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how much weight do you gain/loose during period?

Smatiak
Smatiak Posts: 14 Member
edited March 3 in Health and Weight Loss
This one is for the ladies :)

I usually gain about 10lbs during my period, plus i get a huge puffy face and stomach.

anyone else experience this? i never knew if it was extreme

anyone have any tips to curb cravings?

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  • emserene1
    emserene1 Posts: 3
    I usually weigh about 4-6 pounds more. I try to up my fluid intake and lower my sodium to help with the feeling puffy thing.
    To curve cravings I work out instead, which can be hella hard. sometimes i just give in.
    the day after my period it shows that all that bloat weight is gone, and sometimes more because I'm really good on my period
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    As high as seven, but usually 4-5 extra pounds. I eat more before and less after, too.

    Always knew I craved more before but never noticed, until is really paid attention that I didn't get hungry afterwards. So, some days I eat more and other days, less. :) I much prefer this to being hungry before and force-feeding myself after. :)
  • Mistraal1981
    Mistraal1981 Posts: 453 Member
    I can go up as little as 1lb and as much as 8lb.

    About a week before I have serious cravings and give a LOT of excuses to not exercise. I am still working on how to manage this as I haven't found a way that works for me yet. I feel fat, bloated and uncomfortable. Advice will be gratefully received. (The exception to this is those who say "just do it". Clearly I can't do it, else I would.)

    If I have only gone up a little then I find I normally go back to my lowest weight before the cravings kicked in; if I have gone up a lot in weight then I find I will go back down to a weight that is 1-2lb heavier than I was at my lightest.
  • wkwebby
    wkwebby Posts: 807 Member
    3-5 lbs. for me, but it is all due to water weight. It starts creeping up the day or so before and then drops off the day after I'm done. I luckily have no cravings, but I try to keep up with the workouts also during so that I sweat the water retention out.

    I used to get nervous about that gain on the scale too until I got to see the pattern. Since I've lost over the last month, I didn't even see the scale move during my time of the month this month and was pleasantly surprised by a 3 lb. drop after my period. :)
  • Isakizza
    Isakizza Posts: 754 Member
    I gain about 6-7 lbs. I really only have 1-2 days that are huge on cravings and overeating. I just allow it, don't fight it. The weight never sticks so it's really no big deal as long I continue on with my goals.

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  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    This one is for the ladies :)

    I usually gain about 10lbs during my period, plus i get a huge puffy face and stomach.

    anyone else experience this? i never knew if it was extreme

    anyone have any tips to curb cravings?

    No wonder it's difficult for women to lose weight. That's 120 pounds a year you have to lose to stay the same weight.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    32-52lbs, generally.
  • elephant2mouse
    elephant2mouse Posts: 906 Member
    I don't even know anymore.
    I'm 'on my period' about everyday minus maybe 3 in a month... each month :/
    stupid mirena :grumble:
  • crsawinton
    crsawinton Posts: 96 Member
    about 2-3 lbs
  • crsawinton
    crsawinton Posts: 96 Member
    I don't even know anymore.
    I'm 'on my period' about everyday minus maybe 3 in a month... each month :/
    stupid mirena :grumble:

    I took mine out myself I hated that dang thing, gave me cysts on my ovaries that hurt like hell.
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    I never cared enough to take note. It's temporary so why bother worrying about it.. right?
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I've been on MFP for about a year and a half now and EVERY month I lose no weight during my period. I don't "gain" but I do not lose. The week following my period, I lose only 0.5 to 1 lb. Then I start losing pretty quickly (at a slightly higher rate than I am set to lose) all the way up to the start of my next period.
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    I don't even know anymore.
    I'm 'on my period' about everyday minus maybe 3 in a month... each month :/
    stupid mirena :grumble:

    Oh - I had this with Marvelon. Stupid hormones in general.
  • IPAkiller
    IPAkiller Posts: 711 Member
    My Lady Friend loses between 185 and 195lbs during Shark Week. Because this guy GTFO of Dodge!
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  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    My Lady Friend loses between 185 and 195lbs during Shark Week. Because this guy GTFO of Dodge!
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    Is THAT what's happening when you say you're "going fishing?"


