Women - menstrual cycle, weight, and fitness matters

Christine_72 wrote: »

I'm curious if any ladies have super regular periods.. Mine come every 25 days between the hours of 9:30-10:30am, without fail every month.

Since I had a MIrena IUD placed, yes. Every 28 days between 9:00 am and 10:00 am. It's such a relief to have that regularity after years of never knowing.

This post is amazing. I had a hysterectomy a few years ago, so I don't get the menstruation anymore. I still have my ovaries though, so I still get the rest of it. However I've lost track of my cycle, so I was frustrated when I only lost a pound this week. Then I saw your post, and I checked for the one sign it was my TOM- a hivey rash on my breasts and sure enough it was there. I'm submitting this for sticky nomination!

arditarose wrote: »

VeryKatie wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

I've listened to Lyle speak on this on two different podcasts. Can't wait for the book. I've always known about water retention during ovulation and TOM but hearing him break it down and also relate it to training was great.

I don't mean to post TMI but I wanted to give a little example of just how much craziness your cycle can cause on the scale. During my last ovulation I am 99% sure I had a large cyst that burst and it was late. I was just trying to get into a deficit. I was bloated, in pain, and not losing. Now, just because I ovulated late doesn't mean I got my period late, so only a few days later I got my period. For some reason I bled for 10 days. Now here I am thinking this is a good week to get an accurate weigh in, period is over, right? But the scale was up 4 lbs this morning. Then I remembered that I bled for 10 days, so here we are back at ovulation and retaining water again. Can you imagine how frustrating this would be for someone who is new to calorie counting?! It's still frustrating for me!

And also how frustrating it is for those women who have 10 day periods all the time

Are you ok? A cyst sounds terrible!

Aw I'm all good. Cysts are fairly common. Thanks for asking!

Great article! Totally explains why my appetite was so much higher the week before TOM. And @arditarose, I get cycts frequently too. That could also explain your 10day bleed. Started early with cyst bleed, then period bleed. I'm done having kids, so I have seriously thought about just getting rid of the whole thing. Keeping my ovaries, but getting rid of the rest. I don't need it and it's such a PIA.

mom23mangos wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

VeryKatie wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

I've listened to Lyle speak on this on two different podcasts. Can't wait for the book. I've always known about water retention during ovulation and TOM but hearing him break it down and also relate it to training was great.

I don't mean to post TMI but I wanted to give a little example of just how much craziness your cycle can cause on the scale. During my last ovulation I am 99% sure I had a large cyst that burst and it was late. I was just trying to get into a deficit. I was bloated, in pain, and not losing. Now, just because I ovulated late doesn't mean I got my period late, so only a few days later I got my period. For some reason I bled for 10 days. Now here I am thinking this is a good week to get an accurate weigh in, period is over, right? But the scale was up 4 lbs this morning. Then I remembered that I bled for 10 days, so here we are back at ovulation and retaining water again. Can you imagine how frustrating this would be for someone who is new to calorie counting?! It's still frustrating for me!

And also how frustrating it is for those women who have 10 day periods all the time

Are you ok? A cyst sounds terrible!

Aw I'm all good. Cysts are fairly common. Thanks for asking!

Great article! Totally explains why my appetite was so much higher the week before TOM. And @arditarose, I get cycts frequently too. That could also explain your 10day bleed. Started early with cyst bleed, then period bleed. I'm done having kids, so I have seriously thought about just getting rid of the whole thing. Keeping my ovaries, but getting rid of the rest. I don't need it and it's such a PIA.

Always nice to know that I'm not alone!

I want to get rid of the ovaries, personally, they're the cause of my issue, lol!

mom23mangos wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

VeryKatie wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

I've listened to Lyle speak on this on two different podcasts. Can't wait for the book. I've always known about water retention during ovulation and TOM but hearing him break it down and also relate it to training was great.

I don't mean to post TMI but I wanted to give a little example of just how much craziness your cycle can cause on the scale. During my last ovulation I am 99% sure I had a large cyst that burst and it was late. I was just trying to get into a deficit. I was bloated, in pain, and not losing. Now, just because I ovulated late doesn't mean I got my period late, so only a few days later I got my period. For some reason I bled for 10 days. Now here I am thinking this is a good week to get an accurate weigh in, period is over, right? But the scale was up 4 lbs this morning. Then I remembered that I bled for 10 days, so here we are back at ovulation and retaining water again. Can you imagine how frustrating this would be for someone who is new to calorie counting?! It's still frustrating for me!

