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

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)