Affects of your period?

My weight loss typically slows or stalls a little with my period.

My bigger concern is your not having a period for a year. While there isn't a medical need to have one monthly, you should have one about every 3 months. If you're going more than 90 days without a period you should be talking with your GYN about things like hormonal imbalances and PCOS and kick starting your period with Provera.

I definitely crave chocolate. Maybe sweets in general, but chocolate is the biggie.

I lost weight during my period and it would go back up later. I found that a bit odd, because my tummy also bloated, so you'd think I'd gain water weight. Turns out my periods actually lowered my hemoglobin! I had to get tests run to make sure that was it, and it was. So the losing weight was probably from that, I'd think. Kind of crazy!

Now I'm on meds to just stop them. And iron, too, lol.

I hadn't had a settled period for years (PCOS), but they came back in the past 3 months or so. I always have this unsatisfied hunger, tiredness, cry at the drop of a hat, and everyone I know pi*s me off for a few days, :laugh: only usually gain a lb or two.

For me, the week before and during my period I never weigh myself because I just get TERRIBLY disappointed! I usually gain between 2-3 pounds and am all nice and puffy with water weight. Exercise makes me feel much better, however, it certainly doesn't move the scale during that time of the month!

Craving wise, I actually crave the most sweets/ heavier foods the two weeks before my period, but while I'm on it, I am more likely to crave my salads and healthy stuff.

It does change as you age though! Now that I am in my mid twenties I notice my cravings are less crazy and I don't really get cramps or angry pms any more. I do cry easily before my period though! Haha

Hope this helps take care.

I gain both during ovulation (perhaps 1-2lbs) then I have a little whoosh to perhaps 1/2lbs lower then the previous low and then I gain 3-4 lbs in the run up to my period and then I have a big whoosh where I am 1.5 lbs under the pervious low thus losing about 2 odd pounds overall over the course of the month which is right on target with my deficit

I gain both during ovulation (perhaps 1-2lbs) then I have a little whoosh to perhaps 1/2lbs lower then the previous low and then I gain 3-4 lbs in the run up to my period and then I have a big whoosh where I am 1.5 lbs under the pervious low thus losing about 2 odd pounds overall over the course of the month which is right on target with my deficit

This was me, a small temporary increase with ovulation, and then a big temporary increase before my period. And then After I'd be down to below where I was.

"effects"
I retain water during the week prior to starting.
The more bodyfat I have, the more I retain!
I have cravings, but the more I exercise regularly, the fewer cravings I seem to experience.
I lose all that water the first few days after starting.

I gain 3-5 pounds the day my cycle starts and that weight stays for 2-4 days. I crave more carbs and salt so that's the main reason it happens but even if I limit those I do still gain some.

I continue to lose weight during that time but the extra weight gain masks it until the water weight falls back off.

This is me, just add chocolate to the carbs/salt mix because it's always one of the three. 3 to 5 lbs sometimes a day before start (any unexplained large gain considering the water I drink usually indicates I'm about to start) and then the cravings that I cannot satisfy, again right at the beginning or literally just before. And I actually don't see that water weight drop (and usually some with it) until the end, and sometimes as annoying as it is, a day or two after the end of my period.