Ladies - do you log your period weight gain?

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  • metermaid11
    metermaid11 Posts: 31 Member
    Nope. I still weigh every morning because it has become a habit, and I am interested in seeing how my weight fluctuates because it lets me know that I am retaining water and I should probably drink a little more water that day. I don't log it though. I only log when I see a new low number.
  • mnj3092002
    mnj3092002 Posts: 5
    I weigh myself every Monday, so I would still weigh myself during my period but not record it. Then the next Monday I will record that weight.
  • LabMonkeySteph85
    LabMonkeySteph85 Posts: 64
    Yep. I log all the time though, even though I only count my weight on Mondays. I like to see the fluctuations that way I don't freak out if one Monday I am up a bit because I know that it may just be due to sodium or extra exercise.
  • kmr72
    kmr72 Posts: 24 Member
    Yup...I log. I gained 5 lbs but lost four inches in my hips.
  • sadieos
    sadieos Posts: 4
    I recommend never weighing yourself on your period, it either leads to false hope or unnecessary guilt.
  • bluebear_74
    bluebear_74 Posts: 179
    I only record when I lose otherwise it'll be up and down all over the place.
  • BeckyLH
    BeckyLH Posts: 117 Member
    I don't log mine, it's too depressing! I've gained 2lbs this morning :(
  • taylorxpaige
    taylorxpaige Posts: 34 Member
    I was also doing so well in my weight loss, down 4 pounds, and now I am back up 2.6 lbs during my TOM. Very discouraged, especially because I am going to Miami this weekend :(
  • RoadsterGirlie
    RoadsterGirlie Posts: 1,195 Member
    How are you supposed to learn about your body if you don't record your weight, even if it's on your period?

    Seriously?
  • fara180
    fara180 Posts: 1,260 Member
    i have a bad habit of weighing myself *at least* once a day. i like weighing in the morning before i eat anything and then in the evening after i've stopped eating for the day. i also weigh myself quite often during that time of the month just to see how my body fluctuates. using the MFP check-in, i will log any weight gain or weight loss, no matter what. it keeps me accountable.
  • SCtolulu
    SCtolulu Posts: 154 Member
    Nah, I wait until it's over then log that spectacular loss at the end:)
    I do weigh myself during it though, just so I feel like a fat *kitten* with the extra water weight and I won't eat up the whole house :)
  • VeeSecrets
    VeeSecrets Posts: 28 Member
    Glad u brought this up cus it happen 2 me i Iogged it then the next wk I loss 4 lbs so I guess I should have waited
  • Qskim
    Qskim Posts: 1,145 Member
    How are you supposed to learn about your body if you don't record your weight, even if it's on your period?

    Seriously?

    Weighing and taking note in my mind. Not recording cos the next week I'll just have a loss anyway. So it's not a true gain and it's not a true loss is it? One will negate the other. Ive only ever once recorded a gain...this year for first time because it stayed for two weeks. Any other time ive gained its a temporary fluctuation (i weigh daily). For me personally I don't bother recording weight gain during Tom...but I seriously know what my body is doing even if I don't record it.
  • MelissaL582
    MelissaL582 Posts: 1,422 Member
    Thank goodness for this post. My first year on MFP, I lost 50lbs and didn't gain a pound at all during TOM. I'm restarting MFP after my hiatus and I've gained a pound so far during my second day of TOM. I've recorded it on paper but I don't log anything on MFP until I've gone down on the scale.

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