Ladies Only - TOM Question !!

SuperMoniMonk

Since our bodies are changing , they are being put under stress due to exercise ,add the changes in diet . How has all this affected your mestrual cycle?
what's the good ,the bad and the unexplained ?

fcrisswell

Significant weightloss will affect your hormones and thus yor period. When I was severely overweight I would have the neverending period (literally)...after my weightloss surgery I almost immediately became regular.

Aftger having my baby 9 months ago it did take a few months for things to even back out and as I lose the "baby" weight things are getting more normal again.

rissyroo2002

Mine used to be very light . Since I have started exercising almost every day and losing over 40 lbs, it has become very heavy from start to end.

notapromqueen

I posted something similar to this a few days ago... My period started a week and a half early and had me concerned, but the ladies here assured me that it's normal.

momma_roo

Mine has gone from 7days to 3 days! yay!

Sprinkie09

I after losing 85lbs-noticed they only last 4-5 days, which day 1 being the heaviest. besides that nothing out the norm. I do also 'cramp' alooottt less.. & less headaches./

Drunkadelic

I have not lost that much weight, but I think the change in lifestyle has "re-arranged" my hormones. The birth control I was on for almost 2 years has now stopped working as well (early periods, heavier periods, acne) so I'm going to get it changed next week.

sarah307

mine has went from 3 days light (normal for me).... to almost 24-48 hours..almost non-existent and very irregular.. which is not good. i'm going to the doctor today to figure things out! it could be something completely unrelated

Noonoo757

i am sooo glad you posted this i thought i was going crazy, mine went from 5 regular days to barely there for 3 i was like ummmmm ok lol.

LimeyTart

The change has been awesome for me.

Until last July, I'd been either pregnant or nursing for 8 straight years. I hadn't had a period since 2002. After my youngest was born in 2009, I had a tubal. When my period finally came back at the end of the summer last year, we discovered that I had post-tubal ligation syndrome. I was in absolute agony for the first three days of my 6-7 day period. Since starting my journey in February, my period only lasts 4 days on average and the horrific cramps have basically stopped. It's been wonderful.

dad106

I lost about 19 pounds and I'm on the pill( Loestrin 24FE, which gives you a three day period anyway!) and now I'm barely seeing anything. I may get it for like a day or two.. but nothing like it was before I started exercising and losing weight. Before I could count on the fact that it would start on tuesday and end on thursday.. and now its a guessing game.

MsKeelah919

Mine actually crept up on me... I didnt have drastic signs that it was coming at all. It lasted about 3 days, and NO BLOAT!! I loved it! Looking forward to next month!