Period/PMS Calorie Mystery

[Artichoke47]

Okay. I have read that women burn 100 more calories per day when they are on their period, for whatever reason. That makes sense and would justify a craving for 2 apples or something during my period.

Yet about 1 1/2 weeks before my period, I have a few days where I need about 500 extra calories, and I do mean "need." I feel famished without those extras, and it's not like I'm low on calories, anyway. I make sure I get AT LEAST 1,750 every single day and 95% of the time, I'm at 2,000. So what's the deal? Can anyone explain this phenomenon? Does this happen to others? Am I weird? :dizzy: :p

[SurfChik415]

Yeah I get like that before, and usually on days 4+. The first couple days I'm so sick and crampy though so food makes me feel like barfing. :spew:

[Artichoke47]

But this is 1 1/2 weeks prior to my period starting!!!!

[NDvegan85]

Your metabolism speeds up when you ovulate too.

[LadyFaile]

yeah that's probably about the time you'd be ovulating. a lot of women get sugar/chocolate cravings during ovulation i think.

[thebelovedtree]

I do the same thing, but during most of my period i'm so sick and crampy i can't eat, so i always assumed that it was because my body knows i'm about to starve it. You ovulate almost exactly 12 days before your period, so that could be it too.

[Galatea]

Same thing happens to me. Once I get my period (and for the following week or so) I have zero appetite so I figured it was just building up nutrient stores for this.

[veganprincess]

sometimes i lose appetite during and/or before periods but sometimes i tend to eat more. i think i'm a little odd. when i get cravings, it's almost always for dried figs. anyone knows why this is so?

[Quizeen]

Same here. I am ravenous about 1 week before. No real cravings, I just wanna eat everything.

[April]

I read somewhere (I think in "Breaking the Food Seduction" that chocolate as we know it didn't exist until the 19th century. I wonder what women craved before that?

[Terra]

They were too worried about getting enough calories in any form to worry about cravings.

Terra

[catswym]

sometimes i lose appetite during and/or before periods but sometimes i tend to eat more. i think i'm a little odd. when i get cravings, it's almost always for dried figs. anyone knows why this is so?

because they're DELICIOUS! :yes: