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WEIGHT GAIN DURING TOM???

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  • Lift_This_
    Lift_This_ Posts: 2,756 Member
    im weird. i dont change weight at all.... and SORRY BUT ALL CAPS IS YELLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    JULES, YOU ARE HURTING MY EARS....

    Other than that...I notice some bloating and a bit of weight gain during TOM, but other than that its gone by cycles end.
  • lynnmarie60
    lynnmarie60 Posts: 325
    I gain weight in the beginning but if I keep up my same routine, eating within my calories and exercising then it comes off at the end. If I pig out and lay around then some of it stays I find.
  • fmbomzo
    fmbomzo Posts: 382 Member
    I usually dip right before it starts for some reason (probably because my body does a "purge" right before and I can't keep any food in more than a few minutes because of the extra fluid --- I'm trying to keep this from being TMI).

    I will usually peak at 1-2 lbs up about 2 days in and then it holds until about 7-10 days after. Then I go back to regularly scheduled programming. If I'm well hydrated, the weight gain seems to be less though.
  • twinteensmom
    twinteensmom Posts: 371 Member
    My problem isn't hormonal. A couple days before my TOM starts, I am just so hungry all the time. I can't seem to get full and I think it is my body preparing for the assault. I have to force myself to only eat low calorie during those times.
  • Thena81
    Thena81 Posts: 1,265 Member
    i gain some water weight right before and keep it til it has finished its course... damn water weight.. lol
  • mrsjms
    mrsjms Posts: 6
    A few days before. That is when I have horrible cravings and want to eat the entire house.
  • ChelseaM18
    ChelseaM18 Posts: 303
    Kinda throughout, then it goes away gradually a few days after. It sucks lol
  • Flab2fitfi
    Flab2fitfi Posts: 1,349 Member
    i dont notice TOM ever being a problem, but I work treats into my plan. Sometimes I wonder if those that gain are just having extra calories and that is equating the gain?

    Today is day one for me and I am down 1 lb right now. I will watch it more closely for the next week though.

    i don't crave anything extra but still tend not to lose that week or gain an pound. Normally the week after I will then lose an extra pound.
  • 42kgirl
    42kgirl Posts: 692 Member
    Funny this should be asked today as I am currently riding the cotton pony. I gain 1-2 days before and feel like a water ballon the day of. I weigh the least the day I ovulate.
  • CharisSunny
    CharisSunny Posts: 276 Member
    QUESTION: WHEN DO YOU GAIN WEIGHT DURING TOM? IN THE BEGINNING OR TOWARDS WHEN IT IS ENDING?
    At the end, then it dissipates abput 3 days after its done.

    As for the "its not TOM, its the food u eat": I disagree. I've regimented my diet that week several times and stil retain water...like clockwork. Again each body is different and blanket diagnoses are a bad idea.
  • Reinventing_Me
    Reinventing_Me Posts: 1,053 Member
    Normally I notice it during the week before. This past cycle, I noticed a change about 10-14 days before it started, mostly in my breasts. I don't know if that had more to do with ovulation or what. By the time my cycle started my breasts stopped feeling so heavy and sensitive but by then I was in the throes of my usual bloating. It went away afterward.
  • Reinventing_Me
    Reinventing_Me Posts: 1,053 Member
    Funny this should be asked today as I am currently riding the cotton pony. I gain 1-2 days before and feel like a water ballon the day of. I weigh the least the day I ovulate.

    That's hilarious!!! :laugh:
  • 42kgirl
    42kgirl Posts: 692 Member
    QUESTION: WHEN DO YOU GAIN WEIGHT DURING TOM? IN THE BEGINNING OR TOWARDS WHEN IT IS ENDING?
    At the end, then it dissipates abput 3 days after its done.

    As for the "its not TOM, its the food u eat": I disagree. I've regimented my diet that week several times and stil retain water...like clockwork. Again each body is different and blanket diagnoses are a bad idea.
    It doesn't matter how I eat either. It comes and goes much like my period itself right on schedule.
  • SofaKingRad
    SofaKingRad Posts: 1,592 Member
    I NEVER HEARD OF THAT HAPPENING DURING TOM! YOU SHOULD SEE YOUR DOCTOR IMMEDIEATELY!
  • StarvingDiva
    StarvingDiva Posts: 1,107 Member
    Always the week before and during and then by the time it's gone I'm back to where I started, however this month I managed to maintain my weight and so when it was done I was actually down which I find much better HAHA!
  • Jules2Be
    Jules2Be Posts: 2,238 Member
    I NEVER HEARD OF THAT HAPPENING DURING TOM! YOU SHOULD SEE YOUR DOCTOR IMMEDIEATELY!

    SQUAWK! want a cracker?
  • MehiraDeOro
    MehiraDeOro Posts: 117 Member
    Sometimes a day or two before, but mostly in the middle since I tend to retain water during my period.
  • CowgirlKimi
    CowgirlKimi Posts: 107 Member
    As strange as this may seem, I am anxiously awaiting the arrival (and speedy departure soon-after) of this month's "visitor", so things will get back to normal!!!! Grrrr!!!!!! It seems like the week BEFORE Aunt Flo, I cannot drop a single pound. I eat well, I workout, I drink water (that's ALL I drink). But nothing happens. Then the week OF her visit I drop a pound of two (maybe) and thats it until she leaves... then its back to business as usual. But man, this stinks!

    I am so thankful for MFP and these forum posts, though. Whenever I feel like I am all alone out here, I can search for a topic like this and see that this has plagued many of my sisters in arms out there! lol

    Thanks, ladies!

    Kimi
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