Extreme hunger

[Prayingforagirl67]

Is extreme hunger a sign of impending ovulation?

Even though I had cheats for the holidays, I gave in to my hunger and I’m not sorry!! Haha

I’m using OPKs and haven’t gotten a positive yet, is extreme hunger a sign that ovulation is near? Should I test again tonight as this mornings OPK was negative?

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes, it can be.

You should test after lunch with OPK as that is when the hormone in your urine peaks. Most brands of OPK are meant to be used after lunch and not first thing in the morning.

[Prayingforagirl67]

Atomic I’m just now seeing this at 5:30, would now be too late to test? I had no clue about the after lunch testing and I kind of wish I did, as I’ve been pretty crappy! Also, does “day of” eating impact a sway at all? Meaning if we have our attempt tonight, would what I ate today impact my sway at all? I ate absolutely “boy” today and wondering if it could impact a sway in the slightest?

*i said I didn’t feel bad, but now I actually do! Haha*

[atomic sagebrush]

No, you can test!

If eating anything for one day made any difference we'd only do diet for one day.

We know these short term diet things do not make any difference because we see in our results a very clear improvement in results with 2-4 weeks on diet being poor results, improving somewhat at 6 weeks, then more by 8-10 weeks, and finally at 12+ weeks we have had consistently good results over time. Many of the people who only did diet 2-4 weeks were extremely strict, far stricter than the 12+ weekers and yet they got much worse results. It simply cannot be that one day makes one smidge of difference whatsoever given that.

[Prayingforagirl67]

Great! I’m gonna test and see if that’s why I’m so hungry! I’ve also been sick and eating little to nothing so I’m thinking it’s my body making up for not being able to eat the past 2 days.

That’s good to know though, I didn’t know if maybe a spike in blood sugar from eating ice cream could sway blue even if it’s only from one day if that makes sense! I’m hoping for good results because I’m definitely in the 12+ weeks and not so strict category!!!

Thank you for your response and always being so helpful atomic, I’m definitely feeling a little more anxious now that I’m so close! I appreciate all of your responses!

[atomic sagebrush]

oh that's definitely happened to me sometimes after an illness though too.

good luck and pink dust!

[Prayingforagirl67]

Oh my gosh it’s horrible, I tried being good today but it’s like my body went into starvation mode, not literally but still!

Thank you so much again!