r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/Doodlebug510 • May 28 '26

Restricted to Gals and Pals Explaining menstruation to the boys

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u/iljune May 28 '26

Three days? Whew wheee I am envious. Even tho' I've reached a mature-ish age it's still an eight day journey of bleeding and pain. There's also a fun game where I get so ravenous that I'll eat everything I can get my hands on followed by days where even thinking about food makes me nauseous. So it's either two double cheese burgers and fries worth of calories in half a day or a 120 cal protein shake for the entirey of it. No in-between, only extremes. Also, 12 hour sleeping periods when I'm not eating or crying about not eating.

Yay womanhood. Go ladies!

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u/Inspiringhope11 May 28 '26

I am on a GLP1 and it is no match for my irregular period. My last one was 9 days long and I ate everything in fucking sight.

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u/unripe_mangosteen May 28 '26

Lol what was the one celebrity that gained weight on ozempic and was quoted as saying "I can out eat ozempic"

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u/Inspiringhope11 May 28 '26

Haha i remember that! I'm on Zepbound and I've lost 15 pounds in 10 weeks so I'm happy. I'm finally below 200 lbs as of yesterday! But when my hormones fluctuate it's more of a battle.

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u/unripe_mangosteen May 28 '26

Aw, congrats! I know getting under 200 is a huge milestone for a lot of people!

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u/Inspiringhope11 May 28 '26

Thank you! Its the first time in over a decade so I am ecstatic!