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Does menstruation add pounds to the scale?

fitchlets
fitchlets Posts: 58 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey Ladies,

I was just wondering if you see a stall/gain when you get your period? Thanks!

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  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Yes, 3-5 pounds.
  • allanakern
    allanakern Posts: 245 Member
    yes
  • veganbettie
    veganbettie Posts: 701 Member
    yup. i'm currently 2 pounds up.
  • Mistapholeezkat
    Mistapholeezkat Posts: 80 Member
    3-5 lbs a week before and goes away during
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    Yep, up to 10 lbs for me.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Well, I don't have any direct experience but I've heard (from my wife) that it causes water retention...and water has mass and thus weight...so yeah.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    edited January 2015
    For me there is a kinda same rhythm every month
    Because i log everything and weigh everyday i noticed this.

    First my weight loss comes to a stand for 2 days..than i gain some ounces for some days. than 2 days of a stand again and than whoppa 1 or 1.5 pounds off...and from there we go down again :)
    I dont flip out over any of it btw. Its normal.

    lol every time the same.
    And i also feel much better since i lost weight during those days. Lucky because i was pretty miserable.
  • 2snakeswoman
    2snakeswoman Posts: 655 Member
    Mistapholeezkat wrote: »
    3-5 lbs a week before and goes away during

    Same for me (before menopause).
  • mykaylis
    mykaylis Posts: 320 Member
    5-7 lb fluctuation usually. i just ignore it and weigh in the following week instead.
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  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Mistapholeezkat wrote: »
    3-5 lbs a week before and goes away during

    That's my pattern, confirmed with daily weighing for the past month.

  • Tedebearduff
    Tedebearduff Posts: 1,155 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Yes, 3-5 pounds.

    It can actually be upwards of 10lbs
  • JustAnotherGirlSuzanne
    JustAnotherGirlSuzanne Posts: 932 Member
    Yup. It always goes away once the period does.
  • Archerychickge
    Archerychickge Posts: 606 Member
    Nope! But then I don't have them anymore... lol
  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
    I timed my start on MFP just right...it was THAT week....between water lost because of my cycle and water lost because of dietary changes, I lost 5 pounds that first week!

    It's been a pound a week-ish since, which is far more sustainable. But, it was awfully nice to start getting shot out of a cannon. :)
  • Jennifer_Lynn_1982
    Jennifer_Lynn_1982 Posts: 567 Member
    I'm up about 2 lbs ...and I'm drinking at least 2 L of water a day to try and help with the water retention. Can't wait until it drops off!
  • chimechonga
    chimechonga Posts: 2 Member
    1-2 lbs the week prior but weight returns to normal the week of.
  • fitchlets
    fitchlets Posts: 58 Member
    good to know, thanks so much ladies!
  • sassymussels
    sassymussels Posts: 2 Member
    I also gain when I'm 'mid cycle' .
  • dbanks80
    dbanks80 Posts: 3,685 Member
    Archerychickge wrote: »
    Nope! But then I don't have them anymore... lol

    May I ask how old you are? Mine stopped at 40 (I am 46) and all the nurses and doctor thought I was too young to be in menopause so I had thought something was wrong. You look young so I am curious.
  • tracymayo1
    tracymayo1 Posts: 445 Member
    I gain anywhere from 3-8lbs before and during. It starts to go down during/after. I really never know my actual weight until just after my TOM is done...
  • mumblemagic
    mumblemagic Posts: 1,090 Member
    I have very light periods because I have an IUD, but I do notice a small amount of weight gain before 'the lunar apocalypse' as my boyf calls it :)
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    I wish men would get it.... yep.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    A couple of pounds. It goes away when my period goes away.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    No. No correlation at all.
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