    *kitten*.
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    At best, I stay at the same weight.
    At worst, I think I've gained 5 lb.
    Then in the week after, I usually drop not just that weight but another 3 lb or so.
    (The excess is gone within a couple days.)
    And I'm often feeling sort of low-energy, so my workouts are likely to be shorter, as well as using lighter weight.

    Cravings? Oh, yeah. Simple carbs & fat: cookies, crackers, potato chips.
    Just have some. Try not to go overboard, but if you do accept that it's happened & you'll feel better next week.
    If you're consistently at a deficit, it won't hurt you that much to have a couple days of junk food.
    And if you don't have it, you're likely to be grumpy, so be nice to everyone around you & have the cookie.
  • bethanyboomstick
    bethanyboomstick Posts: 52 Member
    I never cared enough to take note. It's temporary so why bother worrying about it.. right?

    Same here. I've never noticed a real difference.
  • MyOwnSunshine
    MyOwnSunshine Posts: 1,312 Member
    I tend to have about a 4 pound weight swing in a month's time, with my heaviest weight occurring the week I ovulate. I don't gain as much the week of my period, but I do have a lot of cravings, and generally won't lose that week, either.
  • pander101
    pander101 Posts: 677 Member
    When I did pay attention, it ranged anywhere from 4-8lbs. I have the Mirena so I have no periods now. :drinker:

    I was HORRIBLE with cravings though. I would eat all the carbs in site and wouldn't work out. I was a huge diet pop drink so I would use that to curb it.
  • LessHeavyVeggie
    LessHeavyVeggie Posts: 208 Member
    I weigh weekly so on a 'period weigh in' I tend to lose 0-0.5lbs, then the next week I'll tend to lose 3/3.5lbs to make up for it. Although I've had a couple of months where there didn't seem to be any effect (so my weight loss was as steady as the rest of the time.
    (I have a lot to lose so aiming for 2lbs a week for now and non period weeks I generally lose about that).

    I record it but I don't expect a great loss that week so I don't worry about the loss being small/non-existent.

    I indulge my cravings, in a controlled way, any time of the month! So if I'm craving chocolate I keep some freddo bars (UK small bars - 95cals each) in the fridge and have one of those. That way the craving's satisfied but I haven't gone over my calorie goal. Actually I'm eating one now, and not for hormonal reasons! :smile:
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    This one is for the ladies :)

    I usually gain about 10lbs during my period, plus i get a huge puffy face and stomach.

    anyone else experience this? i never knew if it was extreme

    anyone have any tips to curb cravings?

    No wonder it's difficult for women to lose weight. That's 120 pounds a year you have to lose to stay the same weight.
    LOL, it's not actual fat. It just shows up and goes away on it's own. No eating required, no exercise needed. The scale just goes up and goes down.
  • lisajtubs
    lisajtubs Posts: 62
    I weigh weekly so on a 'period weigh in' I tend to lose 0-0.5lbs, then the next week I'll tend to lose 3/3.5lbs to make up for it. Although I've had a couple of months where there didn't seem to be any effect (so my weight loss was as steady as the rest of the time.
    (I have a lot to lose so aiming for 2lbs a week for now and non period weeks I generally lose about that).

    I record it but I don't expect a great loss that week so I don't worry about the loss being small/non-existent.

    I indulge my cravings, in a controlled way, any time of the month! So if I'm craving chocolate I keep some freddo bars (UK small bars - 95cals each) in the fridge and have one of those. That way the craving's satisfied but I haven't gone over my calorie goal. Actually I'm eating one now, and not for hormonal reasons! :smile:

    haha!! i also keep a stock of freddo bars. i have one at work every day after lunch, it really settles the cravings, along with a mug of redbush tea :-) although, i just ate a bag of maltesers (187 calories, got some 'spare' from my run yesterday!)
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