cravings at "that time of the month"

amylh3 · 01-29-2004, 12:58 PM

How do you control cravings when you are getting ready to start? I have a big problem with this. Can anyone help??

aim in Fla*working · 01-29-2004, 01:07 PM

It must be an Amy thing cause I would chew off my arm before TOM to get to a gobstopper or a potato chip!! I blew it today bad! Being off the pill has made it a lot worse too!

CatDogsKid · 01-30-2004, 09:07 AM

Not just an Amy thing! I'm the same way, but I stay with low carb legal stuff. I just end up eating too much of them!! I don't know how to knock those cravings! I'd like assistance with this too!

aim in Fla*working · 01-30-2004, 09:12 AM

I wonder if there is a supplement? I take chromium and it is not helping.

babyjips · 01-30-2004, 09:40 AM

ugggghhhhh TOM!!!! this time i am NOT gonna let TOM destroy my woe im not, im not, im not~! how am i not? dont know , im just not.

aim in Fla*working · 01-30-2004, 09:45 AM

I will be 120 by freaking Feb 27th!
Dang it!

Jasp · 01-30-2004, 09:48 AM

Stopping just short of my Hubby sitting on me I don't have a clue. This was my first TOM on this way of eating and I swore if my kids stood still too long I would have ate them....LOL....when you find out please post the answer.....Sami

aim in Fla*working · 01-30-2004, 09:50 AM

I just got off the pill and my cravings are UNREAL! And PMS lasts longer.

amylh3 · 01-30-2004, 09:53 AM

Maybe the answer are all those low carb candies that they are selling now? When you haven't had chocolate in awhile, they taste like the real thing. Also, Russell Stover has a chocolate sauce out now and a girl on here told me it was excellent.

littleshammy · 01-30-2004, 09:54 AM

Hi Im new to this site, and I just started Atkins on the 26th...which ironically my TOM started. I found the best way to beat my cravings for chocolate are the shakes and the advantage bars, other wise I would of fell off the bandwagon as soon as I started.

littleshammy · 01-30-2004, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by amylh3
Maybe the answer are all those low carb candies that they are selling now? When you haven't had chocolate in awhile, they taste like the real thing. Also, Russell Stover has a chocolate sauce out now and a girl on here told me it was excellent.

I've had those low carb candies and they are excellent! Russell Stovers is by far the best!
Sorry lol Im new, just had to add my 2 cents

CatDogsKid · 01-30-2004, 09:59 AM

Beware of those SF chocolates!!! If you eat too many of them at one time, you could end up spending the rest of the day in the bathroom in misery! They really can cause tummy upset!

babyjips · 01-30-2004, 10:05 AM

im not going anywhere near s/f candy again last time i thought that was the answer to my cravings, all that happened was i did spend the whole day in the bathroom and also it led me to just crave sweets and thats when i totally blew my woe and going off plan. no s/f candy for me, no s/f jello. no s/f sweet anything of anykind.

aim in Fla*working · 01-30-2004, 10:22 AM

LOL I would love to spend a day in the bathroom! I fel like I can enver go LOL!
Problem is I have goiter and I can't have soy

Diana · 01-30-2004, 10:26 AM

I end up eating too much LC stuff, bread or Peanut Butter

KatEyez44 · 01-30-2004, 10:27 AM

Ugh, I'm wrestling with this right now actually. What I do is give myself an allowance of the bite sized sugar-free chocolates (3 per day) and space them out over the course of the day so they don't send me to the bathroom. Then, I promise myself one of the Klondike Carbsmart fudgesicles for dessert after dinner. This works pretty well and the fudge bars don't have the bathroom effect like the sugar-free candies do. I haven't cheated yet as a result of TOM, but I do notice that I just eat more legal foods than normal and don't lose while TOM is around.

Godiva · 01-30-2004, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DianaO
I end up eating too much LC stuff, bread or Peanut Butter

I've been a peanut butter sl*t lately. I can't get enough of the stuff. I hate PMS.

aim in Fla*working · 01-30-2004, 01:28 PM

pms is the devil

shoelattegurl · 01-30-2004, 01:28 PM

I eat SF chocolate and Ice cream. I eat it all in moderation, and it seems to help a lot!! I get really strong cravings like all of you do too during this time. It gets easier....

chickensalad · 01-30-2004, 03:06 PM

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I had dismissed my cravings, my period starts Monday. I was wondering why I've been daydreaming about candy and chocolate bars and cake all day long!!!

Somebody hold me back!

Sandee · 01-30-2004, 05:14 PM

The supplement L-Glutamine helps me with carb cravings.

01-29-2004, 12:58 PM	#1
amylh3 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 10 Gallery: amylh3 Stats: 156/143/125 WOE: Atkins Start Date: December 2003	cravings at "that time of the month" How do you control cravings when you are getting ready to start? I have a big problem with this. Can anyone help??

01-30-2004, 09:53 AM	#9
amylh3 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 10 Gallery: amylh3 Stats: 156/143/125 WOE: Atkins Start Date: December 2003	cravings at that time of the month Maybe the answer are all those low carb candies that they are selling now? When you haven't had chocolate in awhile, they taste like the real thing. Also, Russell Stover has a chocolate sauce out now and a girl on here told me it was excellent.

