[Quiddity]

Hi all, please bear with me if this has been asked before

I'm in my 2nd week of my cycle (nearing ovulation time). I gained 2 lb overnight this morning, and my appetite has gone nuts today!

Does this happen to anybody else? Am I right in thinking that there might be a correlation?

I'm tracking my weight daily... it would be interesting to see if my weight loss pattern corresponds to my monthly cycle.

Thanks for your input!!

Q

[HotDoc]

your ovulating or pms ing? some people don't do well with weighing in the morning. you get bloated from laying all night. that ciould be it too.

[JaimePhan]

Funny I should see this post...

My last period started on 2/10/07 and was gone by the evening of 2/16/07. I know I am nearing, or am in, PMS mode. I am not crampy, but I was a bit cranky yesterday and I have been bloated since Monday.

I. AM. STARVING!!!!

I ate 2 veggie quiche cups for breakfast at 9:30, I had a quarter cup of hummus and celery at noon, I just had lunch at 2:30 and consumed 2 cups of steamed broccoli and a piece of grilled chicken, and I am so hungry right now. I am not usually this ravenous, so I think it must be my period.

I am going to go have some turkey and another cup of coffee and drink more H20 (I am already at 64 ounces for the day) and I know I will eat another snack as soon as I get home at 5:15 or so. Then, I will be ready for dinner at 7 and ready for snack/dessert at 8:30. I won't binge on crap (I have nothing non South Beachy in the house) but I may eat more than normal today. Oh well; it happens.

So to finally answer your question, YES.

[Quiddity]

HotDoc, nope, definitely ovulating… period finished a short while ago. That’s a really good point about being bloated first thing in the morning. I definitely feel heavier in the stomach some mornings. I’ll take that on board… thank you!

JaimePhan, sounds you’re doing a really excellent job of dealing with those munchies. All the food you’ve eaten sounds really healthy to me. I know how it is… during the week before my period I can’t stop eating either, and I get crazy salt cravings, it’s ridiculous!

[JaimePhan]

Oooooooooo, I have the best snack for the salty cravings. I like to take some turkey pepperoni and microwave it until they are crispy and then spread some light laughing cow on them. DEFINITELY great for chip-like cravings. I eat the whole wedge of cheese, but only 5 or 6 pepperoni. If you were to eat the full serving size of the pepperoni (15 slices) and the whole cheese wedge, this would be the nutritional info:
115 cals
6.5 grams of fat
1 carb

The way I eat them with just 5 pepperoni slices and all of the cheese wedge, it is:
62 cals
3.5 grams of fat
1 carb

YUM!!!!!

[Quiddity]

Ok, that? sounds DELICIOUS!! Thanks! gotta go stock up on some pepperoni! (I also do a low carby thing, not officially on any particular plan though)

[fat fairy]

This is my first post on this terrific site.

I don't know if anyone's still talking about this issue, but it caught my eye. I have terrible PMS (especially when I eat too many carbs the week before).

What I've been noticing as I get older is that my ovu cycle is almost as bad!! I bloat up, have terrible cravings and mood swings. I have yet to meet a doctor or read a book that deals with this problem. I can "gain" up to 7 pounds during this cycle, get real depressed about it, then gain 5 more during PMS.

I just wondered what experience other women have with this?

Thanks!