And also how frustrating it is for those women who have 10 day periods all the time

Are you ok? A cyst sounds terrible!

Aw I'm all good. Cysts are fairly common. Thanks for asking!

Great article! Totally explains why my appetite was so much higher the week before TOM. And @arditarose, I get cycts frequently too. That could also explain your 10day bleed. Started early with cyst bleed, then period bleed. I'm done having kids, so I have seriously thought about just getting rid of the whole thing. Keeping my ovaries, but getting rid of the rest. I don't need it and it's such a PIA.

I wish I could too ... and I came really close about a year ago. But they wouldn't do the hysterectomy.

For a year (2014), I was bleeding 2-3 weeks each month. On for 10 days or 2 weeks, off for a few days, back on for a few days, off for a few days, and repeat. My husband was really into swimming that year, but there was no way I could join him ... I had no idea when I was going to start, or how heavily. It could be a waterfall at times, and I was going through boxes of supplies.

I figured it was perimenopause and that I would just have to ride it out.

But after a year I grew frustrated and went to the Dr ... who rushed me into an ultrasound ... the results of which rushed me into a special obgyn specialist appointment (they squeezed me in on a day when they weren't really taking appointments ... December 23, 2014) ... where I found out that I had a large polyp they were very concerned about ... and in early January I was into surgery. I was hoping they would do the hysterectomy then, and they talked about it, but they didn't.

Turns out the polyp was benign but I have the pre-conditions for cancer and I'm being regularly monitored.

After I recovered from the surgery, my periods settled down to about 10 days. They start gradually in fits and starts, then flood for a few days, then taper off for goodness only knows how long. But that's better than it was.

And I've got a large cyst too ... I've had them since I was 17. I've got one on my left kidney too, so maybe I just grow cysts.


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A couple interesting things ...

The more weight I lose, the less I go through the pre-menstrual food cravings etc.

And the last 3 months or so, I've lost weight right around my periods instead of gaining. Might be related to the point above ... or something else? I am hoping I'm nearing the end of it all soon.

Christine_72 wrote: »

I'm curious if any ladies have super regular periods.. Mine come every 25 days between the hours of 9:30-10:30am, without fail every month.

Yep. I can't count it to the hour, but I know it will likely pop up. Mine come about every 32 days.

jdhcm2006 wrote: »

Christine_72 wrote: »

I'm curious if any ladies have super regular periods.. Mine come every 25 days between the hours of 9:30-10:30am, without fail every month.

Yep. I can't count it to the hour, but I know it will likely pop up. Mine come about every 32 days.

I've noticed many women have them between 28 and 30 days. Am I the outlier with a 25 day cycle?

Christine_72 wrote: »

I'm curious if any ladies have super regular periods.. Mine come every 25 days between the hours of 9:30-10:30am, without fail every month.

That's really amazing! Mine has gotten fairly predictable within a day or two, but until I had kids my periods was all over the place. I would range between 30 and 45 days.

HanamiDango wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

Christine_72 wrote: »

I'm curious if any ladies have super regular periods.. Mine come every 25 days between the hours of 9:30-10:30am, without fail every month.

If I'm in maintenance or a surplus, yeah. 28 days. I can feel ovulation around the standard 14 day mark. If I'm in a deficit and I'm relatively lean...who knows. I completely skipped last month. The month before I bled for 10 days.

I don't even know what regular periods versus irregular means. Like I have been dealing with so many medical issues and yet I keep being told I am mostly normal. But neither here nor there, my cycle in the last two years has ranged from as little 25 days to as many as 44 days in between, which never help me figure out what phase I am in, and I have never been lean. It would make it better to figure out what has to do with my cycle and what doesn't if it where clockwork like that.
Still an awesome thread!

Yeah it would be hard to tell if yours are that irregular. Do you have PCOS or anything? The next time your period starts mark that as day 1 of your cycle. Start paying attention around day 13/14/15/16 to see if you can feel ovulation. I get a pain but obviously not everyone does. You can also look for a discharge and gauge your temper/mood (some people can get hormonal/cranky--I get batchit crazy). If you have a longer cycle you might not ovulate until much later.