dont have the willpower to say NO if it is easily available and there is no one around to judge me.

ajfrench

I crave chocolate and salt. For the chocolate, I try and save calories at the end of the day so I can indulge. Just a little. For the salt cravings, I just add extra salt to my food, especially veggies. Not great for my sodium intake but I flush that out with extra water.

Sweetcheeks278

Fiber One Oats and Honey bars are like a candy bar. They have saved me many times from giving into my chocolate cravings. It's just one of those things tho thats going to happen so you can either save some extra calories for a small splurge at the end of the day or just try to avoid giving in all together. I have to say, avoiding it all together worked better for me. I found if I gave in even once it would just fuel the fire and I would find myself craving it even more. Thats just me tho. Good luck!

wenjam715915

There is a wonderful snack I just discovered. The Special K chips. They are in the cracker aisle at the store, and they are wonderful. You can have 30 of them and only a few grams of fat, and they are salty, yet don't dig to deep of a hole on your carb end either. Give them a try...you may be pleasantly surprised.

sleepy7

yeah i don't get cravings either and i am never hungry in my week of 'fun' for some reason

monalissanne

Like cravings at any other time of the month. If I have the calories, and I'm quite sure I want it, I have it. If I don't, I don't. Always enter high cal foods into your diary BEFORE you eat them. Sometimes seeing it on the screen in all its calorific glory helps calm the impulse down.

I don't think there's anything particularly special about cravings when bleeding vs cravings when not. I'd suggest not giving them such a special, all powerful status in your head, and I think probably you'll feel more in control of them.

I totally agree. Sometimes I add a food to my diary to see how it changes my numbers and that helps change my mind. When I have cravings I just try to find something that will fit in my limits for the day and have it. For example, if I am craving chocolate, instead of sitting with a bowl of brownie batter like I used to, I drink diet hot chocolate and maybe make it with skim milk instead of water.

staceyseeger

The cravings hit me in the afternoo...only for one day. :explode: :explode: :explode: I quit fighting them a long time ago. :noway: :noway: :noway: I usually end up eating a little of this & a little of that. These cravings are worse & change faster than when I was pregnant. By the next day, I am good to make better choices again. :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: Until next month! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

agataarchangel

I crave chocolate, milk, and peanut butter around that time, EVERY month.

To get over mine, I make my chocolate-protein-cake for dinner at least once that week, and add cocoa powder to EVERYTHING in the mornings....to curb that craving right from the start- oatmeal, cereal, to my oat bran....all that good stuff. Cocoa powder and 1 packet of Splenda, usually.