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Oh, good grief. Every dang month like clockwork, I turn into a ravening beast and lose my finely-honed self control.
I'm working at my desk, and I was unable to hear myself think over the growling of a ragingly hungry tummy. Now -- a can of Coke, some cheese pretzel Combos, and a packet of roasted cashews (my "high C" diet) later -- I am finally able to grunt contentedly and approach my writing through a stuporous veil of satisfaction. Temporarily.
Are there any other Jatrequeras who turn into Munchwomen at the passing of the moon?
[ March 21, 2005, 03:25 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
quote:I turn into a ravening beast and lose my finely-honed self control.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Yep. Fat and salt, predominantly. More than I ever, ever want them otherwise.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I'll have you know, little Mr. twinky, that I have been veerry disciplined as of late. Carefully planned, nutrient-dense meals, with snacks of herbal tea and dry whole-grain crispbread. A slight handful of nuts or plain yogurt in the early afternoon.
And then I ate Manhattan. Greasy, fatty, crunchy Manhattan. I didn't even offer to share it with ElJay.
*burp
*eyes Brooklyn
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
I do eat more, but not substantially more. This thread is actually really helpful. It just reminded me that I need to get in to see the doctor. I have only had one period in the 3 months since the end of the shots.(btw No chance of pregnancy)
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
*wonders if Allegra would object to being deep-fried and dipped in wasabi
Are you at the extreme bottom of the BMI scale, or have you been unusually stressed? I, too, think it's a good idea to get it checked out. Glad you are being careful with yourself.
[ March 11, 2005, 12:03 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
If you can catch me you can try it out. I am not really fast normally but if I smelled the oil hot and ready to go I would manage.
BMI is not an issue, I think I am around 28. I have been really stressed though. I am even getting stress headaches. Couldn't it also be from the shots?
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
I do that too, and the BMI says that I'm obese. (eyes BMI with violence in her stare) They'll probably just give you birth control.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
'Sokay, CT, I'm not at a place where Manhattan would have sounded appealing.
I like wasabi, though, so if you manager to catch Allegra and feel like sharing...
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Yes... this months vice was Girl Scout Cookies. I demolished a whole box of Carmel Delights singlehandedly...
AJ
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Ahhh. You, perhaps, meant birth control shots? I was thinking "Allegra" = "allergy medicine," and with ElJay getting her allergy shots recently, I got confused.
So sure, if you have just finished DepoProvera or something, that might well be it. My take awhile to get normalized.
Ryuko! Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
I never did it before I went on the shot. I have my period for 6 years with 2 unusual periods. The first one as well as one one the next year. Freakishly regular actually.
If anyone manages to catch me I would recommend my thighs, but not my ribs. My thighs have plenty of meat to go around, but my ribs wouldn't have enough to be worth it.
Edit: Yep I did. Probably should have clarified.
[ March 11, 2005, 12:20 PM: Message edited by: Allegra ]
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
I just eat twice as much at meals. Or twice as many meals.
Sometimes I make myself a nice lunch, and then half an hour later it's like I haven't even eaten, so I go and make another one.
Fortunately that phase only lasts about three days.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
CT!
I think I eat more for that frame of time, but I can't really be sure, since I have such freakishly irregular periods.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Vile Girl Scouts! *shakes fist
I snarfed down half my box of Scot Teas since they were delivered yesterday. Of course, this has been supplemented by honey-roasted peanuts and dark chocolate, so I was able to drag my feet a bit. *happy
Well,ElJay, you could join me for some tempura and sushi. It's, uh, mostly healthy. Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I usually want more chinese food, which is saying a lot, because I always want chinese food.
By the way, I want to be Sara when I grow up.
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
One thing that I have noticed around my period is uh.....noticing the opposite sex more. I walk through the halls at school and see an attractive guy and I just want to shove him up against my locker and have my way with him. Maybe this is just me though. Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I've actually been sugar-free for five days now and have almost gotten to the point where I can close the cabinet door where the thin mints reside without too much residual bitterness.
