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  • I like a lot of the tips above. For me, I usually just try to do something I consider "fun" when I feel the urge to eat for comfort. So for me it's reading, scrapbooking, crocheting, or video games.
  • Try to have some healthy low calorie snacks around like carrots, broccoli, and celery for when the munchies hit. Drinking tea and coffee sometimes helps me not to munch while I'm studying or if I'm at work working on some tough projects. Have healthy easy to grab (low preparation foods) available such as hard boiled eggs…
  • It really depends. I'll take some pain relievers and drink some red raspberry leaf tea (only recently learned about this stuff for cramps-best thing ever!). I try to exercise after that stuff kicks in. If after 5 minutes I'm overly exhausted, I stop and call it quits for the day. Some months I'm fine and can keep up my…
  • Some things that have helped me in the past: cutting out refined sugar (did this well before pms striked), had much more dairy products or anything with calcium (once again worked better if I started before pms normally begins, much better if it was just after my period), and cut out caffeine and alcohol that week of pms.…
  • You could always try to do strength training that works on the chest/pecs. When I was at a smaller size, I noticed it helped, though there was still sagging and I don't think there was anything to avoid having some sagging :( Investing in some super cute bras may make you feel better.
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