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brklnlrsn
brklnlrsn Posts: 28
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I have my period and I'm weighing in on Sunday. I was just wondering, does it affect your weight?
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  • bizgirl26
    bizgirl26 Posts: 1,795 Member
    It certainly can. You are probably going to have to be at it a few months and monitor before you know for sure. Don't get discouraged if you are up or didnt lose what you thought you should. It effects me but not as bad as some people that say they put on 4 or 5 pounds.
  • sweetNsassy2584
    sweetNsassy2584 Posts: 515 Member
    Yes!
  • gettingphysical
    gettingphysical Posts: 4
    I gain 8 pounds when I'm on mind. Give or take an ounce or two -_-
  • sdavis0224
    sdavis0224 Posts: 23
    yes!!! omg very much so & that royally sucks for us... dont get too discouraged though remember it's your period
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Mine seems to be about 4 pounds, but it varies for everyone. Go ahead and weigh yourself but don't worry if you're heavier than usual.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    yes!!! omg very much so & that royally sucks for us... dont get too discouraged though remember it's your period
    Why does it suck?
  • BigRich822
    BigRich822 Posts: 681
    Why Iook at these threads is beyond me!
  • felice03
    felice03 Posts: 2,644 Member
    it causes me to lose weight....I think because all that blood is leaving my body...
  • LifeOnMars_
    LifeOnMars_ Posts: 720 Member
    yes!!! omg very much so & that royally sucks for us... dont get too discouraged though remember it's your period
    Why does it suck?

    Yeah really? It's your period... Get over it.
  • GasMasterFlash
    GasMasterFlash Posts: 2,206 Member
    yes!!! omg very much so & that royally sucks for us... dont get too discouraged though remember it's your period
    Why does it suck?
    Yeah really? It's your period... Get over it.
    If I had blood coming out of my hoohahs, I wouldn't like it much. But, if I were a woman, I guess I would get used to it. Do women get used to it? I don't know. I've bled from my tallywhacker a couple of times, but that was due to blunt trauma from baseball. I don't think that it compares.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    yes!!! omg very much so & that royally sucks for us... dont get too discouraged though remember it's your period
    Why does it suck?
    Yeah really? It's your period... Get over it.
    If I had blood coming out of my hoohahs, I wouldn't like it much. But, if I were a woman, I guess I would get used to it. Do women get used to it? I don't know. I've bled from my tallywhacker a couple of times, but that was due to blunt trauma from baseball. I don't think that it compares.
    No, no, the period sucks all kind of *kitten*. The routine fluctuations in weight don't particularly suck.
  • snw_
    snw_ Posts: 237 Member
    not really ... the amount of tissue/blood buildup really is only a couple of ounces. it's never effected my weight ever.
  • GasMasterFlash
    GasMasterFlash Posts: 2,206 Member
    yes!!! omg very much so & that royally sucks for us... dont get too discouraged though remember it's your period
    Why does it suck?
    Yeah really? It's your period... Get over it.
    If I had blood coming out of my hoohahs, I wouldn't like it much. But, if I were a woman, I guess I would get used to it. Do women get used to it? I don't know. I've bled from my tallywhacker a couple of times, but that was due to blunt trauma from baseball. I don't think that it compares.
    No, no, the period sucks all kind of *kitten*. The routine fluctuations in weight don't particularly suck.
    Ah... I get those two, and without the cramping and bleeding.
  • sdavis0224
    sdavis0224 Posts: 23
    QUOTE:

    yes!!! omg very much so & that royally sucks for us... dont get too discouraged though remember it's your period


    Why does it suck?


    Okay yall are reading way to much into me saying it sucks for us... I simple was stating it sucks cause we gain this imaginary weight one week each month.... or for me more can I have a disease that revolves around my period...
  • Maude_Lewbowski
    Maude_Lewbowski Posts: 395 Member
    I tend to retain water during this time so yea, IMO it's possible.
  • Lil_MiSsSunshiNe
    Lil_MiSsSunshiNe Posts: 167
    There is an urban legend that if you stand on your head for a minute, do a cartwheel and then snap your fingers you will avoid the weight gain. Wait, no.. thats not and urban legend. I just made that up.


