Losing weight and your monthly cycle

Becbecmonster84

Hi all not sure if this is the right spot to ask this question but I'm curious to know if other women have noticed a link between weight loss and their periods ?
I ask because I follow my cycle very closely and write down my weight on a daily basis and have noticed that a few days after my period I will start to lose a lb a day for 5-7 days. For the rest of the month I lose weight at about a lb or 2 a week, I don't gain any before my period. I'm wondering if this is due to hormonal fluctuations as my diet doesn't change over the month and my exercise regime stays the same. Just want to know if this is a similar situation for others as well?

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VintageFeline

It's water weight fluctuations, not fat. Happens to pretty much everyone and especially to females.

PrincessMel72

Water weight

Becbecmonster84

Look_Its_Kriss wrote: »

Are you heavier? I found that when I was 252 pounds I lost weight quickly after my period but then it slowed down also but I figured it was just due to my body catching up with me. If I lost 2lbs for 3 weeks that would be 6 of my 10 and then I would lose 4 or 5 that week after my period. My body doesn't do that now tho.

I'm near to my goal I'm at 22bmi. It really interests me as I can always tell which days I will lose weight.

I don't think it's water fluctuations as I never gain the weight back.

wellthenwhat

I gain a couple pounds before, and lose it afterwards, but I never lose more weight than usual. I am also losing so slowly that I can't tell a difference from one week to another, takes 2 or more weeks to see.

Kristi26

When I was losing, my weight dropped steadily for the first ten days. Then it went up for 5-7 days, just slightly, around ovulation. Then it dropped off again steadily for the rest of my cycle before going up around the second day of the new cycle and then leveling out. Even in maintenance, I see a rise in my weight for 5-7 days surrounding ovulation and again for a day or two in the early parts of the start of a new cycle.

Everyone is different when it comes to the body's response to hormones. It sounds like you've figured out yours.

FreyasRebirth

That sounds normal to me.

If you lose fat and gain water simultaneously, your scale weight will fall more slowly (or even rise). Once you shed the water, your scale weight will "catch up" to your fat loss.

DietPrada

I don't think I've every lost a lb a day, even when I had stomach flu. Generally though at TTOTM I'll weigh the same for a week, then lose about 2kg the week after, then spend the next two weeks gradually gaining back just over a kg of that. I average only 0.7kg a month loss. It's taken me 4 years to lose 38kg (80lb).