Re: Some days you eat more....

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So, I just want to record what I've been experiencing in the last few days. There's a bit of TMI in this, so sorry in advance to our male IEers out there.

I've been in PMS-mode for the last few days. Sometimes this makes me more hungry than usual. In the past, I have always berated myself for this hunger, as though I had done something bad to cause my body to experience this. As many of you ladies know, increased hunger is not an unusual feeling during this time of the cycle. I've read countless "health articles" about how to make yourself eat less and otherwise not respond to your hunger during PMS. I've read that I must carefully watch my food intake during PMS and to eat more fiber to "fight" the cravings for "naughty foods." I was warned strictly that PMS weight gain would damage my self-esteem.

And then I realized something -- my body is asking for more food to support its increased functions and hormone production prior to menstruation. It's asking me to feed it, and what should be my response? Should it be to "fight" my body? To strictly police it and deny it sustenance? It has taken me several months of IE to actually understand that the proper response to physical hunger is to EAT. Sounds simple, but it's so profound. I am confident that any PMS weight gain will drop off when I am no longer in PMS-mode, because my eating will similarly drop off. So, today I felt like having lunch at 11:15 instead of noon. Usually that would be unacceptable. My thinking would be, "if I eat lunch so early, I'll have to eat more later on!" I am deciding to stop parsing food out in my mind like this. I was hungry at 11:15, so I ate.

Just some thoughts.

Mimi

[Guest guest]

So, I just want to record what I've been experiencing in the last few days. There's a bit of TMI in this, so sorry in advance to our male IEers out there.

I've been in PMS-mode for the last few days. Sometimes this makes me more hungry than usual. In the past, I have always berated myself for this hunger, as though I had done something bad to cause my body to experience this. As many of you ladies know, increased hunger is not an unusual feeling during this time of the cycle. I've read countless "health articles" about how to make yourself eat less and otherwise not respond to your hunger during PMS. I've read that I must carefully watch my food intake during PMS and to eat more fiber to "fight" the cravings for "naughty foods." I was warned strictly that PMS weight gain would damage my self-esteem.

And then I realized something -- my body is asking for more food to support its increased functions and hormone production prior to menstruation. It's asking me to feed it, and what should be my response? Should it be to "fight" my body? To strictly police it and deny it sustenance? It has taken me several months of IE to actually understand that the proper response to physical hunger is to EAT. Sounds simple, but it's so profound. I am confident that any PMS weight gain will drop off when I am no longer in PMS-mode, because my eating will similarly drop off. So, today I felt like having lunch at 11:15 instead of noon. Usually that would be unacceptable. My thinking would be, "if I eat lunch so early, I'll have to eat more later on!" I am deciding to stop parsing food out in my mind like this. I was hungry at 11:15, so I ate.

Just some thoughts.

Mimi

[Guest guest]

So, I just want to record what I've been experiencing in the last few days. There's a bit of TMI in this, so sorry in advance to our male IEers out there.

I've been in PMS-mode for the last few days. Sometimes this makes me more hungry than usual. In the past, I have always berated myself for this hunger, as though I had done something bad to cause my body to experience this. As many of you ladies know, increased hunger is not an unusual feeling during this time of the cycle. I've read countless "health articles" about how to make yourself eat less and otherwise not respond to your hunger during PMS. I've read that I must carefully watch my food intake during PMS and to eat more fiber to "fight" the cravings for "naughty foods." I was warned strictly that PMS weight gain would damage my self-esteem.

And then I realized something -- my body is asking for more food to support its increased functions and hormone production prior to menstruation. It's asking me to feed it, and what should be my response? Should it be to "fight" my body? To strictly police it and deny it sustenance? It has taken me several months of IE to actually understand that the proper response to physical hunger is to EAT. Sounds simple, but it's so profound. I am confident that any PMS weight gain will drop off when I am no longer in PMS-mode, because my eating will similarly drop off. So, today I felt like having lunch at 11:15 instead of noon. Usually that would be unacceptable. My thinking would be, "if I eat lunch so early, I'll have to eat more later on!" I am deciding to stop parsing food out in my mind like this. I was hungry at 11:15, so I ate.

Just some thoughts.

Mimi

[Guest guest]

Mimi, GREAT job of listening to your body!!! Sandy

 

So, I just want to record what I've been experiencing in the last few days. There's a bit of TMI in this, so sorry in advance to our male IEers out there.

