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Question for the ladies! (time of the month/eating habits)

RoseCoreling
RoseCoreling Posts: 55 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Do any of you ladies have different eating habits around your time of the month? Right before i'm about to start I'm SUPER hungry (normally about 3 days before) and I want to eat everything in sight. As soon as I start (the first few days), I have little to no interest in food.
I was just curious if anyone out there has funky eating trends around your period?

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  • MaureenCreates
    MaureenCreates Posts: 97 Member
    ohhh yeah, I have a majorly hard time not stuffing my face right before my time of the month.
    I crave all kinds of sweet thing. Damn. :(
  • Artemis_Acorn
    Artemis_Acorn Posts: 836 Member
    Pre-menstrual right now. I'm going nuts! I suddenly have a one-track mind, and it is all about the food. Sugary / salty food. I came in today with just one calorie to spare. Thank goodness for sugarless gum!
  • peachNpunkin
    peachNpunkin Posts: 1,010 Member
    I have horrible and disgusting food cravings. Chocolate, rare steak. It's just gross. I could live off of nothing but meat and chocolate the week before. My cycle only lasts a couple of days, so usually when I start the cravings start to go away, and I am extremely fatigued. So I go from eating an entire cow, to sleeping and doing nothing. Yeah, its creepy.
  • chubswonky
    chubswonky Posts: 195
    Yep. I'm trying SO hard not to indulge. The week before I am STARVING. Now it's the week of, and I'm barely hungry at all.
  • bjajdtk
    bjajdtk Posts: 25
    Warning, I am not a dr nor a medical profession, so check with yours. But I have had a huge amount of luck taking grapefruit seed extract to lesson pms symptoms including binge eating and sugar/sweet cravings.
  • SarahofTwins
    SarahofTwins Posts: 1,169 Member
    YESS, these past 2 days Ive wanted to eat a Big Mac and just everything else lol...but afterwards food is just blah. It sucks though cause its hard to control sometimes :explode:
  • kngarber
    kngarber Posts: 227
    I am the same way as you OP.
  • Jycooper
    Jycooper Posts: 195
    Wow, me too. Starving few days before then real no appetite the first couple days. I also carve chocolate.
  • healthyJenn0915
    healthyJenn0915 Posts: 185 Member
    OMG! I go crazy the week before! I crave all the fatning foods like fast food, frenchfries, and pizza the week before! I try really hard to resist the urge, but usually give in at least once or twice that week! Then the week of I am back to normal other than my reese's pb cup I crave the first day! Stupid hormones!
  • Missashley9
    Missashley9 Posts: 29
    I get the craving for sweet and salty around that time also. This seems to happen to a lot of us. Must just be nature. I like the little individual sized microwave popcorns to help satisfy the salty. And I LOVE sherbet. Kroger's Deluxe rainbow sherbet is damn good for what it is. As for chocolate..... that's rough. I love milk chocolate but know it's loaded with cals and fat. Perhaps trying a few pieces of super dark chocolate? I am working on this issue myself! Found this interesting little article: http://www.hellolife.net/pms-pmdd/b/why-do-i-have-cravings-during-pms/
  • RoseCoreling
    RoseCoreling Posts: 55 Member
    Thank goodness I'm not alone! lol-Ya, I could eat just about anything right now...all the animals/people in my house need to hide.. :tongue:
  • RoseCoreling
    RoseCoreling Posts: 55 Member
    I get the craving for sweet and salty around that time also. This seems to happen to a lot of us. Must just be nature. I like the little individual sized microwave popcorns to help satisfy the salty. And I LOVE sherbet. Kroger's Deluxe rainbow sherbet is damn good for what it is. As for chocolate..... that's rough. I love milk chocolate but know it's loaded with cals and fat. Perhaps trying a few pieces of super dark chocolate? I am working on this issue myself! Found this interesting little article: http://www.hellolife.net/pms-pmdd/b/why-do-i-have-cravings-during-pms/
    Interesting...thanks!
  • berchen82
    berchen82 Posts: 59
    In this time of the month (about 3 days long) I'm so hungry for chocolate or other sweets, it's crazy.
  • AmyW125
    AmyW125 Posts: 303 Member
    try Kellogg's Special K Chocolatey Pretzel Bars...90 calories and with out them I'd be lost. I'm down 40 pounds so I know they are working 35 more to go!!!! Ladies you'll love them!!!!
  • irisheyez718
    irisheyez718 Posts: 677 Member
    I'm actually hungrier during my time of the month, not so much before. The sugar free chocolate puddings help a lot for 80 calories, and those new Skinny Cow peanut butter chocolate bars REALLY help for 110 calories!

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