Ladies: Do you cheat during your period?
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Nope but then PMS doesn't really make me hungrier or give me cravings.0
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I usually eat over, but try not to make it too much - usually I just eat more chocolate or chips of some kind... This time it was ice cream!0
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I never cheat...on anything. During my period, if I want the chocolate, I eat the chocolate. If I want the pie, I eat the pie, all of it! 9 times out of 10, the treat will fit into my calorie goals for the day. If not, big deal. It's one week a month, and I deserve to enjoy and be comforted by my food if need be..lol! Still not cheating...2
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I am so freaking hungry leading up to Aunt Flo!! Now that I'm maintaining, I give in a bit and I do eat more. Once AF arrives, I'm no longer hungry like that and I'll eat in deficit to lose the 1 to 2 lbs I may have gained. I've been maintaining for a year now and that works for me.1
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Yessss!! I always over eat but then just balance it out the rest of the week0
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Started mine yesterday. Am on a calorie reduction again, following many months of eating at maintenance. Haven't needed to increase my calories as yet, from set daily calorie goals.1
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Cheat? The only rules I have are "eat no more than you maintenance for the week", "log everything honestly " and "walk the dogs at least twice a day"
No, I don't "cheat". I might enjoy more chocolate than normal, but I always make sure indulgences fit within my weekly goals.0 -
Honestly yes. I find I'm ravenous. Craving *kitten* food. I need to do something about it though. Prep for it or something. My resolve is always at it's lowest when it's that time of the month. I seem to retain water too.1
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*Hides demolished packaging of box of belgium chocolates I bought for myself the day before shark week under rug* "Me? Noooooo....."
I never plan to "cheat" but I inevitably end up maintaining that week overall as chocolate and cheese has the attraction of what I can only describe as some form of super-crack to me for a few days. TBF I really need to up my exercise to compensate for the inevitable wagon face planting I do every month.3 -
No. I work way too hard to remain in a deficit. I work extra hard to not screw it up when I know I may be tempted...usually the week prior is when the cravings hit. I could easily undo weeks of progress and I'm just not willing to do that.0
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I have one "splurge" meal per week. Now - if a couple pieces of chocolate fit into my calories that day, I will have them. Also I don't set my "splurge" meal to a certain day. Last week I splurged on a Sunday and then a Tuesday and then it was a long time until the next splurge but that's how my events were laid out. We're all human.0
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No not during. The day or two prior to my period starting I have intense cravings for cookies and my self control is a huge issue. Then my period shows up and I'm like ohhhh that explains a lot lol. I don't go over my calories though usually, I just struggle more to stay within range. During my period I feel pretty normal though.1
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Yup.. I gave up fighting it.. I've surrendered.. then get right back on track. It works .. and we are all happy because of it .. lol.1
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It's not cheating if you can fit the calories for that chocolate into your eating plan without going over your calorie goal.2
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I just eat like I normally would. I wouldn't consider it cheating. Normally, I have days where I'm over, days where I'm under, days at maintenance, days with lots of junk, days with zero junk...etc. My diet is pretty flexible and changes based on my hunger level, my cravings, my social calendar, anything else life wants to throw at me...etc.
Right before my period I get hungrier so I eat more sometimes. During my period I'm often not as hungry in comparison so I just eat within calories most of the time, unless I don't, just like any other day of the month.
The kinds of food I eat differ based on what I feel like eating and what I have available. I don't like the feeling of living in a diet bubble and stepping out occasionally to breath (what you call cheating). I like my diet to be seamless and adaptable where high calorie days as well as low calorie days are just part of the whole process, no abrupt halts or changes that take me out of my eating character or rigidly pin me to one way of eating.2 -
Yes, also when hungover.1
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Sorry to say but since I've started Keto... everything has changed.. I am not hungry since ketoing... but during periods too I can go on without food for hours... I dont even think of cheating.
I think Intermittent fasting plays a role here.. even on my period I manage to fast for 16-20 hours.
I have already lost 20 lbs on keto!2 -
I am always starving leading up to period! Lol I'll eat all I want as long as I don't go over calorie intake
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No, I don't. There's usually a day or the week before my cycle begins where I'll feel my appetite is bigger, on a very rare occasion I'll eat more that day but for the most part I just eat my allotted calories whether or not I'm on my cycle.0
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What is cheat? I'm and adult and I make decisions about food. I either eat in a deficit, maintenance, or a surplus. I make what I want work, or I eat what I want and go over calories, or I pick something that fits better...or I pick a lot of things I think fit better and still go over calories. Or not.
It's up to you. You want to eat a cupcake and stay in a deficit? Do it. You won't gain weight. You want to have a maintenance day? You will still lose weight for the week because you were in a deficit overall.
I was going to say all of this but bbell1985 said it much better than I could. So, this ^^^1 -
If I cheated every time I got my period my weight loss amount would be about 20% less. Why would I do that? About all I do is have an easy day on Day 1, incorporate chocolate into diet, (oh my goodness does it taste good that week) and keep going.1
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The only time I ever crave sweets is right before my period. Oh how I used to pig out on anything I could find in the cupboards......
Since starting my weightless plan, I have found newer, healthier sweets to satisfy my cravings around Aunt Flo. I will take a light vanilla yogurt (90 cals), a half banana (45-60 caps depending on size), and 4 tbs light whipped topping (50 cals) and make a mini dessert totaling 185 cals. Or I will eat mandarin oranges with my whipped topping (130 cals), or sugar free chocolate pudding (60 cals). I have learned to find healthier ways to satisfy my sweet craving and stay within my deficit. It has worked for me and whipped topping has become my friend lol.0 -
No? It doesn't matter where I am in my cycle, I eat however many calories is appropriate and carry on. When I was actively losing, if I followed through with my calorie goals I would gain water weight with AF, and then lose it all and continue my downward trend. I'm not hungrier with hormone changes that I've noticed.0
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Shark week usually kills my appetite, so no 'cheating' per se. Do whatever works for you, within reason and good luck!0
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Sorry to say but since I've started Keto... everything has changed.. I am not hungry since ketoing... but during periods too I can go on without food for hours... I dont even think of cheating.
I think Intermittent fasting plays a role here.. even on my period I manage to fast for 16-20 hours.
I have already lost 20 lbs on keto!
Doesn't fasting cause someone to gain more weight after the diet is over??0 -
Cheat is fine for me. As long I am being honest to install the precise calories in take that day. Fast self actualization will help my weight improvement usually0
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Personally using the cheat word isn't good as it's meant to be a lifestyle change cheating suggests it's not0
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drawaimfire wrote: »Shark week usually kills my appetite, so no 'cheating' per se. Do whatever works for you, within reason and good luck!
Good to know I am not the only one who calls is Shark Week
As to the OP... It's not about "cheating" it's about finding something that fits your needs and your goals. I am under 100g of carbs per day (not net). I usually want ice cream... so instead of Ben and Jerry's I have Halo Top Salted Caramel . It fits my macros and I get to have what I want. Or instead of Salt and Vinegar Lays chips I have Trader Joes Parsnip Chips w/ Pickles.
I am a bit new to the game (60 days logged) but I have lost almost 30lbs and I have had ice cream most of those days.1 -
Not so much anymore. I'm not sure what changed. I will eat up to maintenance calories if I'm starving, but I don't seem to get that way very often. I don't crave things like I used to, either. Not sure if it's the exercise or the healthier diet, or what.0
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When I was losing weight I would eat at maintenance during
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