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libbybonjour
libbybonjour Posts: 14 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
How does your monthly cycle affect you and your weight loss journey?

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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    It doesn't affect me (or it) at all.
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,158 Member
    In the long term it doesn't really have a major impact, in the short term I retain some water (up to 5lbs) and I might eat a day or two at maintenance to stop me eating everything in sight for the full week.
  • RamboKitty87
    RamboKitty87 Posts: 272 Member
    Some months it doesn't affect me and other months like this month I am bloated, I have put on 2lb which I know isn't fat as I feel a little slimmer in places, I rarely ever crave chocolate but this month I am but I can't have as every chocolate bar I have come across has too much fat in it which sucks but I'm eating fruit instead :)
  • bpeters1989
    bpeters1989 Posts: 54 Member
    edited August 2017
    Usually gain 3 or 4 pounds water weight and then lose it after. But I feel like I want to eat everything in sight the days leading up to it super pms cravings...
  • MaddMaestro
    MaddMaestro Posts: 405 Member
    I binge 2-3 days before because I can't help it

    It doesn't seem to affect my weight lose too terribly. There were times where I either plateaued or gained weight, but it goes away very quickly afterwards and I start losing again.
  • lexington88
    lexington88 Posts: 29 Member
    My appetite sky rockets, I get bloated, and I want to stab anyone who looks at me funny with a rusty spoon.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,877 Member
    libbybonjour wrote: »
    How does your monthly cycle affect you and your weight loss journey?

    Like this:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10359984/women-menstrual-cycle-weight-and-fitness-matters#latest
  • ezekielsherrard205735
    ezekielsherrard205735 Posts: 42 Member
    I don't typically get a larger appetite during my menstrual cycle :)t626tey672y2gd23.jpg
  • MoveitlikeManda
    MoveitlikeManda Posts: 846 Member
    2days after Iv taken my last pill in the strip I start gaining lbs, by the day I actually come on I can be up anything from 4 - 10lbs :o

    by day 4 most of that has dropped off again and by day 6 its all gone.

    I do eat more but try not to go too far over my calories and tend to use most of them on chocolate fudge brownie ice cream and ready salted crisps lol
  • daisyfields79
    daisyfields79 Posts: 69 Member
    This is a great thread :) I was wondering the same thing and also how long before you start do you tend to start gaining the water fluid? Lol
  • ghudson92
    ghudson92 Posts: 2,061 Member
    I get really bloated the week before (about 2.5lbs of water weight) but during I actually feel lighter. I also get really emotional and am easily offended. So no impact really, just don't talk to me for 5 days :wink:
  • timtam163
    timtam163 Posts: 500 Member
    Of course the first comment is by a man minimizing a medical concern.

    Ugh it throws me off completely, it affects my mood and my energy and I regain like 5-7 pounds of water weight, things don't move as much, etc.

    On the bright side, it keeps me from going at too much of a deficit and if I adjust my activity level to my energy level I can take advantage of energy fluctuations. It also teaches me not to rely on the scale as a measure of how I'm doing.
  • rmgnow
    rmgnow Posts: 375 Member
    timtam163 wrote: »
    Of course the first comment is by a man minimizing a medical concern.

    Ugh it throws me off completely, it affects my mood and my energy and I regain like 5-7 pounds of water weight, things don't move as much, etc.

    On the bright side, it keeps me from going at too much of a deficit and if I adjust my activity level to my energy level I can take advantage of energy fluctuations. It also teaches me not to rely on the scale as a measure of how I'm doing.

    Oh there is a medical concern?
    I'm legitimately ignorant to this.
    Maybe it's because I'm a man.

    I thought periods we're a normal natural thing for women. Educate me about about the medical concerns
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    Doesn't effect my mood, hunger or weight at all! A little bit of cramping on the first day but that's it. I know a lot of people have it worse than me though.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    I gain 2 pounds of water weight during ovulation, and 4 pounds during TOM. I get hangry about 2 days before TOM, and usually eat at maintenance that day to off-set it. As for cramps, headaches, irritability, etc, they are different month to month, usually depending on how stressed I am at the time.
  • MommaGem2017
    MommaGem2017 Posts: 405 Member
    I crave salty foods like a maniac, but so far it hasn't affected the scale.
  • SafioraLinnea
    SafioraLinnea Posts: 628 Member
    Around AF time I bloat a bit, gain to 1.5-3 pounds in water weight, continue on as usual and lose the water weight and the fat I would normally lose once AF leaves. No extra cravings, nothing around ovulation time, just near AF. My cycle doesn't impact my weight loss because I take a long view rather than freak out about short term gains.
  • magster4isu
    magster4isu Posts: 632 Member
    I usually weight more during that week, which I don't worry about. I don't have too many issues avoiding my cravings. The biggest impact for me is that I don't work out or really do any activity during that week due to discomfort. I need to get over that and push through, but I'm just not there yet.
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