Question for the girls..

ashypoo03
ashypoo03 Posts: 49 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Do you girls feel a need to eat junk when your on your period?? Whenever I get mine I have a day where I eat pizza/cookies chips and then the rest of the time im eating healthy chicken , oatmeal , cucumbers , fruit etc...
Just wondering if im the only one
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  • JeSuisPrest
    JeSuisPrest Posts: 2,005 Member
    I usually get a craving for chocolate or ice cream.
  • SportyLadyPhotographer
    SportyLadyPhotographer Posts: 173
    Yes it gets really bad sometimes the week before during im not so bad
  • SVallatini
    SVallatini Posts: 49
    Heck to the YES! I am normally a healthy eater, but not so much right before.
  • alexis831
    alexis831 Posts: 469 Member
    YES! For me though it is usually right when or after I ovulate so a couple of weeks before my period starts. It lasts about 3-4 days. That is also when I bloat up! :) Then a couple of days before my period, which is strange, I deflate, drop a couple of pounds in water/food and crave nothing.

    Crazy thing is before kids, I never was like this! Or at least it was so minor I didn’t notice!
  • idauria
    idauria Posts: 1,037 Member
    Oh yes. Some months aren't as bad as others but this past month was horrible. I wanted to consume every ounce of chocolate and sugar in my pantry, plus ice cream. Oh and salty things too. It's terrible.
  • caraiselite
    caraiselite Posts: 2,631 Member
    nope. my period never affected me.

    birth control for the win!
  • creech6317
    creech6317 Posts: 869 Member
    It is the only time I really CRAVE sugary type stuff. I will find myself searching the cupboards looking for something sugary. Which is the reason why I don't have sweet type stuff in my house.
  • arezou_vancouver
    arezou_vancouver Posts: 39 Member
    Yes! lots of carbs and sugars and the combination of the two!
  • EmilyT1994
    EmilyT1994 Posts: 33
    Chocolate.
    But I read that chocolate contains magnesium and you lose this when you're on so that's why you crave it.
    So don't punish yourself when you reach for the choccie bars, it's your body trying to help itself return to normal!
    XD
  • 180farm
    180farm Posts: 230
    The day befor I'd kill someone for a warm brownie. Or Doritos. The rest of the month I'm fine.
  • poetgurl2005
    poetgurl2005 Posts: 90
    I usually need a donut or two. Maybe a Milky Way icecream bar. I want more, but I have really long periods (day 23 and counting) so I can't give in too much. I usually give in a little though.

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  • _Fluff
    _Fluff Posts: 28 Member
    Being on my period kicks my willpower down to nothing. It's easy to rationalize dunking my head in a tub of ice cream when I'm in miserable pain. I mean, if I can't have vicodin, I deserve something to numb the crampy agony, right?
  • kaylurzz
    kaylurzz Posts: 121 Member
    Sometimes. I usually just want to eat EVERYTHING. Really don't get cravings haha
  • MorganLeighRN
    MorganLeighRN Posts: 411 Member
    The week before is the worst for me. I have to bump up my running so I can keep on track and not eat everything in site.
  • MorganLeighRN
    MorganLeighRN Posts: 411 Member
    I usually need a donut or two. Maybe a Milky Way icecream bar. I want more, but I have really long periods (day 23 and counting) so I can't give in too much. I usually give in a little though.

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    Have you talked to your Dr. about this? This isn't normal.
  • shutterbug282
    shutterbug282 Posts: 588 Member
    Yeah, generally chocolate or ice cream. And I rare eat chocolate.
  • quixoteQ
    quixoteQ Posts: 484
    I have really long periods (day 23 and counting)

    . . . dude(tte).
  • AmyFett
    AmyFett Posts: 1,607 Member
    I have mine this week, all I've been wanting is brownies and cookies! it's horrible! I just started getting on track and then flo has to come and ruin everything lol. I'm still trying to satisfy the cravings, but not as much as I used to. Dammit, not I want cookies
  • ann_marie823
    ann_marie823 Posts: 7
    Yes. I struggle the week of it due and it always seems to be something salty or crunchy. I try to do a little exercise to help,but it doesn't seem to help. :)
  • BR3ANDA
    BR3ANDA Posts: 622 Member
    Oh yes, allI want is carbs, the urge starts about 7 days before I start, & usually lasts about 3-4 days.
  • half_moon
    half_moon Posts: 807 Member
    First, to the girl who has a 28-day period? Get some help! Go to a doctor! When I started as a 19-year-old, mine was two weeks and I was forced to get on birth control to keep it regular. I was already anemic, and that did NOT help.

    That being said.. I am on birth control and I STILL get cravings. Salty. Sweet. Chocolately. Ice cream. What gym? I don't want to go to the gym! I want to eat. Eat eat eat.

    Also, this has increased since I've started working out. Before I didn't notice it as much, because I didn't care what I ate. Now that I'm watching what I eat and I know I can't have just everything that I want, it's sooo painful not to just give in.
  • alexbusnello
    alexbusnello Posts: 1,010 Member
    Sometimes, but when that happens, I go for fruits and it dark chocolate. Birth control helps me with everything that sucks about periods. Lol
  • stpetegirl
    stpetegirl Posts: 241
    The day befor I'd kill someone for a warm brownie. Or Doritos. The rest of the month I'm fine.

    I'm with you, give me doritos and brownies, but if you touch them, I'll chop off your fingers!! My family knows when it's that time because I bring home loads of jump food! lol
  • addinorm
    addinorm Posts: 3
    I totally crave chocolate and usually for one or two days!
  • Darlingir
    Darlingir Posts: 437
    sweets
  • Heaven71
    Heaven71 Posts: 706 Member
    Do you girls feel a need to eat junk when your on your period?? Whenever I get mine I have a day where I eat pizza/cookies chips and then the rest of the time im eating healthy chicken , oatmeal , cucumbers , fruit etc...
    Just wondering if im the only one
    CHIPS and PIZZA! Yeah and it never gets easier.
  • Pepper2185
    Pepper2185 Posts: 994 Member
    Yes - I usually want chocolate, chips, or a hamburger

    But - I don't use TOM as an excuse to eat like crap. I work out and earn that chocolate.
  • chlorisaann
    chlorisaann Posts: 366 Member
    YES!!! and my hubby thinks I am NUTS!! I keep the Betty Crocker Warm Delights microwave cakes and brownies on hand!!!
  • paintlisapurple
    paintlisapurple Posts: 982 Member
    Chocolate! Really my appetite increases during that time. Hormones I guess.
  • jlmoses91
    jlmoses91 Posts: 87 Member
    Yes! I always crave sherbert on mine! My sister says that the first day of your period when you are really hungry just to suffer through then for the rest of the week you wont be craving and wanting stuff all of the time. It does work...if you can make it through the first day! Whenever I want sweets really bad I try to drink a bunch of water then eat fruit. It doesnt always work, but it helps :)

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