Cue me spending 300 calories on chocolate, eating like a gremlin who’s never been fed
Literally. Every. Month. I ate a slice of bread with nothing on it yesterday. Just bread. Just shoved it in my face. I can keep snacks in the house for half the month, but I can't get a grip the second half :')
by VoidFlavouredPizza
17 Comments
mochibun1
I feel you dude, I bought some Cheeto puffs with the intention of “portioning my little treat” instead, half the bag became a single portion, worth it though
divemymidzy
me right now in my luteal phase it is a struggle 😭
hogwartswizardd
It’s so bad 😩 atp I just try to make the snacks lower cal, with their frequency it ends up being less detrimental. I love having miso soup and broth, sf drink mixes, rice cakes, veggie chips. But it’s always the chocolate…
greeneyedgarden
We gotta do what we gotta do
mayonnaisepan
🙋🏻♀️ Ate 700 calories of just rice alone last time! That was my entire dinner, burnt bits of the claypot rice! 🤣🤣🤣
KetohnoIcheated
I have an IUD and don’t get a period, but still get hormonal fluctuations. So I have NO CLUE when those bad boys are coming for me. I’ll be doing great, then all of a sudden I’m crying and eating 2 candy bars and some ice cream
Fluffycloud2
Do you eat or have access to Yasso bars? They really help!
Zealousideal-Mix7888
Luteal phase?😖
I am unstoppable before and during ovulation. I’d eat a whole cow and a pig.
Then the days before the deed, I would eat 10,000 sweets (full of nutella, all of them, I don’t even like or normally eat sweets). Every week I go shopping, I buy things to make 3 chocolate cakes to prep. And never make them.
Edit: I have maybe 5 recipes with choco cheesecake, low calorie version (basically just cream cheese with cocoa). I can easily stand this one (most because I’d eat proper dessert, not fake one), but before this, struggle is real.
nightmareinsouffle
The lunch that keeps me full until dinner most of the month is suddenly like air during that ~special~ time.
funny_bunny33
Too real. I ate half a loaf of bread in the dark last night
BornEstablishment551
I use the fit crunch mint chocolate protien bars (it tastes like a thin mint), halo top ice cream, or 3 pieces of the Hershey dark chocolate is like 120 cals to get me through it. I also tend to just eat at maintenance, which is a bit higher- for a day or two where the cravings are really bad. Keeping it to just those few days I havent gained yet. My loss is likely a *little* slower, but im not miserable and crying over wanting chocolate so idc.
purerockets
Same — gotta stock up for all the nutrients about to leave your body … I honestly wonder how many calories having your period burns*. I know that donating blood “burns” quite a few.
*Obviously it’s not so much burning as calculating the nutritional cost of remaking the blood again.
Alive_Site_3071
Girl!!! No words. It’s diabolical!
EmmyLou205
I just get used to being super strict during the first two weeks because the 2nd is too hard. I binge on sugar no matter what.
palmtreesandpizza
Just have to hope for maintenance when my cycle makes me sooo hungry. Also a few days per month it’s painful to work out so I just give myself grace and get back on the wagon after.
supremeprintmaster
So this is how I learn I’m in a woman-dominated subreddit lol
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I feel you dude, I bought some Cheeto puffs with the intention of “portioning my little treat” instead, half the bag became a single portion, worth it though
me right now in my luteal phase it is a struggle 😭
It’s so bad 😩 atp I just try to make the snacks lower cal, with their frequency it ends up being less detrimental. I love having miso soup and broth, sf drink mixes, rice cakes, veggie chips. But it’s always the chocolate…
We gotta do what we gotta do
🙋🏻♀️ Ate 700 calories of just rice alone last time! That was my entire dinner, burnt bits of the claypot rice! 🤣🤣🤣
I have an IUD and don’t get a period, but still get hormonal fluctuations. So I have NO CLUE when those bad boys are coming for me. I’ll be doing great, then all of a sudden I’m crying and eating 2 candy bars and some ice cream
Do you eat or have access to Yasso bars? They really help!
Luteal phase?😖
I am unstoppable before and during ovulation. I’d eat a whole cow and a pig.
Then the days before the deed, I would eat 10,000 sweets (full of nutella, all of them, I don’t even like or normally eat sweets). Every week I go shopping, I buy things to make 3 chocolate cakes to prep. And never make them.
Edit: I have maybe 5 recipes with choco cheesecake, low calorie version (basically just cream cheese with cocoa). I can easily stand this one (most because I’d eat proper dessert, not fake one), but before this, struggle is real.
The lunch that keeps me full until dinner most of the month is suddenly like air during that ~special~ time.
Too real. I ate half a loaf of bread in the dark last night
I use the fit crunch mint chocolate protien bars (it tastes like a thin mint), halo top ice cream, or 3 pieces of the Hershey dark chocolate is like 120 cals to get me through it. I also tend to just eat at maintenance, which is a bit higher- for a day or two where the cravings are really bad. Keeping it to just those few days I havent gained yet. My loss is likely a *little* slower, but im not miserable and crying over wanting chocolate so idc.
Same — gotta stock up for all the nutrients about to leave your body … I honestly wonder how many calories having your period burns*. I know that donating blood “burns” quite a few.
*Obviously it’s not so much burning as calculating the nutritional cost of remaking the blood again.
Girl!!! No words. It’s diabolical!
I just get used to being super strict during the first two weeks because the 2nd is too hard. I binge on sugar no matter what.
Just have to hope for maintenance when my cycle makes me sooo hungry. Also a few days per month it’s painful to work out so I just give myself grace and get back on the wagon after.
So this is how I learn I’m in a woman-dominated subreddit lol
Only 300? That’s not bad at all