And Allegra... it's not just you. A... friend of mine says the same thing.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Actually, I just finished off some biscotti with a Thai coffee, and I have two clementines and some dried figs sitting on my desk, so I think I'm good.
Thanks all the same... and sushi is very good for you, lots of protein. The tempura we'll just overlook. Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
All drives on overdrive.
(Hey, Annie, thanks. )
dkw, that's how it works for me, too. And then for a week I'm not interested in eating at all.
Eljay: Sweet.
[ March 11, 2005, 12:32 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Yes indeedy. I agree with Allegra.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Actually during your period, Allegra & Annie's "friend?" For me it's the week before.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I think of it as my body's monthly last-ditch attempt to get pregnant.
"Rational mind? To heck with you! Gimme gimme gimme not much chance left gimme gimme ...
Of course, I need extra stuffing to provide nutrients for the (nonexistant) coming baby, so let's rip through a few bags of chips and some nice calorie-laden ice cream while we're at it."
[ March 11, 2005, 12:37 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
Yeah, which does seem odd.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
My, what a raging estrogen thread. Sweet.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Yeah, usually the few days right before.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
How can we all be cycling together? Can phermones be transmitted over the internet?? AJ
[ March 11, 2005, 12:47 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I think many of us are commiserating, not actually cycling at the moment. At least, I am. I am happily past my city-eating point for the month.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
hmmm... I'm not quite past mine...
AJ
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
"Are there any other Jatrequeras who turn into Munchwomen at the passing of the moon?"
Uh, yup. Cheese and salt for me. Give me a bag of tortilla chips and some Que Bueno(basically that cheese sauce in a jar you find near the salsa), and I am a little piggie in yellow, salt-laden, saturated fat mud.
GirlScout cookies? Thin mints by the sleeve, or Tagalongs by the box.
Sad, sad.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Okay, that's great for all of you people with menstrual cycles, but what's *my* excuse for having had an insatiable appetite for chocolate, salt and fat just lately? Hmmmm?
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Estrogen surge, Noeman?
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
quote: I think of it as my body's monthly last-ditch attempt to get pregnant.
"Rational mind? To heck with you! Gimme gimme gimme not much chance left gimme gimme ...
That reminds me of this LJ entry, which I found and added to my memories long ago, because it's just priceless.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Good night, Stray, that is hilarious! I looked for an excerpt to post, but it's all just priceless. So, randomly:
quote:(From Reproductive Cycle: The Play)
A large number of colorful characters, the Hormones, are marching through the system.
Hormones: The egg! The egg is coming! Listen unto us as we foretell the coming of the egg!
Hormones march on the Reptilian Hind Brain (RHB).
Hormones: Awake! Awake and prepare for the coming of the egg!
RHB: Huh? What?
Hormones: The egg is coming! There has been a great quivering in the uterus and a light was seen to glow from the ovary! An egg shall be born in but a few days!
RHB: Okay. So what do you want from me?
...
Some of the newer hormones are waiving banners, reading "X marks the spot!" and "a Y is for YES!".
RHB: Oh. Sex.
Hormones: Yes, please, and soon!
RHB: Gotcha. Okay, let me look.
Hormones: YAY!
Hormones start dancing.
RHB: Okay, we've spotted a brown-haired guy with good cheekbones -
Different groups of hormones start cheering with each description.
Hormone group: YAY! We'll take him!
...
RHB: A juggler, a musician, a cute blonde girl, someone in a long coat, I can't really tell from behind-
Hormones: The egg wants them all!
[ March 11, 2005, 02:17 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
It's all so true. o_O
Right now, I think my uterus is trying to kill me from the inside. Because of how wonky the BC has made everything, I've now been bleeding for well over a week. Posted by Sharpie (Member # 482) on :
For a couple days a month I even wake thinking of food. "What can I eat? How long will it take to make it? Where are those pop-tarts???"
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
Hmm....maybe that's why I've had the munchies lately!
