Question:
IS IT NORMAL TO GRAZE 1 WEEK BEFORE PERIOD?

IM 6 WEEKS POST0P AND HAVING MY FIRST PERIOD SINCE SURGERY, ITS LATE, LAST WEEK I NOTICED THAT I CRAVED FOODS AND TOOK A BITE HERE AND THERE OF THE "BAD" FOODS, I WAS EXTREMELY TIRED TO AND BEGAN TO WORRY UNTIL I STARTED MY PERIOD. MY QUESTION IS IF I END UP DOING THIS EVERY MONTH WILL IT HINDER MY WIEGHT LOSS? I FEEL BAD FOR WHAT I ATE BUT THE CRAVINGS TOOK OVER AND I WAS SATISFIED WITH A BITE HERE AND THERE. THANKS ANGIE    — ANGIE M. (posted on June 24, 2002)

June 24, 2002
DONT feel bad. Almost eveyone grazing now or then and really around that time of the month. BUT atleast you only had a bite right? Before you might have eaten 4 or 5 servings. I know I would have. Just take this first one in stride to see how it effects you. GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS
   — Shannon L.

June 24, 2002
Angie, I still get the Pre-Menstrual Munchies! It hasn't hindered my weight loss at all (from 244 to 197 in 9 mo.), but thanks to my x-small tummy I can't gorge on what I used to :) and have learned when enough is enough! In my case, I usually find a loss of 2-3 lbs at the end of my flow, even with the extra munchies. BTW, I am a BIG lable reader & keep low-fat, SF, high protein snacks in the house for those munchies now. Don't beat yourself up :)
   — DonnaCarol

June 24, 2002
I get the cravings every month and it hasn't hurt my weight loss (99 pounds in 7 1/2 months) either. I think the best part about his surgery is even if you get these cravings and eat the "bad" food, it's still not even close to the quantity that we ate before surgery. A little bit of the bad stuff will take the cravings away. I know I may take some flack from people for saying this, but let's face it, how many people can NEVER eat just a little bit of the "bad" food ever again their lifetime?? Very few if any at all.
   — Patty H.

June 25, 2002
I get munchie before my period as well. I've had a regular period since March [had RNY January] and always I start craving sweet things, so I eat low fat frozen yougurt ... if I'm 'good'. Eating the occasional bad thing hasn't harmed my weight loss.
   — Gremlin Q.

June 26, 2002
LOL, don't know where that 197 came from, I have gone from 244 to 145 in 9 months :)
   — DonnaCarol