Did anyone start getting cravings for particular foods since starting HRT???


I don't know why but I'm like always craving pickles now and I use to like them. But now...I can eat a bunch and poof I suddenly crave more of them. lol

I have also rediscovered chocolate since starting hormone replacement and I now know why women love it soooo much.   

Hmmm Chocolate! *nom* *nom* *nom*

Seriously, I have devoured so much Lindor in the last few weeks.

Chocolate, the darker the better.  I used to be indifferent to it, now my wife and I get bummed when the other eats the last of it.

Also, refried beans at the middle and end of the progesterone cycle.  What's up with that?

Awww crap. Now I need to go and eat chocolate coated pickles.....

Pickles!!!! Pickles!!!!!

Om nom nom nom.

In the 2nd through 8th day of my E cycle I get insatiable food pains when I wake up in the morning and several times a day. Chocolate is a beautiful thing! I eat pickles, tomatoes (with salt), hot peppers and olives for breakfast during the week.

Estrogen and chocolate.

My appreciation of chocolate has definitely increased too. I used to hate dark chocolate but now it tastes amazing. I also crave salt a lot now. I think that's probably the spiro. My biggest craving of all though is cheese and meat. I wasn't eating much of that stuff before HRT and was mostly eating vegetables but it just feels like I can't get enough of that stuff lately!

Cheese and more Cheese. : ) I work in a deli so it isn't a problem getting it xD

I will be starting soon and have been wondering about chocolate. I have been partial to it as a flavoring but eating chocolate candies have always given me these weird sores in my mouth. Maybe it's a mixed blessing lol. My real concern is that I eat an awful lot in general and it usually goes right through me. Hopefully I don't blow up 

CHEESECAKE, oh god cheesecake
Darn Progesterone made it worse.

Chocolate for me during my monthy every month have to watch how much I eat as you can gain weight so easy from eating too much of it.

I'm in my 8th week. Everything tastes better and has for some time, but some things are special. Chocolate is much better. And, yes, I think the spiro  makes more salt necessary, but the really surprising thing is my craving for hot peppers, the hotter, the better. I seem to need them every single day. I'm not sure if I'm surprised that so many others say the same. Capsicum causes the body to release endorphins. Are we more addicted to our bodies natural opiates, or is it compensation for some bodily system that's still developing? I guess time will tell.

I grow ghost peppers and habenero peppers now.

I seem to be in the same boat.

I swear, I will drink good hot sauce now.

Yes,
Very strange. I get these terrible cravings for Crisp Bread, Cheddar Cheese and a teaspoon of Branston Piclke on the Cheese.

After 3 pieces my cravings go.

But last thing at night (and I know I shouldn't eat this,) just after I take one of my Blue pills, I really need Dark Chocolate with Nuts!!

Crazy stuff.

PS One interesting thing is that I get terrible sore nipples about 12 hours after my night blue pill which lasts until about 1 hour after my night time daily pill. My Doctor told me last week that I should consider increasing my dose to twice daily. So one at 11pm (I take my blue pill with my bedtime milk drink) and the second around midday. She reckons that should s"pace" me out better. Mind you I am pretty much spaced out!!!! already
JudithLynn

Quote from: Tori on October 29, 2014, 09:18:33 PM
I grow ghost peppers and habenero peppers now.

I seem to be in the same boat.

I swear, I will drink good hot sauce now.

I love good peppers. I've had the Trinidad scorpion but I want to try the Carolina reaper.

You're all so lucky to still enjoy junkfood. I can't even stand being near a fast-food restaurant as the smell turn my stomach upside-down. Same for my "may kill for" craving, they end up after eating only a little piece of the targeted food. Half a square of chocolate then poof craving over and chocolate taste become nearly bad. I miss the time I was enjoying my ... full box of chocolate bar, as craving .

Well I must admit that I now crave for cinnamon I could eat a full stick sometime before going to bed :O

Quote from: ImagineKate on October 29, 2014, 09:26:42 PM
I love good peppers. I've had the Trinidad scorpion but I want to try the Carolina reaper.

I bought some "goat pepper" sauce when I was in the Bahamas last week. That reminds me. I haven't tasted it yet

I've been cooking with scotch bonnet's, bird's eye chilies and jalapenos lately. Actually I just ordered a pizza with both jalapenos and banana peppers on it. I've always really loved spicy foods though so I can't blame the HRT.

Quote from: judithlynn on October 29, 2014, 09:22:43 PM
I get these terrible cravings for Crisp Bread, Cheddar Cheese and a teaspoon of Branston Piclke on the Cheese.

Mmm nice. I miss Branston Pickle. There's no real Branston where I live now.

I live in the US and there is a jar of Branston Pickle in our fridge.

And habaneros always go in my guacamole.  Just don't touch your privates after handling them?