Woman Question... What do you do to curve cravings during that time? Ideas please!!!

LotusFlwr2013
LotusFlwr2013 Posts: 217 Member
edited November 15 in Health and Weight Loss
They say it takes 30 days to break a habit, and I find that eating healthier I no longer have regular cravings for chocolate or salt..... but then those three silly days before my period hit and I literally dream about chocolate and potato chips... has anyone found a way to stop this or is my best bet just trying to eat a healthy dark chocolate and baked chip option....thank you for any help!!!!
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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Save room for them. Exercise to eat more. I give myself a good 400 calories for dessert.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I eat what I like within my calories every day so I don't really have those cravings more than usual during that time.. and if I do, I just have a bit.
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    You can go ahead and eat the wonderful chocolate and the salty chips - as long as you can fit them into your caloric allowance for that day.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    I eat what I'd like within my calories, regardless of my menstrual cycle.
  • My_Butt
    My_Butt Posts: 2,300 Member
    I allow myself whatever I want on Sundays. So the week before my period and I'm ravenous, I tell my brain 'you're not actually hungry, TOM just wants fed. Hold on until Sunday and I'll get us a Reese's egg.'

    When I remind myself I'm not really hungry, I'm just emotionally hungry, it seems to help get food out of my head.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Make them fit into your allotment.
  • TiffanyR71
    TiffanyR71 Posts: 217 Member
    Ghirardelli sea salt soirée- 1 sq. is 50 calories of heaven!!! Takes care of sweet & salty & chocolate all at once - eat it slowly and savor the yum!!! Good luck! :)
  • LotusFlwr2013
    LotusFlwr2013 Posts: 217 Member
    TiffanyR71 wrote: »
    Ghirardelli sea salt soirée- 1 sq. is 50 calories of heaven!!! Takes care of sweet & salty & chocolate all at once - eat it slowly and savor the yum!!! Good luck! :)

    Oh yum indeed, but only one? :'(


    Thank you everyone, good to know that most people aren't clean eating 24-7, just in moderation and still meeting their weight goals.

  • LotusFlwr2013
    LotusFlwr2013 Posts: 217 Member

    My_Butt wrote: »
    When I remind myself I'm not really hungry, I'm just emotionally hungry, it seems to help get food out of my head.

    I love this... Jedi mind trick?

    w1cvc68yp1sp.jpg


  • 77natalie77
    77natalie77 Posts: 18 Member
    I am so happy someone asked this!!! My problem is that I tend to eat a very high fat diet, which suits me fine, but when that time of the month comes all I want are carbs. Like today, I ate cereal, a sandwich, a larabar, popcorn, and I'm going to have cake later (ugh I know!). I know tomorrow that I'll be able to bounce back to my usual diet, but I kind of wish these huge cravings would stop occurring. Normally its just best to accept it for what it is, especially since I'm eating a a pretty high deficit every day, but boy do I wish i could eat those extra calories I crave in the form of avacados and beans and coconut, not bread. I have a super hard time eating the food I crave and feeling full. Potato chips and chocolate kill me :(
    People gave good advice. I like the part about intentionally setting aside a high number of calories for dessert. Even though I didn't post this question, this is a very helpful post!
  • LotusFlwr2013
    LotusFlwr2013 Posts: 217 Member
    Thank you Natalie, glad to know it helped someone else too... I just felt bad eating my four pieces of dove chocolate today like I was quitting already, but to know other people do this (within their calorie intake) and still meet their goals makes me feel better... o:)
  • My_Butt
    My_Butt Posts: 2,300 Member
    LotusFlwr2013 wrote: »
    My_Butt wrote: »
    When I remind myself I'm not really hungry, I'm just emotionally hungry, it seems to help get food out of my head.

    I love this... Jedi mind trick?

    w1cvc68yp1sp.jpg


    Yes!!! Star Wars reference!
    Have I mentioned I'm a huge geek?
  • LotusFlwr2013
    LotusFlwr2013 Posts: 217 Member
    LOL, no but geek or not who doesn't like Star Wars? Ok yeah I'm a geek too... expect random LOTR and marvel universe references as well.... B)
  • caradkunz
    caradkunz Posts: 3
    HELP!! I am having horrible cravings and I don't know what to do!! I just started dieting and I am afraid I am going to fail. I need to lose 80 pounds to prevent some VERY serious health issues.
  • My_Butt
    My_Butt Posts: 2,300 Member
    LotusFlwr2013 wrote: »
    LOL, no but geek or not who doesn't like Star Wars? Ok yeah I'm a geek too... expect random LOTR and marvel universe references as well.... B)

    I'm a DC girl, myself. Major Batman fan.
  • jholloway05
    jholloway05 Posts: 15 Member
    Sugar free chocolate works for me.

    Also, when I need to pig out, I eat rice cakes with chocolate cream cheese. The calories aren't so bad. I've even eaten four of them in one sitting, and still stayed under calories for the day. I felt like I was being bad, and sometimes it feels good to be bad ;-)
  • My_Butt
    My_Butt Posts: 2,300 Member
    jholloway05 wrote: »
    Sugar free chocolate works for me.

