Weight gain at end of period?

JVRousseau · March 2017

Today is the last day of my period and also the day of the week that I weigh myself. I got on the scale and it said I gained .2lbs since last week. I know that's not a lot, but I did recently add more calories to my diet, so I'm not sure if it's that.

Last week, while not on my period, I went from 1850 calories to 2000 and I lost 1.4lbs. This week, while on my period, I did 2000 calories again and gained .2lbs...think it could be my period?

If it helps, I also was stressed out this week and drank less water than I usually do.

Should I lower my calories again? Or stay with the higher number and just chalk this gain up to being an outside factor.

Thanks for the advice!

malibu927 · March 2017

It could be your period. It also could be a number of other factors that caused you to retain water (increased sodium/carb intake, new or increased exercise).

A great read on this: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear

ogtmama · March 2017

I'd wait another week or two...or start weighing every day and using a trending app so you can get more accurate information.

size102b · March 2017

Why did you up calories ?

Sometimes it can take 2 weeks to show a gain on increased calories

cwagar123 · March 2017

Periods are crazy things for weight loss lol.
I weigh every day so I see that in my case I gain a pound or two in the days before then around day three of my period I may drop 5-6 just like that. Afterwards it levels out a bit.

I agree with other posters... Try daily weight for a month or two and look for patterns

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