Girls, a time of the month question?

gettingthinandfit
gettingthinandfit Posts: 80
in Health and Weight Loss
How much of a "gain" do you do you see on the scale when you are on your period?

Or do you gain at all?

I gain around 10 pounds on my period. Whenever I see it, it freaks me out, even though it goes right back down afterwards haha. Just curious if that happens to others to this extent?
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  • tarobuddi
    tarobuddi Posts: 6
    10 pounds? Dang. I don't check the scale much, but i'm pretty sure I have a few pounds on me esp. after I eat, but it goes away thankfully
  • scjackson23
    scjackson23 Posts: 10
    A couple of pounds for me but I bloat BAD. No skinny jeans for me.
  • love2cycle
    love2cycle Posts: 448 Member
    About 5 pounds, and it seems like it happens overnight!:grumble:
  • TheChosenOne_
    TheChosenOne_ Posts: 72
    lol now I learned something...
    Girls gain weight during their menstrual cycle..
  • paeli
    paeli Posts: 295 Member
    I've actually never noticed a huge fluctuation during my period. Not any more than every other week, depending what I eat, etc.
  • sweetpotatofry
    sweetpotatofry Posts: 209 Member
    I've gained like four pounds in the past two weeks, and I'm hoping to be able to blame it on TOM... we'll find out in another couple days!

    But yeah, definitely some weight gain during. :sad:
  • delco714
    delco714 Posts: 229
    wow 10 is a lot...

    are you hydrating more than usual and watching the sodium right before TOM hits?

    that should help a bit (high fiber and exercise too), but still 10? That's quite impressive.. i bet if you ask your mom she'd say she experiences(ed) similar too.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    2-3 before my period.
    2-3 when I ovulate(d).
  • aproc
    aproc Posts: 1,033 Member
    I stopped weighing myself a long time ago during that time. XD It could be up around 5 pounds.
  • _AllieCat_
    _AllieCat_ Posts: 515 Member
    About 2 or 3 pounds at the most. Usually I will just plateau for two weeks then lose again. It's odd.
  • princessage117
    princessage117 Posts: 171 Member
    2-5 pounds for me
  • Precious75134
    Precious75134 Posts: 85 Member
    I gained 4 lbs this time the week before my cycle...I was really bloated and still is...I usually am stuck for two week which only leave two weeks out of the month to lose weight....That sucks so much...Does anyone know what to do about the bloating...I try to drink more water during that time, watch my sodium more and eat a little bit less...
  • truellaDevine
    truellaDevine Posts: 5 Member
    i usually see a gain of 0-5lbs. But it goes back to "normal" shortly after its done.
  • LilRedRooster
    LilRedRooster Posts: 1,421 Member
    Don't bother weighing myself, because I'm sure it isn't a pretty number, but I bloat pretty badly. Never used to, before I had a baby. I had great periods with no bloat, no weight gain, no nothing. Stupid post-birthing hormones.. Nature, I suffered for so little tangible reward; ya effed that one up.
  • Microfiber_wechange
    Microfiber_wechange Posts: 640
    10Ibs is an awful lot though :wink:
  • da_sammit
    da_sammit Posts: 238 Member
    oh easily 8+ lbs.. (4kg ish) and that weight can stay around for up to 3 days after ive finished..
  • hailzp
    hailzp Posts: 903 Member
    I am the same 8lb +, it comes about 2 days before and goes up and down for a week then down two days after. I don't bother weighing myself anymore because I already feel like S*it.
  • LiviLou2011
    LiviLou2011 Posts: 437 Member
    ...lets see i weighed 197..and then as i got closer and closer it went up and up tooooo 201 and that was in two days i know i didnt gain that much in two days..and todays it been between 199 and 200..

    ugh i can just feel myself get bloated now..it sucks
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    When I was at my higher weight, I put on a good 5-10 lbs. Now I only gain 3-4.
  • mamamc03
    mamamc03 Posts: 1,067 Member
    Abt 5 lbs give or take
  • mamamc03
    mamamc03 Posts: 1,067 Member
    lol now I learned something...
    Girls gain weight during their menstrual cycle..

    Yes...yet another reason we act like banchees!!
  • Blackbird16
    Blackbird16 Posts: 68
    I gain about 3 pounds?
    gain about 3 inches around my waist too!
  • AsaraFuriosa
    AsaraFuriosa Posts: 293 Member
    I weigh every Friday and I 'gain' 0-3lbs during my cycle. At first I use to freak, now I expect it especially because it seems to come as fast as it goes. I did some research when I first started to notice. I read that a woman could gain up to 10lbs, I was like, that's the size of a baby!
  • DAMNCHARLIE
    DAMNCHARLIE Posts: 569
    I know everyone is different but. 3 days before (premenstrual is suppose to be 2-3lbs and during about the same) so about 6 lbs of water weight and "extras":grumble:
  • nokittyno
    nokittyno Posts: 293 Member
    I gain between an average of 2-4 pounds. It's weird, i'm doin ab day, feel good, weights nice and low.. then BAM, "WHAT THE FU-" and every month you go through this, thinking back to your workouts, your meals... and low and behold a day or two later, your period. It finishes and that weight magically vanishes. But it still sucks. It's unfair.....Lol.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    10Ibs is an awful lot though :wink:

    Not really if you're heavy to start with. Weight fluctuations have gotten much smaller as I got smaller.
  • Lady_who_Lunches
    Lady_who_Lunches Posts: 38
    2lb Maximum, and then just drops back off. Feel about 7lbs heavier!
  • delco714
    delco714 Posts: 229
    that's really an anecdote. Likely, your story is due to better diet and exercise routine
    10Ibs is an awful lot though :wink:

    Not really if you're heavy to start with. Weight fluctuations have gotten much smaller as I got smaller.
  • Bonnieelizabeth
    Bonnieelizabeth Posts: 68 Member
    Yeah I've naoticed I gain about that amount also.I try to eat food woth extra potassium in it and it helps a little. It is bad enough with me I have to wear larger clothes!!! Hope you get the point here, but it just stinks because I will go down and then up and back down and can loose for about 2 or 3 weeks and then start and after that repeat!!
  • cali8_love
    cali8_love Posts: 95 Member
    2-5 pounds for me

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