Weight in question ***woman only

Nope! Even if I'm not on my period and I just feel bloated that day, I don't weigh myself because I know I'll be discouraged.

I weigh myself regardless, including today, in fact! Even if it flucuates, I like to keep a steady log of my weight so I can start each week over and put it behind me, regardless of loss or gain. Always looking forward-

i only weigh myself once a week and lean more on the fit of my jeans as a scale for how i am doing. those same hormonal imbalances that cause bloating also lead me to feel really bad about the numbers on the scale (and the tightness of the jeans) so i do my best to avoid anything that will "encourage" negative thinking on my behalf.

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I had wondered about this too, but I weighed in today and I've gained 2lbs since last week, hoping its just because its that time of the month, or maybe its just muscle from working out.

I was down on myself today cause I stayed the same and guess what? I got my TOM. At my age you never know anymore when it will show up, but I was happy that was the problem. I've been doing all the right things and no weight loss. Now I know why!

yup and I always get about a 10 pound gain.

I weigh myself even more during periods, but i don't record it on MFP. I just like to keep track of whats actually water weight from bloating and what is fat/muscle. For me, I know it helps to realize that the extra weight is NOT because of any binging, but from a normal occurance for all women.

However, for some women it is a huge bummer and can be very discouraging.

You know yourself best, so whatever works for you, do it!!

I weigh in regardless. I think it's really important for my sanity.

I weigh so that I can know how much I usually retain. I've learned that I tend to gain between 2-3lbs of water weight around my period so I never stress it since I know it will disappear.

I just think its interesting to see the fluctuations. I don't let it bother me since I've been trending downward since I started this.

I like to weigh daily.

yeah, but its important to keep a rationale mind. during you TOM a woman can gain upto 10lbs.

I weight in daily and just recently started to put it as a food note in my diary. I had an ablation done a little over a year ago and no longer get periods but the doctor said my body still goes through the motion. I'm really hoping that is why I had a 1.5 lb weight gain last week (my eating and exercise was the same as all months before). I also hope that by tracking daily I won't panic if/when it happens again next month because I have been very discouraged and frustrated by it. Ironically by tracking daily last week I could see it go up by 5 ozs a day until my official weight in day of Saturday.

I weigh once a week no matter what, for a while I was weighing daily but that was way too stressfull. If I know I am about to start and can feel those effects I make sure to prepare myself for a 1-3 lb gain. I also make sure to double my water intake a few days before to help with the bloating and water retention. Always remember that the weight gain you see, if any before TOM comes is only temporary!

I weigh everyday, whether I'm on my period or not.

I weigh in with my trainer only. I absolutely hate the scale. However this is about to change since I am getting further along and need to see for myself what is working and what isn't. I am going to try to do it at the same time every day- and that means every day regardless.