lost weight but ???

here2inspire
here2inspire Posts: 40
in Health and Weight Loss
SO i lost weight and i truly did notice around my belly that i lost weight but then i started my period so my stomach is bloated, when i get off my period am i going to have to lost the weight again or will my stomach go back??

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  • here2inspire
    here2inspire Posts: 40
    basically is losing weight pointless bc once you get ur period does it go back or do u have to lose it again
  • lsorci919
    lsorci919 Posts: 772 Member
    You retain water during that TOM. It will come back off. Don't worry. I gain about 2 or 3 lbs during that time and then by the end I loose 3 to 5 lbs.
  • twixlepennie
    twixlepennie Posts: 1,074 Member
    :huh:
  • MetalPisces
    MetalPisces Posts: 261 Member
    You retain water during that TOM. It will come back off. Don't worry. I gain about 2 or 3 lbs during that time and then by the end I loose 3 to 5 lbs.

    same with me, just happen to have it during the holiday, so that didn't help!! It'll come off
  • Shines01
    Shines01 Posts: 26 Member
    It should go back. Bloating is normal, it's just water retention and gas. During your TOM remember to drink a LOT of extra water and watch your carbs, sugar, and sodium intake and that might help
  • Love4fitnesslove4food2
    Love4fitnesslove4food2 Posts: 711 Member
    :huh:

    this.
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  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
    Yes. Every time I get my period I gain 80 pounds back. :indifferent:
  • nomeejerome
    nomeejerome Posts: 2,616 Member
    :huh:

    are you sure you are over 18 years old?
  • maybyn
    maybyn Posts: 233 Member
    basically is losing weight pointless bc once you get ur period does it go back or do u have to lose it again

    If you follow your plan and don't overeat when you have your period, your weight will go back down much quicker than it normally does. So yes, you have to lose it again but it happens much, much quicker because the weight is mainly caused by water retention (of course, unless you overeat during this time).
  • nedtoloseme
    nedtoloseme Posts: 98 Member
    What everyone said is true. I ate over my calories at Christmas, got on the scale and it said I gained 6 pounds. My TOM came the next day. I went and worked out and got back on the scale today and was down 3 pounds. Don't give up now! Really - even if you weren't doing a lifestyle change (which I pray that's what you're aiming for) wouldn't you still have water retention every month? :huh:
  • whitebalance
    whitebalance Posts: 1,654 Member
    :huh:

    this.
    See your :huh: and raise you a :noway:. Do women really have no experience with menstruation before losing weight and posting on MFP?
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  • Jkn921
    Jkn921 Posts: 309 Member
    :huh:

    this.
    See your :huh: and raise you a :noway:. Do women really have no experience with menstruation before losing weight and posting on MFP?

    Doubt anyone really cared if they weren't losing weight, wouldn't even think twice about it..
  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    You retain water during that TOM. It will come back off. Don't worry. I gain about 2 or 3 lbs during that time and then by the end I loose 3 to 5 lbs.
    this never happens to me...I mean losing more afterwards...
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    :huh:

    are you sure you are over 18 years old?

    This.
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
    You retain water during that TOM. It will come back off. Don't worry. I gain about 2 or 3 lbs during that time and then by the end I loose 3 to 5 lbs.
    this never happens to me...I mean losing more afterwards...

    if you are in a deficit throughout surely you will weight less when you lose the water because you will have lost fat as well :-)
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
    PS my weight goes up and down as well due to water retention - it can go up or down by 4 or 5 lb from day to day sometimes :-)
  • lsorci919
    lsorci919 Posts: 772 Member
    You retain water during that TOM. It will come back off. Don't worry. I gain about 2 or 3 lbs during that time and then by the end I loose 3 to 5 lbs.
    this never happens to me...I mean losing more afterwards...

    I continue on my same eating and workout routine so I lose the water and then 1 to 2 lbs from working out and eating at a deficit.
  • Hauntinglyfit
    Hauntinglyfit Posts: 5,537 Member
    That's why I got fat. I kept gaining 4-5 pounds every time I got my period. It adds up, you know?
  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    PS my weight goes up and down as well due to water retention - it can go up or down by 4 or 5 lb from day to day sometimes :-)
    I do believe this because it happens to me. :)
  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    That's why I got fat. I kept gaining 4-5 pounds every time I got my period. It adds up, you know?

    ditto...maybe not very obvious each month but year after year...yeah, that's how I get heavier and heavier...
  • RaggedyPond
    RaggedyPond Posts: 1,487 Member
    That's why I got fat. I kept gaining 4-5 pounds every time I got my period. It adds up, you know?

    Glad its not just me. :)
  • RaggedyPond
    RaggedyPond Posts: 1,487 Member
    PS my weight goes up and down as well due to water retention - it can go up or down by 4 or 5 lb from day to day sometimes :-)
    I do believe this because it happens to me. :)

    Sometimes it has nothing to do with TOM. I just get random days where I feel super fat. It is usually period or having to poop.
  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    PS my weight goes up and down as well due to water retention - it can go up or down by 4 or 5 lb from day to day sometimes :-)
    I do believe this because it happens to me. :)

    Sometimes it has nothing to do with TOM. I just get random days where I feel super fat. It is usually period or having to poop.
    I can totally relate!
  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    I learned on here that we burn 500 calories (or something) from having our periods. Where do all those calories go, I wonder? All those years I had week-long periods, I should have been losing a lb a month, darnit!

    So maybe the weight does stay, see? It's not so crazy ;) But it also goes, because of the extra calorie burn! Makes complete sense :D

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