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

I am just curious, considering how many times this question is asked on this site by young women. What do they teach in health these days?

Not much! Lol x

Anyone who calls it Aunt Flo had better either have young children or.... well, there's no or. Young children are pretty much the only excuse. Blood and tissue leaking out of your vag is not cute, nor does it need to be tarted up in any way to make it seem so. My portable baby factory is on it's maintenance cycle and I am NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.

And portable baby factory isn't cuting it up??? Really?

5-10lbs for me. I avoid weighing myself around that 28 day mark.

Incidentally, my husband refers to it as my 'undying time'.

I packed on 5 pounds with my last one. i did have crucial cravings which I gave into and that hardly helped. This past one was one of my worst ever.

Only 2lbs heavier? you're lucky... I gain at least 5! Thats usually how I determine that my TOM is coming haha. Wait a couple days after it's over and you'll be back to where you should be

Who's tom?

Your worst enemy.

I beg to differ. I'd better have my period than not to have it. Lol

If you use the search bar and just see how many people post this question, then you will know.

My TOM is never regular ... I spot nearly all the time through the whole month, sometimes heavy, sometimes not so I never know the " right" time to weigh my self so I've given up :grumble:
But I was " normal" I could gain up to 7 lbs :grumble:

Who's tom?

Here you go:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/809176-acronyms-and-terms-for-new-mfp-members-v-3-3

Its natural that we do that. I'm almost ready to stop all together for good, but we want to eat more because its our hormones working. I hate it when happens.

I recommend weighing daily for a while if you can without bring bummed by fluctuating. That way you can go back and see the trend. I think it's kind of cool.

I was able to see that a couple days before I seemed to gain 3 pounds, and started using that as a clue that my cycle was about to start. It doesn't bug me, and by the end of my period, it's usually lower than when I started! There were a few months that I logged the most actual loss at a time then. Nothing to help you feel awesome like gaining 3 in water then losing that and 2 more!

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I wish it was only 2-5lbs. Sadly, for me I gain 10-20lbs during my period. 2 weeks of the month are usually horrible on what the scale says but since I track it I know what is normal or not. Seriously amazing to watch the scale change so drastically. I have not seen anyone else have that much but it is normal. Log for you over the next few months and you will know what is normal for you.

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!!!!

Normal