i am menstruating!

and i am the size of the hindenburg!

that being said, what do you guys think about eating naughty things on your period?  i have heard you maybe burn more calories while you're menstruating, and that is why you are hungrier. should i let myself have a cupcake or ice cream? eh?

also, yasmin is killing me! i switched from the french yasmin (jasmin, they call it, which i swear to god is chemically different) to the american one two months ago and both my periods have kicked my ass. anyone have any good recommendations of other pills that don't cause weight gain?

i eat whatever i want on my period, and don't feel bad about it at all. although, i don't eat too horrible to begin with, but i crave chocolate, so i eat it when i'm menstruating and don't care.

also, BC pretty much varies person to person, so just find whats right for you. i take kariva though, and have had no side effects at all.

yea...I usually don't get too much pain around my period, so i don't really "indulge", but in your case it totally would...but don't go crazy, either.

Original Post by borgesgreen:

also, yasmin is killing me! i switched from the french yasmin (jasmin, they call it, which i swear to god is chemically different) to the american one two months ago and both my periods have kicked my ass. anyone have any good recommendations of other pills that don't cause weight gain?

Are you talking pain-wise or weight-gain wise? I know weight gain is common on all birth control because of the shift in hormones.

If you're having pain, talk to your doc! I would always talk to my physician about painful girly stuff.

no just pain wise. my periods used to be fairly light and painless and now they are much heavier and...ouch!

 i actually haven't noticed any weight gain on either, although i am afraid of gaining weight on another pill (i was on estrostep a few years ago, i think i gained a little weight, i'm not sure).....

Hmm.. it's interesting to me that you've gained a lot of weight from Yasmin. I chose Yasmin as my BC specifically because it was recommended as the pill that would cause the least weight gain. I've been on it for something like 2 years now and I've never had any problems. Except I do feel like a freaking COW every time I get my TOM(which is right about NOW, unfortunately) but I think that's normal.

I don't let myself cheat during TOM but I find myself craving salt. Tonight I actually went like 210 cals over my limit by eating raisins because they were salted. 

 

I dont weigh during TOM either, it's too depressing.

 

For another BC option, I recommend Nuva Ring. It is similar hormonal dosage as pills but really, really easy to use since you only have to change once a month. I haven't, nor has anyone I know, experienced weight gain on it. However, that is definitely an individual thing. It is also really good because you can use it continuously, as long as your OBGYN okays it, which helped me tremendously. I had terrible premenstrual symptoms including migraines. The ring was the best option for me because it doesn't spike estrogen like the patch and some pills can. Once I started taking it my symptoms diminished greatly and after a few months went away completely.

As for eating naughty things, it is up to you. Sometimes a little treat can comfort, sometimes it makes you feel guilty. Think about how you'll react later and how it will affect your efforts. Good luck!

In the days before my period starts, I could eat 1200 calories or 3200 calories and either way I'll feel totally hungry and unsatisfied.  I'm hoping this month just to stick to my normal calories, and know that even if I ate more I wouldn't feel better.  We'll see if I can be so strong.  I certainly have a bottomless stomach and apparently no ability to feel satieted for a couple of days!

There are SO many BCPs available-- ask your doc if you can try another one!  Yasmin made me crazy- literally.  I changed to another one (Loestrin) and I am so much more normal- well- as normal as one can get anyway.  Yasmin made me cry for the week before, the week during AND the week after my period.  LoL. 

I also have the feeling of not being at all satisfied no matter how much I eat during my period.  This month I'm thinking of just carefully sticking to my calorie goals and really watching my salt!

I'm also on Yasmin and have been for a year now.  I definitely like it best of the other numerous BCPs I have tried over the years.   But I also get crazy cravings for a FULL 2 WEEKS before my TTOM.  I also crave salt and chocolate like a mad woman.  And of course have ZERO energy during those 2 weeks.  I have almost resigned myself to being on a new "2 weeks on, 2 weeks off" lifestyle change.  LOL.  I can do SO WELL the "other" 2 weeks of the month with no problems, but these 2 weeks before, I just cannot seem to cope or hold it together no matter what I do.

I did not gain on Yasmin (the only one I didn't gain on).  I even lost a few.  I have always been a 2- or 3-day period person, and the Yasmin has made me a 1-day person consistently, which is fine by me!  Another bonus, I guess.  I also find that the Yasmin has not totally wrecked any little scrap of libido I might have, which all the other BCPs also did to me.  All in all, I am happy with Yasmin, well, you know, as happy as anyone can be with any BCP.  I guess there are tradeoffs with pretty much everything. 

Oh my goodness, I tried Nuvaring...My husband said he could feel it when we...you know! That was definitely weird.

If that doesn't freak you out though, it's one of the lowest horemone dosages on the market.

I am on the other end of the spectrum.  I am 37 and have had my tubes tied when I was 25.  At this point it seem to be going into Perimenapause because of it.  Typically the women in my family have a period until they are 50.  I seem to have my period about every 3 weeks now, but it has gone from 7 days to 4-5 and less painfull.  I used to have to stay in bed for at least 1 day (heavily medicated).  Each time I seem to gain about 3 pounds, but I drop it right after (with no effort).  As far as appitite--2 days prior I could go the day without eating anything but chocolate and salt .  My stomach feels like a bottomless pit by day 2-3 my appitite goes back to normal till the end.  I just avoid the scale during this time it will only frustrate.  I don't believe you use anymore colories than normal.  It is not like you are "duing anything".  In fact for me physically I do less excercising and activities.  I just wish I could not have to go through it at all.  I can't wait.