I have no real cravings for food usually. I eat what I like, I don't want for sweets or anything "bad". Then that special time of the month comes around and my brain thinks that I am back to my "old" self. I crave cake, pastry, ice cream, chocolate - what the hell???? I crave it so much that I mistakenly think I can eat a few bites of them - and then I feel sick and crappy. It's so weird, my brain just forgets all the experiences of the past several months and the cravings are exactly the same as they were before the surgery.

For a day I get really worried thinking that the magic of the surgery has worn off and then I remember that hormones are very powerful. By the end of the week I should be back to my new normal and these compulsions will be behind me.

ANyone else have this happen to them? I also notice that my hot flashes come back during this time.

Absolutely! I always retain fluid the week before I'm supposed to start and have major head cravings for sweets and carbs. Once my period starts, I tend to drop 4lbs over night and the cravings go away until the next time. Weird! I don't get sick after eating the crap foods, unfortunately.

I don't know about TOM cravings but I'm only in week 3 and holy cow, I took the kids for Penn Station carryout tonight and I had to actually leave the house while they were all eating. The bread smelled SOOOO good!! I could walk by chocolate all day long without a second glance, but give me bread, chips . . . I'll go nuts.

I am having TOM cravings right now! At work we had a birthday cake and caved and ate about 4 bites.. i could not control it.. and i dont get sick.. atleast i will find out later.. this worries me actually because it really is going to take some real work to control these cravings..