Female Woes, Female Foes...

Ok, so here's a tidbit of private information you probably didn't want to know about. Back then in the pre-pregnant days, I used to always crave chocolate 2-3 days before I'd start my period. It was always my one sure tell-tale sign when I'd find myself thinking about (and eating) nothing but chocolate. For some of you this may be a daily thing, but I'm actually not that much of a sweet tooth. Sure, I like cookies, cake, and ice cream. But it's a rare day when I actually make or buy said items (or other sweets). Well, then I got pregnant. I waited for those supposed food cravings you have when your pregnant, but whaddyaknow...they never came. Then I gave birth to the cutest baby alive, and continued the rest of the year period free and food sane...

Then the new year came with that old female foe, and with it those long lost female woes I had almost forgotten about. The bad news: it's back with a vengeance. I've found that in the last 2 months I've had chocolate on my mind pretty much nonestop. I want it and eat it all the time. Our chocolate stash is gone, and this time it was me and not Henry. I've been buying chocolate icecream almost every week (versus almost once a year), and today (Henry doesn't even know this yet) I rented a movie at Blockbusters so I could buy some chocolate as well. I didn't want to get in the line just for the chocolate. It's awful. I feel like my body is trying to recapture a whole year of missed monthly chocolate-mania. I don't know how I will lose weight this way, but for now, it feels like my hormones got the better of me.