01-30-2004, 10:27 AM	#16
KatEyez44 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: MD Posts: 1,860 Gallery: KatEyez44 Stats: 145 (post baby)/131/115 - 5'2", 30 yrs WOE: Breastfeeding (my DS, not myself)	Ugh, I'm wrestling with this right now actually. What I do is give myself an allowance of the bite sized sugar-free chocolates (3 per day) and space them out over the course of the day so they don't send me to the bathroom. Then, I promise myself one of the Klondike Carbsmart fudgesicles for dessert after dinner. This works pretty well and the fudge bars don't have the bathroom effect like the sugar-free candies do. I haven't cheated yet as a result of TOM, but I do notice that I just eat more legal foods than normal and don't lose while TOM is around. __________________ Crystal **~~Desmond Lee born May 27, 2007~~** MySpace

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01-29-2004, 01:07 PM	#2
aim in Flaworking Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 8,422 Gallery: aim in Flaworking	It must be an Amy thing cause I would chew off my arm before TOM to get to a gobstopper or a potato chip!! I blew it today bad! Being off the pill has made it a lot worse too!

01-30-2004, 09:07 AM	#3
CatDogsKid Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kansas Posts: 514 Gallery: CatDogsKid	Not just an Amy thing! I'm the same way, but I stay with low carb legal stuff. I just end up eating too much of them!! I don't know how to knock those cravings! I'd like assistance with this too!

01-30-2004, 09:12 AM	#4
aim in Flaworking Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 8,422 Gallery: aim in Flaworking	I wonder if there is a supplement? I take chromium and it is not helping.

01-30-2004, 09:40 AM	#5
babyjips MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Dade City,Florida Posts: 2,647 Gallery: babyjips Stats: 212/140/120 WOE: atkins/ induction/again Start Date: 1/2003 restart over and over	ugggghhhhh TOM!!!! this time i am NOT gonna let TOM destroy my woe im not, im not, im not~! how am i not? dont know , im just not.

01-30-2004, 09:45 AM	#6
aim in Flaworking Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 8,422 Gallery: aim in Flaworking	I will be 120 by freaking Feb 27th! Dang it!

01-30-2004, 09:48 AM	#7
Jasp Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PA Posts: 314 Gallery: Jasp Stats: 187/181.8/140 2004-153.7 WOE: Atkins/Mod carbs Start Date: Sept 5, 2007	Stopping just short of my Hubby sitting on me I don't have a clue. This was my first TOM on this way of eating and I swore if my kids stood still too long I would have ate them....LOL....when you find out please post the answer.....Sami

01-30-2004, 09:50 AM	#8
aim in Flaworking Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 8,422 Gallery: aim in Flaworking	I just got off the pill and my cravings are UNREAL! And PMS lasts longer.

01-30-2004, 09:54 AM	#10
littleshammy Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Denver Metro Area Posts: 2 Gallery: littleshammy Stats: 127/123.5/100 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Jan 26, 04	Hi Im new to this site, and I just started Atkins on the 26th...which ironically my TOM started. I found the best way to beat my cravings for chocolate are the shakes and the advantage bars, other wise I would of fell off the bandwagon as soon as I started.

01-30-2004, 09:59 AM	#12
CatDogsKid Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kansas Posts: 514 Gallery: CatDogsKid	Beware of those SF chocolates!!! If you eat too many of them at one time, you could end up spending the rest of the day in the bathroom in misery! They really can cause tummy upset!

01-30-2004, 10:05 AM	#13
babyjips MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Dade City,Florida Posts: 2,647 Gallery: babyjips Stats: 212/140/120 WOE: atkins/ induction/again Start Date: 1/2003 restart over and over	im not going anywhere near s/f candy again last time i thought that was the answer to my cravings, all that happened was i did spend the whole day in the bathroom and also it led me to just crave sweets and thats when i totally blew my woe and going off plan. no s/f candy for me, no s/f jello. no s/f sweet anything of anykind.

01-30-2004, 10:22 AM	#14
aim in Flaworking Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 8,422 Gallery: aim in Flaworking	LOL I would love to spend a day in the bathroom! I fel like I can enver go LOL! Problem is I have goiter and I can't have soy

01-30-2004, 10:26 AM	#15
Diana Allergic to Carbs- I break out in Fat! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Anderson, Indiana Posts: 34,923 Gallery: Diana Stats: 176.5/138.8/134 (5'3") WOE: The Original Atkins Start Date: 8/11/03 Restart 4/08	I end up eating too much LC stuff, bread or Peanut Butter

01-30-2004, 01:28 PM	#18
aim in Flaworking Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 8,422 Gallery: aim in Flaworking	pms is the devil

01-30-2004, 01:28 PM	#19
shoelattegurl MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,885 Gallery: shoelattegurl Stats: 250/243/160 WOE: Atkins Start Date: starting over again!	I eat SF chocolate and Ice cream. I eat it all in moderation, and it seems to help a lot!! I get really strong cravings like all of you do too during this time. It gets easier....

01-30-2004, 03:06 PM	#20
chickensalad Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 13 Gallery: chickensalad Stats: 148.5/145.5/120 WOE: Atkins Start Date: January 26, 2004	JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I had dismissed my cravings, my period starts Monday. I was wondering why I've been daydreaming about candy and chocolate bars and cake all day long!!! Somebody hold me back!

01-30-2004, 05:14 PM	#21
Sandee Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Kentucky Posts: 512 Gallery: Sandee Stats: 155/136/125 Start Date: Jan. 2003	The supplement L-Glutamine helps me with carb cravings.