women discussion - .... :)

leahcollett1
leahcollett1 Posts: 807 Member
edited November 23 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all,
i need to know the truth in womens TOTM do we honestly get more hungry, or is it all in our heads?, im trying not to cave but jesus its hard. what makes us more hungry? hormones? i am fine on 1750 a day normally but theres just that 1 weeek, where i really struggle. i do the TDEE method so i do not earn more calories to eat through exercise...

i wish i was a guy sometimes ha!
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  • Versacam
    Versacam Posts: 109 Member
    I get hungry before mine starts, once it starts I seem okay.

    I also wish I was a man, lol.

    I also get 2 days of feeling so slim and not bloated right at the end of my period.. it's so glorious but only lasts 2 days and then I feel bloated again for the rest of the month... wahhhhh! :neutral:
  • PixelPuff
    PixelPuff Posts: 902 Member
    I don't get hungrier, but I do crave greasier foods.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    It's hormones. It majorly sucks. My dad is an *kitten* for giving me this monthly Curse.

    I don't get hungry, but I do gain 2-3# and get very b1tchy about the weight gain without eating over my calories.
  • kcn2bluesky
    kcn2bluesky Posts: 187 Member
    I never paid much attention to when/why I was more hungry a few extra days a month until I started using MFP to lose about 20 pounds. I've been logging all my food and workouts for 110 days, and I've definitely noticed a trend about 7 to 10 days before my cycle. For those days where I'm extra hungry, I eat extra to stave off the hunger. I stay away from eating junk food though, and have extra snacks such as baby carrots, a Quest bar, an apple, etc. My weight loss is continuing in a steady downward trend and isn't hampered by eating a little bit more on a few days of the month.
  • leahcollett1
    leahcollett1 Posts: 807 Member
    thanks everyone, it to is a few days before i actually begin TOTM then like you say it disappears, omg i love that feeling of empytiness a few days after it all ends ha were all the same then!
  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    Hormonal changes across the cycle can cause variations in metabolism which can affect hunger. If you struggle for one week then why not have a smaller deficit for those days.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    It's hormones, it's normal and it will pass.
  • DeterminedFee201426
    DeterminedFee201426 Posts: 859 Member
    i get slightly more hungry.. i bloat alot and crave more chocolate & cakes than usual
  • whiteblossom14
    whiteblossom14 Posts: 240 Member
    I am on the injection so don't get totm. But I still feel fat once a month( maybe cause I am lol) but fatter than normal I want to eat sweet things and do cause I just have too. But I tend to go up 2lbs then back down just as quick.
  • leahcollett1
    leahcollett1 Posts: 807 Member
    i gained 2lbs last saturday there is no explanantion for it apart from hormones so im trying not to worry about it, its nearly been a week and no sign however i know its coming .. maybe my gain was ovulation as i know my body can jump with that too
  • parfia
    parfia Posts: 184 Member
    I was absolutely ravenous last Friday. I didn't given in but still gained half a pound! TOTM is this week and weighed myself yesterday and I've lost that half a pound and another 3, so there are some things to be thankful for from Aunt Flow apparently!!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Some do some don't

    I do generally

    It's not a biggie

    I accommodate it, log it and move on
  • ExRelaySprinter
    ExRelaySprinter Posts: 874 Member
    zyxst wrote: »
    My dad is an *kitten* for giving me this monthly Curse.
    Huh? :|
  • leahcollett1
    leahcollett1 Posts: 807 Member
    ExRelaySprinter wrote: »
    zyxst wrote: »
    My dad is an *kitten* for giving me this monthly Curse.
    Huh? :|

    i think she means that men are responsible for creating an x or y chromosone when your a little bean :)
  • ExRelaySprinter
    ExRelaySprinter Posts: 874 Member
    leahcollett1 wrote: »
    ExRelaySprinter wrote: »
    zyxst wrote: »
    My dad is an *kitten* for giving me this monthly Curse.
    Huh? :|

    i think she means that men are responsible for creating an x or y chromosone when your a little bean :)

    Oh right. Lol
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,687 Member
    I have found that when I'm heavier, I get hungry in the day or two before my period.
    But when I am lighter, I don't.

    There seems to be a cut-off point ... above that = ravenous and wanting to clean out the fridge ... below that = no difference from normal.

    Happily, I seem to have crossed that line now. My last couple periods have been fine ... no additional hunger.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    edited August 2015
    I get ravenous the week before my period (typically starts with ovulation). It goes away on the second day of my period, typically, then I'm totally fine for 2 weeks. Sure, I get hungry, but it's not a big deal and I can ignore it. Just can't ignore it during PMS or I go completely crazy (I get the shakes and I get dizzy, nauseous and whatnot). It's so bad that I typically undo 2 weeks of deficit, so if I have a special event or anything that makes me go over during the 'good' weeks, I will gain weight that month. I went in vacations during my good weeks last month and wasn't able to keep a deficit and ended up gaining 2 pounds that month (lost one. Somehow).

    But it's just got worse as I got smaller for me. I remember that hunger before I lost weight, but it was very rare (I remember eating a whole box of pasta with a whole jar of sauce to make it go away though). It didn't bother me while I was losing (THANKFULLY). Now it's every time. So I've basically been maintaining for a year because of it (3-4 pounds from goal weight).

    Frustrating doesn't even cover it. My GYN said the BC pill can help (I think it used to make it worse for me), or Prozac, but that's about it.