*wanders off in search of a calendar*
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Mack, for a second I thought that Bean Counter was somehow messing with your period.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
That would be wrong on SO many levels.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
Wrong, yes, but what does Space Opera have to do with it?
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
I take my daughter to breakfast before early band rehearsal on Fridays now. This morning, i dreamed i ate the breakfast. I woke up thinking how good it tasted.
If only I could market dream meals that were satisfying upon awakening, i would be a trillionaire!
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote: One thing that I have noticed around my period is uh.....noticing the opposite sex more. I walk through the halls at school and see an attractive guy and I just want to shove him up against my locker and have my way with him. Maybe this is just me though. [Blushing]
Nope, not just you, Allegra Although for me it is at the end, or the few days after, my cycle.
But my cycle really sucks now that I've entered the perimenopausal era. Like 12 to 15 days long cycles, heavy cycles - feel like I'm dying. But I live. And I realize that is all TMI.
Farmgirl
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
No, no. There really is something wrong for how long and how much we bleed, and don't die.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
oh, ...and to get back to the topic of food..
when I have that little urge that Allegra talks about? I just go get a chocolate bar or something until the urge passes...
I figure better fat than pregnant
FG
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
If the sex drive and desire to eat increase during that time of the month, does that mean they'll be suppressed if one were to take birth control pills?
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I wish.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
This thread is making my cravings act up. Oh, and let me again voice my thoughts that I am soooo glad I am not a woman. Kudos to you all for having to deal with it.
Jamie has the food channel on now.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Rachel Ray just screwed up shepherd's pie. I'm sorta shocked. o_O
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
For me, it's chocolate. Chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate. And other sugary carbohydrated sweet good for nothings. It usually kicks in a day or two before my period begins - reliable enough that, when I remember it (dang, but I have a lousy memory!), it reminds me that my period is due, and the chocolate cravings stay with me until my period is over.
So, perimenopause question. Well, maybe. Or I could just Google it. I wonder what the symptoms are or otherwise how you know you've entered it and how long it lasts. Feel free to discuss if you're in the mood. Or not. Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
*high fives quid* Yeah. Chocolate. It's probably just the sugar and fat that I'm craving, but it's sugar and salt in very large quantities. *sigh* Like right now actually.
I don't get horny while I'm on my period (well, ok, my friend does), but I get convinced that I'll be single forever and I wander around feeling like a weak and powerless woman that is ALONE!
Oh, and I also break out like crazy. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
When I was on hormonal birth control I spent the week before my period convinced that I was pregnant. Convinced. Whether it was physically possible or not. I would be distraught, in tears, trying to figure out what I was going to do, and how I was going to handle it. Even when I knew, intellectually, that it was perfectly ridiculous.
Yeah, I'm not on the pill anymore.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Holy crap, ElJay, that's how I spend the week before MINE. Posted by BotaLadyG (Member # 7053) on :
hmmmmm, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate.... is it just me or are the Cadburry eggs gods gift to PMSing women? I absolutely love this time of year when those things hit the shelves... .... yummmmmm *melting smilie*
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Having had a hyterectomy five years ago (the kind that took all but the ovearies), I just get to have munchies and urges, sore breasts, stabbing pains - without the reminder of why that is . . . for the first couple of years I would get through a PMS cycle and then realize that really, if things were the way they had been, I be buying stock in Kotex.
The last couple of years have been interesting - what with the thyroid going wacko, hot and cold flashes, food cravings . . . on the other hand, the absence of cramps, bloating, nausea, headaches and general misery is a blessing.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
mack, that's odd. I never met anyone who had the same reaction. Just when you're on BC, or did it happen before, too?
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Rats! Rats rats rats rats! I only had twenty-four hours of the roll-around happy-lip-smacky satiated goodness. Now I'm back to weak herbal tea and Motrin.
(Where did all the yumminess go? )
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Poor CT.
