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Pre-mensrtual bingeing

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hey ladies....i've been battling with this forever, and i'm wondering if there is any way that i can prevent it...every month like clockwork, a week before my period starts i just cant stop eating...i feel like i eat everything under the sun, lol and then when i actually start my period i hardly have an appetite. its so crazy 'cuz i make plans, and i'm like okay i will not eat this way, but before i know it i'm puttin away food...i just cant seem to catch the binge before it starts....anyone else go thru this???
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Yeah I'm the same, never thought of it as binging though. No I don't know how to stop it, but I figure it averages out over the two weeks, so meh.
I just eat STRANGE stuff...and lots of it...

In fact, that's how I know it's coming...

I suddenly get the idea in my head to dip pickled okra into chocolate...or something similar.

Last night, I had fried broccoli...battered.

It generally tastes REALLY GOOD while I'm craving it...but a few weeks later, it's gross. So odd. A few have turned out pretty good, like my spaghetti sandwich, and my rice ball (like fried rice, but it looks like a soccerball, and you have to cut it up to serve it).

When I get home this morning...I'm having warm chick peas with maple syrup!!!
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I get hungry as soon as I start menstruating, not before. It's probably the body's way of regenerating as your endometrium sheds and you need to get ready for next month.
i have read/heard that your body needs, on average, 100 extra calories per day in order to allow your period to start.
I'm all for giving in to cravings (within limits) - if your body decides it needs chocolate covered gherkins or whatever, then there is probably some reason for it!
My usual p.m.s. routine?

I eat anything that isn't nailed down and I'm horny as hell. I'm that way for about a week right before my period. It takes me a couple of days every time to realize, "Oh...that explains it!"

The best p.m.s. snack I've found is the Take 5 candy bar. Okay, it's not vegan, but...
I think the yummy alternative is pretzel sticks dipped in vegan frosting.
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I eat anything that isn't nailed down and I'm horny as hell.
oh my goodness...i know exactly what u mean..
^^^ yup.
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It takes me a couple of days every time to realize, "Oh...that explains it!"
I'm the same. Realized the other day it's been going on every month for 20 years and I still sometimes have to actually get my period before I figure out what's going on. "Why the hell do I keep wanting cookies dammit!?! .....Ooooooh."

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Qwerks - I had no idea you were female until right now.
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That happens a lot online. On the phone too if I'm sick.
It's happened to me too Qwerks (until I had a picture of myself in my av).

Michael thought I was a guy for years.
I finally figured out that one of the reasons why I wanted to eat anything not nailed down was that I am extra tired the week before my period starts. And, when I'm tired, I have a tendency to eat.
Yeah, I eat constantly pre-period. I see it as a good excuse to be a fat pig for a week....."I want ice cream (soy of course!), but I'm not hungry, I don't NEED the ice cream---but I AM about to start my period so it's okay to eat anything and everything....."
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Haha, I have the exact same problem!! It's really annoying though, because I need to lose weight (really actually do) and every time that time of the month comes around, I eat EVERYTHING I can in the house. It's terrible. I've started to try to eat smaller more healthy things (I can come home from school and eat a three course meal if I could).

I recently started to get into smoothies, which take me like 10 minutes to prepare (I'm slow
) and are comprised of mostly fresh fruits and soymilk, and then it takes me a long time to drink it because I like to savor the flavor. IDK, but it's definitely better than eating a fake-chicken sandwich topped with mayonaise and ketchup with french fries on the side. XD

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Yeah, I eat constantly pre-period. I see it as a good excuse to be a fat pig for a week....."I want ice cream (soy of course!), but I'm not hungry, I don't NEED the ice cream---but I AM about to start my period so it's okay to eat anything and everything....."
Exactly my logic!


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Abberant Bliss, you're lucky you can drink a smoothie slowly. I am always so enamored with the flavor that I suck it back so quickly I simultaneously get a brain freeze and a tummy ache!
sigh. i seem to have developed this really badly. at the moment im eating lunch . an hour after breakfast. and i woke up at 2am STARVING. i hate this. seriously. i need to lose a bit of weight i think and im gonna go in the OPPOSITE direction. not even maintain but GAIN. gah . i hate feeling this out of control.

(and i second the horny thing. badly. cracks me up.)
It happens to me too! before my period I feel like I'm bingeing all tha time! I hate it but after I get my period it goes away.

xoxo
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