I must be a special snowflake...

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  • SophiaSerrao
    SophiaSerrao Posts: 234 Member
    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?

    Hi!

    Mmmm... I do have a loss, but it's when the period is good and over. The days before it starts, on the other hand, I have an annoying lower belly bloat and sometimes a scale gain. During I don't even weigh, I tend to feel somewhat blah.
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    Amerielle wrote: »
    Annr 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! :smile: Congrats!!

    Freedom Day? Thanks!

  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    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?

    We're all special snowflakes in our special way.

    This one's for you, Polly.

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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Annr 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.

    Aunt Flo has not shown up since about the summer of 2013, when she decided to visit for an interesting 10 days. Seems she had a lot to say, but then she left, half-appeared a few times, and I have not seen her since September 2013. I hope to never see her again.

    I don't have symptoms anymore, but they have been replaced with hot flashes galore. Needless to say, my heating bill was pretty cheap this last winter. :)
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Annr 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.

    I'm a little over a year and a half. It's heaven....except for the hot flashes.
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    SLLRunner wrote: »
    Annr 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.

    I'm a little over a year and a half. It's heaven....except for the hot flashes.

    I'm over them. Had them for years. I'm cold all the time now.

  • JenniferInCt
    JenniferInCt Posts: 431 Member
    Yes! My best week of the month is during tom. I wake up almost everyday weighing less. And then it comes to an abrupt end and i have to wait until after ovulation for it to slowly resume. TOM hits, whoosh lbs lost everywhere lol!

    Circled in red is the daily losses x roughly 1week.

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  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    @SLLRunner good riddance to Aunt Flow!!! She can be so bytchy! My husband calls me the human heater, and we haven't had to use the heater for years now. Also having an upstairs apartment with neighbors below that use their heater helps..
    Aw @mamapeach910 you look like a hot mama to me...sportin your trendy glasses and giving us a "you got it, its me" look :-) I want to cut my hair short but I am chicken!
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  • forgtmenot
    forgtmenot Posts: 860 Member
    I haven't had any weight gain via bloat this month. I'm pmsing right now and I still lost, but I lost less than I thought I was going to. So I think I am having bloat but it just isn't enough to mask all the weight loss.
  • kristydi
    kristydi Posts: 781 Member
    I usually gain a pound or 3 in water weight right before, then lose a bit more than that just after and maintain that loss.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    Even though I wouldn't have said it, I'm surprised tmi got 7 flags. Ouch.

    Ah, people who don't understand the flagging system!
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    Even though I wouldn't have said it, I'm surprised tmi got 7 flags. Ouch.

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Amerielle wrote: »
    Annr 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! :smile: Congrats!!

    Freedom Day? Thanks!

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  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    Stuff like this makes me feel like I'm cheating because my pills have stopped my cycles altogether. :(
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    Even though I wouldn't have said it, I'm surprised tmi got 7 flags. Ouch.

    7 premenstrual women perhaps :bigsmile:
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    MrM27 wrote: »
    Even though I wouldn't have said it, I'm surprised tmi got 7 flags. Ouch.

    7 premenstrual women perhaps :bigsmile:

    I was going to say that. You beat me to it!

  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Annr wrote: »
    I tell peeps I am "pre-mental-pausal"....they usually take a few steps back....hahahahaha

    Hahahaha, that's awesome! :smiley:
  • NoIdea101NoIdea
    NoIdea101NoIdea Posts: 659 Member
    I tend to gain a little during my TOM because I seem to retain a hell of a lot of water! However, once everything has 'calmed down' I usually find I drop a bit more than I usually do in a week; it's like it all adds up and then becomes apparent once the water retention has died down.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    MrM27 wrote: »
    Even though I wouldn't have said it, I'm surprised tmi got 7 flags. Ouch.

    7 premenstrual women perhaps :bigsmile:

    No flags for this? Color me surprised.
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  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    Stuff like this makes me feel like I'm cheating because my pills have stopped my cycles altogether. :(

    what might those be, if I may ask?
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    I always used to put on weight and then it would drop off. Since it returned after having a baby (breastfeeding didn't stop Aunt Flo), I now drop weight. Weird.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    Annr wrote: »
    Stuff like this makes me feel like I'm cheating because my pills have stopped my cycles altogether. :(

    what might those be, if I may ask?

    Erm... Azurette birth control pills. They're not designed to have that effect, but I just got lucky, I guess (also paranoid).

  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    @PaulaWallaDingDong ooh understand...wow when I was on birth control it didn't have that nice effect...lucky you:-)
  • cmoll520
    cmoll520 Posts: 60 Member
    I lose during and after but retain the week before and for 5 days around ovulation.
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