    Also, when I need to pig out, I eat rice cakes with chocolate cream cheese. The calories aren't so bad. I've even eaten four of them in one sitting, and still stayed under calories for the day. I felt like I was being bad, and sometimes it feels good to be bad ;-)

    I can eat a whole pack of rice cakes. In one of the few that actually thinks those things taste good.... I love the ones with chocolate chips. (That being said, I can't have them in the house cause I would eat every cake in one day.)
  • Feistiness72
    Feistiness72 Posts: 3,772 Member
    Skinny cow truffle bar 100 cal or fudge bar 110 cal. Just had 1 and I'm at end of my "time"
  • LAWoman72
    LAWoman72 Posts: 2,846 Member
    edited April 2015
    I obey my cravings during that time, within my calorie goals, but I don't really think of them as cravings any more, per se. That seems to indicate something that's pulling you but shouldn't be...if that makes sense. And I just don't think of food in that way any more. Instead, I realize I want some foods some times, other food other times, and often without any rhyme or reason. And I'm pretty much good with that

    I have my period right now and I'm having hot chocolate for my dessert. But I had a serious hankering for a giant salad earlier (who knows why - "salad" isn't on anybody's "typical PMS foods list," I shouldn't think). So I had both! And am satisfied.

    Regardless of hormones, I seem to want certain things some days or some meals, other things other times and they run the gamut. Sweet, savory, bulky, light, spicy...who knows...when I want it, I eat it within my calorie goals and I think it all pretty much balances out at the end of the week or month.
  • threnjen
    threnjen Posts: 687 Member
    I get totally ravenous before my TOM. I don't actually (TMI TMI) have a period (no not due to weight loss etc) but I still have all the hormonal effects of a cycle. So although I have no visible TOM I can track it pretty easily by those few days of ravenous cravings.

    Usually I just eat at maintenance on those days :blush: and then I consider it a victory if I do that. I just get so haaaaaangry
  • LAWoman72
    LAWoman72 Posts: 2,846 Member
    edited April 2015
    threnjen wrote: »
    I get totally ravenous before my TOM. I don't actually (TMI TMI) have a period (no not due to weight loss etc) but I still have all the hormonal effects of a cycle. So although I have no visible TOM I can track it pretty easily by those few days of ravenous cravings.

    Usually I just eat at maintenance on those days :blush: and then I consider it a victory if I do that. I just get so haaaaaangry

    Well, it's obviously working out for you because you look wonderful!

    My mom didn't technically get a period from the age of 40 onward. This was due to a partial hysterectomy. Her uterus was removed but she retained one ovary. (The other had been non-functional and atrophied for years.) She could ALWAYS tell when she was having PMS. It was like clockwork.

  • golfgirl99
    golfgirl99 Posts: 25 Member
    Fudgecicles are my go to chocolate fix. I'll have up to 4 of them and if I need something even more decadent I plan for it like others above have said (if you check my food diary you'll see I had four cake pops for breakfast the other day)......It is so difficult not to eat ALL THE THINGS though!
  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    dealing with the PMS right now i will NEVER be able to fight the cravings its like my body takes control and I'm a prisoner to my hormones haha. I just make the calories fit... try to get some extra fitness in and deal with being a couple hundred over for a couple days.
  • LotusFlwr2013
    LotusFlwr2013 Posts: 217 Member
    ok, so ima check out this fudgecicles thing and again its great to know I am not alone.... :)
  • LotusFlwr2013
    LotusFlwr2013 Posts: 217 Member
    My_Butt wrote: »
    LotusFlwr2013 wrote: »
    LOL, no but geek or not who doesn't like Star Wars? Ok yeah I'm a geek too... expect random LOTR and marvel universe references as well.... B)

    I'm a DC girl, myself. Major Batman fan.

    Hey im not hating on your DC bad boy... Superman was my first love, but Captain America stole me away.... even if your man did beat my man in 3 of 4 contests but hey fans got a say and Batman has more....although if you switch alliances you'd probably be more of a wolverine fan (the original marvel bad boy no matter how much they try to make it Spidy lol).

  • m0nsterrrx
    m0nsterrrx Posts: 70 Member
    I've been filling up on veggies in lowfat dressing or hummus! Just find a healthy option to fill up on and drink water!
  • CaliforniaRower
    CaliforniaRower Posts: 187 Member
    Well, this time - my first on MFP - I made it through by pigging out on lean protein and unlimited fruit. I gained 2 lbs in water weight, and it all left me the 3rd day, so overall, I stayed on track that week.
  • CaliforniaRower
    CaliforniaRower Posts: 187 Member
    m0nsterrrx wrote: »
    I've been filling up on veggies in lowfat dressing or hummus! Just find a healthy option to fill up on and drink water!
    Yeah - that's what I did. Drank tons of water. It worked!
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    CURB, not CURVE.

    There is nothing wrong with eating chocolate. It's entirely possible to work a serving of dark chocolate into your eating plan for the day.

    You might want to check this out. PMS is essentially a cultural myth--stop using it as an excuse for making bad choices.

    ted.com/talks/robyn_stein_deluca_the_good_news_about_pms

    I have also had a hysterectomy, though I still have my ovaries. The only way I have any idea where I am in my cycle is when I occasionally feel a twinge of ovulation pain. It doesn't change what I crave or what I choose to eat at all.
  • My_Butt
    My_Butt Posts: 2,300 Member
    LotusFlwr2013 wrote: »
    My_Butt wrote: »
    LotusFlwr2013 wrote: »
    LOL, no but geek or not who doesn't like Star Wars? Ok yeah I'm a geek too... expect random LOTR and marvel universe references as well.... B)

    I'm a DC girl, myself. Major Batman fan.

    Hey im not hating on your DC bad boy... Superman was my first love, but Captain America stole me away.... even if your man did beat my man in 3 of 4 contests but hey fans got a say and Batman has more....although if you switch alliances you'd probably be more of a wolverine fan (the original marvel bad boy no matter how much they try to make it Spidy lol).

    Wolverine is a little overdone. I would be for Gambit. Something about bo staffs I love. (Donatello from turtles, deathstroke, and my all time favorite character, robin)
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