Is it a bad idea to do a weigh in while on your period?

I weigh myself during my period, but just kind of ignore it knowing that I'll "lose weight" when it's over. I just don't record my weight the week I'm on my period.

I just go with the flow (bad pun) and drink extra water to try and deal with the bloat. Honestly...it's a real bite in the butt - and I am trying to resign myself to the fact that my body goes through changes every month and there isn't much I can do about it but hang on for the ride. Afterwards any extra "bloat" weight usually goes away plus some so I guess it all works out in the end. And for the record - whatever idiot came up with the Have a Happy Period thing really needs to be shot!!

Hang in there hon!! :flowerforyou:

I weigh myself, too, during my period. I figure that if I stay true to my plan, then the gains are just interesting to keep track of. It amazes me that my body can gain 10 pounds during that week or so and then a couple days later it's gone plus at least another pound. Weird.

I weigh during mine and keep track, my weight fluctuates so darn much from week to week I like to have an idea of when and why

I read a lot about people bloating and gaining lbs during their period, but I find I'm bloated and uncomfortable the week before and I lose it during. I've only experienced this since I turned 30 too, it didn't happen at all before.

I weigh and log every week without fail .... I think its important to understand how your body works and if you're aware you gain 2lbs / 4lbs / 10lbs during your period then you can just account for it and move on!!

I don't do it because I get so discouraged to see the gain (even if I'm 100% that it is water weight). So I just wait until the next week.

I weigh myself daily. This way I see the monthly gaining and losing it again pattern, up to 10 pounds with me!

I weigh myself every day and enter the figures into a spreadsheet which produces a graph. Because of this, the effects of events such as TOM are really obvious, and it's easy to see past that and get a clear picture of what the overall trend is doing.

I just go with the flow (bad pun)

Ha!

I weigh myself just to be sure things are relatively "in check" but I expect at least a 3-5 pound gain from water retention and I don't beat myself up or change anything because of the numbers I see during that week.

I weighed myself two days ago (off schedule from my normal Monday weigh-in) during TOM and noted a 4 pound gain. I'm not sure if this was just TOM or eating like crap last week while in Europe. Probably both.

We'll see what happens on my Monday weigh-in after eating at regular calorie levels and working out consistently for 4 days with to TOM present.

I will just tell you ladies, I had a high enough BMI that my period just "stopped". Now being that I have a genetic disorder which causes early menopause if not no actual period due to low presence of estrogen and progestrone. However I was one of the lucky few who was able to go through adolescence without taking hormone replacment therapy. Anyway, I thought my disorder caused my lack of that TOM, however I was happily wrong.

By losing 20 lbs, and 4 points off my BMI my period returned. Because I knew about water retention I took Midol and drank a cup of coffee a day.... the caffeine in both is a natural diuretc, which helps us get rid of waste, if you get what I mean and helps us get rid of the excess salt in our bodies that help us retain water.

I actually wound up losing 2 more lbs while on my TOM.

As for the Europen Food.... if you ate in France, Italy, Spain and England you know they serve rich food. The French and Italians are notorious for using copious amounts of buttered sauces and demiglaces, etc.

I weighed myself two days ago (off schedule from my normal Monday weigh-in) during TOM and noted a 4 pound gain. I'm not sure if this was just TOM or eating like crap last week while in Europe. Probably both.

We'll see what happens on my Monday weigh-in after eating at regular calorie levels and working out consistently for 4 days with to TOM present.

I will just tell you ladies, I had a high enough BMI that my period just "stopped". Now being that I have a genetic disorder which causes early menopause if not no actual period due to low presence of estrogen and progestrone. However I was one of the lucky few who was able to go through adolescence without taking hormone replacment therapy. Anyway, I thought my disorder caused my lack of that TOM, however I was happily wrong.

By losing 20 lbs, and 4 points off my BMI my period returned. Because I knew about water retention I took Midol and drank a cup of coffee a day.... the caffeine in both is a natural diuretc, which helps us get rid of waste, if you get what I mean and helps us get rid of the excess salt in our bodies that help us retain water.

