I drop my exercise during my periods,as I don't feel good,stay at home,and then continue with my exercise after my periods,this is a rough time for me mentally as I have to stop my exercise ........I know its but natural,I would like women to share their thoughts on this, how do they cope during their period, mentally and emotionally.......Please do share your thoughts....esp.women who have sucessfully lost weight....I have a lot of food cravings also during this time......
Pink Diaries, only for women....
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I've got my period at the moment, and while I feel pretty grungy, I just get on with it for the most part. A couple of days ago I had some serious cravings for cupcakes, and the first thing I did was look them up to see if I could afford them on my diet (I calore count). Depending on how you make the cupcakes, they can be as much as 300 calories, which turned me off instantly. Of course, I think I'm lucky in that I don't usually get bad cramps or mood swings (sometimes I do, and when I do, watch out world...) so I can pretty much just get on with life as normal.
ChefChiTown
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HAHAHAHAHA pink diaries? Good lord.
I've only been on this diet now for a bit over a month and its going well over all. I was going well and then in the days leading up to my period, i started to feel the need to binge. It didn't even really feel like a craving. But it must have been. I first ate something healthy and then i gave in to the junk. I went to the supermarket and bought a whole load of stuff and when i got home, i ate whatever i could.
Then i got really crabby. I don't know if i was getting crabby anyway. But it all ended up with me getting so upset at how crabby i was being first and then how i had binged and was threatening my diet that until then was going so well. (I have learnt to be quite forgiving of my binges actually) But i didni't want this all to fail and i decided to pull myself into hand. So the next day i decided to head out for a long walk. And get back to my diet asap.
UP until that i point i hadn't been doing any exercise. This has started me on a long walk every second day. So i was able to turn a positive into a negative.
I accept that this struggle with cravings may happen again. It may happen every time i get a period though my periods vary in intensity and in some i am not as moody as others. I think my cravings have a hormonal underpinning. My approach is going to be to give in, and then get back to being "good" as soon as i can afterwards. At least that's i think i am going to do. But the proof has yet to be seen how i will handle it next time.
Honestly i can't resist cravings. Whenever you bugger up your diet, keep guilt to a minimum and just get back on to fixing it up as soon as possible.
Between binges, be strict with your diet. At all times try to be gentle on yourself.
One idea you might want to consider is to increase your calorie level significantly when you start to feel bad and be prepared to keep it that way for a few days over the worst of your period. But do it with good foods. That way you might have less room in your tummy for bad foods and if you do binge on the bad food, you may be satisfied with less. But certainly head for the lighter calorie foods first. And i don't mean low fat icecream which i think is dangerous to have around the house. I mean vegetables. Salad sandwiches. You know, generally wholesome healthy food.
Be proactive. Accept that this is a difficult time of your weight loss program and be willing to accept a slight weight gain or reduced weight loss. Just get back on the program as soon as you can.
Then i got really crabby. I don't know if i was getting crabby anyway. But it all ended up with me getting so upset at how crabby i was being first and then how i had binged and was threatening my diet that until then was going so well. (I have learnt to be quite forgiving of my binges actually) But i didni't want this all to fail and i decided to pull myself into hand. So the next day i decided to head out for a long walk. And get back to my diet asap.
UP until that i point i hadn't been doing any exercise. This has started me on a long walk every second day. So i was able to turn a positive into a negative.
I accept that this struggle with cravings may happen again. It may happen every time i get a period though my periods vary in intensity and in some i am not as moody as others. I think my cravings have a hormonal underpinning. My approach is going to be to give in, and then get back to being "good" as soon as i can afterwards. At least that's i think i am going to do. But the proof has yet to be seen how i will handle it next time.
Honestly i can't resist cravings. Whenever you bugger up your diet, keep guilt to a minimum and just get back on to fixing it up as soon as possible.
Between binges, be strict with your diet. At all times try to be gentle on yourself.
One idea you might want to consider is to increase your calorie level significantly when you start to feel bad and be prepared to keep it that way for a few days over the worst of your period. But do it with good foods. That way you might have less room in your tummy for bad foods and if you do binge on the bad food, you may be satisfied with less. But certainly head for the lighter calorie foods first. And i don't mean low fat icecream which i think is dangerous to have around the house. I mean vegetables. Salad sandwiches. You know, generally wholesome healthy food.
