First PMS since getting serious....

I have been dedicatedly going hard, for almost a month. And i mean, 500 to 1000 cal burn per day, 1000 cal deficit, 1000 net cals hard. This is from not leaving the couch. i lose 23 lbs so far, between this month, and the few months prior of lax application.

It had been going extremely well. I felt amazing, for most of the time. weight started falling off me this week, it was almost unnerving.

Today, i woke up, and was just, not feeling right. I took one, 100 cal walk so far, no other exercise... im craving chinese food like crazy. and then the random watching a commercial tear-up happened and i knew EXACTLY what the deal was.

I have PMS, and its making me worry. I have settled in with a midol, and a piece of 90% cocoa chocolate, to try and soothe my brain chemicals.

But i also feel like i want to go to dinner with myfiancee, and just enjoy myself for a day.

Did i earn this? Should i push all these feelings away? It might make me explode, though, if i do, with the PMS.... and while unmedicated and far from a slave to it, i do have some chemical brain issues. so things like this tend to be a bit more difficult.

Basically, i dint know if i should lock myself in our room for the night, or hop in the car and take a day off and let my hair down.

What say you, o great wealth of endless support and information that is MFP?

<3

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  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    I would say go for it, especially given you are netting only 1000 calories (If I got that information correct), which incidentally I consider to be too low and which might actually make it harder to deal with the pms cravings. Incidentally I am experiencing the same thing right now, cravings and excessive hunger, doing my best to just workout hard and ignore it.
  • Thanks Grae... I think ill relax a bit tonight, and then if im feeling spunky later on, DDR some more. I think i did great this week....
  • mercedes3106
    mercedes3106 Posts: 17 Member
    OMG this was me last week. Mother nature got ahold of me for 2 whole days the cravings ran, i ate chocolate, hot sauce, cupcakes and oysters for some reason i craved those. . But i never stopped working out and i didnt gain a pound back. Basically what im telling you is that its ok to enjoy yourself. You seem really focused on your goal so a little cheat will not hurt.
  • OMG this was me last week. Mother nature got ahold of me for 2 whole days the cravings ran, i ate chocolate, hot sauce, cupcakes and oysters for some reason i craved those. . But i never stopped working out and i didnt gain a pound back. Basically what im telling you is that its ok to enjoy yourself. You seem really focused on your goal so a little cheat will not hurt.

    yep... i did. we went and had chinese for dinner. and tons of it at that. but, tomorrow will be back on the grind.