    Really, what did your body do the last however many times you had your period. I mean its not like something that comes around once in a lifetime. Its a monthly occurance. You should know the answer to this by now.
  • LifeOnMars_
    LifeOnMars_ Posts: 720 Member
    not really ... the amount of tissue/blood buildup really is only a couple of ounces. it's never effected my weight ever.

    Same here.
  • Il_DaniD_lI
    Il_DaniD_lI Posts: 1,593 Member
    Water retention can cause you to gain a couple pounds during TOM.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Okay yall are reading way to much into me saying it sucks for us... I simple was stating it sucks cause we gain this imaginary weight one week each month.... or for me more can I have a disease that revolves around my period...
    I'm not reading too much into it... I'm reading exactly what you said. You for some reason think that a routine and expected weight gain "sucks", and I am asking why. Can you not answer that simple question?
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Really, what did your body do the last however many times you had your period. I mean its not like something that comes around once in a lifetime. Its a monthly occurance. You should know the answer to this by now.
    I would assume that people who ask this question have never weighed themselves on a regular basis, so no, they wouldn't know it.
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    This is exciting! You're finally a woman! I'm surprised your first period has come so late though.
  • BlueInkDot
    BlueInkDot Posts: 702 Member
    HO yea.

    on a side note... *b!tch moan complain argargarg hormones aaaaaaaaauuuuugh* <-- other side effects of Shark Week. :P
  • Lil_MiSsSunshiNe
    Lil_MiSsSunshiNe Posts: 167
    Really, what did your body do the last however many times you had your period. I mean its not like something that comes around once in a lifetime. Its a monthly occurance. You should know the answer to this by now.
    I would assume that people who ask this question have never weighed themselves on a regular basis, so no, they wouldn't know it.


    Let me guess, it's your TOM?
  • BlueInkDot
    BlueInkDot Posts: 702 Member
    I just saw all the mean-ness in the above posts and wow. Ladies. Sounds like some of you are on your Shark Week right now! haha :P

    But in all seriousness...

    Some of us are lucky to have very mild side effects when it comes to Shark Week. A minimal, steady flow that finishes within a few days, minimal cramping, no migraines... all that.

    Some of us, unfortunately, have to deal with some intense side-effects EVERY TIME Shark Week comes around. A friend of mine has to take at least one day a month off of work because her cramps and migraines get so intense that she's basically bedridden. Doesn't that sound awful??

    Man, am I LUCKY!

    So basically... Don't be haters, y'all. :P
  • BarbBlue
    BarbBlue Posts: 251
    Yes! I always gain 4 lbs! It is so annoying, I just basically ignore the scale during that time.
  • clydethecat
    clydethecat Posts: 1,087 Member
    i havent had a period in over three years due to taking depo-provera, but sometimes, not very often, i'll get a little bloated for a couple of days for no good reason, i chalk it up to hormones being a little more intense that month...so it can cause a weight gain... i normally gain a pound or two so i dont worry about it..
  • MeMyCatsandI
    MeMyCatsandI Posts: 704 Member
    it causes me to lose weight....I think because all that blood is leaving my body...
    ALL that blood? It's estimated to be about 4-6 TBSP. That is barely going to register on most scales.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation
  • MeMyCatsandI
    MeMyCatsandI Posts: 704 Member
    not really ... the amount of tissue/blood buildup really is only a couple of ounces. it's never effected my weight ever.
    It's not about the volume of blood/tissue. It's generally about water retention. Clearly we don't all retain water. Women who DO retain water do not all retain the same amount of water. Personally, I don't retain water from TOM or salt. But lots of women do. Including both of my sisters who blow up like balloons.
  • SexyMidnight
    SexyMidnight Posts: 72 Member
    yes i have gained 3 pounds this week and im not to happy about it!! i have never really paid attention but now that i think about it it makes me gain and its a part of life its not fair that we have to have set backs but it happens! but its better to have a period then not to have one am i right :wink:
  • brklnlrsn
    brklnlrsn Posts: 28
    I just got my period again today and weigh myself on Sundays. This will be my second weigh in since I started on June 3rd. I'm not really worried about it. I was just asking.

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