HELP!

hidee14
hidee14 Posts: 110 Member
edited November 8 in Introduce Yourself
Hi this is a weird topic but I'm really curious. Do you maintain weight the week before your period. Its been two weeks and my weight hasn't moved and my period is next week so could that be why?

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  • sparklefrogz
    sparklefrogz Posts: 281 Member
    Yes. I retain water and then afterwards it "whoosh"es off.
  • hidee14
    hidee14 Posts: 110 Member
    sparklefrogz wrote: »
    Yes. I retain water and then afterwards it "whoosh"es off.

    thank you so much! so i could have been retaining water for 2 weeks?
  • sparklefrogz
    sparklefrogz Posts: 281 Member
    Possibly. Water makes up such a large component of your weight that anything that affects water retention will affect your weight. So:
    - how much sodium you ate the last few days
    - how much water you drank the last few days (or didn't)
    - whether you worked out recently
    - time of your cycle

    ...can all mess with water retention and therefore your weight.

    The other thing that happens to me is my cycle seriously messes with my appetite and I eat more right beforehand. Obviously increasing calories in will mess with weight loss too!
  • hidee14
    hidee14 Posts: 110 Member
    sparklefrogz wrote: »
    Possibly. Water makes up such a large component of your weight that anything that affects water retention will affect your weight. So:
    - how much sodium you ate the last few days
    - how much water you drank the last few days (or didn't)
    - whether you worked out recently
    - time of your cycle

    ...can all mess with water retention and therefore your weight.

    The other thing that happens to me is my cycle seriously messes with my appetite and I eat more right beforehand. Obviously increasing calories in will mess with weight loss too!

    Thank you so much!
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    You're fine. The monthly cycle plays havoc lol!
  • hidee14
    hidee14 Posts: 110 Member
    gothchiq wrote: »
    You're fine. The monthly cycle plays havoc lol![/quote

    should I weigh myself after my period will that be accurate?
  • sparklefrogz
    sparklefrogz Posts: 281 Member
    should I weigh myself after my period will that be accurate?

    The amount of possible water weight variation on a daily basis is so great that it's hard to say what would be the most "accurate" weight, short of a DEXA scan.

    Personally, I weigh myself daily in the morning right when I wake up. Then I put it into a website that tracks the average for me. That's about as close as you can get. (plus, seeing all the little swings up and down in the actual weight measurements helps remind me that it really is just a number, and not necessarily the most important one at that. )

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