pms, a time for over-eating?

pms, or, as i like to call it "problems men started" (pause for laughter) really  stands for premenstrual syndrome. which is both misleading and somewhat offensive, because it's not like menstruating is a disease it is, however, a time where a woman's body is going a wee-bit crazy and the hormones (for me at least) are telling me to do one thing, and one thing only: EAT! 

so when i was younger (maybe about a year or so ago) i would feed into my body's demands and i would eat anything in sight. "oh, is that a week old donut on the table?" *munch*, "oh, is that some cheese that someone discarded, but it hasn't touched the rest of the garbage yet?" *crunch*. 

yes, it was that bad. when i started becoming more weight-conscious and health-conscious i (with the help of my mother) decided that that just wasn't the way to handle the cravings of pms. so, i started listening to my body more, started focusing more on my health as a woman. this particular issue of pms and women's health is very important to me because i have a minor in sexual health which plays into women's health a lot. anyway, i started allowing myself to indulge but in the healthiest way i could. 

for example: one of my favorite things to eat, pms or not, is pie! apple pie, cherry pie, miscellaneous fruit pies, i love them all. so, when it would come to that "time of the month", and i would crave a delicious, warm, apple pie, i would simply do this:

1. slice an apple in half, i prefer red-delicious for this recipe, but any apple works, take out any seeds, and remove stem.

(place apple halves in a baking pan, use parchment paper do avoid mess)

2. sprinkle some cinnamon-sugar evenly over both halves of the apple, about 3 tablespoons per half.

3. if you like nuts, use walnuts, chop them up and sprinkle them on top, almonds are delicious with this recipe too!

4. a little bit of butter goes a long way with this, use 1 tsp. for both halves, so 1/2 tsp of softened butter per apple half, place on top of nuts.

5. set oven to 350, place baking pan in for 4 minutes or until desired texture.

then, you will have a delicious apple-crisp with literally 1/4 of the calories as an apple pie. 

and you don't have to compromise on taste! you're still indulging.

so, do not fret when it comes to pms, you can have your cake and eat it too.

*apple in recipe can be replaced with a not quite ripe peach, delicious!

happy eating!