You pickin' up what I'm puttin down in the headline? Sure you are.
It's been hard for me to have a realistic sense of how hunger and eating change through my cycle because I'm only on month 4 with the band. Up to now it's really been mostly that I've noticed my fingers swell and stay swollen for a while.
This may be too much info, and if so then you should stop reading here. But I find it interesting from a biological and scientific point of view, so I'm gonna go ahead and say it.
I ovulated yesterday, or maybe the day before (after many cycles of charting and ovulation tests in my baby-making days, I have a pretty good sense of when I ovulate). And I swear, my hunger kicked up almost immediately. Yesterday and today I've been much more into snacking. Not horrible stuff, a few olives here, a Babybel light cheese there, that kind of thing. But I had just been marveling at how uninterested in food I was most of the time. Until ovulation.
I guess those doctors who say hormones control the speed at which your esophagus pushes food into your stomach may actually know what they're talking about, right? So I'm hunkering down and trying to eat healthy stuff.
Also, I've been losing a lot of hair in the shower lately. Fun, fun, fun!
Boo for hair loss!!! :(
ReplyDeleteApparently you and I share the same cycle...and being as we were banded within days of each other, I will tell you, I am losing hair like crazy too! Fortunately I have lots and it's not a big deal, but man is it ever unnerving to see a big handful of hair at the end of conditioning! And since my bathtub is behind me as I blowdry, I really get to see the hair that I lose from that. Depressing!
ReplyDeletei guess i am on the same cycle too!! i ovulated over the weekend....i have super thick hair and have always lost a lot of hair in the shower but lately i'm noticing that that amount has doubled...i can't see a difference on my head...yet
ReplyDeleteI've written before about my "bye week" - a week every month where I gain a bit even though my eating and exercise are on track. I am sure this is my ovulation time too. Isn't it funny how much our bodies and hormones regulate what is going on with us?
ReplyDeleteI believe your scientific theory.. After all your body is getting ready for the big bang.. and if that passes so do the munchies.. As far as the hair thing, let me tell you I thought I could make a wig with the amount of hair that fell out of my head.. it has just now started to slow down and I am 5 months out... so yes and yes.. you are NORMAL!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'll never be able to use that acronym since it's my husbands name :)
ReplyDeleteMy hair is falling out a ton!!! thank goodness I have a boatload of it so losing isn't such a big deal. Thanks for the info on the ovulation - hunger thing. I hadn't even thought of that!
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