*offers gentle hugs*
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
I only go through the hormonal food and 'tude thing every three months, generally 2 weeks before my next injections (yes I'm on Depo). When it hits, though, I find myself inhaling salty crunchy stuff while I'm sitting at the computer, usually for the most part oblivious to what I'm eating or how much. I also become a complete raving rhymes-with-witch to just about everyone around me.
I've been on Depo for two and a half years now, so I'm pretty used to the cycles. My bosses, on the other hand.... Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Only after, never before. It's Really Creepy. I start to go through scenarios in my head about what the hell we'd do if we had a kid Right Now. Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
quote: RHB: Okay, we've spotted a brown-haired guy with good cheekbones -
different groups of hormones start cheering with each description.
Hormone group: YAY! We'll take him!
RHB: There's a nice looking bald black guy-
Hormone group: YAY! Sounds lovely!
RHB: A bookish looking skinny guy with glasses-
Hormone group: Get his number! Get his number!
RHB (getting into it): An older man with long silver hair-
Hormone group: WE'LL TAKE HIM!
RHB: A juggler, a musician, a cute blonde girl, someone in a long coat, I can't really tell from behind-
Hormones: The egg wants them all!
That totally sounds like me! I am so glad I don't have that affliction now... It better not come when I am going to see DMITRI or I will be very cross. I cannot stand having cramps when I am trying to enjoy things that kick ass. All that stupid leaking. I wonder if I can get those 4 periods a year or no period ever again shots.
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
I usually spend the first couple days wishing I didn't have to eat. I have to tempt myself with Bad Foods to make myself eat. I don't usually get cravings for anything. Just icky feelings.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
quote:When I was on hormonal birth control I spent the week before my period convinced that I was pregnant. Convinced. Whether it was physically possible or not. I would be distraught, in tears, trying to figure out what I was going to do, and how I was going to handle it. Even when I knew, intellectually, that it was perfectly ridiculous.
That's a pretty crazy side effect! Especially when you knew for sure you couldn't be pregnant. Any idea why the birth control pills would cause this?
I haven't had significant side effects, save one which I shall put into the context of the reproductive cycle (heh!) play:
Hormones: Hey, look! A hot guy! RHB: Wha? Huh? Oh...yeah, hot. *goes back to sleep* FB: *Does differential equations homework*
Maybe it's a side effect of being an overworked engineering student, but it seems to have happened when I started taking the pill without breaks. Anyone else experience this?
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Yeah - Shigosei -- I've had that reaction back several years ago when I was on Depo (the shot). I have never had anything "squelch" my sex drive so absolutely and completely. No attraction to anything. It was horrible.
FG
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
I've noticed a slight reduction in my desire level while on Depo. 'Course, I have significantly fewer chances to indulge, so maybe it's not the meds causing the change but rather the semi-conscious knowledge that I can't do much about it anyway.
Desogen oral, however, completely killed my libido and turned me into a raving psychopath, to the point where my then-husband demanded that I get the doctor to change my meds. (and the only reason I was on Desogen insted of Ortho was insurance restrictions)
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Goody, I'd guess it was the med more than your situation.
*climbs walls*
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
The reason I'm not sure whether mine is chemical or mental is because when the opportunity does present itself, I'm close to insatiable. But when it's time for him to leave, then nothing until the next trip is near.
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
quote: Vile Girl Scouts! *shakes fist
But girl scout cookies are good! They make great gifts, and they freeze well!
*Nudges order form out of sight and puts on most angelic, girl scouty smile*
Posted by Pixie (Member # 4043) on :
I don't get the munchies so much as the thirsties. Mainly for milk! And none of that skimmed stuff, just lots and lots of fatty goodness. I don't know why, but milk is the only thing I'm ever thirsty for during my period. Maybe something to do with the body needing extra calcium but maybe not - all I know is that for a week we have to have a few extra gallons laying around the house or I get cranky.
That or it's the heat. Aside from the obvious bleeding and the above, my only other symptom is that I get very feverish for two days right before my period. As in I spent some of last week walking around in a haltertop with just a thin dance-warmer on as a cover-up while it was snowing. Is that normal?
