How long after your period does the water weight go away

xCyanideGirlx
xCyanideGirlx Posts: 116 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
So after waiting a week to weight myself because of TOM, i stepped on the scale and was horrified. Im so unbelievably disappointed right now. I feel like crying and giving up because If im not going to lose weight why the *kitten* am i even doing this??? How many days does it take for the water weight to go away?

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  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    If you've been tracking calories the same as you have been and haven't binged too much, don't get so worried about the number on the scale. It takes a few days for my water weight to go away.
  • xCyanideGirlx
    xCyanideGirlx Posts: 116 Member
    I have been counting calories constantly, i log everything. I hope youre right because this is heartbreaking.
  • dietstokes
    dietstokes Posts: 216 Member
    I would also suggest weighing in during TOM, just so you can get an accurate picture of how much water weight you gain, so that you can truly figure out how long it takes for your body to return to "normal". Since you have no idea how much your weight went up from water weight, you don't have an accurate picture
  • RosieRose7673
    RosieRose7673 Posts: 438 Member
    When did your period actually end? It varies greatly from person to person when they lose the water weight.

    It even varies from month to month for me! Sometimes I put on a large amount of water weight and it'll stay there for ~10 days, others I barely notice any gain.

    Give it a little bit of time.
  • xCyanideGirlx
    xCyanideGirlx Posts: 116 Member
    Thank-you for these comments, its very reassuring. I was under the impression that the weight went away when your period did. Mine just ended today which is why i weighed myself thinking that it would be gone.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    I don't just bloat and gain water around the menses, I also retain water and bloat around ovulation which is really twice a month. Perhaps most women do not do this and it may be age, but I can retain up 5 pounds. I stopped looking at a static number and use a weight range.

    You should keep up with weight trends all during the month, sodium in take, how many carbs you consume, exercise changes like intensity and what not because all of these things have an impact on water weight.

    Up the water during any times described above, or just drink more water in general everyday.

    I would take the thoughts of water weight as being a bad thing, but part of a women's biological makeup and just part of the physical body.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    km8907 wrote: »
    If you've been tracking calories the same as you have been and haven't binged too much, don't get so worried about the number on the scale. It takes a few days for my water weight to go away.
    Did the OP say she binged?
  • RobinvdM
    RobinvdM Posts: 634 Member
    I usually get bloaty before and start losing water during. It goes to show that everyone has different experiences and not to sweat it too much. If you are logging accurately then just keep your head up :)
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    When did your period END?

    Mine look(ed) like this:

    Two days before bleed scale went up 3-5 pounds.
    One ish day after bleeding ended, scale went down 3-5pounds or more if I was dieting
    on day 12 from the first day of bleed, scale went up 3-5 pounds with ovulation.

    Have you waited long enough that you may be ovulating?
    Are you on hormonal BC?
  • xCyanideGirlx
    xCyanideGirlx Posts: 116 Member
    Thank you for the advice everyone. And to those asking: no binging happened and i was under my calorie goal every single day. I use a food scale and measuring cups/spoons so i know everything is accurate :)
  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    km8907 wrote: »
    If you've been tracking calories the same as you have been and haven't binged too much, don't get so worried about the number on the scale. It takes a few days for my water weight to go away.
    Did the OP say she binged?

    Just covering all the bases.
  • RosieRose7673
    RosieRose7673 Posts: 438 Member
    xCyanideGirlx wrote: »
    Thank you for the advice everyone. And to those asking: no binging happened and i was under my calorie goal every single day. I use a food scale and measuring cups/spoons so i know everything is accurate :)

    Fabulous. You'll be just fine!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Usually my lowest is 10 days after TOM ends.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    xCyanideGirlx wrote: »
    Thank-you for these comments, its very reassuring. I was under the impression that the weight went away when your period did. Mine just ended today which is why i weighed myself thinking that it would be gone.

    Usually my period gain is gone by the week after my period ends not the day my period ends.
    It will go away.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,782 Member
    Read this:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10359984/women-menstrual-cycle-weight-and-fitness-matters#latest
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    edited May 2016
    km8907 wrote: »
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    km8907 wrote: »
    If you've been tracking calories the same as you have been and haven't binged too much, don't get so worried about the number on the scale. It takes a few days for my water weight to go away.
    Did the OP say she binged?

    Just covering all the bases.

    ok. I just feel like "binging" as a word gets thrown around a lot on here, and wonder if folks really mean BINGE, or just eat a bit more. Especially when you add "too much".
  • TxTiffani
    TxTiffani Posts: 799 Member
    I like the Happy Scale app where I weigh daily and log in there and it graphs it for you. If you log it daily after a couple months you'll have a good idea of when your body holds water weight. Instead of freaking out about the little ups (we all have some up and down due to many factors) just try to think of it as getting data to see how your body reacts to different things like TOM, salty meals, exercise etc:)
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Agree with getting a weight trend app. I use Trendweight on my PC.
    I also downloaded a "period app" which tells me when i'm ovulating and when my period is expected to start and stop. It's just a bit of extra interesting info.
  • Dannigreen31
    Dannigreen31 Posts: 557 Member
    Mines like a couple days in. Then by the time it's over I'm my lowest weight of the month..its great. .then comes ovulation and I hold water then also! So annoying.
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    These feelings are why I stopped weighing in. I know the calories I eat are enough to be losing some amount of fat each week, it's definitely low enough. So if I stick to it, I AM losing. I'm tracking just measurements now and feeling so much better. I got just as emotional and felt like giving up every time the scale wasn't where I wanted. Basically, the lack of results kept me from even trying and what's the point of that right?

    I know it's hard, but if you ditch the scale and just decide to stick to that calorie goal like it's your job you will lose. I love tracking my inches, I automatically know it takes a long time so only check every month. I will likely break the scale out in about a month from now to check in and see how quickly I'm losing, but I am losing because I am being accurate in my logging and sticking to my calorie goal. Let that be your success for now.
  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    km8907 wrote: »
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    km8907 wrote: »
    If you've been tracking calories the same as you have been and haven't binged too much, don't get so worried about the number on the scale. It takes a few days for my water weight to go away.
    Did the OP say she binged?

    Just covering all the bases.

    ok. I just feel like "binging" as a word gets thrown around a lot on here, and wonder if folks really mean BINGE, or just eat a bit more. Especially when you add "too much".

    For me, normal calories would be around 1,500. Binging but not "too much" would be around 2,000. Flat out binging would be around 5,000. Without initially knowing if she had kept to her plans and not gone over, there was no way to know if the weight was just water, so it covered all the bases.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    edited May 2016
    km8907 wrote: »
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    km8907 wrote: »
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    km8907 wrote: »
    If you've been tracking calories the same as you have been and haven't binged too much, don't get so worried about the number on the scale. It takes a few days for my water weight to go away.
    Did the OP say she binged?

    Just covering all the bases.

    ok. I just feel like "binging" as a word gets thrown around a lot on here, and wonder if folks really mean BINGE, or just eat a bit more. Especially when you add "too much".

    For me, normal calories would be around 1,500. Binging but not "too much" would be around 2,000. Flat out binging would be around 5,000. Without initially knowing if she had kept to her plans and not gone over, there was no way to know if the weight was just water, so it covered all the bases.

    okay. I saw nothing in her post that suggested she had disordered eating. Thanks for the reply.
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