For women, PMS or Pre Menstrual Syndrome often have a profound influence on daily activities, including in your diet and exercise routines. PMS symptoms vary among women. Classic symptoms of PMS including water retention and bloating, irritability, appetite changes, pain, and your energy levels rise and fall. Simply put, one or two weeks before the menstrual period, you will become lazy to do a hard workout or keep a healthy diet. At that time you want to eat chocolate, ice cream, and pizza while lying on the couch, which of course it will mess up your diet program. Well, how can you continue to diet and train well when facing today?
In the days before menstruation, usually your practice will decrease performance. However, some negative effects of PMS can be minimized by knowing your exact steps. Here are some factors that need your attention:
Body Metabolism
One of the most important factor that you should take into account if you're dieting to lose weight is to increase your metabolism and keep it active. But the menstrual cycle also affects your metabolism. During the luteal phase, 1-2 weeks before your menstrual period, then your body will experience a drastic increase in your metabolism, so it will burn more calories and more quickly in your body. At this time, most women also experienced increased appetite, so that eventually more calories they eat than they burn. So make sure you keep eating healthy foods during this period.
Increase in Weight Loss
Another of the biggest complaints in this period was an increase in body weight. This is perfectly normal because of hormones in women, especially estrogen, will lead to excess water retention in your body. To help reduce water retention in your body, avoid salty foods or high bernatrium.
Exercise Plan
There are some additional considerations in developing your workout plan, because it is associated with your menstrual cycle.
Your body temperature will increase during the luteal phase. So, if you do intense exercise, which also increases body temperature, you may be uncomfortable, and therefore you can not maintain a very high intensity exercise.
Your tolerance for pain will be higher during the follicular phase, ie after the menstrual period. So you can train harder during this period.
Carry excess water during the luteal phase will also affect your exercise performance, especially if you put your practice run in the menu. Additional "burden" would make you feel as if train harder than usual.
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