Monthly Periods.

sarahmartin2013
sarahmartin2013 Posts: 91
in Health and Weight Loss
Do they really effect someones weight? *Like when they're on a period do they tend to weigh more or less?.. Its my time of the month and today was my weigh in.. The scaled showed I had gained 2 pounds, and that my belly was a little bit bigger then last measurement. Is that because I'm bloated or something?..
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  • jellybeanmusic
    jellybeanmusic Posts: 161 Member
    Yeah, I start holding water the week before mine and that adds to the scales, then a few days into my period it's all away again. Don't be disheartened on the scale, you're not any fatter.
  • sbbhbm
    sbbhbm Posts: 1,312 Member
    Yep. I go up sometimes as much as 5 pounds, and feel like I can't button my pants.
  • heyjay31
    heyjay31 Posts: 79 Member
    Yes, we retain water during that time. Ugh!!
  • MarieG2023
    MarieG2023 Posts: 61 Member
    I tend to retain water during that time of the month. This week, I only lost 1lb., so I'm curious what my weight will be in a few days.
  • ruqayyahsmum
    ruqayyahsmum Posts: 1,513 Member
    i retain in the lead up to starting my period

    i can gain up to 7lb. this last fortnight i lost a lb one week and my tummy was stuck right out (i came on the next day) and this week i lost 10lb, stomach was back to normal and my nutrition advisor asked me if i was starving myself to get big weight loss grrrrr
  • sarabeth120
    sarabeth120 Posts: 172 Member
    Like everyone else said, it's most likely just water weight. Most women retain water and get bloated during their periods. The same happens to me too, but it usually goes away towards the end of my period.
  • eleanorknowles
    eleanorknowles Posts: 4 Member
    I was going to ask the same question - my weight jumped up 3 pounds so I'm thinking I must be due, although this didn't happen last month. The fact it coincided with eating a portion of chocolate pudding and some of my birthday chocolates must be coincidence! I'd not eaten any puddings or chocolates since before 1st Jan, so it was a tad annoying.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,230 Member
    I puff up like a flippin balloon. Puffy fingers and all. I write off my weigh in that week.
  • MN4US
    MN4US Posts: 78 Member
    When do you lovely ladies find that the water weight comes off? First day of your periods? When it's finished?
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,230 Member
    Near the end of it, for me. I get a rockin' weigh in a few days after it finishes.
  • crunchybubblez
    crunchybubblez Posts: 387 Member
    Yep I was up 5lbs yesterday and was down 3lbs from that today...
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    For me it isn't water retention but food retention, I always get constipated the few days before and then whoosh ... sorry if TMI but you did ask :blushing:
  • Carolannb1986
    Carolannb1986 Posts: 91
    I puff up like a flippin balloon. Puffy fingers and all. I write off my weigh in that week.


    Yes i bloat terribly too!! I actually have to take my rings off for a week!! But yes one week a month i ignore my scales due to the monthly, Though I can go up to a 6lb gain if I DON'T drink lots.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,230 Member
    I puff up like a flippin balloon. Puffy fingers and all. I write off my weigh in that week.


    Yes i bloat terribly too!! I actually have to take my rings off for a week!! But yes one week a month i ignore my scales due to the monthly, Though I can go up to a 6lb gain if I DON'T drink lots.

    I hear you!! one of my rings doesn't come off right now and sometimes I'm scared my finger is going to turn purple!
  • brevislux
    brevislux Posts: 1,093 Member
    Totally normal. Drink plenty of water, that should help.
  • pilarter
    pilarter Posts: 49
    this happens to almost all of us. I can gain up to7-8 pounds, from the day before until even a week after, this sucks! I weigh in weekly but that week while period, it is so frustrating, and my mood is already bad enough to worsen it on the scales.
  • curvynblonde
    curvynblonde Posts: 170 Member
    My weight goes up about 3 pounds and it's about that time for me now so I'm not expecting any losses this week. And my clothes get sooooo tight. Ugh.
  • SamanthaClarexo
    SamanthaClarexo Posts: 353 Member
    Yep. Normally gain up to around 5lbs on my TOM. Drinks lots of water and it will soon go away x
  • PugCookie
    PugCookie Posts: 8
    Yep I get pretty bloated around that time too.
    Usually show a 1.5-2lb gain too and clothes esp trousers feel quite tight.

    Tends to go back to normal around a week after its finished.
  • violinkeri
    violinkeri Posts: 212
    For me it isn't water retention but food retention, I always get constipated the few days before and then whoosh ... sorry if TMI but you did ask :blushing:


    This is me too! I think some of it is water, but food too. Then my period starts and its like someone pulled the plug from the bathtub.
  • losingweightatl
    losingweightatl Posts: 34
    Yeah mine goes up 7lbs usually a week before and goes away usually mid period. I'm going through it now and I keep wishing it would come on so the weight will go down! lol
  • Kristinemomof3
    Kristinemomof3 Posts: 636 Member
    I don't weight the week before, the week of or the week after. I try and wait until between my cycles.
  • iamweird1
    iamweird1 Posts: 7
    I actually lose weight when on periods! And rarely gain some, but when I do gain, I gain about 5 pounds! X-(
  • _Witsy_
    _Witsy_ Posts: 609 Member
    Yes.
  • PatriceMcCalla
    PatriceMcCalla Posts: 1
    I don't know the science to it all but I do find I'm slightly heavier on a weigh-in near to the time that I'm due to come on
  • PeachyKeene
    PeachyKeene Posts: 1,645 Member
    yes
  • jillcwhite
    jillcwhite Posts: 181 Member
    The joys of being a women :) I am glad to see so many women paying attention to their bodies and knowing what will happen during cycles. That keeps us from beating ourselves up over weight gain during that time of month. Kudos!
  • MrsRogers2010
    MrsRogers2010 Posts: 34
    Yes, definetly a problem! That and the fact that a couple days before it's time I can't control myself around anything chocolate/sweet!
  • Leeann1979
    Leeann1979 Posts: 1,090 Member
    I am up 5lbs right now cuz of this. I hate it.
  • jillybeanpuff
    jillybeanpuff Posts: 144 Member
    yep. I think it happens to all of us. I usually ignore the scale the week before and then toward the end the weight comes back off. Super Bowl weekend I had a great weigh-in and its all come back now. I'm *hoping* that this weekend all that extra will be gone plus some. Its normal, just try not to weigh the week before or during the first part.

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