I'm 47yo (will be 48 in a few weeks) & I'm down to 164 lbs... a 20 pound loss since January - and I've been eating basically the same thing nearly every day (I am not bored with my menu so I don't feel a need to change it at this time.) Some days I may have a little more or a little less food, but keeping the calorie count right at about 1500.
It's time for my "TOM" - but...I didn't have any bleeding last month, but I did experience the normal premenstrual cr@p and so forth. According to my OB/GYN, I'm in peri-menopause (for about 4 years now), and for the past couple years, I have had 3-4 months where I get "the symptoms" but don't bleed (yeah, such a joy)
Anyway, yesterday AND today, I AM SO FRIKK'N HUNGRY!!!! I haven't been! I mean, nothing out of the ordinary, able to ride out any small hunger pangs & wait until dinner, etc - & in the past 6 months, I've been very satisfied with my food quantity & quality. But the past couple days... good grief. I'm ready to eat my weight in vending machine food, and then maybe even the vending machine itself. This isn't about craving junk food - I'm just ... seriously... HUNGRY...
(And before anyone asks: NO I am NOT pregnant! good googly moogly, if I got pregnant at MY AGE I think I'd jump in front of a bus or something!)
Also, last night after dinner, my stomach started really hurting. What could be the problem here? What could be causing this?? I'm scared of getting crazy & going on a crazy binge & afraid that will set off a binge-period that will un-do all my hard work. Help.