Another period post. Shark week. TOM. Whatever you call it.

shankleefranklee · October 2011

How long does your cycle usually effect your weight loss?
How long do you take it into consideration, or reasoning behind not losing?
Is it true if you work ~extra hard~ during this time that it'll benefit you more?

You can also just commiserate here.

Since the day before mine, the scale hasn't moved at all. It's gone up .2 or .5, and back down again. I started on the 15th. It's still here. I've been eating around 1,300 calories a day, and since the 13th, I've gone 4 times. I do cardio for 35 - an hour depending on what I'm doing that day, and focus strength on a particular body part - arms, back, legs, etc. I burn usually around 500 - 700 calories. I feel like throwing my scale across the room.

aWashCloth · October 2011

I'd like to know as well. I've had a weird month, as my cycle hasn't stopped in four weeks..

rockeraxXx · October 2011

Hello, I normally go up 4-5 freaken lbs during the week of my period. If I stay on track I'm pleasantly surprised after the week passes and I lose additional weight.

PS...Don't weigh yourself daily! It will drive you crazy. I weigh myself every ten days

engineman312 · October 2011

here is some good music for you ladies while on your special time of the month.

1. “Evenflow” – Pearl Jam
2. “The Tide Is High” – Blondie
3. “Red Red Wine” – UB40
4. “Sunday Bloody Sunday” – U2
5. “I’ve Got The World On A String” – Frank Sinatra
6. “Muddy River” – Johnny Rivers
7. “Bleeding Love” – Leona Lewis
8. “Here Comes The Flood” – Peter Gabriel
9. “Red Rain” – Peter Gabriel
10. “Waterfalls” – TLC
11. “Red Red Rose” – The Weepies
12. “Red Tide” – Neko Case
13. “Why Does It Always Rain On Me” – Travis
14. “I Love You, Period” – Dan Baird
15. “Just A Girl” – No Doubt
16. “Here Comes The Rain” – Eurythmics
17. “Everybody Hurts” – R.E.M.
18. “Stormy Pinkness” – They Might Be Giants
19. “Time To Flow” – D-Nice
20. “Blood Is Thicker Than Water” – Wyclef Jean featuring The Product G&B

shankleefranklee · October 2011

I weigh myself daily, but I don't take it into actual consideration until my weigh in days.

mindyahart · October 2011

How much water are you drinking? Weight gain or lack of weight loss could come from you retaining water, which is common during this time. I have noticed if I am retaining water and I consume MORE than normal it helps ..... Good luck!

obwize · October 2011

Every woman will be different. Even mine have changed depending on what I eat during pms and then through menstruation. Regardless of keeping to 13-1400 calories, if I eat junk then I inevitably gain during that week, then lose after only to what I had been before. If, on the other hand, I keep eating good foods before and during I generally don't go up during my period, but certainly don't lose any until a couple days after it ends when I drop 4-5 lbs.

Good luck!

darlilama · October 2011

My suggestion would be to stop driving yourself crazy by weighing yourself all the time! Your body's weight will normally flucuate up and down depending on all kinds of things. You're looking for long-term results, right, so - like the stock market - any one day can look good or bad, but it's the long-term trend that's important. Okay… so maybe the stock market analogy isn't a particularly good one right now. :ohwell:

Personally, I never weigh myself more than once a week … same day at approximately the same time. The only time I have ever veered from that is when I got a really weird reading. For example, last week I stepped on the scale and I was down 4 lbs. Now, I'm sure I would recognize a 4lb weight loss in 7 days and that's not what the mirror and my clothes were telling me. So, I made sure I hydrated, did normal activities, and slept well and weighed myself the next morning. I was up 2 lbs, so I recorded that. I also, of course, am wondering about my scales consistency.

So, don't torture yourself with ounces… look for the long-term trend in pounds lost! Maybe if you don't stress over it… you'll lose!

Romans624 · October 2011

That is killing me. TOM was over around a week ago and totally stalled my weight loss. Then my husband thought it was a good idea to talk about all our fave bad foods... I was mostly good (but not completely) and then totally caved half a week later. Today I ate a ton a ton a ton of calories.

Its really hard during TOM especially when people sabotage you. RAWR!!!!

However if I'm really good I only gain a little TOM and lose a few pounds after. It takes a lot of strength of mind, patience, and doing the right thing most of the time.

I feel for ya girl! That time is so hard but I bet if you pull through for another 5 days or so it will come back down.

... but it makes me angry just thinking about it. LOL!

darlilama · October 2011

omg… like we've never heard THAT before.

CaptainGordo · October 2011

TrishJimenez · October 2011

I try not to weight myself that week and even a few days after. I find that about a week later I will loose almost 3 lbs in a week. and another 2 the next week. It all adds up. But like I said. I dont weigh myself. Dont really see the point. I know the scale wont move

california_peach · October 2011

Do you have a list for ovulation or the luteal phase? I would really like to cover my entire cycle.

bluecal822 · October 2011

You should see a doctor about that. That isn't normal, or healthy.

mels77 · October 2011

I feel your pain. lol. I always gain the week before and I get bloated around the belly. I hate it. The other week I was feeling confident about my weight loss and looking in the mirror I was feeling good - then the next week looking in the mirror all I could see was a rounded belly and the scales went up. Like the others have said, maybe we should just avoid the scales at that time! I try to only get on once a week, but I always cave and it drives me crazy.

sweetxsour35 · October 2011

My stomach bloats the whole week before I start my period, then after the first couple days, I get skinny as heck. I guess my stomach loses its bloating and then some

Can't complain about that part.

engineman312 · October 2011

ask and ye shall recieve

Flowered Up - Egg Rush
Bad Company- feel like making love
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
Mr.Bungle - Egg
Beastie Boys - Egg Raid On Mojo
Pearl Jam- Better man
meatloaf- dashboard light

TavistockToad · October 2011

if you work extra hard at ANY time of the month it will benefit you more... obviously!

dad106 · October 2011

I get mine on tuesday(thank you birthcontrol for making it predictable!) and I am more bloated then a fish.

I tend to keep my normal routine up if I can(one day of cardio and one or two days of strength if I can) and not weigh in at all.
I know that it's just going to go up and when I'm done with this darn thing that I will have lost all that and then some.

TraceyDonna · October 2011

Stop now pls. Odd!

Sh1tsRainbows · October 2011

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! THE best response to a TOM post Ive ever seen!!!!!!

engineman312 · October 2011

when the women here stop telling me about their cycle, i will stop.

shankleefranklee · October 2011

Stop going to posts that are clearly labeled as such. Women have cycles. It's a fact of life. You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life.

sarahsedai · October 2011

i always knew that i was bloated during mtotm, but now i'm watching my weight on a scale.. i've observed that i've gained as much as 6 lbs.. it shows up a couple days before it actually starts, and usually hangs around til the 4th day or so. i continue to work out as long as im not too uncomfortable, and a couple days after it stops completely my weight drops back down, and even 1 or 2 lbs less then when i started. i can accept it as a fact of life... and do what i can to stay healthy and sane through it, but it still sucks!! i don't do my monthly weigh in til i'm at least 3 days totally off it.

Another period post. Shark week. TOM. Whatever you call it.

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