that time of month... (ladies)

seed_of_wonder
seed_of_wonder Posts: 202 Member
in Food and Nutrition
do you tend to eat more & be hungry alll the time?
cause its surely effecting me
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  • RannveigLena
    RannveigLena Posts: 8
    YES! get so much more cravings for things like sugar and chocolate! And I always gain 1 - 1.5 kg that days :/
  • softsculptor
    softsculptor Posts: 102
    YES...the one time I was inconsolably hungry on my current calorie intake was the eve of my period! i say, est a little more...I am not saying spluge but most likely your body is asking for more calories for a reason.
  • suenewberry81
    suenewberry81 Posts: 241 Member
    I get a very sweet tooth when it's the time of the month :-(
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    No. I just quietly menstruate.
  • SPNLuver83
    SPNLuver83 Posts: 2,050 Member
    I crave sugar and salt like a mofo
  • sonjarogers72
    sonjarogers72 Posts: 110 Member
    Heck yeah!! I crave the sweet and salty- mostly the sweet!
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Nope. But that's because I always want to eat a lot, most of it being junk.
  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    I crave red meat. Gross, but I usually have to have a big burger every month. May be an iron deficiency.
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    No. I just quietly menstruate.

    While your guitar gently weeps?
  • Josette89
    Josette89 Posts: 244
    Haha, definitely. :) But, I can't eat many things, seeing as how I'm doing Paleo. I try to go to the grocery store and nothing I find is Paleo, unless it's meat or veggies. I sometimes get some real dark chocolate. Other than that, I just take deep breaths. Hahaha.
  • Jemmuno
    Jemmuno Posts: 413 Member
    try to take a multivitamin to replace all that iron your losing. This may or may not help with cravings, but it's iron your losing and that's what your body wants you to replace.
  • smelons
    smelons Posts: 450 Member
    God, yes. The week before, I can't eat enough. It drives me mad.
  • AJ_Pete
    AJ_Pete Posts: 863 Member
    I feel like such a freak of nature. I never crave anything, nor am I extra hungry.
  • nuffexercise2012
    nuffexercise2012 Posts: 140
    yep, a week before, cravings for salty and sweets:huh:
  • schillewis
    schillewis Posts: 144 Member
    I'm such a cliche, LOL...but I get super sensitive/emotional *and* crave sweets during that TOM.

    24 days of the month, I'm fantastic. Four days...I'm a lunatic. It's all good.

    I have found that exercise (I know) actually makes me feel better. Although my play list is much angrier :)
  • EllaNovella
    EllaNovella Posts: 351
    This happens, don't know why, it's unnecessary and stupid but yeah...
  • Caffeine_Addict
    Caffeine_Addict Posts: 178 Member
    leading up to TOM is the worst for me. Skin is horrible. Weight gain. Hungry. Tired. blah.. sucks every month.
  • pudadough
    pudadough Posts: 1,271 Member
    Yes.

    SCARF ALL THE THINGS!!!
  • nuffexercise2012
    nuffexercise2012 Posts: 140
    try to take a multivitamin to replace all that iron your losing. This may or may not help with cravings, but it's iron your losing and that's what your body wants you to replace.

    Even with the iron the cravings are still there
  • heartsherps
    heartsherps Posts: 57 Member
    No. I just quietly menstruate.

    I laughed. Got a mental image of some chick sitting in a corner bleeding out and looking sad.
  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    try to take a multivitamin to replace all that iron your losing. This may or may not help with cravings, but it's iron your losing and that's what your body wants you to replace.

    I take a daily women's multi. My iron intake is usually above 200% RDA. It's just one day a month (usually day 2) that I NEED a burger :laugh:
  • juicygurl1
    juicygurl1 Posts: 195 Member
    oh gosh yes, and if u think it's rough now...just wait till menapause. You ladies are in for a real TREAT!!!!
  • soygurl
    soygurl Posts: 44 Member
    Uh, yeah totally. I usually feel like I want to EAT THE WORLD, and NEED CHOCOLATE like it's the last bottle of water in a desert. Definitely frustrating, but oh well. I try not to stress about it too much. :-/
  • char_char_piper
    char_char_piper Posts: 98
    I've read a few different places that your menstrual cycle can actually cause a short spike in your metabolism, or the amount of calories that you burn.

    Don't get me wrong; not sure of the validity of any of that, but I can say that I definitely feel a whole lot hungrier right up to and for the first few days of the actual menstruation, and my cravings usually include red meat, but vary otherwise.

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  • headcashier
    headcashier Posts: 2
    I crave sugar, pure sugar anything sweet will do. I have been very good this time because I am determined to get this extra weight off. I have lost almost 9 pounds in 4 weeks. Im a little worried because I am off work for 2 weeks on holidays and work is were I get most of my excercise. I hate the gym, love to swim but our pool in town is closed for repairs. It re opens guess when the day I go back to work figures. So I have been cleaning house like a mad woman
  • tvanhooser
    tvanhooser Posts: 326 Member
    My pet peeve, now that I am actively trying to LOSE weight and got the whole PMS cluster/migraine/nausea/vomiting headache issue FINALLY (after 20 years) under control a few years ago (no thanks to any doctor's advice who just seemed to think it was just a natural part of being female --and this from both male and female doctors - and never really did anything about it) with Vitamin E and green tea and fish oil, is just that pesky weight gain just before and during. No matter what my calorie intake, lowered sodium, increased water, exercise, etc. I still seem to get 2-4 pounds around that time. Yes, it falls off again immediately after but it's still annoying as all get out when the scales is progressing evenly downward to suddenly jump up again. When I get to goal, it won't be so bad but when I am say within half a pound of my weekly checkpoint goal with 3 days to go and looking at another success, it is infuriating to wake up and find a 2-3 pound jump. I know it's water weight....but I don't know what else I can do since I have already cut my sodium limit to 1500 and go under that on some days. If anyone knows the magic solution to preventing that PMS water gain, please do share!

    PS No, I don't eat any differently or chug unhealthy stuff at that time of month. I can control that part. I just don't know what to do about my bodily mechanics or biological processes that cause this monthly weight surge.
  • elyelyse
    elyelyse Posts: 1,454 Member
    I usually allow myself 200-300 calories more a day for 2-3 days around that time. That's still under maintenance, so I'm still going in the right direction, but it allows for a couple of additional snacks. My *body* might not need those extra calories, but the craving is so intense that I'd rather find non-destructive ways to satisfy my desires (intentional, healthy snacks), than try try try try try and then break down and eat a bag of chips or M&Ms with a Coca Cola chaser!
  • NZhellkat
    NZhellkat Posts: 355 Member
    No cravings, no bloating, no break outs, but I did learn when I was younger that vegemite kills the chocolate craving. And vegemite is high in vitamin B etc.
  • amyLhuff
    amyLhuff Posts: 102
    I just had mine and I'll see what happened on monday but yes it's hard but so far I've been able to resist the chocolate temptation I have however had some lays potato chips but I make sure I get the small lunch pack so I don't eat the whole bag. It's still 160 cal but oh so satisfying.
  • IokiOcto
    IokiOcto Posts: 123 Member
    <---- bottomless pit :grumble:

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