That and curse having your own cycle messed up by another's. I was a full 8 days early this month! Running around asking people for feminine products mid-day on the only day you have to stay after school 3 hours extra for a calculus review is not fun.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I *always* have a stash in every single one of my various bags, backpacks, purses, etc. Just because I never know if it's going to come unexpectedly. I've also been known to supply many, many others because I seem to be the only one consistently prepared. Sigh.
Posted by Pixie (Member # 4043) on :
That really is no fun, dear, though I thank you on behalf of those you've helped. I usually have one in my purse at all times but my box of supplies has been emptying and I'm trying to save money so I was trying to reserve them for this coming week. Dratted biology foiling perfectly good logic.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Wow, none of this ever happens to me.
I guess that's a good thing...
Posted by foundling (Member # 6348) on :
You know, I've always found PMS to be one of Mother Natures cruelest jokes. She makes us fat, cranky, splotchy, blotchy, weepy, bitchy, hungry, bi-polar, sore boobed, sore bellied, creatures of instinct. And then, she makes us horny. Some of us grow horns and terrify our SOs, and yet our sex drives are in over drive. This is so wrong. And, I feel bad for the men who have to deal with it.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I feel more sorry for me having to deal with it.. -_- "Who's idea was that? blood!"
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
Rachel Ray screws up a lot of stuff. Alton Brown is better.
Ni!
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Rachel Ray is kinda cute...
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Ok, back to that "well of my belly" thing...
Have you guys had Dove ice cream? It's my favorite with the ganache and the little crunchy chocolate pieces. I've had the mint (which I LOVE) and tonight I"m having Vanilla with a Chocolate Soul.
Yeah, I'm still in my bad week. Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
quote:Desogen oral, however, completely killed my libido and turned me into a raving psychopath
Right, that's what I'm on. No psychopath problems, but when I poke my libido with a stick it doesn't respond. Actually, that's pretty convenient right now, but will it go away if I go off of the Desogen?
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Desogen is what I was on, and when I went off it all my nasty problems went away and I went back to being my normal, well-balanced self. *snicker*
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Poor Shigosei!
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
One of the side effects of my ADEM is a lack of libido. It is so weird! I have to say, though, I sort of like it for now. Some weird hormonal crap is definitely going on, though, even though I am still getting my period regularly. Hair loss, I am not as hot(I tend to gt overheated very quickly), and other weird things. I wish I could pick and choose: OK, I choose the hair loss on the legs, and the lack of sweatinness, but I want my head hair back, and I would like to have some spark of interest in the physical, please.
Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
Munchies... heck, yeah! Bring it on! I do seem to spend a week out of every month scrabbling around for things to eat. Pixie, I haven't ever had cravings for milk, but it does seem to stop the cramps, so I do drink more of it.
Does anyone else find that just at the end of their period their energy levels take a massive dive? Mine are usually okay through the first three or four days and then come day 5 or 6 when I think it's all over I struggle to get up the energy to do anything at all.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Amira, mine are the opposite. Little energy the first few days (and I end up feeling like a totally fat slob) then as it slows I perk back up.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Mine are the opposite as well. I am almost comatose the few days before, and two days in.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Here's my newest revelation: when you go without sugar, everything is better.
Scary, I know, especially when Cadbury MiniEggs are in season, but it's actually pretty fabulous. I haven't been eating refined sugar (I allow myself fruits and the occasional brown sugar or honey on my oatmeal) for two weeks now, and a lot of my complaints have cleared up. I'm sleeping better and staying awake better and my cramps this time around are basically non-existant.
The darn breakout can't be avoided though.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I HATE the breakout. Nothing can stop it, either. Annie is totally right. I take prescription antibiotics and have a prescription skin gel and it keeps breakouts away EXCEPT that one week during the month. Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
Apparently I was waiting for the Hatrack cycle...for over 3 weeks, to the point that I was starting to wonder if I was pregnant. That would have been a shocker. I wish you guys would tell me when you're sending hormones over the ether.
