Ovulation and weight gain
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I start gaining before ovulation and it goes downhill from there until the end of my period. I now stop weighing 10 days after the end of my period, lol.0
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »However I weighed myself recently and I'm only a few days away from period, I gained half a lb. So I'm putting that down to ovulation.
You know your body best. Hang in there!
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masterloafer wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »However I weighed myself recently and I'm only a few days away from period, I gained half a lb. So I'm putting that down to ovulation.
You know your body best. Hang in there!
Just fyi, ovulation occurs well before your period begins regardless the length of a woman's cycle. The variation in cycle length comes from the first half of your cycle (first day of your period to ovulation....not from ovulation to beginning of period). But that aside, weight gain a few days before a period is totally normal. That's just part of PMS for some of us.4 -
Happens to a lot of women around TOM. Some more than others. I would suggest weighing yourself only once a week to avoid feeling discouraged about it. It can be hard to see the number on the scale creep up, even if you know logically it's because of TOM. If it really bugs you, look at the past 2-3 month's worth of weight entries on a graph. If you can draw a line from the start to the end and it's going down, you're fine, even with weight fluctuations.0
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For me I gain about 5-10lbs. I try not to take my weight to heart during these times. The best time to weigh yourself is about 6/7 days after your period is finished, in the morning after your first trip to the bathroom.
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I gain 3-4 pounds during ovulation, but nothing during my period. It freaked me out the first month I had been doing MFP, but weighing daily has allowed me to see the pattern around my ovulation and realize its just hormonal.1
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masterloafer wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »However I weighed myself recently and I'm only a few days away from period, I gained half a lb. So I'm putting that down to ovulation.
You know your body best. Hang in there!
YES what day a person ovulates on is variable. The time from ovulation to period (the luteal phase) is generally 14 days. With very little variation. Maybe 1-2 days. THAT was my point. I had a 24 day cycle. 14 days from Ovulation to period. Someone with a 28 day cycle would also have roughly 14 days from ovulation to period. Assuming they are regular, ovulating, with no luteal phase defect. The LUTEAL PHASE really doesn't vary much. The FIRST part, the follicular phase, varies a great deal.4
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