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  • KickinBooty
    KickinBooty Posts: 49
    Um... okay seriously, is this person really an RN? I have never heard something so ridiculous in my life. I can gain 3-8lbs.overnight when TOM visits. Seriously, if you don't bloat then you're are the luckiest female I know. I have friends who can't even zip their jeans, but when they aren't falling off the roof the jeans are almost falling off of them.
  • vizamy
    vizamy Posts: 60 Member
    Just to add to everyone else's posts ... I gain weight at that time too. I think the evidence is pretty overwhelming!
  • garlic7girl
    garlic7girl Posts: 2,236 Member
    I believe the estrogen helps retain water and the protoglandulins (sp) so yes you can but diet is key too.
  • rockstarginaa
    rockstarginaa Posts: 1,529 Member
    I always lose on my period, I must be an oddball
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    I asked a nurse if you retain water on your period as I never loose much weight when I am on period. She said it was complete rubbish. Your thoughts ?

    I gain up to 8 lbs in the 2 days before my period then drop them immediately after. I must be a freak.
  • HonkyTonks
    HonkyTonks Posts: 1,193 Member
    Every month without fail the week or so before my period, I will gain 1-2kg. Then the day I get my period (from one day to the next) the 1-2kg are GONE.
  • sarah44254
    sarah44254 Posts: 3,078 Member
    Um... okay seriously, is this person really an RN? I have never heard something so ridiculous in my life. I can gain 3-8lbs.overnight when TOM visits. Seriously, if you don't bloat then you're are the luckiest female I know. I have friends who can't even zip their jeans, but when they aren't falling off the roof the jeans are almost falling off of them.

    I have no bloating size wise, but the scale figure is always up during that time. And just to make up for the no pain/no bloat, my emotions are crazy out of control so I wouldn't consider myself lucky - just, oddly normal?
  • zoink66
    zoink66 Posts: 116 Member
    I asked a nurse if you retain water on your period as I never loose much weight when I am on period. She said it was complete rubbish. Your thoughts ?


    I never gain any water weight during my period (or really at any specific point in my cycle). So even though it seems like most women do, there are some who don't. But definitely, a nurse who makes a broad generalization like that really isn't that good.

    But then again, I also sort of believe that PMS (PMS, not during period cramps!!) is grossly exaggerated by most women as well. So I may not be too popular on this thread!

    *runs away*
  • keiraev
    keiraev Posts: 695 Member
    I def feel way more bloated in the days prior to. My cravings for sweets is also ridiculous. I wouldn't doubt that there is some actual weight gain becuase of the foods I sometimes give in to.

    Does anyone know if hormonal birth controls (i.e. the pill) affect this weight cycle at all? and how?

    Yes it does, I usually run packs together but when I have a break every 3/4 months I get extremely bloated. I don't think I could cope with it every month!
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