Thread: Need help with hormone related overeating

If it weren't for PMS, I probably would not be gaining weight. For the past 6 or 7 years, I have had no trouble eating a healthy diet with modest portions for 3 weeks out of the month. The 4th week, PMS rears its ugly head and I start devouring everything edible, especially if it's high in carbs and low in nutrition. I'm not physically hungry. It's a sort of desperate thing. I seem to be craving the sensation of something particular in taste and texture, but I can't figure out what it is so I keep eating and eating looking for satisfaction. I also don't seem to be able to stop after eating a reasonable portion. Instead I eat until I'm stuffed over and over again. A day or two after my period starts, I'm back in control and having no struggles with food. Unfortunately, I gain as much as 5 pounds during the PMS week but more often than not, I don't lose all of it after my period starts, so of course I'm gaining several pounds a year. Does anyone else experience this unstoppable urge to eat in the days before the period? If so, has anyone found a good way to cope with it?