Bloating on Menstrual period? Looking huge

tyraskanks_

Does anybody else get ridiculously bloated when they are on their period? It is ridiculous. I came home and my mom said it looked like I had gained all the weight back. >.<

tyraskanks_

My face is also very bloated. I look like I have a giant double chin I did not have last week.

IMElektra

Yeah. I get bloated even before to the point someone said I was pregnant. With the fat layers on top of it, it does not help.

tyraskanks_

omg. I have the worst "pregnancy" belly.Since that is where I tend to put on most of my fat.

Ellas_Time_4_Change

Yes! The bloating is enough to make me a cranky B*TCH!

TinGirl314

I had eight pounds of bloating this month...
I was not a happy girl when I got on that scale...
Thankfully 7 of the 8 pounds are gone.
In three days.

Yah body, that makes perfect sense.

Marlo2012

UGH!!! Yes!!! It's the worst!! Just know that it's normal and we all ( or at least most of us) go through it! :flowerforyou:

JNJN25

I usually gain 5 to 6 pounds and on the 5th day I drop down to my starting weight.

JessicaBR0

Yes! I get the pregnant look also!

tyraskanks_

I have hypothyroidism. I have PCOS. I have had my gallbladder taken out.... yeah. I have a triple wammy "OMG ARE YOU PREGNANT?" belly.

tyraskanks_

But it's nice to know that I'm not the only one.



Does anyone get awful food cravings when they're on their monthly? I crave carbs up the hizzouse. Lol.

I_love_frogs

I bloat up about 4-6 lbs and the WHOLE week before <plus the first day or two> I want sweet or salt, and red meat. I mean like RARE red meat...its almost all I can think about. Sweet cravings aren't too bad...but man I get the salt cravings like you wouldn't believe. I have been known to just lick the salt off of pretzels before <I hate hard pretzels btw>, or to go after chips and fries. I tend to not go after sweets as much, every so often I will get a killer craving for ice cream <Dairy Queen> just before my period starts.

tyraskanks_

I wonder if guys even have this many problems to deal with. lol

pandorakick

Yup. I don't weigh and measure myself at TOM, would be too depressing ;-)

kittyr77

Yes totally got this just now. Gained 5lb water weight. Waist from 31 to 36 and belly a whopping 43 i look at least 6months pregnant lol. And Im seeing the in laws tonight and i look fatter than when i last saw them despite losing a stone since then. So annoying!!!
You are not alone! X

redfroggie

I bloat up about 4-6 lbs and the WHOLE week before <plus the first day or two> I want sweet or salt, and red meat. I mean like RARE red meat...its almost all I can think about. Sweet cravings aren't too bad...but man I get the salt cravings like you wouldn't believe. I have been known to just lick the salt off of pretzels before <I hate hard pretzels btw>, or to go after chips and fries. I tend to not go after sweets as much, every so often I will get a killer craving for ice cream <Dairy Queen> just before my period starts.

Salt and red meat! It's insane the amount of salt I crave. Hubby knows that the time is near when there are steaks in the fridge and cans of pringles everywhere!

Leeanne1974

The other evening I was sitting in the lounge and felt a bit nauseous... Looked down at my belly and it was gigantic. It looked like I had swallowed a massive pumpkin whole.
I have PCOS so I can't even think "yay period here now the belly will go down". It just went down a bit the next day lol

trixiemou

My whole stomache area goes like a water bed, poke it and it just ripples all the way. And that is for at least a week before hand.

marycmeadows

yyep, sometimes I have up to 10lbs of water/bloat weight.... it's awful, but what can ya do?!

chroniclesofthinoholic

Yep that's my Indication TOM is coming home soon ...: huge belly