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katemiddletonisawesome
katemiddletonisawesome Posts: 152 Member
edited October 4 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi Ladies - Just an odd question. During that "time" of the month, what is your usual weight flux? I find the week before my friend arrives, I lose the most only to gain it all back the day before it gets here. Then during that week, it stays steady again until the end where I lose half of what I gained back.

Anyone else experience this? And if so, any tricks to keep the weight off other than TONS of water?

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  • cjsgrimlin
    cjsgrimlin Posts: 246
    search posts on the forum, they have lots of ideas about how to keep the water weight off or down. LOTS of Water is always number one.
  • kykykenna
    kykykenna Posts: 656 Member
    No matter what I do, I fight 3-5lbs....that does go away
  • pupcamper
    pupcamper Posts: 410 Member
    I'm not sure there are any tricks :cry:
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    I don't even weigh in while on my period. It's actually rather nice to ignore the scale for a week.
  • lynn1982
    lynn1982 Posts: 1,439 Member
    Remember this is not "real" weight. (Meaning, it's not fat...) I usually refrain from weighing myself during that time.
  • Gspice3
    Gspice3 Posts: 88 Member
    It sucks!
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    It goes away. Ignore it.
  • DaniellePF
    DaniellePF Posts: 308 Member
    I don't even weigh in while on my period. It's actually rather nice to ignore the scale for a week.

    Same. I don't even bother--its not accurate and there is no sense getting discouraged when its not in my control anyway.
  • hlouisej
    hlouisej Posts: 45
    I also avoid the scales from 3 days before and until 3 days after. I think in my case the fluctuation is about 1lb.
  • ngcgurl03
    ngcgurl03 Posts: 207 Member
    my TOM is now., i stepped on the scale and i actually lost .4 lbs not much but i am getting there slow. i will not give up. However i felt like i gained 20 or more. i felt horrible my first day. you cant give up even during this time. keep trucking along you can do this. i tend to eat more during this time but do not give up
  • candicejn
    candicejn Posts: 458 Member
    I am facing my first period since I started MFP. I'm not impressed with how crappy I feel. Bloated, etc. I am just going to try to remember tomorrow at my weigh in that any gain I might see is not real, and next week I will hopefully see a nice big drop to offset it.

    But yeah, it sucks. Water, water, water. And avoid the salt. That's what I'm reading.
  • catherine4211
    catherine4211 Posts: 944 Member
    Put the scale away that week. I always know a couple days before I'm going to start because I can't stay out of the kitchen. I go get my scale and hide it right away! I like weighing every couple of weeks anyway because I ususally see a loss and that motivates me.
  • hbart500
    hbart500 Posts: 243 Member
    I don't even weigh in while on my period. It's actually rather nice to ignore the scale for a week.
    I'm ALL for this ^^ :)
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