Period and Atkins???

[MommaRuthie]

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Since starting this WOE I have experienced significantly less PMS and my cramps have gone from excrutiating to almost non-existent during TOM. The only change I don't like is that my flow is way heavier -but my periods only last three days now instead of 1 week. I still get hungry the few days before TOM and feel that I can't get enough to eat. I normally eat between 1100-1300 calories /day. During the few days before I can easily eat 2200-2500 calories... And that is with forcing myself not to give in to hunger... I still only eat legal foods with the exception of adding in a couple russesl stover mint chocolates during my period-helps with the chocolate crazies...

[Lia]

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hello... I, too, hold in alot of water about 10 days before my period...what a pain... but.. from long time experience with this... by the 3 third day of my period... the needle on the scale starts to move down... Lia

[NoMoreFoodBaby!]

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SO glad to read this as I sit here with cramps. And a big bottle of water!

[natalie fr]

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My period has arrived but I thought I would have lost more weight. I think I am going to start all over again with a new name and try to get everything on this forum worked out, i.e. the ticker thingy and my details. So, I look forward to reading all this under my new name. I still don't know what it will be....I hope to come up with something creative like everyone else. Sorry to ramble on a bit.....We will succeed

[barbecuer]

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I'm glad I'm not related to TOM. He doesn't sould like a good guy.

[bsquare12]

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I have a problem with atkins and my period..... I crave chocolate and my period will be due soon and I have just started atkins also. Fluid retension is the answer I think...... Hang in there. It will pass... and the weight will come off. It's difficult when this is meant to be the fast weight loss part. I've lost about the same amount..

I think they are OK on Atkins... but you need to check, because I am not 100% sure... but.. Evening Primrose Oil or Starflower Oil capsules taken regularly get rid of those sugar cravings and help you stay balanced.

Beverley

[Fleur]

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I have to admit to having caved the day I was due on and eating a slice of my OH's chocolate birthday cake that I had made him...

Made me feel like crap though, and I went straight back to my Atkins woe afterwards, feeling silly. At least I didn't use falling off the wagon as an excuse to binge

[natalie fr]

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I had a bit of a slip when I ate some of my husbands birthday cake also and some pizza!!!! I know, so very very bad but I am back on track again so hopefully it won't take too long to start burning fat again.....

[ikilledrafe]

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i posted this elsewhere but i'll repeat it since this is at least the right thread for it. I started on the day of. After the first day i lost 5 lbs. YAY then...the scale wouldnt move. IT lasted 7 days. so did my period. Then i noticed. For one thing, its never lasted more than 3 in the past. Also i've always had painful cramps and migrains ahoy. I didn't have one of either. So the day after i weighed in and lost 2 more. So yeah, I'd wait and weight in the day after.

[MommaRuthie]

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When I get my TOM i have food on the brain... I have to talk myself out of having just a bite... I keep emergency russel stover candy on hand during TOM. However, I only allow myself two peices and i have to sign it out of the jar i put it in. I count the candies when I put them in there and date the jar. then I tape a peice of paper to the jar and if I dip into the candy jar I have to sign out the candies and put the date down that I ate them on... helps me not to forget when I had a chocolate- basically keeps me honest about my chocolate during TOM. I eat around 5-6 russel stover chocolates/TOM. According to the package that is 1.5 servings of the candy

[ceemarie]

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When I am on Atkins, I find that my PMS is almost non-existant and my cravings are not in controll. I try to drink extra water during my period and don't and just dont weigh myself until after it is over. If I feel a craving for chocolate, I go to Trader Joes and get low carb chocolate and it dose the trick.