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    • GIRLS ONLY - Monthly weight question.

    Posts: 166 Member
    edited January 18 in Health and Weight Loss
    DISCLAIMER - This is not a question boys/men need to read but if you aren't queasy, feel free to read.

    Ladies - Does anyone else have the problem of putting on 1-2 lbs. at "that time of the month?" Is this pretty much normal? I got on the scale this morning and was up 1.5 lbs. from yesterday and I know I didn't over eat, eat too much salt, or anything like that. Just wondering if other ladies have this problem during their cycle. Thanks.

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    • Posts: 3,252 Member
      I haven't had a period since July 2011 (pregnancy and now breastfeeding), but it was normally for me to fluctuate 1-5 lbs when I did. It all came off around Day 3 or 4 of my cycle, often with extra if I'd been diligent about working out and not giving in to my junk food cravings!
    • Posts: 166 Member
      I haven't had a period since July 2011 (pregnancy and now breastfeeding), but it was normally for me to fluctuate 1-5 lbs when I did. It all came off around Day 3 or 4 of my cycle, often with extra if I'd been diligent about working out and not giving in to my junk food cravings!
      Thanks! That does make me feel better.
    • Posts: 36 Member
      Oh yeah that is totally the norm for me every month like clock work I gain before I cramp! At first I got so frustrated and I would binge cause it made me so mad! I had worked so hard! THEN I realized what was happening...it seems to go back off as soon as my cycle is over. Bloating maybe? I don't know but yes definately same problem.
    • Posts: 1,119 Member
      I'm about to start (today or tomorrow) about 3 days ago my weight jumped up 2 pounds and has been sitting there since then. I am consistently averaging 2 lbs loss/week so I know this is artificial. I usually lose a lot more weight over the weeks following (like somewhere in the neighborhood of 3-5 lbs) because the water weight goes away. It all averages out.
    • Posts: 513 Member
      I hate when that happens..I KNOW it's water weight but I still don't like seeing the number!!
      Happens when I ovulate also.
    • Posts: 24 Member
      You're so lucky! I gain 5-6lbs when my lady friend comes knocking. I think its just water weight because it disappears within a couple days after. Avoiding salt helps with cramp too...(I know, not the problem or topic, I tend to toss odd random tidbits of information). :D
    • Posts: 943 Member
      My weight bounces like a rubber ball the week before my period. I pay the most attention to my post period weight and only use the other weekly weigh ins as a guideline to keep me in check. I don't worry about a gain of anything less than 5 pounds unless it doesn't come off within a week or so. I've found that upping my water intake does help keep the fluctuation at a minimum.
    • Posts: 1,380 Member
      I can't get a reliable weight measurement thefriday before or the Friday after. S last month it looked like the scale hadn't budged for 3 weeks - then suddenly 4lb was gone! I don't think it all came off at once, it ws just hidining "below the water".

      I keep an eye on the tape measure too - down a dress size since I started:drinker:
    • Posts: 1,490 Member
      I have a couple days before, during and after that add at least a pound every month... sometimes (like last month) it was 3 pounds. UGH!
    • Posts: 551 Member
      Yes, and it's totally normal. My appetite also increases, and sometimes I give in, if my body is telling me "I'm hungry" then I have a snack. I just make sure I workout and if I go a little over I don't beat myself up. I know it will come back off when it's gone.
    • Posts: 87 Member
      Not only does my weight go up, I feel like I am starving and have a hard time keeping to the calories recommendations. It is not just you, its is all of us.
    • Posts: 989 Member
      I've put as much as 8 pounds on
    • Posts: 529 Member
      for the ladies only yes it is normal I have a group i run that is called Dream Team weight loss support for women feel to free to join.we discuss this and share recipes and bloat tips and encourage each other
    • Posts: 302 Member
      Yep, totally normal. :)
    • Posts: 1,710 Member
      i'll put on as much as 8 pounds. it all drops right off after, so why worry?
    • Posts: 227 Member
      Oh no, I accidentally read this and now I feel queasy!
    • Posts: 138 Member
      I never weigh within 2 days before or 3 days after starting. I put on up to 6 lb and half a pant size most months.
      I have found that drinking a lot more water than usual (and keeping away from the tempting salty snacks) really helps me to feel way less bloated, but still... for my sanity... I don't weigh in.
    • Posts: 44 Member
      For me it is like clockwork that I gain when I ovulate. I just try to up my water intake and not let it get me down because it usually comes off the week after with no issues.
    • Posts: 46 Member
      Yes, me too - for several days before I start, I'm almost always up 2-3 lbs and then by day 4, it's gone. It doesn't help either that during my premenstrual week, I am hungrier and crave salt. Water is helping and smaller more frequent meals.
    • Posts: 166 Member
      Thanks to everyone! This will help me keep my prospective!
    • Posts: 266 Member
      Yes! I normally don't let it bother me becuse I know it will be gone in a few days BUT we are in a weight loss competition at work, it ends tomorrow and we have to weigh in tomorrow and I started my monthlies yesterday. So even though I've been in 1st place for 50 days (!!) those 2 pounds are going to cost me the competition. I'm very unhappy :cry:
    • Posts: 1,380 Member
      My other problem is my pelvic floor is lazier round that time so extra water means extra potty breaks!:blushing: women just can't win:grumble:

      Cassie - can you weigh in in your undies? Or else hide fruit in everyone else's pockets:wink::laugh:
    • Posts: 792 Member
      Yup. I don't even go near a scale during that time of the month.
    • Posts: 145
      I was in the middle of my period when I had my weekly weigh in last Thursday and I was actually down 3lbs.
    • Posts: 44
      Um, yes. I gained about 5 lbs the week of my last one. I pretty much panicked for a little while... it's hard to truly believe it's just water weight when you've been working so hard...
    • Posts: 55 Member
      I usually can be counted on for 8-12 pounds each time...it's great to see the scale when that (and hopefully more!) jumps off, but it's HORRIBLE to see it jump ON overnight!!
    • Posts: 201 Member
      Yes, BUT I've found extra calcium around that time helps. Less extra weight when I'm drinking skim milk with ovaltine or eating fruit with nonfat yogurt after workouts.
    • Posts: 106 Member
      Ya...I gain about 10 lbs and a couple of different personalities.
    • Posts: 35 Member
      I just started a weightloss competition recently and I almost cried when I weighed myself 2 days before "that time". I had done everything right and I was up almost 4 pounds!! I hadn't even factored in that this might happen. I am so glad to read all of your comments because now I know it's not just me. All I have to do now is figure out how to not give in to my salty cravings :tongue:
    • Posts: 1,778 Member
      It's not a 'problem', it's biology.
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