Blaming TOM (please stop)
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I think if you go round thinking that it is impossible to resist TOM cravings, then of course you will give in to them because you will never properly try to resist. If you think this is not the case then you will resist them because you are convinced that it is easy enough to do so.
Great statement. And very true...0 -
Question, does anyone else lose steadily while ON their TOM? This happens to me and I can almost count on it every single month happening.0
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Wow, do you have PMS??0
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This thread makes me think of one of my favourite quotes:
"Your body doesn't care if your mind isn't motivated. Results are the same with or without it. JUST SHOW UP!"0 -
I don't blame mine for anything, but my appetite is really increased when I'm on it. It's nice because I rarely have an appetite otherwise. I always expect to gain 4-6 lbs during that time and don't count it and know it's just from bloating or whatever. I love my TOM sometimes because I can actually be hungry and eat.0
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On a side note, where are you finding tampons for $4, they're like $7 here. lol
Bahahah, I get the generic CVS ones. Or shop at Costco/BJs/Sam's Club and stock up for, like, the year.
I do that too! 14 bucks for a box of 96. That'll last me a while!
I agree with aneels though - blame for bloating and my now immunity to Midol. Caving to cravings is my own fault. Though I've wanted pizza (a pretty constant craving - no TOM to even blame) for the last three months and have yet to cave. Mostly because I haven't had the time to get GOOD pizza.0 -
Hmm, I try be a vegetarian, but TOM is a carnivore. It is too scary to try and feed him with lettuce leaves so I let him have his way. I just make it fit my macros!0
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I just blame TOM for water weight/bloating....but I do give into craving sometimes - but that is all me! :happy:
Me too. And I think I can still "blame" it if I want. So what? :drinker:
By the way, I think there are studies that prove that TOM does trigger appetite and craving on some people. :flowerforyou:0 -
Read this somewhere and laughed. "TOM? How did the guy from Myspace make you eat 12 bars of chocolate?"0
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Question, does anyone else lose steadily while ON their TOM? This happens to me and I can almost count on it every single month happening.
Oh I wish.... I typically gain 2-5lbs that week, but it's not from eating more, just water retention because I lose that 2-5lbs plus whatever I actually lost the next week. Major fluctuations in my world :P0 -
OP - I agree to not make excuses - if you eat it, you ate it - log it and move on.
However - if the doctors and scientists are to be believed, then there is a hormonal and biological reason that woman (and their brains) may crave sweets and fat before and during TOM. One's willpower also originates in the brain - exactly the place where all these changes happen every month...so is it not logical to consider that our will power to resist these cravings will also be dimished/effected?0 -
Aren't you all SOOOOOO superior.
Why not try just worring about you?? Is it your time of the month? or is being a judgmental B a day to day state for you all?0 -
Thank you!
Of course, I feel the same way about anyone posting about anything "causing" them to eat. Oh, a coworker brought home made goodies, so I had to. I went to dinner with friends, so I had to. It was offered to me, so I had to.
Blah. Unless someone is prying open your mouth and physically shoving the food down your throat, that was a conscious choice you made to eat that food, quit blaming it on everyone else!
On a side note, where are you finding tampons for $4, they're like $7 here. lol
I'd like to know too! LOL0 -
I've never actually seen anyone say 'TOM made me do it.' But I guess giving one's monthly cycle a boy's name might create a tendency to anthropomorphise it a bit! :-)0
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What is TOM?
EDIT: Nevermind. Pieced it together with the other posts about tampons and emotions.
you don't know TOM? Apparently he is quite mean...
Mean is an understatement! :laugh:
This weekend i will be visited by TOM and as miserable as I will be, i will fully take responsibility for my food and my actions. I will not go over on my daily allowances.0 -
Agreed! It bothers me that women say that as well. Yes, Iron levels are lower due to bleeding so just bump up iron intake and some of those cravings subside. I used to have extreme cramping that would literally bed rest me. (PCOS sufferer here) but now I have gotten healthy the cramps are better. There was days where I was cramping so bad but I was at curves on those damn machines doing the best I could. Period is just an easy state of mind for someone who was thinking about cheating on their diet already. Yes, there are times where the cramps are to the point where I can't ride my bike but I always try to get something done in place of that.0
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This post is great! I got a good laugh AND learned about a sale on tampons! It's a win, win!0
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Question, does anyone else lose steadily while ON their TOM? This happens to me and I can almost count on it every single month happening.
Yes, I do :happy:0 -
On a side note, where are you finding tampons for $4, they're like $7 here. lol
Bahahah, I get the generic CVS ones. Or shop at Costco/BJs/Sam's Club and stock up for, like, the year.
I do that too! 14 bucks for a box of 96. That'll last me a while!
I agree with aneels though - blame for bloating and my now immunity to Midol. Caving to cravings is my own fault. Though I've wanted pizza (a pretty constant craving - no TOM to even blame) for the last three months and have yet to cave. Mostly because I haven't had the time to get GOOD pizza.
mmmm pizza!!!!
Damn TOM!0 -
Question, does anyone else lose steadily while ON their TOM? This happens to me and I can almost count on it every single month happening.
Oh I wish.... I typically gain 2-5lbs that week, but it's not from eating more, just water retention because I lose that 2-5lbs plus whatever I actually lost the next week. Major fluctuations in my world :P
i'm the same way. i gain about 5lbs within the first couple days with no change in my diet, but I lose it all plus some a couple days after and my clothes fit better cause I'm no longer bloated!0
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