Question for women regrading TOM

MrsG31
Posts: 364 Member
Happy Monday to all! And yes, I did search for this topic, but could not find anything that specifically answered my question.
I keep finding that woman say they GAIN during that TOM due to water weight, etc and that they skip weighing that week. Is that right? Or am I reading it wrong and it is the opposite and you falsely LOSE during TOM?
Here is your TMI for the day - I am at my TOM now and have been since Thursday. My last weigh-in was Tuesday the 29th of January and I was at 118. Then for the heck of it, I decided to weigh myself during TOM just to see how much it was fluctuating. I weighed at different times of the day, clothes on/clothes off and each time it was the same - 115.5. WTH? How did I all of the sudden lose 2.5lbs? Then this morning, which is approaching the tail end of "her" visit, I was back up to 117.5.
Anyone else experience this? I am trying not to focus on the scale so much and am more interested in seeing my belly getting smaller, but curiosty is a damn b&tch and I can't help myself!
I keep finding that woman say they GAIN during that TOM due to water weight, etc and that they skip weighing that week. Is that right? Or am I reading it wrong and it is the opposite and you falsely LOSE during TOM?
Here is your TMI for the day - I am at my TOM now and have been since Thursday. My last weigh-in was Tuesday the 29th of January and I was at 118. Then for the heck of it, I decided to weigh myself during TOM just to see how much it was fluctuating. I weighed at different times of the day, clothes on/clothes off and each time it was the same - 115.5. WTH? How did I all of the sudden lose 2.5lbs? Then this morning, which is approaching the tail end of "her" visit, I was back up to 117.5.
Anyone else experience this? I am trying not to focus on the scale so much and am more interested in seeing my belly getting smaller, but curiosty is a damn b&tch and I can't help myself!
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Everything I have found says that it can go either way. For me, I tend to retain water shortly before TOM but by the second or third day I've usually lost a few pounds and maintain that. Some people retain the water weight some people lose massive amounts of weight (increased metabolic activity).
I only know what is normal for me.0 -
Wow. I definitely gain a pound or two the week before my period and it's gone after everything gets going. Usually I eat more during my period (today's the first day--I have been snacking all day) but I never see it on the scale.
You're lucky you lost. But 2.5 lbs is a natural fluctuation, TOM or not (I know people tend to go up and down by as much as 5 lbs in a day). I have definitely lost a good 4 lbs during the course of a day before. That's why I tend to only check my weight every Saturday morning before my run.0 -
well my pill can mess me around alot, i have now been on for about a month...can this effect my weight?0
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