A bit more info about me and a question re: hormonal cravings

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Thanks again to all of you who responded to my question about breakfast. I've

only been doing IE (this time around) for about 3 days, but quite a few years

ago, I practiced eating intuitively for a couple of years. During that time, I

lost all the weight I needed to rather quickly and kept it off for several

years. Unfortunately, I gradually reverted to not listening to my body, and

guess what? I gained the weight again!!! What a surprise!

I guess eating intuitively is a bit like like riding a bicycle; if you don't do

it for awhile, you may be a little unsteady at first, but you don't really

forget how. I admit I am still having to unlearn a lot of thought processes that

I have developed over the ensuing years about good/bad foods, counting calories

etc., and I still don't trust my body completely to let me know what I do and

don't need. I'm sure it will be a struggle for awhile, but it feels SO GOOD not

to be obsessing over what I'm eating anymore!!!

Now I have another question for you all: how do you handle hormonal cravings?

Twice a month I pretty much lose my mind and want to eat anything and everything

in sight...especially chocolate and carbs. I don't have any problem with the

thought of giving in to cravings in general (as long as I don't go beyond

full/satisfied), but the problem is that there doesn't seem to be a

full/satisfied switch when I'm in the clutches raging hormones. I feel

completely out of control and yucky.

Thankfully, I'm not in the clutches of raging hormones at the moment. I just

want to give some thought to how to best approach the situation before one of

those times strike again and my mind and will turn to mush! ;-)

Have any of you found a good way to handle this type of situation?

By the way, sorry I didn't include my name last time. It's Joanna.