Week of your cycle:<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\nWeek 1
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>First day of period to Day 7<\/span>: <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nMen: Don\u2019t take your partner shopping!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nWomen: Smart and Risky!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nBoth estrogen and testosterone are at rock bottom. Both of these hormones will help boost your energy and mood. Testosterone will get your libido going; with this many women feel more confidence and are more comfortable taking risks. Also it is a time to avoid shopping as you may be more impulsive or more likely to buy items on the spur of the moment. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nEstrogen makes you chattier and you are more likely to start a conversation and feel comfortable in a group setting.\u00a0 <\/span>You are also more likely to follow your diet or exercise routines and chose lighter healthier foods than during the last two weeks of your cycle. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nWeek 2
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>Day 8 to Day 13<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMen: Cue up the Barry White<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nWomen: Smart and Sexy<\/span>
<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nEstrogen and testosterone rise till they peak this week, amping up all the affects you enjoyed during Week 1. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nYou\u2019ll find yourself laughing more easily, dragging your partner into bed, accepting every party invitation offered and letting out your inner wild child. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nYou\u2019re feeling more confident about your appearance and, in fact, estrogen is making you more attractive by evening out your skin tone and making your face and ears more symmetrical. There is one downside to be aware of, however: high estrogen makes you more prone to stressing out over issues big and small.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nWeek 3
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>Day 14 (or ovulation) to Day 22<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMen: Take a cold shower to stimulate your brown fat!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nWomen: Not the week to start the slow carb diet!<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nThe first half of Week 3 is your \u201cpre-PMS\u201d phase. The symptoms are like a less intense version of PMS\u2014they may include slight irritability, fatigue and a down mood. Like PMS, pre-PMS is caused by plunging estrogen. Luckily, by the second half of Week 3, pre-PMS disappears as estrogen rises, which levels out your mood. All throughout Week 3, rising progesterone has you feeling sleepy, quiet, less interested in socializing and more cautious. It\u2019s also causing your libido to evaporate into thin air and is triggering cravings for comfort foods rich in sugar, fat and salt.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nWeek 4
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>Day 23 to the end of cycle<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMen: Proceed with cautious optimism<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nWomen: Anything goes<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nDuring this premenstrual week, estrogen, testosterone and progesterone plunge, which can trigger moodiness, the blues, aches and pains, insomnia, headaches and a myriad of other PMS-related symptoms. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nNot every woman suffers from PMS and symptoms can be milder or more severe from month to month, often due to diet, stress or your body\u2019s personal sensitivity to hormones. But, it\u2019s not all bad news. In fact, this week your libido returns, though technically that\u2019s not due to hormones. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nResearchers believe it\u2019s because the nerve endings down below get stimulated as your body prepares for menstruation. Also good to hear: This week, treating yourself to your favorite indulgences is actually medicinal! Why? As estrogen plunges, it depletes your body of mood- and sleep-regulating serotonin. But, when you buy your favorite ice cream, take a bubble bath, watch a much-loved movie, head to the mall or do anything you enjoy, it helps boost serotonin levels right back up.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A year ago when my wife and I were invited on the weekend retreat with Nicole Daedone and OneTaste (from the 4 Hour Body) she mentioned that a 15 minute orgasm was just what your partner needed to break the funk of PMS. Now I don’t know about this one, but I can tell you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[42,3],"tags":[53,479,9,481,480,482,1135],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tiSR-15R","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4hourlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4207"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4hourlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4hourlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4hourlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4hourlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.4hourlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4hourlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4hourlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4hourlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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