Ladies, a question about periods

blipsie

Hi ladies!

This is my first round of trying to lose weight after weaning my toddler. Everything seems to have changed post weaning in the hormone department.

How much do you gain from ovulation till your period is over?
I'm on 2 kg now and feeling so demotivated. The scale just keeps creeping back up.

Im 1,8m 79kg and currently on a 500 calorie deficit. I do weight training and cardio. I also run after my very busy toddler all day.

This sucks.

nutmegoreo

You have a few factors confounding it. The weight training can cause water retention as well. Depending on how far postpartum you are, hormones may still be a factor. Don't women don't gain with ovulation, some do.

Personally: my biggest overnight gain (other than air travel) involved start of TOM, high sodium, and weight training. It was a 10lb gain.

blipsie

nutmegoreo wrote: »

You have a few factors confounding it. The weight training can cause water retention as well. Depending on how far postpartum you are, hormones may still be a factor. Don't women don't gain with ovulation, some do.

Personally: my biggest overnight gain (other than air travel) involved start of TOM, high sodium, and weight training. It was a 10lb gain.

Holy moly, 10 pounds hey!

My son is 2 and 1/2. But the extended breastfeeding took it's toll on my hormones for sure. He has been weaned about 8 months now though.

Yes I have noticed days following weight training are not good days to weigh at all.

I was thinking I'll weigh only once a month after my period and after rest days. But I worry for some reason I am actually not losing weight and I need to further reduce my calories.

But then I just feel crappy with absolutely zero energy.

nutmegoreo

Don't reduce the calories too much, you do need that fuel to keep going.

As for the weight fluctuations I use a trending app. I log my weight in FitBit and it syncs both here and with Trendweight (you don't actually need a FitBit, just an account with them). Then Trendweight gives me a smoothed out graph and predictions about my progress. It takes the guess work out of it, but it does take a few weeks to get a good trend going.

Here is the MFP graph (about 8 weeks, the first 6 are the same as the next graph):





Here is the Trendweight graph (for 6 weeks):

TavistockToad

You know it's water weight, so just don't weigh yourself if it's demotivating