Ovulation

mollybethjack
mollybethjack Posts: 15 Member
in Motivation and Support
I am a couple days away from ovulating... according to my app. I woke up today feeling bloated. I’ve gained inches and gained 5 pounds since I weighed on Monday. Diet hasn’t changed. What’s the deal???

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    ovulation is the deal... :laugh:

    same thing happens to me. :drinker:
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    Yeah, that's why I only weight the week after my cycle has started. I get massively impacted by hormonal changes, so only weighing once a month helps me to not worry about those variations as much. At least it's water weight and not actual gain.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Yup. I always gained with ovulation, then it went down, then I gained again with my period. Water.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    You said it yourself - you're bloated. It's water. Your water weight will go up and down throughout the month based on your cycle, your exercise, sodium or alcohol, etc. It's just the way the human body works.
  • mollybethjack
    mollybethjack Posts: 15 Member
    But 5 pounds? In a day?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    mollybethjack wrote: »
    But 5 pounds? In a day?

    yep
  • mollybethjack
    mollybethjack Posts: 15 Member
    Wow. That is crazy. But good to know it’s not fat just water.thank you
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    mollybethjack wrote: »
    Wow. That is crazy. But good to know it’s not fat just water.thank you

    if it was fat you'd have had to have eaten 17,500 calories over maintenance since Monday... i think you would have noticed that!!!
  • mollybethjack
    mollybethjack Posts: 15 Member
    True. But I hate that it keeps going up and down and I didn’t know a few days BEFORE ovulation it would go up that much.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    mollybethjack wrote: »
    True. But I hate that it keeps going up and down and I didn’t know a few days BEFORE ovulation it would go up that much.

    up and down is completely normal... don't weigh yourself as often if it bothers you.
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    For me, ovulation is just as bad as my period.
  • mollybethjack
    mollybethjack Posts: 15 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    mollybethjack wrote: »
    True. But I hate that it keeps going up and down and I didn’t know a few days BEFORE ovulation it would go up that much.

    up and down is completely normal... don't weigh yourself as often if it bothers you.

    I’m thinking once or twice a month now lol. Thank you for your info!! It’s been helpful
  • mollybethjack
    mollybethjack Posts: 15 Member
    concordancia wrote: »
    For me, ovulation is just as bad as my period.


    That seems to be the case for me too. Glad it’s that and is easily removed in a few days
  • Fflpnari
    Fflpnari Posts: 975 Member
    I gain and am bloated more during ovulation than my period sometimes
  • mollybethjack
    mollybethjack Posts: 15 Member
    I guess I never really thought about this before because I was only weighing myself once a month. But I weigh like once or twice a week now sometimes more and it was so discouraging
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    mollybethjack wrote: »
    I guess I never really thought about this before because I was only weighing myself once a month. But I weigh like once or twice a week now sometimes more and it was so discouraging

    Try a trend weight app like happy scale or Libra
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Is this the first time you've been bloated before you ovulate?
  • mollybethjack
    mollybethjack Posts: 15 Member
    No maybe the 3rd time that I’ve noticed. Now my weight is down 3 pounds but still 2 pounds higher than it was before. Is that normal?
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    edited November 2018
    This article has great info about water weight, OP.

    http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/
    Fflpnari wrote: »
    I gain and am bloated more during ovulation than my period sometimes


    Yep!
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    mollybethjack wrote: »
    No maybe the 3rd time that I’ve noticed. Now my weight is down 3 pounds but still 2 pounds higher than it was before. Is that normal?
    Yes it’s normal. I suggest you weigh daily and track your trends so you can learn how your body cycles. It’s great to use an app line Happy Scale or Libra which will even out the ups and downs.
  • mollybethjack
    mollybethjack Posts: 15 Member
    Thank y’all!!
  • EliseTK1
    EliseTK1 Posts: 483 Member
    I am really glad to know I'm not the only one who gets all bloated during ovulation.

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