Weight gain at end of period?

JVRousseau

Today is the last day of my period and also the day of the week that I weigh myself. I got on the scale and it said I gained .2lbs since last week. I know that's not a lot, but I did recently add more calories to my diet, so I'm not sure if it's that.

Last week, while not on my period, I went from 1850 calories to 2000 and I lost 1.4lbs. This week, while on my period, I did 2000 calories again and gained .2lbs...think it could be my period?

If it helps, I also was stressed out this week and drank less water than I usually do.

Should I lower my calories again? Or stay with the higher number and just chalk this gain up to being an outside factor.

Thanks for the advice!

malibu927

It could be your period. It also could be a number of other factors that caused you to retain water (increased sodium/carb intake, new or increased exercise).

A great read on this: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear

ogtmama

I'd wait another week or two...or start weighing every day and using a trending app so you can get more accurate information.

size102b

Why did you up calories ?

Sometimes it can take 2 weeks to show a gain on increased calories

cwagar123

Periods are crazy things for weight loss lol.
I weigh every day so I see that in my case I gain a pound or two in the days before then around day three of my period I may drop 5-6 just like that. Afterwards it levels out a bit.

I agree with other posters... Try daily weight for a month or two and look for patterns