To be permanently hungry when my period is due?

[PollyCazaletWannabe]

My period is on its way tomorrow I predict, as today I have eaten
A bowl of porridge
Half a banana
Half a tub of broccoli and Stilton soup
At least 3 of those extremely chocolatey m and s biscuits. Actually I think it was 4
1 packet Doritos
1 packet smoky bacon crisps
1 pack haribo rhubarb and custard jelly sweets
Dinner of salmon, new potatoes and broccoli
A plum
... And I just felt a bit peckish, so polished off a toasted hot cross bun with loads of butter.
WTF is wrong with me?! Does anyone else get like this around their period or AIB massively U and a complete porker?!

[CouthyMow]

Carbs. Carbs. And more carbs! Yep.

[wobblyweebles]

I don't have periods but I do have days where I can't stop eating.

Dunno if it's hormonal or just my body being weird.

[ClangerOnaComeDown]

Oh yes! Treat cupboard is ransacked! Cheese, crisps, crackers, more crisps, sandwiches, garlic bread and the best ever...PIZZA!

always feel fat and grotty anyway, may as well have a binge and a healthy week when finished!

[lifesgreatquestions]

"Raisin wheats ... the least cool cereal in the world" And "I could eat the walls" hahahahahaha!

Yes to all of this. In this week's shop I bought 3 different kinds of beef. I don't normally buy beef, and I spend my free time thinking about chocolate but have so far managed to keep clear of it. Also as my due date spans over 4 possible days, in addition to a full 10 days ish of hormonal melt down, I have a lengthened eating fest.

[AndWHOOSHTheyWereGone]

Apparently women crave chocolate at this time and during pregnancy because it is high in iron? Or so I was told by a midwife when in labour with DC2. Obviously you lose blood when you have a period and your body needs to start storing up iron to replace that which it loses ... Or something. She said if you ignore the craving for chocolate you need to have something else high in iron like spinach or steak. So there you go! Justification for anyone who eats their own body weight in chocolate at that time every month!

[Coveredinweetabix]

I'm also like this. I now always have one of those bake at home baguettes in the freezer & some Dairy Milk in the cupboard as I just HAVE to eat. I tend not to bother with anything healthy for a 48hr period as it doesn't touch the sides of my hunger & so is, effectively, wasted calories.

[PollyCazaletWannabe]

Just checking back in to say I was right! Period has arrived. Haven't been so bad with the eating today actually but I feel a stop at the corner shop coming on- I need some Reese's peanut butter cups ( for my iron levels, obv)

[DangerousBeanz]

And me, due tomorrow, yesterday I scoffed an entire selection box and a ton of cheese and crackers in between proper healthy meals. And I feel shattered. Today I'm managing... Just.But that's only because I'm too cold to go out to buy more chocolate

[lifesgreatquestions]

Grrr. So for breakfast I had two fried eggs with 4 pieces of toast. For lunch I had home made ramen noodles with salmon, broccoli and mushrooms, a portion that would have satisfied two hungry people. I ate 5 chocolates. An orange. A random chunk of cheese. For dinner I made spag bowl, a portion again for two hungry people. I was home all day doing nothing. I've gone to bed with a book to get myself away from the kitchen!

[Coumarin]

Yes. All the carbs.

The sugar spikes might be the reason I'm lying here being irritated by the entire world. Those and the bastard hormones.

[looselegs]

I could eat the contents of tesco when my period is due! 2 weeks ago when I was due,I ate a portion of chicken tikka masala,rice,nan bread,3 huge bhaji's,3 samosa's,a side portion of saag aloo,-then finished off my daughters tikka and rice.
...2 hours later i had my nose in a big bag of doritos.....

[chillykitty]

I eat lots of choc when due ad

[SoftKittyWarmKitty]

I'm exactly like this but it lasts anything up to a week before my period starts. I can, and do, eat anything and everything in sight. I'll be eating my dinner and mentally going though the cupboards to decide what I'll eat next . Then later on I'll be eating again. I thought it was just me but glad it's not.

[Blueuggboots]

Chinese food and Haagen Daaz pralines and cream ice cream (a WHOLE TUB).
I am currently due on but trying to be good as I'm attempting to lose weight. No Ice cream in the house. Ignoring my brain that is telling me to order chinese!!!!
I also feel very very fat the day before I come on!

[beeny]

I need chicken biryani with a big can of coke and vanilla ice-cream

[lookdeepintotheparka]

Cheese, cheese and more cheese

.. that and chocolate

That makes up the sum total of my diet for 2 days a month!!

[EBearhug]

I'm not sure Cadbury's Dairy Milk is actually that high in iron. 70% cocoa expensive stuff might be, but when I'm premenstrual, I am more likely to be going for the high fat/sugar confectionery.