    So yeah, you're not alone, and I'm close to ovulation and it started last night... I was able to have two good weeks this time and have enough deficit to lose 1 pound, we'll see how much of that I undo next week... *sigh*

    I unfortunately haven't found anything that stops the symptoms and I've tried pretty much everything (filling up on low calorie foods, eating big meals, eating small meals, magnesium pills...). The only thing that helps is carbs (not sweets, but bread, pizza, pasta, cereal etc) but it doesn't last. Still waiting for a magic solution, lol.
  • rats2010
    rats2010 Posts: 79 Member
    edited August 2015
    It hit me last night wanting pizza... so today I added extra exercise to help make up for the calories. My cycles are irregular at best and diet/exercise changes are really throwing me off. *sigh* It will be worth it in the end.
  • Stressedby8
    Stressedby8 Posts: 53 Member
    I'm with you! It also takes longer for us ladies to loose the weight! My husband just says "I need to lose 5 lbs" and voila, 5 lbs gone lol.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    edited August 2015
    Stressedby8 wrote: »
    I'm with you! It also takes longer for us ladies to loose the weight! My husband just says "I need to lose 5 lbs" and voila, 5 lbs gone lol.

    Well, not really. We just have more issues with water retention, and we can eat less than men to maintain, but with the same deficit, we'll lose as fast as them, it's just that with portions being similar (nothing comes in 'man' or 'woman' size when it comes to food, lol), we have to be more careful to eat less.

    But it's the same with smaller people. With the same logic, it's easier for taller people to lose weight, because their metabolism is higher... but I'm assuming that men and taller people have bigger appetites too, so no, it's not 'easier' for them to lose weight.
  • curvy_gamer_loses
    curvy_gamer_loses Posts: 126 Member
    edited August 2015
    2-3 days before TOM starts I could eat everything in sight. I once ate an entire cheese pizza and a box of cheese stuffed bread sticks in a span of 30 minutes and was still hungry. I also crave salty things. My weird combo was swiss cheese and chips together.... like you would have cheese and crackers. Then once TOM hits I have to force myself to eat, otherwise I would be fine eating 800 calories a day. Of course this time around since I've been logging I have been really good.
    And I know.. my boyfriend hopped on board with me about 2 weeks ago and lost 15 pounds already. I don't even know how, he even has had a sprained ankle for the past week so he's not going on walks/runs with me. And as far as I know he eats pretty much the same.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    some months i do and some i dont. this month i DIDN'T but i am also stressed and in the middle of moving. i have months where im famished and cant figure out why... then BAM hello aunty flo you *kitten*. LOLOLOL
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    I get hungrier. And I crave specific things.
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    I am more hungry before my period, but once it comes my appetite disappears for a few days, so it evens out.

    I make sure I keep exercising!
  • aledba
    aledba Posts: 564 Member
    edited August 2015
    The book "Moody B***hes" by Dr. Julie Holland is an amazing read that explains so many wonderful things about our hormones, our cycles and understanding the ups and downs we go through as women. It covers these very topics and more!
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    A big, fat YES on the hunger. Always more hungry and always wanting the same stuff, mostly pasta.

    After I began losing and paying attention to my body, I found out something else about periods - I'm less hungry afterwards. I'd always known I was hungrier before my period but never noticed I was less hungry after it until I paid attention and started eating to my hunger.

    Even when dieting, I'd eat more before the period and less after. More carbs before. Less food, but more meat after. It's what I want, so it's what I ate.

    I've seen other women say that when they began paying attention, they noticed being less hungry after the period, too. Maybe that will happen for you. :)
  • aledba
    aledba Posts: 564 Member
    leahcollett1 wrote: »
    i gained 2lbs last saturday there is no explanantion for it apart from hormones so im trying not to worry about it, its nearly been a week and no sign however i know its coming .. maybe my gain was ovulation as i know my body can jump with that too

    Weight loss is not linear. I easily gain 8 lbs when I am on the week of my period and it all leaves again the day after it ends, sometimes taking extras with it ;)
  • chaoticdreams
    chaoticdreams Posts: 447 Member
    I do hate my TOM, but I love being a woman. We rock! I get ravenous the week before and really have to keep it in check. I also don't lose that week at all,or minor losses, due to water retention normally. The week of I'm actually barely hungry.

    My main issue is the water bloat. The scale doesn't change really but man, my clothes feel like all the progress I made is gone the week before and the first two days of. :(

    Men do lose weight faster. In two months my husband has dropped 57 lbs. He eats loads more than I do, worse food than I do, and doesn't exercise at all, unless you count moving his thumbs on the xbox controller. I've lost 20, which I'm still pretty happy with, but he's like a fat burning machine. Every time I look at him I'm just floored at how much he's changed.



  • mbcieslak87
    mbcieslak87 Posts: 206 Member
    I find myself getting very hungry for a day or two when I ovulate and then some months right before I start. However, I weirdly find that I'm not usually overly hungry and that my BEST workouts happen when I'm actually on my period - maybe because I feel bloated. Regardless of my hunger level, I always feel bloated before I start and the first day or so of my period... glad we were at the beach this month and all the girls wanted to take bathing suit pics - so fun when when you're bloated!
  • leahcollett1
    leahcollett1 Posts: 807 Member
    Wow this has made me feel better tonight I had my dinner I even had a pudding consisting of a low calorie cereal bar and quark. Nope sitting here with hunger pangs whilst hubby sits across from me yamming sweets. I am trying my bloody hardest to ignore that biscuit tin it's killing me inside
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