I spend half of my period not eating at all and the other half eating whatever sounds good in large quantities. This morning I made myself eat a scrambled egg, though it sounded vile. I had a hot fudge sundae for dinner last night, which gave me a hell of a headache. I know better, but couldn't help myself. Chocolate is nearly obsession-making this time of the month, but almost always gives me a migraine. The egg didn't totally do it this morning, so I had a chai and bagel. And a Zyrtec. And two ibuprophen. It is very unfair to have a late period, a cold, a migraine and spring allergies all at the same time. Oh, and throw in a vomiting toddler to make the joy complete. I may have massive amounts of comfort foods for dinner tonight, undoubtedly horrifying my husband and leading my children into temptation.
I can't wait for this week to be over.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
I think you can stop sending hormones to Jeni and start sending them to me. I haven't had one in two months, and the last one I had was a piddly-lame three days.
I'm definitely not pregnant unless God is somehow involved, and at this point it's just irritating me. Plus my ovaries hurt. Posted by Sharpie (Member # 482) on :
It's not just energy levels that drop for me; I feel like my ability to think is very affected. Not to bring every single post I make back to Scrabble, but my record would seem to corroborate this; my averages, my win-loss record, my "misses" are all affected adversely for about four days a month. It is very annoying, especially when a tournament falls within that timeframe.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
See my old thread on "My husband stole my chips." I not only need junk food, I get paranoid about my junk food around that time of the month.
Luckily, Trader Joe's chocolate soy milk (the only kind I like) helps me with that a little, so I don't turn into an evil witch quite so fast.
But having just spent the weekend sharing a room with someone who was on, I'm doomed. I have cramps this morning. (I'm very easily influenced!)
Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
That's right! I'm due for another shot this week!
This thread makes me want to sprint to the clinic RIGHT NOW. Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
{--- is hungry and tired and cranky
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
The part I hate the most is the vomiting through the nose bit. Ick.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
O_o <---this smily does not accurately express how disturbed I am by quidscribis' post.
That said, I lost my battle against the burrito this evening. I told it that I was no longer hungry and that I would save it for later... Later happened to be about three hours later. Bah. I'll call it fuel for my sickness and play some DDR.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I am going to do an experiment on myself, but I am not experimenting on anyone else. This means you.
Yes, you.
Disclaimers: 1. Do not do this yourself. 2. It may cause long-term damage. 3. It may pose additional correlated risks. 4. It may be disfiguring. 5. You should not do this yourself. 6. Do not do it.
. . . . .
7. I mean it. Don't.
[Details deleted, as per next post]
[ March 21, 2005, 03:19 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I've been mulling over an idea ... ever since grade school.
[Deleted details of the experiment, as I recalled that such things might provide unhealthy triggers for some persons. Trust me, you really don't want to know anyway.]
I think. I'm just guessing. We'll see.
Goodness, I can hardly wait.
[ March 21, 2005, 03:21 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Goodness, you didn't need the disclaimers as far as I'm concerned. I can't imagine doing such a thing to myself. Blech.
Added: But good luck.
[ March 21, 2005, 02:31 PM: Message edited by: ElJay ]
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I have long struggled with a perverse desire to deny myself pleasures. In a sick, unhealthy way, it might be quite satisfying. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
It is like "Supersize Me" of the Nose.
Superschnoz Me.
Posted by Taelani (Member # 7562) on :
OI... I so can relate to the munchies. With me it's Chocolate... give me the chocolate and nobody gets hurt. As far as B.C. turning me into a stark raving lunatic, that was Depo... I was on it for about 6 months after I had my first son, and I was the psycho B**** from he**. My husband swore that going back on that was grounds for divorce. Never again. Ortho tri-cyclen works well for me though.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Is your purpose pure personal curiousity, CT? Or can you find a government study group that will fund your research on yourself?
I agree that it doesn't sound pleasant -- but I know you are smart enough to know when to quit the experiment as well.
