Ladies - do you log your period weight gain?

1356

Replies

  • wahmx3
    wahmx3 Posts: 633 Member
    Heck NO! Then again, I don't log mine when i have a true gain either. I am waiting until i lose again, I am almost back to where I was in the fall. I do log every chocolate I eat....and that is daily whether it is PMS or just a regular day.
  • rubixcyoob
    rubixcyoob Posts: 395
    I still look at the scales, and if there's only a 1-3lb gain then I just ignore it and get on with it - if after a week that 1-3lbs isn't gone then I log it as a gain.
  • bmqbonnie
    bmqbonnie Posts: 836 Member
    Yep. Slippery slope if I don't.

    Besides, then I get to log that I lost weight later.
  • terriblyn
    terriblyn Posts: 107 Member
    I weigh but don't record it, but I'm kind of a glutton for punishment. This month I gained 6 lbs during my TOM!! I couldn't help but jump on the scale and stare in horror...like a car wreck... :)
  • P05T5CRIPT
    P05T5CRIPT Posts: 285 Member
    Never...why would you even want to do that when it's temporary? I go up around 4-5lbs then the day after it's all gone, I just don't log that week. Having to up my weight every month would be an absolute pain, not to mention a downer.

    I weigh everyday to keep an eye on the gain during it though.
  • JulieBGoood
    JulieBGoood Posts: 120 Member
    No way, makes me way too sad!
  • montanadanni
    montanadanni Posts: 184 Member
    Well, I see it this way:)
    We are women and we fluctuate a lot! It is just how our bodies work. I wouldn't try to fight/deny it and just embrace it. Don't let it go to your head, don't beat yourself up. Just look at those number and LOG THEM. You know what it is from so you don't have to stress and it is pretty dang neat to see a pattern later on. I like graphing the way my body loses, the body is a wonderous thing. Seeing patterns in your body is even cooler. At least thats how I see it, what you do is totally up to you :)

    I never gained weight on my period, I lost like 5lbs every time I got on it lol I am so the complete opposite of a lot of people. ;p
  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
    Nope..in most cases it's a false reading.
  • amiscci
    amiscci Posts: 64 Member
    I do weekly weigh ins and, yes, I still weigh in that week. It's not that big a deal to me, as I know it's going to be gone by my next weekly weigh in. shrug...

    ^^^ this
    I'm just starting maintenance and I weigh every day. So long as the longer term trend was in the right direction, I tried not to freak over a 1-2 lb gain. Water retention happens. If that's the cause, it'll resolve itself.

    As you get to or close to maintenance, we need to come to grips with the fact that that number will always be changing within a range if you're doing it right :-) . Hopefully it fluxuates up/down by a small amount but it's not likely you'll "hit the same number" on most days At all hopefully evens out over time, and if it doesn't and that trend is up for too long, it's time to go Plan B-- calorie restriction/exercize-- before it gets out of hand. Thats my plan.
  • embracingmycurves
    embracingmycurves Posts: 59 Member
    Nope, I don't log it....I only record weight when I lose. :)
    This
  • ZAislandgal
    ZAislandgal Posts: 9
    I stay FAR away from the scale that week! It is not really a true reflection of your effort.....
  • Lovett123
    Lovett123 Posts: 54 Member
    Nope! I stay away from the scales that week
  • kazmurphblin
    kazmurphblin Posts: 114 Member
    I didnt even record my christmass gain!! So hell no! x
  • sassy_sadie
    sassy_sadie Posts: 36 Member
    No. I can gain up to 8 lb during that time. It's not real, so I don't count it.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    sure if it happens during my weekly weigh it gets logged the good bad and the ugly it is what it is.
  • bpwparents
    bpwparents Posts: 359 Member
    Yes I log it. Kills me to do it but it's great to see the loss really increase the next week.
  • azwen
    azwen Posts: 237 Member
    I don't record my weight on a weekly basis. I just weigh myself most mornings when I get up, and when the weight is a new low, I record it. I don't worry about a few pounds over; weight fluctuates. I'm just looking to see a new low number, then I know I'm losing.
  • stellabobella79
    stellabobella79 Posts: 44 Member
    I will be logging it, but I only have had 1 period since starting MFP and I hadn't weighed myself before.njustnthink about it this way...it's a bummer to see the weight pile on, but what a relief to see the weight back off the following week.
  • findingmyfit
    findingmyfit Posts: 106
    A day or a couple days before I start, I'm retaining water weight so I actually log that and then if my period hasn't ended by that weigh in then I just wait ;) That way I can count how much water weight came off with whatever else that did. :) Makes me feel like a champion haha.
  • slroggemann
    slroggemann Posts: 168 Member
    I avoid the scale that week. I don't weigh myself regularly as it is - once a month or so, because otherwise I get frustrated.
  • Loopy771
    Loopy771 Posts: 4 Member
    I avoid the scales until around 3 days after as notice a signicficant gain - I don't like my scales :(
  • lowpro1983
    lowpro1983 Posts: 305 Member
    No, I don't. I have seen my weight go up from 5-10 lbs during that time....
  • alexisu96
    alexisu96 Posts: 103 Member
    One question on this topic. For those on the Pill, do you also notice monthly weight fluations?? I knowmthere is disagreement if the pill overall causes gain, but I am curious about monthly cyclemchanges in weight?? Sometimes I think I do before my period, but here I am taking hormones so my body doesnt know the period is coming until I stop taking my monthly pill pak, right??
  • hollyk57
    hollyk57 Posts: 520 Member
    Nope, I don't log it....I only record weight when I lose. :)

    This... I only log when I lose. My weight fluctuates A LOT... everyone's does. Even though I weigh every day, I only log when there's a loss...
  • Wrenbot87
    Wrenbot87 Posts: 100 Member
    No. If after a week the scale hasn't gone down then I would because then it's not period/water retention anymore.


    Yup! This is exactly how I handle that too. I retain more water now during my period than I used to. Having a baby sure does a number to your body! I just wait a couple days after, then weigh myself.
  • sarahisme18
    sarahisme18 Posts: 574 Member
    OMG. It's a trap!!!!!!!!

    If you're getting that worried about a "gain" on your period (which isn't really a gain), just toss that scale out the second story window.
  • charlene77
    charlene77 Posts: 250 Member
    Nope, never. I only record loss. Even last week I had a few high sodium days and gained a couple pounds because of water retention. I didn't record my weight that week. I waited a week, then recorded not only the couple pound drop, but an extra pound too! Give yourself a break!
  • charlene77
    charlene77 Posts: 250 Member
    I don't record my weight on a weekly basis. I just weigh myself most mornings when I get up, and when the weight is a new low, I record it. I don't worry about a few pounds over; weight fluctuates. I'm just looking to see a new low number, then I know I'm losing.

    HAHA Me too!
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    If you weighed yourself in the morning, and then you drank a 32oz bottle of water and then weighed yourself again, would you log that as a 2lb gain?

    No!
  • sarahisme18
    sarahisme18 Posts: 574 Member
    If you weighed yourself in the morning, and then you drank a 32oz bottle of water and then weighed yourself again, would you log that as a 2lb gain?

    No!

    :drinker:

Categories