PMS is KILLING my hard work. Advice???

if I feel like eating during my TOM instead I decide to do something else to focus me, I know after wards I will regret eating a load of crap and feel worse so I do some running, do some shooting, do something to focus and then I tend feel better and if I still want to then I don't need to feel guilty because ive kind of earnt it

This is totally me! I can not control myself at this time and everything and anything goes in my mouth!

I have tried healthier food but it doesn't satisfy my desire to eat everything. For the last 2 months I have gained 3lbs during this week. Luckily i have managed to lose it the week after and still have a loss at the end of the month.

During this week I totally scrap any idea of losing weight and put myself to maintain to give me an extra 500 cals to work with. I also make myself go to the gym so I can some extra there. This month I am going to try planning in my binge and see how that works!

I've never had cravings just because of TOM. Is it even a real phenomenon?

I've never had cravings just because of TOM. Is it even a real phenomenon?

LOL yes, it's a real phenomenon.

I've had a very busy month and haven't kept track of my "calendar." I've also been happily eating raw and having NO soda for weeks. Haven't missed it, haven't missed sweets. Today I passed by a small basket of Reese's peanut butter cups and had an uncontrollable and weird urge to buy them all. I didn't even understand why, since I haven't missed sweets at all. Also had an urge to order tons of diet soda with lunch today when I haven't had the urge to have any soda in weeks.

It wasn't until I noticed I was breaking out a little that I put two and two together. My PMS foods have always been chocolate and soda. I caved and had a slice of red velvet cake for dessert that put me over my calories for the day by 360 calories. Oh, well. It was fabulous and I feel okay about it. In the past, I would have eaten half the cake in one sitting and I rarely have dessert anymore, so no big. You have to be good to yourself and cut yourself a tiny little bit of slack here and there. This is a marathon, not a sprint.

I've never had cravings just because of TOM. Is it even a real phenomenon?

Yes, definitely. There are lots of symptoms of PMS and side effects of a period. I don't get some, but I get others. So, for example, you don't get cravings, but you might have other symptoms that others don't. I don't get headaches, but others do.

Thanks for all who responded. As a newbie, I was thrilled to have just lost 5 pounds and felt like crying when I woke up this morning to have gained 2 of them back. I knew I had pms, fought the cravings and although I did give in, I wasn't as bad as before, and continued to work out. I was very lethargic this weekend though, and like most others wrote, wanted to eat everything in sight and just watch tv.

For the person who asked if it was real, I wish I were you! It's not just coincidence every 23 days I pack on the food, cry for 2 days, and am totally irritable. Then again, maybe it's a conspiracy! The millions of us get together at our "monthly" club meeting and decide how we're going to control the world by driving our men crazy! Our president is Roseanne. :bigsmile:

dark chocolate, peanut butter on pretzels, claussen pickles, olives, & rare red meat. i mostly crave meat with TOM. i buy deli sliced rare roast beef. its $10/lb so i allow for a couple bites am & pm.