MY PERIOD IS RUINING MY PROGRESS

How much are you trying to lose?
How much are eating daily?
Can you make your diary public?

I many ladies on my FL who have lost TONS of weight...I think they still get their period every month....

Do they? And you know that how?

I suspect most of those ladies on your friends list are probably better versed on this subject than you......

Yes, every woman is different and the fact that I have seen this topic turn up more times than I can count, suggests that cravings during that time of the month are more the norm, rather than the exception.

Or, you know, the fact that if you live in the developed world, we blame all unwanted behavior on "hormones" and that "time of the month" because somehow, if it's unavoidable, then it's socially ok to be short with people, overeat, not exercise, fail to meet obligations and otherwise engage in behavior that we couldn't easily excuse.

Your period is not a free pass or an excuse. Like the girls who skipped gym class a week every month in middle school, all it does is embolden the rest of the population to not take you seriously, and worse, to not take other women seriously.

Eat badly, treat others badly, exercise, don't exercise, but don't blame your hormones or your uterus - neither are running the show. Your brain runs the show, and it makes choices. Own them.

Mean? Maybe. But seriously?

Boring troll seeks extra exposure by use of word 'period' in header. Yawn.

I had half of a large meat lovers pizza for dinner tonight. For anyone wondering, no, it did not fit my macros/calories.
My brain said no, but my uterus said "yes please, and add some olives".


Does anyone know if it's okay to freeze pizza? I doubt i'll feel like eating the other half tomorrow.

Never tried but should freeze great, since tey do sell it frozen too... Bread freezes beautifully so I think pizza is no exception.

OP disappeared... It seems to me it was just another "Call for reassurance" thread but the sheer diminutiveness of what she said she ate that day is what worries me.

"You're going to have periods for the rest of your life"

..you're aware women DON'T have periods their entire lives and hit menopause right?

But yeah. I always feel so, so hungry on my period. I increase my intake of water and eat more at maintance, admittedly I'll have one or two days where I eat above because it's GIVE ME CHOCOLATE OR I'LL STAB YOUR FACE which we all know is high calorie and not at all filling... But that's MY fault. Down to me, no one else. Admittedly I get it bad to the point I literally can not move and I'm in tears (stomach ulcers and period pains anyone? WORST pain I've ever felt... so in comparison, normal periods are tolerable) but I try to keep going but it IS difficult. Everyone is different. I have a pain disorder and /that/ is more my excuse than my period. (They thought I had PCOS or Endo or something because of the pain levels) When I was younger and before I was hit with it, yeah, I was in pain, grouchy, but I got on with it, I did P.E and kept going with my life. At the end of the day, it's down to you as to what you do and how you deal with it. No one else. If you use it as an excuse, fine, but it's you that chose to not shove it in a box with willpower. Sometimes easier said than done for sure.

Or, you know, the fact that if you live in the developed world, we blame all unwanted behavior on "hormones" and that "time of the month" because somehow, if it's unavoidable, then it's socially ok to be short with people, overeat, not exercise, fail to meet obligations and otherwise engage in behavior that we couldn't easily excuse.

Your period is not a free pass or an excuse. Like the girls who skipped gym class a week every month in middle school, all it does is embolden the rest of the population to not take you seriously, and worse, to not take other women seriously.

Eat badly, treat others badly, exercise, don't exercise, but don't blame your hormones or your uterus - neither are running the show. Your brain runs the show, and it makes choices. Own them.

While it's true that perhaps 40% of women (not the majority or all!) have used their period as an excuse (http://jezebel.com/5953440/almost-40-of-women-use-their-period-as-an-excuse-to-get-out-of-lame-things), there's no way for a stranger to know the actual medical status of any given women. Words like "PMS" are indeed thrown around lightheartedly, but it's also true PMS, PMDD, and other menstrual disorders are actual medical syndromes that can have severe symptomology and that many suffer deeply with them. I'm an optimist, so I prefer to give the benefit of the doubt

PMS is not a disorder. PMDD is a disorder, but for those who suffer from it, eating is commonly the last thing on their minds. Early in college I helped with a study on women with PMDD and most of them had more trouble keeping food down/in and in being able to function at all outside of bed. They certainly weren't roving about complaining and using it as an excuse.

Personally, I've dealt with much of the spectrum of female gynecological malaise. I would never demean that or women that truly suffer by claiming my period made me behave a certain way and interestingly, neither did any of those women.

like others have posted your period is a fact of your life so you are going need to know how to manage during those times. maybe instead of feeling like a bottomless pit let up on your calorie restrictions for those two days but still in a controlled manner, not eating a dozen cereal bars

good luck trial and error!

This is why women shouldn't be in the military!!!!

No you are ruining your progress, you are making excuses!