5 Reasons You Feel ‘Out of Control’ Right Before Your Period — Even When You’re Not
Emotional Eating Unwrapped (Sober Eating Podcast)
It usually doesn’t feel dramatic at first.
You just notice you’re thinking about food more.
Hunger feels sharper.
Cravings feel louder, more urgent.
And the part that’s hardest to name is the fear underneath it:
Why does this feel so much harder right now when I didn’t change anything?
In this episode of Emotional Eating Unwrapped, Alana breaks down the five real reasons food can feel “out of control” before your period, during perimenopause, or after menopause even when your routines, habits, and intentions haven’t changed.
She explains how hormonal shifts change how the body uses energy, processes blood sugar, experiences fullness, and reactivates old food fears. And why what feels like regression or loss of discipline is actually your body asking for something different.
This conversation isn’t about managing hormones perfectly or tightening control.
It’s about understanding why the volume gets turned up and how to stay grounded instead of turning against yourself.
If food feels louder, scarier, or harder to trust during certain phases, this episode offers clarity and relief.
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Takeaways
⦿ Feeling “out of control” with food before your period or during hormonal shifts doesn’t mean you’re regressing, it means your body’s needs have changed.
⦿ Hormonal fluctuations increase energy demands, making hunger sharper and more urgent even when routines stay the same.
⦿ Blood sugar drops faster during these phases, so waiting too long to eat hits harder than it used to.
⦿ Old food fears resurface more easily when hormones shift, not because they’re new but because they’re closer to the surface.
⦿ Physical sensations like fullness, bloating, and discomfort feel more intense, even when fat gain isn’t occurring.
⦿ The tools that once created control skipping meals, eating lighter, overexercising stop working during hormonal transitions.
⦿ What feels like loss of discipline is often the body refusing to be overridden anymore.
⦿ This stage isn’t about managing food from above, it's about responding to the body in real time, without turning against yourself.