Day 5... my period started... :( or :)

[brittramrob]

TOM starting visiting me yesterday..

 

So far I've been doing well with handling my cravings but I do tend to get hungrier between 2PM-3PM and later in the evening. I expected this because I have my regular day job heading a marketing department, a beautiful family at-home (son & hubby) and have multiple side projects (I do marketing for some of my own client's on the side and do some work for some friends and family). I typically get between 3-4 hours of sleep a night and 7-9 hours on the weekends. Assuming I'm correct and I may not be, my body needs more calories to stay awake for such long periods of time.

 

Well the day before yesterday I was even more tired then usual, I read the timeline and it seemed to make sense. Little did I know TOM was just around the corner. Typically I get aggressive cramps, feel even more fatigued and have a headache the day of until maybe the 2nd or 3rd day. I also crave salty foods BADLY!

 

Guess what? This time it was a bit different.

1. I have much milder cramps
2. My headache only lasted the first day of TOM's visit
3. I'm not as fatigued as I typically am during this "Time of the Month"
4. NO CRAVINGS

I cannot believe that I'm only a few days in and I have seen a dramatic change in my cravings. I'm not sure if it's actually Whole30, my pumped-up will power, my "I CAN DO IT" mindset or pure coincidence but one thing is for certain, "I'm stoked" that i have zero cravings still. I cannot remember the last time I had no salt cravings during this time. Either way this dramatic change occurred, I'm still giving it up to Whole30 because w/o it my mindset wouldn't have been so strong and I wouldn't be eating such healthy, clean food! I'm ever more excited to continue on this amazing journey!

 

[Alix B.]

This totally happened to me, and I was only on day 4... it has, no kidding, changed my life. Before Whole 30, I had to take crazy amounts of Advil just to function; now I take *none* unless I happen to accidentally ingest dairy a few days before it starts. It may not be dairy for you, of course, but whatever it is...

 

Now, of course, I'm dealing with the gut damage 20 years of all that Advil caused... but one thing at a time!

[LuciaGalvan]

Hi everybody! English is my second language, so I apology for my mistakes.

I'm reading this post and I don't believe is just what is happening to me! But the big difference is that I'm 49, close to 50 years old, and this was my second year with no "visits"...until I began with whole30! I'm scare! Is this something normal? Anyone else in here? I was menopausic woman already! And suddenly...