Hi everyone, I just have a question about binging during that time of the month. For a month and a half now I have been doing well on my diet trying to eat between 1400 and 1800 cals per day. However, about a week ago it was like somebody flipped a switch and I just could not get full. I ate and ate and still felt the need to eat. 2 days ago, I ate 3,000 calories and still felt hungry when I went to bed. That night I had heartburn so bad from my stomach being full that it burned my throat and its still sore.
Today the intense cravings have diminished to almost nothing. My low-cal frozen dinners look delicious, and when I ate one I had no desire to eat more. I am back to 1400 cals easy with almost no effort. Lo and behold, this morning when I woke up I had started menustrating. Thats when it dawned on me that this could be from my menstrual cycle! Is this normal? I mean, yes, I know that people get cravings during this time....but don't you think my case is a bit extreme?