ladies: lightest all month at TOM?

i am wondering how many of you find that when you get your TOM you are your lightest weight all month? why is that? I have been recording my weight of course while i am trying to lose it and i find that each month a day before i get my TOM and up to a few days after it, i am at my all time lowest weight all month? not sure why that is and was wondering if anyone has any answers for that? the rest of the month i always go up a bit and then bounce around.. this seems to be a normal pattern for me...

Finally someone else with the same pattern as me! Everyone talks about TOM being the heaviest because of water retention but I find I gain a bit in the week before but lose it all back and then some at TOM! Thanks for posting - nice not to feel quite so abnormal!

Same here, but it was not the case before I was on BCP. I used to be a standard 5-lb-TOM-bloater. I am on a low-estrogen pill and my "off" week has me down at least a couple pounds below my "on" weeks.

I'll trade with you! Last week I went up 8 lbs within a day. That is a new record for me!
On the other hand, nothing compares with the happiness I feel after TOM when it all suddenly comes down to pre-TOM weight!

The day before or the day I start is the lowest I'll weigh all month. 2 days after I'm all done....3# up usually! Grrrrr... :grumble:

not me .. I can count on at least 5lbs extra at TOM. I avoid the scale !!!!

I think this will vary a lot. I maybe put on a pound where as my sister bloats a lot with water retention and probably goes up a cup size as well as having a slightly swollen stomach.

My TOM is controlled by the pill which definitely helped my regularity and like most people I tend to try and avoid the scales that week.

I have been seeing a pattern that you might find interesting.

First, I weigh every single morning at the same time. I also have an app called Pink Pad for TOM tracking. There are a few days where it is showing little flowers and one big flower. This is the most fertile time. Okay with that said, about ten days from TOM is the biggest weight gains, most obviously water. My best guess is that our bodies are preparing the body to the best flowering bed. wink wink

Next, is that during TOM my weight is lower. Obviously the shedding of the unused flower bed. The difference is that we don't feel so great so it confuses the mind when you're cramping and all bloated. By weighing every day, I am gaining insight into my own body that I never understood - but I'm an analytical type person with a preference to visual input.

The picture was clear as could be on this one. I hope it makes sense.

I'm always MUCH heavier 2.5kgs usually that any other time during that time of the month.
Arrrgh... I would like to swap too.

I wish I had that! My TOM starts in 2 hours.. (yes it does have exact timings!) I go so bloated few days before and then goes on the last day (I've gained 2" :noway: )
All the weight goes though (luckily)

it's true for me! I think that the days before you normally have water retention, then about the 1st day you loose it so you might be lighter... but also take something the days after!