Farmgirl
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I intend a five-day trial as a personal pilot study. Unfunded, at least as of yet.
I've deleted the details of the method, as I remembered that such things can be spurs for unhealthy behaviors for some persons. However, I will keep y'all updated on my experiences with the (now secret) process.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Okay CT, you simply *have* to tell me what your experiment was. You can't just dangle something like that in front of me and not expect me to start foaming at the mouth with curiosity.
So unless you want all of my coworkers to think that I've got rabies, and possibly try to shoot me, you should email me the details.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Okay, Noemon at sakeriver.com it is.
[Sent!]
[ March 21, 2005, 03:31 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Thanks! I'll read it when I get home tonight.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Well now *I* want to know, too. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
*laugh* Nosey science-types. No pun intended.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Noemon -- it isn't CT's fault you were so slow to read the thread when the info was there! Are you slacking today?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
It's true, I've been shirking my Hatracking duties today. I really need to get my priorties straight--work will always be there, but interesting threads are ephemeral!
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
CT - how is it ANY more secure at sakeriver than it is here?
edit: Oh duh! nevermind - you're talking e-mail
[ March 21, 2005, 03:50 PM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Yeah.
I'll forward it to you, too, twinky. [Done.]
[ March 21, 2005, 04:00 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Pfft. I'm not even scientific and I'm still curious.
Oh well, let us know how it goes.
-Trevor
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Goodness, Sara, be careful. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
I don't know, Sara -- Twinky is pretty skinny already. Better not tell him all the details -- he might try it and waste totally away!
Farmgirl
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
On the one hand, I don't really want to make a big deal of it. And I think it's pretty safe, in my professional opinion. On the other hand, even this thread could be a trigger for some in certain circumstances, and I certainly don't want to exacerbate that.
So, if ya wanna know, email me. (Trevor, I'm sending it to you, too, so don't bother. ) If I know who you are and I (subjectively) judge that it wouldn't be harmful to you, I'll send you an email.
Edit: Farmgirl, I'm on the "twinky is a Big Boy Now" plan. Yeah, he's lean, but I judge that he has healthy behaviors and a sense of proportion about these sorts of things.
And he is a grown-up now.
*wipes a tear
[ March 21, 2005, 04:08 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:So, if ya wanna know, email me. (Trevor, I'm sending it to you, too, so don't bother. ) If I know who you are and I (subjectively) judge that it wouldn't be harmful to you, I'll send you an email.
So she says. Really it's just a big popularity contest. Are you cool enough to make CT's email list? Do you dare to find out?
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
My standards are pretty darn low. [I'm drunk on sunlight!]
Just to clarify, I am not doing this to lose weight. I'm just curious to see if there is a generally benign way to modulate hormonally-influenced cravings and the satisfaction therewith. I do have a weight control plan, and it consists of eating a well-planned and balanced variety of nutritionally dense, yummy foods, as well as a regular healthy exercise program.
[ March 21, 2005, 07:39 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Well, that answers the second part of my response.
-Trevor
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
and CT will prolly be getting hundreds of e-mails now Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Yeah, it's all a big ploy to provide me with the illusion of popularity and importance. Kind of like a web version of "Jackass," the television show.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Drunk on sunlight? If you turn the picture sideways, it's easy to see that she's really standing, arms outstretched, basking in the adulation of her legions of admiring fans. She just photoshopped in the grass and snow to try to obscure the truth of that picture.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
But seriously, is Mystery Man David?
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
quote:And he is a grown-up now.
Goodness, no. I plan to be young and irresponsible, at least outside the workplace, for as long as I possibly can.
Or are you just saying that because I have a degree, an apartment, and a full-time job? That just means that I'm (as one of my favourite t-shirts claims) cleverly disguised as a responsible adult. Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Sun Cat, Snow Spider, and First Day of Spring are all three great pictures, by the way.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Actually, I'm at the front of the Titanic, and I'm learning to fly.