Be proactive. Accept that this is a difficult time of your weight loss program and be willing to accept a slight weight gain or reduced weight loss. Just get back on the program as soon as you can.
Penguinita
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I really like Fourtyfour's response, we have to learn how to forgive ourselves when it comes to slip ups. Otherwise we end up in a negative loop that will lead to more bad choices. I don't remember where I read this, it may have been this forum or somewhere else the person wrote something along the lines of ~You would never tell your best friend 'you're so ugly and fat', 'why can't you stop eating! you're so weak!' now would you? Of course not! But we end up saying those things to ourselves like its alright when its not~
As for my period which I have now, Lol we're synced by cycles, I let myself have what ever I'm craving! in moderation and within my calories for the day. As for exercise I don't even pass by the gym! I started walking in place quickly while watching tv for 30 minutes and that seems to work up a bit of a sweat.
Have you ever watched the biggest loser? There was a tip on working in a little cardio during the day, shadow boxing--- It DOES work up a sweat.
As for my period which I have now, Lol we're synced by cycles, I let myself have what ever I'm craving! in moderation and within my calories for the day. As for exercise I don't even pass by the gym! I started walking in place quickly while watching tv for 30 minutes and that seems to work up a bit of a sweat.
Have you ever watched the biggest loser? There was a tip on working in a little cardio during the day, shadow boxing--- It DOES work up a sweat.
Thank you fortyfour ,I really liked your turning positive into negative attitude,you surely are in control of yourself.I have these mood swings during my period,eating mostly stabilises my emotions and I feel A lot better....I get very emotional during this phase and get angry easily,which I totally want to avoid not for me but for my family,friends who have to deal with it 
and eating actually makes me feel better during those days....I used to earlier have this guilt feeling but now i have let it go and carry on with my exercise and diet watch after my period....
Penguinita,I haven't been able to watch biggest loser, but I liked your idea of walking in place while watching tv, I am going to do this .....
and eating actually makes me feel better during those days....I used to earlier have this guilt feeling but now i have let it go and carry on with my exercise and diet watch after my period....Penguinita,I haven't been able to watch biggest loser, but I liked your idea of walking in place while watching tv, I am going to do this .....
Silly me. I said positive into a negative but i meant turning a negative situation into a positive one. I mean that foul mood and binging motivated me to start walking.
Endurance, i have depression and take antidepressants. I've been on them since 1997. I started therapy before taking meds and was against them until i heard a woman talking about her experience on the radio. She and her gp were talking together. The reason she went on them mainly was because of bad moods during her menstrual period. My moods are not soo terrible and I don't have a family who cops the brunt anyway. I usually lose it with various people in shops and whatnot. But, anyhow, if your menstrual moods are so terrible, it may be worth talking about antidepressant treatment . I take Effexor which is also known generally as a mild appetite suppressant. Ok it won't really help you lose weight. But it won't make you put on weight like some others seem to do. If you put on weight whilst on this med, it would be because of the depression and other factors. That said, this med is not very popular with a lot of people though its been great for me since 1997.
Endurance, i have depression and take antidepressants. I've been on them since 1997. I started therapy before taking meds and was against them until i heard a woman talking about her experience on the radio. She and her gp were talking together. The reason she went on them mainly was because of bad moods during her menstrual period. My moods are not soo terrible and I don't have a family who cops the brunt anyway. I usually lose it with various people in shops and whatnot. But, anyhow, if your menstrual moods are so terrible, it may be worth talking about antidepressant treatment . I take Effexor which is also known generally as a mild appetite suppressant. Ok it won't really help you lose weight. But it won't make you put on weight like some others seem to do. If you put on weight whilst on this med, it would be because of the depression and other factors. That said, this med is not very popular with a lot of people though its been great for me since 1997.
Yep fourtyfour, silly me too,even I repeated the same line LOL,though i took it the right way ....My mood swings arent that terrible to be on med.Its just that I am a very soft spoken person , always have a smile on my face,who rarely gets angry..but during my periods I get irritated easily, it offends me cause its not in my nature Thanks for your concern
it offends me cause its not in my nature Thanks for your concern My doc prescribed b/c that I take back to back so I don't get a 'period' just some spotting. I feel a lot better when I am on it than when I am off. Not sure if that is an option for you but if you talk with your doc they might have some suggestions.