I must be a special snowflake...
pollypocket1021
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I lose 1-2 lbs during TOM. Every time. Then, if I maintain my deficit, I stay there and don't see a scale change until the next month. Rinse and repeat.
Most other women I've seen on MFP have bloating and whatnot during TOM. Anyone else have weightloss?
Most other women I've seen on MFP have bloating and whatnot during TOM. Anyone else have weightloss?
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Since I've been working out consistently (5 days a week, 45-75 mins) for the past 2 months I've noticed that I didn't have a ton of bloat and this last TOM (which was last week) I was actually down 1.5 pounds! I've attributed it to working out consistently, drinking more water and not eating a ton of junk food like I usually do at that time of the month.0
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TMI
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When I was losing I would stick and then drop in synch with my hormonal fluctuations0
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That's my usual pattern -- down the week of and the week after, up the other two weeks. When I was losing it meant better weight loss that week, now that I'm maintaining it's just fluctuation as stated. I always tell women that they have to get to know their pattern, but it might not be what they expect.0
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I get some minor weightloss too, definitely not the bloating and weight gain most women get. Usually I'll just have a stable weight and then a few weeks later the number will start creeping down again. Some of us are just lucky I supposepollypocket1021 wrote: »Most other women I've seen on MFP have bloating and whatnot during TOM. Anyone else have weightloss?
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I never really tracked it to be honest...my TOM is so irregular due to my BC that it was never on my mind.0
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I definitely get fluid retention (though I think I've seen improvement with taking magnesium supplements and using epsom salts in my baths), but sometimes it's 'masked' by weight loss, so my scale weight might stay around the same. I pretty much drop a kilo the day my period starts, like throughout that day. Also get mass fluid retention with ovulation, and at one point was doing that only dropping weight every two weeks thing.
Even though I weigh every day I've only been recording it once a week. Just started keeping a log of daily weights yesterday so it will be interesting to analyse those fluctuations in more detail!0 -
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When I first started here the scale wouldn't move during my TOM, but now I seem to lose regardless.0
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FYI ladies, when you get older, and TOM doesn't ACTUALLY visit....the idea of the visit lingers. So I get the bloating, the weightgain, the emotional spikes, the chocolate cravings.....but no actual TOM. Bummer.0
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Well, thanks for bumming me out! ;-)0
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Last month I didn't gain at all nor did I lose. I'm not sure if it was the fact I was taking the magnesium, calcium, zinc combo and also drinking a lot of water. A few days after my period ended I lost 4 lbs in 2 days. I have to be VERY diligent with sodium intake otherwise I can easily gain 3-7 lbs from water retention. I also don't really lose much the week leading up to TOM. If I do my weight tends to bounce around.0
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raises hand...yeps lose weight too. And due to the fact that i dont use salt at all i have hardly fluctuations...luckely0
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Nah, knowing that you aren't adult enough to handle discussions of periods or to nope on out of a thread that doesn't concern you is more information than needed. Jog on buddy.
And OP, I don't lose anything for a week before my period, even before I start seeing bloat. No weight loss until the last day of my period.0 -
I have 3 sons I have explained to them during their high school years to be sympathetic to ladies when they seem to be about to yell and bite your head off. "Yep son, give them a piece of your chocolate bar, and don't say alot, just let them vent".0
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I have 3 sons I have explained to them during their high school years to be sympathetic to ladies when they seem to be about to yell and bite your head off. "Yep son, give them a piece of your chocolate bar, and don't say alot, just let them vent".
the piece of chocolate would have solved all troubles/shouting/world disasters straight away hehehe
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Don't worry, I also have a tendency to weigh lower during TOM. I retain like crazy the week before, though.0
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FYI ladies, when you get older, and TOM doesn't ACTUALLY visit....the idea of the visit lingers. So I get the bloating, the weightgain, the emotional spikes, the chocolate cravings.....but no actual TOM. Bummer.
That stops too. I had, in the past year (about 6 months ago), a two month protracted period of breast tenderness and bloat that led to ... nothing.
Officially menopausal today. One year without TOM.
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I have a big drop a week after my period starts. I keep expecting the drop to happen sooner, but it's consistently later than I would have thought.0
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FYI ladies, when you get older, and TOM doesn't ACTUALLY visit....the idea of the visit lingers. So I get the bloating, the weightgain, the emotional spikes, the chocolate cravings.....but no actual TOM. Bummer.
OMG what?! Well that sucks... One of the few things I was looking forward to.
I'm currently in maintenance; still upping cals to figure out what that means for me, so the week prior I "stall" (I get downright ravenous and tend to go over goal a little) and then see bits of loss during and after.0 -
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paulawatkins1974 wrote: »
Massive boob pain. Like pregnancy levels. The shower spray hurt like a mofo. But no cramps.
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lemurcat12 wrote: »Well, thanks for bumming me out! ;-)
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mamapeach910 wrote: »FYI ladies, when you get older, and TOM doesn't ACTUALLY visit....the idea of the visit lingers. So I get the bloating, the weightgain, the emotional spikes, the chocolate cravings.....but no actual TOM. Bummer.
That stops too. I had, in the past year (about 6 months ago), a two month protracted period of breast tenderness and bloat that led to ... nothing.
Officially menopausal today. One year without TOM.
Happy...is there a name for official menopause day? If not, there needs to be!
Congrats!!
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yep what mamapeach said, no cramps. What I don't appreciate is that its on its own schedule, not even similar to my TOM schedule was when I had periods. I belong to a TOPS club (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) and using excuse of its my time....when it happens sometimes more than once a month...they give me this look...but at least they know I am not lying because they have been there...0
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I tell peeps I am "pre-mental-pausal"....they usually take a few steps back....hahahahaha0
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Nope, I lose during and after too. I just gain before.0
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Nony_Mouse wrote: »
Cher!! Now she says it with style. Best euphemism ever, haha0
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