Is it true that you gain weight at the "time of the month"?

all women are different so you really need to get to know your body inside and out. This monthly for me fell over Halloween. I ate candy and I didn't work out for 2 days which is very unlike me. I did hardly anything one day except eat everything in sight. ugh. So I did gain almost 2 pounds and I deserved it. Whatt'ya expect, right? But if I down a couple Midol or Advil and hit the gym regardless, and stick to diet, and keep the water intake very very high then I don't gain. Last month I lost a pound during and 2 more pounds right after. Keep in mind if you "gain" but then within a couple days of it ending you have a whoosh! and lose the pounds again then you know it was water retention. If you gain for good it was probably from bad choices you made while under the influence of PMS like I did. Warning: don't eat the house down. back away from the Halloween candy. get your @$s to the gym. drink twice as much water as usual. It is up to you. But when your uterus feels like its about to do something that looks like a scene from a horror film and burst through my abdomen, well... it's hard to make the right choice. good luck with that.

Didn't see any weight gain around "time of the month". I know that some water retention may occur in that period, but I didn't see any relevant gain in myself. I ussualy feel the bloathing several days before it comming, but didn't see any gain there either.

I weigh but never record it. I put on between 4 and 7 lbs, usually 4 days before until the last couple of days. It's infuriating, but at least I know what it's from.

You just have to remind yourself that if you are up a pound or two, or three or four, that it's all water weight and when your TOM is over, the weight will be right back off.

oh yeah! 6 pounds last month.....

not to derail....but WTF is that in your profile pic?????!!!!!!

When I was having them, I've got the implant to stop them for medical reasons, I'd gain up to two to four pounds and then it'd come off a day or so after my period.

Definitely. I usually go up seven freaking pounds. After a few days of drowning in water, I lose four pounds, and then the final three come off over the next week. The whole process takes two weeks (go up one week, back to normal the next, and then I start losing again). It's really, really frustrating, but at least I can look at my weight graph and see the pattern. I weigh every day, so it's really easy to spot where TOM was the criminal.

oh yeah! 6 pounds last month.....

not to derail....but WTF is that in your profile pic?????!!!!!!

I think its a baby male rat o_O

OK...I don't mean this to be rude..but unless you just started having periods.....how do you NOT know if you do or don't? Don't you know if you get all bloated and stuff when its that time?

If someone is heavy, it's kind of hard to tell when you're bloated. I speak from experience. When clothes are uncomfortable and you feel fat every single day, a few pounds of water weight doesn't feel like anything different. I never thought I got bloated until I started weighing myself and using MFP. I had no idea I gained that much water weight. It freaked me out at first, but then it happened again the next month and I realized what had happened.

I hate it.

I can't lose any weight a week or two before the TOM. Even if I diet and exercise. And i feel bloated and fat But on my 2 nd day - minus 4-5 pounds at least. It's been like this aaaaaaall my life.
I guess it's water.

I gain, oddly enough though when I take ACV regularly, I don't seem to have that issue during that time..

I'm more concerned with the feeling that my uterus feels like it's about to fall on the floor and squash the urge to hold my crotch as I walk....

For a reference, I would probably just weigh..

Does ACV stand for apple cider vinegar? I just started taking that every day. I have noticed that my stomach doesn't feel as bloated. It's not that TOM, but it feels flatter than usual.

Yes it does. I heard about it's health benefits somewhere and decided to give it a try... I was NOT a regular person. Once I started it I about fell on the floor, by weeks end I was not only regular but that bloaty feeling I had all the time was gone. It must work partially like a natural diuretic. I didn't even feel bloated or have a gain during TTOM..(most drink it with water, and sometimes a lil honey.. me.. I can't do that, I put it in my green tea, that make a difference too, but I've been drinking the tea forever and all it made me do was pee and have dry mouth).. I wasn't sure though so I stopped taking it for about 4 days.. sure enough.. I could feel the difference.

I'm not going to say it's a miricle or works for everyone, but it works for me. I use Braggs organic.

Its just because you are retaining water most of the time, since you are losing...fluids, your body needs to keep some in stock to stay hydrated, Im on my TOM right now, and i didnt gain a single pound, no idea why, i have been drinking A LOT more water, so maybe since my body has enough water to keep hydrated, it doesnt need to stock it, Who knows, but past months i did gain a couple pounds during TOM. Our bodies are weird thats all, but dont worry about it, even if you gain weight is not your real weight, at least in my opinion, i wouldnt log it.

I know I do. It's horrible-- at least 5 pounds of water weight, if not more. Very discouraging.

This ^^^^^ :sad: :sad: :sad:

I always gain a few pounds and clothes feel tight a few days before my period. Settles back to normal within a few days. Although it's all normal actually...simply a natural cycle.