Can you lose weight on your period?

misshoneyz2dab
misshoneyz2dab Posts: 62 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Some women have complained that they don't lose weight on their periods.

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  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    Yes.
  • kathrynjean_
    kathrynjean_ Posts: 428 Member
    edited October 2016
    Yes, you absolutely can.

    However, it is possible that water retention could mask a loss. It's important to compare your weight to your weight at the same point in your cycle.

    For me, shark week tends to be one of the points in my cycle where I lose a lot of water weight, so I actually tend to see a bigger difference on the scale then when compared to other points.
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,244 Member
    You might not see it on the scales but you lose like any other day.
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    Are you burning calories?
    Are you choosing to eat fewer calories than you burn?
    Then yes, you can lose weight.
  • rapple83
    rapple83 Posts: 4 Member
    You lose fat as normal, but whether or not you lose weight depends on how your body retains water. If you can resist the urge to eat sugar/chocolate during your period, then you'll see the effects of the fat loss for sure by the following week.
  • vespiquenn
    vespiquenn Posts: 1,455 Member
    rapple83 wrote: »
    You lose fat as normal, but whether or not you lose weight depends on how your body retains water. If you can resist the urge to eat sugar/chocolate during your period, then you'll see the effects of the fat loss for sure by the following week.

    You do not need to resist anything as long as it fits in a calorie goal. So saying that she needs to avoid chocolate or not see a fat loss the following week is false.

    OP, as others have said, weight loss happens, you just may not see it. Water retention during TOM is the biggest culprit of a lacking scale movement.

  • daniip_la
    daniip_la Posts: 678 Member
    I usually see my lowest weight for the month during my period. I hold steady (water weight) for the first few days, then by the fifth or sixth day I show a big loss. I tend to "gain" during ovulation.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    misshoneyz2dab wrote: »
    Some women have complained that they don't lose weight on their periods.

    Really? The complaint I see is premenstrual water retention. I'm always good for a nice weight loss whoosh exactly a week after my period starts. Assuming, of course, I didn't use it as an excuse to #eatallthethings. I do eat at maintenance for a few days, but no longer scarf down a pint or two of Ben & Jerry's.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,601 Member
    Read this thread:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10359984/women-menstrual-cycle-weight-and-fitness-matters#latest

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