Period is in the way of diet

I usually drink tea, coffee and water. I'm already bloated and the liquid would make me feel even more bloated and disgusting. So, I wouldn't even dare to binge.

I'm the same way. I just take a nap when I'm on my period to keep from eating. I do buy a lot of fruit during that time! I need help too!

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Eat more healthy stuff - sweet potatoes, avocado, almonds, cucumbers, citrus, dark greens to fill the void. Extra sugar and white flour just amplify cramps. They make your mouth happy for a second or two and then pow! the rest of your day sucks. Plus they stay in your intestine longer and who needs that extra weight during their period?

I'm the same way. I just take a nap when I'm on my period to keep from eating. I do buy a lot of fruit during that time! I need help too!

5-7 day naps sound GLORIOUS!

Sometimes you think you're hungry when you're really just thirsty. Try drinking some water and see if it helps. I drink a ton of water during that time...:drinker:

honey in tea or fresh pineapple
or get the high % cocoa chocolate
I also make chocolate milk out of chocolate whey protein powder
if you crave pizza and such.. try making your own.. it might not be less calories (mine never are lol) but they are healthier!
I also really feel better after a good hard workout, more-so during that week then others. I don't know if that's weird.. but it def helps.
I also keep kedeem tea biscuits around.. 2 biscuits are 35 calories and they are pretty sweet... you find them in the kosher section. Just don't eat the whole sleeve. lol
I make my own strawberry jam and will slather that on whole grain toast with peanut butter or chocolate butter (like nutella, but i buy an organic brand)
You can have 5 large marshmallows for a mere 100 calories if you must have junk.. you can put a small squeeze of Hershey syrup, microwave and dip apples or bananas into it after it melts.. or just eat it.. not healthy, but better than the whole snickers bar.
Dark chocolate covered nuts are a healthier option as well.
I tend to crave salty stuff, so get baked chips (or make my own) or put my sauerkraut on things or bake a ham or cut a tomato sprinkle with salt and eat it.
I also like those dark chocolate nuggets with almonds or peanut or almond m&ms.. but i have pretty good self control with them and can stop at one or two.. i wouldn't suggest having that bad lay around if you're just gonna eat the whole thing.
Fig newtons... mmmm
Mint Chamoele tea helps for some reason too.

I pretty much give in, but I try to at least make healthier "subs" for what I'm craving. I'm actually in this phase myself and have been cooking up a storm the past few days. Instead of the brownies I was craving, I made laraballs (nuts/raisins/coconut/sunflower seeds/oats/flaxseeds/coffee). Made cashew french toast, but subbed the maple syrup I wanted for loads of strawberries. Gave into one batch of nachos, but then made pasta and a killer cashew white sauce with asparagus. I also wanted dumplings, so we made a cabbage/beet soup to go with them. Craved pudding so I made a banana/avocado "mouse". Craved ice cream so I made a few banana soft serves with mixed frozen fruit. I've definitely eaten a few too many laraballs & snuck in some tofutti cutie ice cream sandwiches, but also made a lot of green kale/beet leaf smoothies to fill me up as well. I think the trick to the horrid "eat everything in sight" period phase is to at least try to surround yourself with healthier indulgent choices so you don't eat the entire box of your treats in one sitting.

I'm pretty much ravenous right before that time of the month, so I eat at maintence on those days. It helps a lot with the hunger/cravings and keeping it under control. I feel like I'm indulging when really I'm not and usually still end up losing !

someone posted an article here once per "jillian" about that your body burns more cals during that time, and that also if you kept everything else the same, eating and workouts, you'd have that extra burning as like a head start on weight loss. it hase made me more grateful for those days of the month than I have any right to be. it's like "passive workout days" or something in my mind.

Just before periods I get so hungry that if I don't get some high-carb treat, there is good danger that I would start eating my furniture.
I had posted a similar topic some months back and found some useful advice from other members.

1. Don't deny yourself what you crave, HOWEVER, do control the portions! This helps me not feel miserable.
2. I get busy to get my mind off insane cravings. Do anything that keeps you away from junk food....go for a walk, clean up the house, send out pending emails. etc.
3. PMS is the only time I crave for chocolates. I am not a fan of chocolates on other days. I found that if I have just one small bite of rich milk chocolate, I feel satisfied. I ensure that I savor the biteful and don't go on a mission to finish the entire bar. I recently discovered that Sugarfree chocolates work very well for me.
4. Go for healthier versions of your favorite foods...sugar free ice cream, sugar free chocolates, baked chips.

Hope these tips work as well for you as they do for me.

Sometimes you think you're hungry when you're really just thirsty.

This cannot be reiterated enough.

Im so glad I looked this up....there's some pretty helpful advice on here....Right before/during my period I become this hungry animal lol...i get this ridiculous hunger....I usually end up eating maintenance as well...One thing Ive learned is to track everything...even if its bad....sometimes I dont want to put it in my diary because I dont want to face the all the food...but ive noticed tracking during my extreme hunger keeps me more aware of whats going in my body...

try to splurge with other things that would make it seem like cheating even though you're not. I just made a smoothie that tasted like ice cream lol. There are ways around that time of the month. Try to get fresh fruit (raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, blueberries are low in sugar) and chop it up and put it in the freezer, use a vanilla protein shake, a little extra vanilla extract, half of a banana, plain greek yogurt and blend..waalaa

i would drink lots of water until i am no more craving junk food , or just poor lots of vinigar over it then i wont dare to binge