Girl problems :/

I gain 5 pounds the week before I start. Hands down.. no doubt. It happens. This go 'round I "gained 1.5 lbs... and in this particular moment, I would seriously hurt someone for some chocolate. Literally can taste and feel it on my tongue. That and salty peanuts. See? yeah... that's just not good.

Back to my water and get busy doing something else. Ah who am I kidding? I'm going to read more boards and find motivation.

A few days before I know it's coming I tend to avoid carbs as much as possible. No simple carbs and avoid anything refined. Whenever I eat these it just makes me gorge myself on everything in sight. I also try to avoid sodium as much as possible to avoid the "bloat".

A few days into my period I can usually relax and start eating carbs again. Once I get over the initial hurdle I don't crave them as much.

Well, what's weird is my last period, I felt hungrier than normal! But this period... I barely feel like eating, and I'm always under my caloric limit these past few days (which I'm certainly not complaining about) haha

I think what it is though is that I never workout during my period, but I worked out every single day except for one day on my last period, and I found that my periods were lighter, and the intensity and duration of the cramps was much lesser. But all our bodies are different, so I can't say it'll be the same for anyone else. My workouts weren't too long either, just about 20 minutes or so. Perhaps there is a correlation between exercising on your period and your appetite (which is weird, because you should be more hungry right?). I'm not too sure, but if I were you, I'd eat some light popcorn (SmartPop-Orville Redenbacher's), a piece of fruit, some almond butter on toast (Yum ), and other light filling things. Drink lots of water because you may be mistaking your thirst for hunger.

Hope you feel better.

YES. no matter what i eat i am still hungry and there's not enough sugar on the planet to satisfy my craving. on the other hand, i am way to exhausted to get up and find something to eat. seriously for that one day, i am utterly starved and wiped out. fruit seems to help (especially citrus for some reason.) but i cannot go near baked goods. if i do my "f*** it" switch gets flipped and i eat anything that's not nailed down. coffee with milk and sweetener also helps with the cravings and the exhaustion. just that one day...but it's one hell of a day....:grumble:

**THIS JUST IN**

"Women tend to have increased appetites and sweet tooths during certain points of their menstral cycle. "

haha, I though it was just me that got like that cause I never knew anybody else that had those cravings. though for me its not before my period its always the very first day of it, after that first day im fine though.

I don't really let it bother me much though on account of the fact that its only one day and one day isn't going to kill me or destroy my diet. Since I have dedicated "cheat day" every week when it comes around I just make that my cheat day and let it go.

don't get me wrong though, I don't binge, I just eat without counting calories and what I eat isn't always going to be healthy.

Ummm most definitely. In the same boat right now. I get huge cravings for chocolate. I really really wanted to gorge on eating a bunch of reeses and any kind of chocolate I could put my hang on. But I fought through it and instead ate 15 Hershey's dark chocolate chips the kind you use for cookies and a half a banana with PB2. Enough to satisfy my chocolate and peanut butter urges without having to spend a lot of calories. I love the chocolate chips though because they satisfy my chocolate cravings and I can eat them slowly while still feeling like I have a lot

Love the chocolate chip idea...especially when adding it with fruit! Great idea.

There's no medical need to menstruate. You can get a simple procedure done or take medication to make this stop.

I personally wouldn't recommend this to a 19 year old.

Anyone LIKE having your period, so you know for sure you're not preggo (even on birth control)? I sure do!
I just eat what I'm craving, within reason. Fried chicken and dill pickle chips!

There's no medical need to menstruate. You can get a simple procedure done or take medication to make this stop.

I personally wouldn't recommend this to a 19 year old.

Anyone LIKE having your period, so you know for sure you're not preggo (even on birth control)? I sure do!
I just eat what I'm craving, within reason. Fried chicken and dill pickle chips!

This. Lol I want to have kids some day, just not at this time :P

You could always go on the pill and take an active pill every day.

Depends, some months I even forget I'm on it - as in zero pain, cramps and emotional outbursts. Some months I'm a train wreck with my bin filled with chocolate wrappers stuck at home. On those months I know keeping to your exercise is best, even if its the last thing in the world you want to do, simply because the release of endorphins and fresh air gives you the kick chocolate does, plus you have a sense of accomplishment rather than guilt.

There's no medical need to menstruate. You can get a simple procedure done or take medication to make this stop.

Lol... I seriously hope you are kidding.

I'm serious. Why would someone want to menstruate when there are safe and easy ways to prevent it? My mom got novasure done and now she doesn't have periods and I'm totally amenorrheic anyway but I take birth control pills just in case.

I dont understand that. that is how we were created. It sucks but if it aint broke dont fix it