Question for the Women

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Is it me or does it not seem to matter how good of restriction you have because when you get your period all bets are off and you can still eat like a horse? Mine are terrible. About 5 days before my period I become ravenous and can eat just as if I never had lap band surgery at all. This is coming from someone who only has about 20 pounds to goal and has 3.6 cc's in a 4 cc band. It mesmerizes me. Today alone I've had my protein shake, a snack, mexican food for lunch and now I am eating sweets because I ABSOLUTELY have to have sweets during this time. They medicate me somehow. I just wondered if this is an experience anyone has.

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Banded Valentine's Day 2007
7 fills and 1 unfill to date - 3.0 in a 4.0 cc band

I'm just the opposite! I can't eat during my cycle. I'm so tight it's ridiculous. It must be affected by our hormones--weird!

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You know, now that I think about it, I'm probably tight during my actual period. But...leading up to it, like the 5 days before it, just put my face in a plate of food and I'm happy.

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Banded Valentine's Day 2007
7 fills and 1 unfill to date - 3.0 in a 4.0 cc band

The wk before, I definitely have more of an appetite & cranky too . By the time my cycle hits - I'm pretty tight, even in the mornings - which is not the norm for me.

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Banded 10.12.07
Start - 200lbs, Size 16
Current - 5'1 123lbs size 6
5k's: 10.4/11.1

I'm right there with you! I get ravanous around my perdiod, too. Nothing makes me feel satisfied. I think it's because hunger feels different after banding, and maybe the cramps feel like hunger in a weird way. Anyway--I try to eat good food that makes me feel full, like squash or good meat. And then, of course, I have a little chocolate, too. :)

This is exactly what happens to me. I tend to eat like crazy the week before my period and crave sweets. The next week is usually when I lose all my weight because as soon as my period comes I am really tight again. It all evens out. I find even when I 'binge' a little during pms it is still nothing like what I used to do because I am just not capable of overeating that way anymore.

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