Drained....

I am not too sure .. should i even post this in the forum.. should be a journal entry i guess.. but i need some comments and words..

Gave myself 3000 excuses to skip gym for 2 sundays.. and to worsen it.. i binged on both saturdays.. i dunno wad happen.. Last weekend.. i was tired.. for i dunno what.. But, i gave myself the doubt of benefit, coz its TTOM, which probably explains why i am tired and binged last week, pre-TTOM.

So this week, i used TTOM as an excuse again to eat.. coz i am always hungry and craving for everything in the world.. i skipped gym today.. because i got called back to work yesterday till a gruelling 12am before i got off work..

all in all.. i skipped gym.. did not eat well and yet have the cheek to rant in a forum.. its only right that i am getting bigger.. and bigger.. i deserved it..

zekie....i hear you. it's seems to be TOTM all over CC! even me!!

but cut yourself some slack. i know what its like cause i get that way too: tired, can't think straight, wanna eat all the wrong things in large amounts!

allow your self one small treat today cause its the weeknd and you're tense and stressed. But put your foot down and get back in the game later today or on Monday. Don't look back at all the things you did wrong, don't second guess, don't give your self guilt trips. What's done is done.

And i think you have every right to rant in a forum. That's what its there for. If you keep it locked up it does you no good.

Have a good day, hun

I try really, really hard to ignore people who say they feel the need to binge at TTOM, or that most women do. Because I think that if no one gave me permission to binge at a certain time of month, then i probably wouldn't do it. This may not be the case for you- maybe you really are suffering massive cramps, heavy flow, etc and food seems to be the answer. But I've found personally that if I just stop thinking of it as an excuse and hold myself accountable for my actions regardless of the time then I don't actually have more cravings than any other time of the month. Could be just me.

If you find that you're really tired during TTOM, try making time for extra sleep- a quick nap sometime in the day. A lot of people end up eating more when they're tired.

Also- if your binge was something like two cookies, then really- no big deal. Some studies have shown that we burn more calories at TTOM anyway. If you ate 2000 extra calories...Then yeah, it is a big deal. Try to get more sleep, eat more filling foods, more fibre. Don't beat yourself up, just get back on the wagon ASAP.

Good luck

for me totm is one of the worst times, just really the first day & most likely the 2nd day. i get pukey, crampy, drained & basically have to be on high constant alert to my moods & what i eat. its doable but you need to really give yourself the extra tlc so that you dont turn to food. i try to do some of my more intense workouts just before as i know for 2 days its hard enough just to take a walk in the park. did that today & nearly had to run back to get pain killers & hot water bottle, ooof! but then there are times when it does just get away from you, just like any other time you binge or dont exercise, just move on & do better the next following days, it'll even itself out. it has for me. i actually find that i can motivate myself to be really good some days before the worst happens. my concentration seems to sharpen somewhat a few days beforehand. the trick is to know when its coming.