I actually wound up losing 2 more lbs while on my TOM.

As for the Europen Food.... if you ate in France, Italy, Spain and England you know they serve rich food. The French and Italians are notorious for using copious amounts of buttered sauces and demiglaces, etc.

Denmark.

I ate a lot of dessert and Danish chocolate. The meals (minus the dessert) were nicely portioned. They were made with butter and a bit of cream, but that's okay. It wasn't heavy. Ate a lot of smoked herring and salmon salad.

If I had better willpower and ate only half the dessert I'd probably be in okay shape this week

Ahhhh. Desserts like cakes are hardest to portion out. A normal restaurant size piece of cake is actually 2 servings..... it least that's my estimate. Too bad we can't bring a food scale with us to restaurants.... I think the restaurant servers and cooks would feel insulted LOL.

I weighed myself two days ago (off schedule from my normal Monday weigh-in) during TOM and noted a 4 pound gain. I'm not sure if this was just TOM or eating like crap last week while in Europe. Probably both.

We'll see what happens on my Monday weigh-in after eating at regular calorie levels and working out consistently for 4 days with to TOM present.

I will just tell you ladies, I had a high enough BMI that my period just "stopped". Now being that I have a genetic disorder which causes early menopause if not no actual period due to low presence of estrogen and progestrone. However I was one of the lucky few who was able to go through adolescence without taking hormone replacment therapy. Anyway, I thought my disorder caused my lack of that TOM, however I was happily wrong.

By losing 20 lbs, and 4 points off my BMI my period returned. Because I knew about water retention I took Midol and drank a cup of coffee a day.... the caffeine in both is a natural diuretc, which helps us get rid of waste, if you get what I mean and helps us get rid of the excess salt in our bodies that help us retain water.

I actually wound up losing 2 more lbs while on my TOM.

As for the Europen Food.... if you ate in France, Italy, Spain and England you know they serve rich food. The French and Italians are notorious for using copious amounts of buttered sauces and demiglaces, etc.

Denmark.

I ate a lot of dessert and Danish chocolate. The meals (minus the dessert) were nicely portioned. They were made with butter and a bit of cream, but that's okay. It wasn't heavy. Ate a lot of smoked herring and salmon salad.

If I had better willpower and ate only half the dessert I'd probably be in okay shape this week

Ahhhh. Desserts like cakes are hardest to portion out. A normal restaurant size piece of cake is actually 2 servings..... it least that's my estimate. Too bad we can't bring a food scale with us to restaurants.... I think the restaurant servers and cooks would feel insulted LOL.

The desserts that were catered were served in shotglass portions, so that was good. It was about the equivalent of 1.5 ounces. The dinner desserts were served in small bowls with a side garnish of yogurt sorbet (decent). The thing was, two desserts per day is just too much. Just eating a lunch (shotglass) serving would have been fine. Then add in the couple sticks of chocolate I HAD to buy at the store to try because it was new and shiny and I'd never tried the kind before...

See, it was really challenging because the plates were laid out in front of you, and sometimes I get that "oh crap, I need to finish the plate" urge, and that's not good. It was all served in courses, all provided by the hotel chef. Which meant awesome food, but a LOT of calories. If I was on my own for a few days - either eating buffet style or getting food out at cafes, I would have most likely lost weight.

If you're out and about on your own in Copenhagen, prepare to lose weight The food is insanely expensive there.

I had this problem this month. After coming off the Pill I had a proper period for the first time in years and weighed myself as usual on Saturday morning first thing. I had gained 3lbs! It didn't help my mood to put it mildly. However, a week later I weighed and lost those 3lbs plus another 2lbs. Phew! I would suggest that you still weigh yourself but just allow for bloating. If you know you've eaten well there's no reason why you would put on any fat, just water (and maybe all those hormones weigh a few pounds too)