Comments on: ?for the ladies… How do you handle THAT time?

By: SaucyWench

SaucyWench — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:19:35 +0000

Sleep alot :P (It’s impossible to eat and sleep at the same time!)

Actually, I think this is a perfect example of why we have to make sure our environment is condusive to our weight loss. If you know you’re going to have cravings, and you’re positive you’re going to snack to satisfy those cravings, then what I do is I put items in my pantry and fridge that will satisfy the cravings without blowing my plan.

Like, for crunchy and sweet I can have caramel rice cakes. Or for salty I can have peanuts. So those are what I keep in my cabinet. Yes, eating an entire bag of caramel rice cakes isn’t exactly a good thing, but heck, it’s better than eating an entire bag of Oreos!

By: Akavar

Akavar — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:26:01 +0000

ahhhhhh all these food pictures make me want to eat a huge feast! >:]
-Jackie

By: Rhiannon

Rhiannon — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:19:23 +0000

I have a really tough time with mine, so I tend to skip some (with the pill) during the semester (uni student here) because I simply can’t afford to miss 2-4 days each month because of the cramps. I did that in Year 12 and could have technically failed one of my subjects because of missing too many classes (luckily they understood). So I don’t have this problem very often, although when I do I just let myself do/have whatever I need or feel like.

I’m not overweight (I found Roni through looking for healthy food, not weight loss) but my mother and I were talking the other day and she commented that she put on weight when she was my age when she went on the pill! And then we realised that that was probably why I’ve put on weight the last few years and changed shape; I needed to put some on and I like my new curvier shape, but I just thought I’d mention it here. It may be a reason for some people’s weight gain that isn’t obvious, because it’s sort of behind the scenes, unlike the cravings.

Thanks for everything Roni!

Rhiannon

By: Christie

Christie — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:05:43 +0000

I take pain medicine as soon as I feel pain so I don’t feel like “blah” all day. Other than that, I don’t think about it being that time. I hate to blame things on “it was that time”. If I’m extra hungry, I will eat something extra. Usually I do get some sweet cravings, and I try to make sure I make healthy choices while still having some sweet foods.

By: anna

anna — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:23:12 +0000

a fave pms food is baked lays smeared with a french onion laughing cow wedge; tastes like chip n’ dip! and i TRY to exercise more; it REALLY makes a difference WHEN i actually follow through

By: bonnie

bonnie — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:11:21 +0000

Okay, I must be getting old because when I read the TOM question asked by Nicole, I thought she was talking about her boyfriend Tom. I think I need to sleep more.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:36:43 +0000

I think that you should know that you are going to have the cravings and be ready. You know when (or about when) you are going to have a “visit” so you can have stuff in your house to help. You also know what you will be craving so you can have healthy options to chose from. If you know you will NEED chocolate then have WW chocolate in the house. But most important try and have some things that you can eat without falling. So you will can have lots of carrots ready to eat when you get the craving and try and put off eating what you are craving as long as you can then when and if you give into it you will have a full tummy and not feel like you need to eat as much of the craving food.

By: Alle

Alle — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:36:27 +0000

I pretty much understand that I’m not going to have a stellar week, but in embracing that, I don’t completely let everything I’ve learned go. So do I have chocolate? Heck yeah. But I don’t eat a whole cake and wash it down with a pint of ice cream, lol. I think when I set a reasonable expectation for myself, rather than expecting myself to act “perfectly” in every scenario, is a way for me to see that, as my WW leader says, “life happens.”

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:35:16 +0000

I’ve been lucky enough that usually it doesn’t bother me too bad. I do have days where I feel hungry ALL the time, but I don’t crave anything particular like chocolate (god blessed with not being a chocolate fiend, just a PB one lol), but I just make sure I grab for carrots or something like that if I just need to eat something for the sake of eating.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:11:25 +0000

I have had a hysterectomy but still have the hormones. Since I never know where I am at in my cycle I don’t use it as an excuse. Excuse is not the right word…. but what I really mean is from day to day I am sometimes hungrier than others. If I thought that I was suffering “pms” (which I do, and sometimes can really tell) I’d give in to myself more often. I do really try to ignore TOM hormones. Some times it works, some times I struggle.