Females: Is it just me who gains during a visit from TOM?

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  • _KATzMeow
    _KATzMeow Posts: 336 Member
    really?????
  • _KATzMeow
    _KATzMeow Posts: 336 Member
    My question, though, is - How many of you are on your first period ever? I will even give you 3-4........ But every girl knows by age 14 - 15 that we get bloated, cranky, whiny, have an upset tummy and are hungry for the period of time just before your (generally) predictable cycle and can continue for (typically) 4-7 days. Ok, if you have always had hormonal issues and are just now getting it straightened out, I can *kinda* see the confusion, but, hell, even then, you KNOW it happens, even if it doesn't happen to you. I can almost guarantee you, if you ask 4 men if women gain a few pounds on the rag, at least 3 of them will be able to confirm the phenomenon, and they don't even have a uterus!!!!

    no not every one gets bloated and cranky and have to talk about it all the time!!!!
  • _Elemenopee_
    _Elemenopee_ Posts: 2,665 Member
    It's not you, it's me
  • lapinu390
    lapinu390 Posts: 46 Member
    Hey, you wanna know something funny that you probably wont believe? lol I used to put on 7lbs before i went on tablets and lose it after TOM And because of that I became anemic! It really wasn't nice :(
  • jessicalynn75
    jessicalynn75 Posts: 371 Member
    Yep, up to 7 pounds. Lose it and then some the week after...
  • mjterp
    mjterp Posts: 650 Member
    Yup...seven pounds for me this month. (I vary 5-8 pounds with TOM)
    Yuck...but I don't sweat it because it really does melt off after Tom finally gets here...
  • IntoTheSky
    IntoTheSky Posts: 390 Member
    My question, though, is - How many of you are on your first period ever? I will even give you 3-4........ But every girl knows by age 14 - 15 that we get bloated, cranky, whiny, have an upset tummy and are hungry for the period of time just before your (generally) predictable cycle and can continue for (typically) 4-7 days. Ok, if you have always had hormonal issues and are just now getting it straightened out, I can *kinda* see the confusion, but, hell, even then, you KNOW it happens, even if it doesn't happen to you. I can almost guarantee you, if you ask 4 men if women gain a few pounds on the rag, at least 3 of them will be able to confirm the phenomenon, and they don't even have a uterus!!!!

    no not every one gets bloated and cranky and have to talk about it all the time!!!!

    Look! I put this part in for people like you! *even then, you KNOW it happens, even if it doesn't happen to you.* I do get bloated and cranky. I don't talk about it. Mainly, because the majority of women before me have talked about it, and used it for excuses, for centuries. We *all* know what the possible symptoms are, even if each of us does not suffer in the same exact way. Just quit whining and be thankful that you don't get banished to a seperate hut one week out of each month like in some remote villages without diurex or tampons.
  • katz22
    katz22 Posts: 116 Member
    I gain a few lbs and then lose it again. Apparently higher levels of estrogen in the last part of the cycle create a glycogen sparing effect. I will say the symptoms I get every month have decreased since taking up regular exercise (I used to get cramps so painful once it made me faint when shopping and I got taken to hospital ) although I still get a bit PMS ragey.
  • Tamara4Jesus
    Tamara4Jesus Posts: 5
    Merry Christmas! Sorry I haven't been in here for awhile, but I've just been busy since its Christmas. My cycles have been pretty weird lately. Last month I was so heavy, I then spotted a couple of times a week after it started. It was five weeks until I started this one on Thurs. I only had it for about 3 hrs. then it wen't away. My Dr. said that I'm going through menapause. The picture in my profile was taken yesterday, and that last year about this time, I weight about 210 maybe 224 which I think it was. So I've lost 39 lbs.I feel so much better. chat later. Tamara
  • Tamara4Jesus
    Tamara4Jesus Posts: 5
    this is not my day for typing I guess when I don't feel very good. I'll write tomorrow.I do have one question. which code do I copy to put any picturers I want to put on my post?
  • trchristy
    trchristy Posts: 155 Member
    OMG yes I gain at least 5 lbs during TOM.. its horrible... I hate it.
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Sometimes and sometimes not. I used to sometimes gain a little beforehand, that went just before I started.
    I get more bothered by how much my belly bloats up, especially if I am getting cramps.
  • Tamara4Jesus
    Tamara4Jesus Posts: 5
    I haven't had my last TOM for 5 weeks now and I never know when my next one will come. I did gan a lb.this week, and ate a little more than usual, but not going to worry about it. Siorry I've been MIA lately. Tamara
  • Nikkilynn32710
    Nikkilynn32710 Posts: 256 Member
    ME!!!! I'm 3lbs heavier than I was last Wednesday b/c of TOM!! :/...glad to know Im not the only person lol.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    Nope the joy of being female. Remember our bodies do not like to lose weight. Fat=fertility
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