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Question for the LADIES: Periods and weight loss

fineandhealty
fineandhealty Posts: 21 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone :)
I am on my period and i am experiencing weight gain, but I am not quite sure whether it's because It's my time of the month or not. What does the scale show you when having your period?? I am kinda freaking out about the gain...

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  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    My weight ALWAYS goes up a few pounds during that time of the month. It's completely normal. Don't worry.
  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
    it's normal for most women, the water retention can be a real bish.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    ALWAYS retain 2-4 pounds usually.
  • onefortyone
    onefortyone Posts: 531 Member
    If your calories are within your goal, you're not gaining fat. If you've been losing weight eating X amount, and you continue eating X amount, you'll continue losing, despite water fluctuations.

    Repeat this to yourself every 30 minutes until your period is done!

    Trust the process!
  • Cortneyrenee04
    Cortneyrenee04 Posts: 1,117 Member
    I would recommend staying far away from the scale until 2 or 3 days after it stops. I'm usually up 2 to 4 pounds during that time as well. Yikes!
  • Mohana94
    Mohana94 Posts: 54
    always always gain 1 kg. like a clockwork. but it goes back down after.
  • ComingUntrue
    ComingUntrue Posts: 65 Member
    It's absolutely normal to retain water from hormonal changes. Be kind to your body and try not to sweat the small stuff. Stress is much worse than a little extra water weight ;)
  • Makterbro
    Makterbro Posts: 101 Member
    Its weird because my weight stays the same but I always feel weird and bloated.
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
    I would recommend staying far away from the scale until 2 or 3 days after it stops. I'm usually up 2 to 4 pounds during that time as well. Yikes!

    Yeah - skip the weigh in the week of your period. It'll totally be a 'false read'. I can gain up to 7 lbs in water weight :(
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    Typically I gain 3+ pounds right after starting and it can be 2 weeks later before I'm back down to the prior weight. Granted, I'm losing very slowly now (almost at goal, small deficit) but its been this way all along.
  • vamaena
    vamaena Posts: 217 Member
    I easily "gain" 7lbs of water weight when I'm on my period. Either skip your weigh ins or just remind yourself that it's water weight.
  • Linnaea27
    Linnaea27 Posts: 639 Member
    Yup, I also gain 1-3 pounds, beginning a few days before my period comes. It takes almost a week after it leaves for my weight to come back down to where it was before (if I'm trying to lose weight, if I wait long enough to weigh myself after my period is over, it's often a surprisingly big drop, to a new lower number).

    Don't even bother weighing yourself around then, unless you want to know exactly how much water you retain! The numbers are just discouraging. It wasn't until I had been maintaining for a while that I dared to weigh myself at that time of the month, out of curiosity to know how much water weight I retain then.
  • lamps1303
    lamps1303 Posts: 432 Member
    Is this also the case when taking the contraceptive pill? I've never really been sure as a period whilst taking the Pill isn't a 'real' period...
  • jesserunsfree
    jesserunsfree Posts: 194 Member
    I gain anywhere from 4-7 lbs on my period. Right now I am on prover to regulate my cycle after a year of significant loss and I am seeing my weight gain upwards of 9 lbs this last once. Within 3 days of my cycle ending I am back down to where I was premenstrual. I skip weighing from the first sign of my cycle til 3 days after now because it only upsets me. It's mostly water weight, unless you are eating extra during that time and then you can have weight gain. I totally get the desire to snack more, I try to make sure I am extra active during my cycle so I can eat more snacks

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