Period – the time of the month when you are snappy and there is an invisible “do not stand in my way” sign above your head. You feel like a bloated whale from the water retention and your arms are perpetually around waist as your face contorts into a less than pleasant sight.
At least that’s the visual of me over the weekends…
I had zlinch motivation to eat clean or healthy and was craving for junk and carbs. I tried to take my mind off food by keeping myself with the housekeeping but that made me so tired that I just dozed off when I rested. Let’s not even talk about the digits staring right back on me when I weighed myself. (Always a bad idea I tell you).
It’s easy to slip down that slippery road of self condemnation and allow myself to believe the lie that I am not going to lose weight. So yesterday, I decided that I needed some good happy endorphins and went for a run. It wasn’t much, just 3km but it sure felt good!
Although I was out of breath but I came home full of life and in a much better mood too. So who says that you must have chocolates to make you feel better during that time of the month. Maybe all you need is a good workout!
PS: I did cheated and had fast food and bites of chocolate. The key lies in eating in moderation!
What do you do to banish that PMS feeling every month?
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Hi Susan! Well, I can’t say I am (or will be) suffering from PMS for a while. Though I am now emerging from a 3-month-long PMS-type experience with all-day-long symptoms of tiredness and morning sickness. The thing I TRY to remember through it (and with anything else unpleasant I might be going through) is that with everything and anything: THIS TOO SHALL PASS!
Thanks, that’s one of my mantra after being a mom as well.
I don’t really suffer from PMS but do have down days. During those times I will look up to GOD and draw on his Strength to see me through the day.
Amen! I do need supernatural strength to get me through the day when everything is not going my way.
I can’t remember when was the last time I ran 3km. Haha, you are really good, Susan. I don’t really have PMS too and I’m glad menses are out of my life for the time being. I would like to go to the beach and take a breather when I’m feeling stressed or sometimes I just busy myself doing crafts and NOT think about it. =) And oh, chocs do work for me too! Lol!
The last time I ran was 3 weeks ago when Dumpling had to be taken to the washroom and I had to run from one end of Giant to another end. Eyes bleary, ears buzzing and almost a hyperventilating me. Jogging and I do not really get along I reckon? :p So when the going gets tough and PMS gets bad, I eat. Well, I try to be healthy so I take soup. :p