Women and their cycles and weight loss

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cheddar2000
cheddar2000 Posts: 43 Member
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Ok, I have been at this for over a year now on mfp and have noticed a definite pattern in my weight loss. during the beginning of my cycle (first 14 21 days) I loss like mad between 8-12 pounds. Then for the last 10 - 14 days I stay the same weight wise or gain a pound or two. Now it all evens out nicely in the end...but just a pattern I have noticed for me. anyone else?

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  • Yes2HealthyAriel
    Yes2HealthyAriel Posts: 453 Member
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    Sounds like what I am experiencing. I started a lil over a month ago with MFP. I lost 10 pounds very fast and this was around cycle. For the past 2 weeks no weight loss at all.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
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    This has been written up in medical journals, feeding young women a constant diet and monitoring weight etc over a few weeks.

    Yes, there was a well defined cycle with gradual accumulation of water weight and slightly faster loss.

    One such paper is "Variations in body-weight of young women
    during the menstrual cycle
    BY PATRICIA E. WATSON AND MARION F. ROBINSON
    Department of Nutrition, School of Home Science,
    University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
    (Received 7 September 1964-Accepted 17 November 1964) "
  • _hi_hat3r_
    _hi_hat3r_ Posts: 423 Member
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    Increase your potassium (bananas, potatoes, etc) and take dandelion root extract. Start doing this 2 weeks before your cycle. It will help with the bloat.

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