Man, that was an awesome day. Dave and I went on a hike through his fly-fishing area yesterday, and Spring was everywhere. Just glorious. I fell asleep on the hood of the car as he was taking his thirty-thousandth picture of fungus on a tree. (Hey, I love him -- whatever makes him happy.)
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Mystery Man is indeed my beloved David. I took that photo after wrestling the camera from him. He woke me up with his snappage.
And hey, I was the one that found the spider! Cute little guy. Missing a leg, though.
twink, we're all just pretending to be grownups. Some carry it off better than others, but we all have to try to live up to it, eventually. There are benefits, though. *smile
[ March 21, 2005, 04:34 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
And I wouldn't know anything about those, nope, not me, pure as the driven snow.
'night, Hatrack. No internet at home for me until Serenity is fixed.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Dude Now I am curious too...
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
CT, I know my memory isn't near as sharp as it used to be but I thought I remembered something about you not being thrilled with having your picture taken. Am I mistaken or have you had a change in philosophy?
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Shhhh! She's drunk on sunshine!
When she sobers up later, she'll remove the link.
-Trevor
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
It doesn't look like me, for some reason. I don't like having pictures of me out there where I can recognize myself -- it totally creeps me out. This, though, with the shades and all bundled up -- nah, that's just some dude laying on a car. Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Uh, whoops, now it's creeping me out. 'Scuse me while I go close the door. Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Awww...
Also, I wanna know what the nose things is. But, eh. Whatev.
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
Silly girl.
You know, I was going to post in surprise but didn't just for that reason...
It does sound like a glorious day! Heaven knows I've been enjoying the sunshine myself. I swear I'm solar powered.
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
My apologies if I precipitated an attack of the willies.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
No worries! I just didn't want it out there gnawing at me. Now that I think about it, I can recognize myself, sort of.
Trust me, punwit -- if I am so fragile that dealing with my own quirks were to throw me into a tailspin, I wouldn't have a prayer. And I owe you a thanks, anyway!
(Christy: )
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I don't know what you're going to do, CT, and I respect your privacy but I just read your disclaimers and... yeah.
Be safe.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I wanna know, too, and I'm not slow, I was just asleep. Darn eastern hemisphere. Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
Well, at least I got a sneak preview. Maybe I'll be able to pick you out without assistance at BonNDana Con. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*curiosity wars with laziness*
*laziness wins*
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
I am curious CT. Do you mind sending me the e-mail to?
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Damn you, punwit! Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
CT, you dear. Just because you were a martyr burned at the stake in your last life, you don't have to deny yourself pleasures now. Perhaps that's the lesson of this current lifetime - allow yourself to enjoy the blessings that come...
I really think that our dear CT is an avatar or bodhisattva or something...
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Is it normal to feel this lagurchedy? This unmotivated? I have a cage to build. I cannot go to the bookclub because I have not finished I, Cladius. I really don't want to do anything and it's driving me nuts.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
I read her proposal and I have to admit, it's fascinating in the implications.
I can't say that I'm wild about her method of testing the experiment, but that's just me.
-Trevor
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Syn, I can give you intelligent things to say about I, Claudius, as well as things to say about why Lindsey Davis' books are so much better. Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Who is Linsey Davis? And I wonder what I could use to stop feeling lagurchedy and cranky.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Okay, I'll bite. "Lagurchedy?" Never heard it before. It's not in my (admittedly not unabridged) dictionary, and googling for it only turns up one use of the term in the whole damned internet. So, what's the story on this word?
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I made it up. It's when computers lag and move very slowly, your when you feel tired all day and drag around like a snail and you feel like you can fall asleep standing up.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Oh, okay. So is that your post that uses the term, or have you successfully launched a meme?
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
When I googled your word, I came up with one hit, a post on a site called JPopMusic.com that reads
quote:It runs slow as hell on my computer though, utterly lagurchedy, but I am putting all my werewolves into the game, including Dmitri....
And I see that there's a poster there called Synesthesia. I'm guessing it's you. Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
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