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KimLoves2Run
KimLoves2Run Posts: 5 Member
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I am on my period this week and I feel so horribly bloated. I weighed myself a couple days ago and the scale was far to high. Any other women out there feel bloated/gain some weight while on your period? If so, about how much?
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  • ArtemisRuns
    ArtemisRuns Posts: 251 Member
    Yup, TOM is no friend. I call her Aunt Flo. She's a B!&@$!
  • TayzerFun
    TayzerFun Posts: 45 Member
    Yes! I'm on mine now and feel very bloated. For myself, I don't weigh-in during my period. I know the numbers will more than likely be off, so I just ignore the scale that week.
  • salad_tramp
    salad_tramp Posts: 13 Member
    I am always bloated the week before. It sucks, but then it goes away. For me, i try to exercise through it, and I then feel a lot better in a couple days. And treat myself to a little dark chocolate or red wine :)
  • candifeola
    candifeola Posts: 305 Member
    I gain anywhere from 6-10 pounds...bloat like a thanksgiving float
  • curvygirl77
    curvygirl77 Posts: 769 Member
    I always feel bloated and the scale goes up about 5 pounds
  • Lemmynade
    Lemmynade Posts: 160 Member
    If it makes you feel better (probably won't), when I complained about this to my gyno, he said it is pretty common to even go up 2 pant sizes during your period due to water weight, and bloating. Sometimes you just have to skip a few extra carbs, drink a few more glasses of water, and skip anything with carbonation as it can make you feel more bloated and uncomfortable.

    Feel better, drink some water, and don't get discouraged!
  • whitebalance
    whitebalance Posts: 1,654 Member
    I always feel bloated and the scale goes up about 5 pounds
    Your current profile pic makes this post awesome...
  • krisjohnson121
    krisjohnson121 Posts: 87 Member
    I am with you! I am in the throws of it right now and I feel miserable! I feel bloated and yucky... and oh yeah all I want to do is eat!

    I avoid the scale at all cost during my TOM. I weight weekly so skipping that week is nice because I generally see a nice loss at my next weigh in.
  • astartig
    astartig Posts: 549 Member
    I always feel bloated and the scale goes up about 5 pounds
    Your current profile pic makes this post awesome...

    I know, it made me do a double take and then I laughed a little over that.
  • 43932452
    43932452 Posts: 7,246 Member
    It should leave you in a day or two, drink a lot of water.
    I bloat like mad when it,s here.
  • Kalee34
    Kalee34 Posts: 674 Member
    Yep, I tend to gain anywhere form 2 to 5 lbs. the week before and the week that I am on my period.
  • KimLoves2Run
    KimLoves2Run Posts: 5 Member
    Thanks ladies! :)
  • KimLoves2Run
    KimLoves2Run Posts: 5 Member
    I always feel bloated and the scale goes up about 5 pounds
    Your current profile pic makes this post awesome...

    I know, it made me do a double take and then I laughed a little over that.

    Haha me too!
  • wannabeadancer27
    wannabeadancer27 Posts: 44
    I get bloated and constipated the week before. Then, I get diarrhea and lose my appetite. TMI?
  • kem05
    kem05 Posts: 97
    Yup, TOM is no friend. I call her Aunt Flo. She's a B!&@$!

    This pretty much sums it up for me too :bigsmile:
  • nfpswife
    nfpswife Posts: 63 Member
    If it makes you feel better (probably won't), when I complained about this to my gyno, he said it is pretty common to even go up 2 pant sizes during your period due to water weight, and bloating. Sometimes you just have to skip a few extra carbs, drink a few more glasses of water, and skip anything with carbonation as it can make you feel more bloated and uncomfortable.

    Feel better, drink some water, and don't get discouraged!

    This!! Lots of water, avoid salty foods. I was also told that a complex B vitamin, and iron supplements would help the "blaah" feeling so you have more energy to work out. Don't get discouraged!!
  • PunkinSpice79
    PunkinSpice79 Posts: 309 Member
    Urgh! I gain as much as 8 pounds and feel like a beached whale. The cramping is horrible!!! Plus, I want to punch people. Men have it so easy.
  • cebreisch
    cebreisch Posts: 1,340 Member
    As much as 5-8 pounds for me.
  • LaurenBraddy
    LaurenBraddy Posts: 65 Member
    So good to hear this is a regular thing! I recently started back on Atkins (yes, yes, yes, I know this is not the way for a lot of people, but I personally love it) and it even said that if you start between ovulation and period, that having no weight loss and/or weight gain is normal. Talk about insult to injury, you already feel Horrible, and then you have be heavier to boot. Blah.
  • GlitterrMagpie
    GlitterrMagpie Posts: 302 Member
    Yep about 3 pounds usually. I avoid the scales that week
  • BoomstickChick
    BoomstickChick Posts: 428 Member
    I used to gain like 5 lbs a few days before my period..


    I still feel awfully bloated for some reason though. I just can't place why....
  • mariabowskill7
    mariabowskill7 Posts: 16
    think we all gain a bit during this time, like most people say, step away from the scales
  • mariabowskill7
    mariabowskill7 Posts: 16
    I get bloated and constipated the week before. Then, I get diarrhea and lose my appetite. TMI?

    I am exactly the same
  • SJVZEE
    SJVZEE Posts: 451 Member
    I always have a bit of a bounce, and then a 'whoosh' on the scale when it wraps up. That's today actually and I hit a new low, by a whole pound, this morning. I'm in maintenance and not even trying to lose weight anymore :tongue:
  • Lanaye912
    Lanaye912 Posts: 64 Member
    Yes I gain about 2,3 lbs
  • WalkingMermaid_
    WalkingMermaid_ Posts: 205 Member
    3-8 lbs, I avoid the scale like the plague before, during and just after TOM :grumble:
  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
    You gain weight on your period? Weird.
  • brandyme
    brandyme Posts: 400 Member
    Ugh... unfortunately TOM makes me gain a few pounds, bloat, and worst of all it makes me more hungry. :grumble: Oh and I get cranky, LOL, irrelevant in this context but still... :devil:

    The upside is that when it's over I drop a few extra pounds, so I feel accomplished and ready to go again.
  • Melissa22G
    Melissa22G Posts: 847 Member
    3-8 lbs, I avoid the scale like the plague before, during and just after TOM :grumble:

    TOM Sawyer or TOM Hanks?

    Ben & Jerry usually do it for me, but never TOM.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Awe. First one? You'll get used to it

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