 

I've been in PMS-mode for the last few days. Sometimes this makes me more hungry than usual. In the past, I have always berated myself for this hunger, as though I had done something bad to cause my body to experience this.  As many of you ladies know, increased hunger is not an unusual feeling during this time of the cycle. I've read countless " health articles " about how to make yourself eat less and otherwise not respond to your hunger during PMS. I've read that I must carefully watch my food intake during PMS and to eat more fiber to " fight " the cravings for " naughty foods. " I was warned strictly that PMS weight gain would damage my self-esteem.

 

And then I realized something -- my body is asking for more food to support its increased functions and hormone production prior to menstruation. It's asking me to feed it, and what should be my response? Should it be to " fight " my body? To strictly police it and deny it sustenance?  It has taken me several months of IE to actually understand that the proper response to physical hunger is to EAT. Sounds simple, but it's so profound. I am confident that any PMS weight gain will drop off when I am no longer in PMS-mode, because my eating will similarly drop off. So, today I felt like having lunch at 11:15 instead of noon. Usually that would be unacceptable. My thinking would be, " if I eat lunch so early, I'll have to eat more later on! "   I am deciding to stop parsing food out in my mind like this. I was hungry at 11:15, so I ate.

 

Just some thoughts.

 

Mimi

[Guest guest]

And then I realized something -- my body is asking for more food to support its increased functions and hormone production prior to menstruation. It's asking me to feed it, and what should be my response? Should it be to "fight" my body?

And in fact, studies have shown you do burn more calories during menses, so being more hungry makes sense. I think it would be more helpful if those articles gave women other tools to cope with PMS besides food instead of berating them for meeting physical needs. Patti

[Guest guest]

And then I realized something -- my body is asking for more food to support its increased functions and hormone production prior to menstruation. It's asking me to feed it, and what should be my response? Should it be to "fight" my body?

And in fact, studies have shown you do burn more calories during menses, so being more hungry makes sense. I think it would be more helpful if those articles gave women other tools to cope with PMS besides food instead of berating them for meeting physical needs. Patti

[Guest guest]

I think it would be more helpful if those

articles gave women other tools to cope with PMS besides food

instead of berating them for meeting physical needs.

I often wonder how our society came to be obsessed with the idea of

losing weight by controlling calories (thin people don't do that!),

and why "size zero" is supposed to be attractive? I find a person at

size zero just looks ill.

Paddy

[Guest guest]

Mimi,

Great job listening to your body!

Isn't it a radical notion to think it might actually know what it's doing (if only the head didn't keep getting in the way???)

Before I developed PCOS, I know that I was always more hungry with PMS, and indeed would put on a little belly fat... which always melted away again once I got my period.

Best,

Abby

>> I think it would be more helpful if those articles gave women

>> other tools to cope with PMS besides food instead of berating>> them for meeting physical needs.> > I often wonder how our society came to be obsessed with the idea> of losing weight by controlling calories (thin people don't do

> that!), and why " size zero " is supposed to be attractive? I find> a person at size zero just looks ill.> > Paddy

[Guest guest]

I do too Paddy. In fact thin to bony looking reminds me of my mom just before

she died of cancer. Not attractive at all.

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

> I find

> a person at size zero just looks ill.

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> Paddy

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[Guest guest]

I do too Paddy. In fact thin to bony looking reminds me of my mom just before

she died of cancer. Not attractive at all.

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

> I find

> a person at size zero just looks ill.

>

> Paddy

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[Guest guest]

MimiI always craved fatty foods at this time of the month.CaroleTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 12:21:20 PMSubject: Re:

Some days you eat more....

So, I just want to record what I've been experiencing in the last few days. There's a bit of TMI in this, so sorry in advance to our male IEers out there.

I've been in PMS-mode for the last few days. Sometimes this makes me more hungry than usual. In the past, I have always berated myself for this hunger, as though I had done something bad to cause my body to experience this. As many of you ladies know, increased hunger is not an unusual feeling during this time of the cycle. I've read countless "health articles" about how to make yourself eat less and otherwise not respond to your hunger during PMS. I've read that I must carefully watch my food intake during PMS and to eat more fiber to "fight" the cravings for "naughty foods." I was warned strictly that PMS weight gain would damage my self-esteem.

Mimi

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[Guest guest]

That's how I could always tell when my period was about to start-- I'd be

walking around the building looking for chocolate. I never bothered trying to

fight it because it seemed inevitable.... No one else I knew seemed to have the

same " problem " and were always very generous with their stashes....

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> > And then I realized something -- my body is asking for more food to support

its increased functions and hormone production prior to menstruation. It's

asking me to feed it, and what should be my response? Should it be to " fight " my

body?

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> And in fact, studies have shown you do burn more calories during menses, so

being more hungry makes sense. I think it would be more helpful if those

articles gave women other tools to cope with PMS besides food instead of

berating them for meeting physical needs.

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> Patti

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