Ladies Only - TOM Question !!

SuperMoniMonk
SuperMoniMonk Posts: 467 Member
edited September 28 in Health and Weight Loss
Since our bodies are changing , they are being put under stress due to exercise ,add the changes in diet . How has all this affected your mestrual cycle?
what's the good ,the bad and the unexplained ?

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  • fcrisswell
    fcrisswell Posts: 234 Member
    Significant weightloss will affect your hormones and thus yor period. When I was severely overweight I would have the neverending period (literally)...after my weightloss surgery I almost immediately became regular.

    Aftger having my baby 9 months ago it did take a few months for things to even back out and as I lose the "baby" weight things are getting more normal again.
  • rissyroo2002
    rissyroo2002 Posts: 71 Member
    Mine used to be very light . Since I have started exercising almost every day and losing over 40 lbs, it has become very heavy from start to end.
  • notapromqueen
    notapromqueen Posts: 63 Member
    I posted something similar to this a few days ago... My period started a week and a half early and had me concerned, but the ladies here assured me that it's normal.
  • momma_roo
    momma_roo Posts: 146 Member
    Mine has gone from 7days to 3 days! yay!
  • Sprinkie09
    Sprinkie09 Posts: 40 Member
    I after losing 85lbs-noticed they only last 4-5 days, which day 1 being the heaviest. besides that nothing out the norm. I do also 'cramp' alooottt less.. & less headaches./
  • Drunkadelic
    Drunkadelic Posts: 948 Member
    I have not lost that much weight, but I think the change in lifestyle has "re-arranged" my hormones. The birth control I was on for almost 2 years has now stopped working as well (early periods, heavier periods, acne) so I'm going to get it changed next week.
  • sarah307
    sarah307 Posts: 1,363 Member
    mine has went from 3 days light (normal for me).... to almost 24-48 hours..almost non-existent and very irregular.. which is not good. i'm going to the doctor today to figure things out! it could be something completely unrelated
  • Noonoo757
    Noonoo757 Posts: 280 Member
    i am sooo glad you posted this i thought i was going crazy, mine went from 5 regular days to barely there for 3 i was like ummmmm ok lol.
  • LimeyTart
    LimeyTart Posts: 303 Member
    The change has been awesome for me.

    Until last July, I'd been either pregnant or nursing for 8 straight years. I hadn't had a period since 2002. After my youngest was born in 2009, I had a tubal. When my period finally came back at the end of the summer last year, we discovered that I had post-tubal ligation syndrome. I was in absolute agony for the first three days of my 6-7 day period. Since starting my journey in February, my period only lasts 4 days on average and the horrific cramps have basically stopped. It's been wonderful.
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    I lost about 19 pounds and I'm on the pill( Loestrin 24FE, which gives you a three day period anyway!) and now I'm barely seeing anything. I may get it for like a day or two.. but nothing like it was before I started exercising and losing weight. Before I could count on the fact that it would start on tuesday and end on thursday.. and now its a guessing game.
  • MsKeelah919
    MsKeelah919 Posts: 332 Member
    Mine actually crept up on me... I didnt have drastic signs that it was coming at all. It lasted about 3 days, and NO BLOAT!! I loved it! Looking forward to next month!
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