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GIRLS! Weight gain and your period

zekerella
zekerella Posts: 58 Member
edited February 15 in Health and Weight Loss
/hey Ladies!

SO I always gain "water weight" or whatever before my period. But this time Im like 9 days away from my period and I see some weight on the scale. How long before your period do you notice the scale being affected?

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  • ReinaH1216
    ReinaH1216 Posts: 11 Member
    easily two weeks before
  • bizco
    bizco Posts: 1,949 Member
    Around 7 days prior. It lasts until my period is half over, so we're talking about a good 10 days before the scale goes back to normal.
  • zekerella
    zekerella Posts: 58 Member
    good to know! I don't feel as bad then haha
  • vjohn04
    vjohn04 Posts: 2,276 Member
    interestingly enough... I tend to lose water weight right before my period. Then.... I can gain around 4 lbs or so during, and then it falls off right after.

    *shrugs* a body is gonna do what a body is gonna do. I've stopped stressing out about it.
  • fuhrmeister
    fuhrmeister Posts: 1,796 Member
    It really varies for me. Uasually about a week before and it goes a day or so before I start.
  • Mom_of_X
    Mom_of_X Posts: 85 Member
    i only see it the week leading up... maybe 4 days at most. i also eat like a HORSE the 3 or 4 days prior to Day 1, so even when i don't know it's coming... I KNOW it's coming. ;-)
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