Anonymous wrote:I think the issue is the OP feels like they are not losing weight during their period. Yes, the water weight subsides but it’s a lost week for weight loss.
I’d also love to know if there is a reason for this if someone really is in a calorie deficit.

Hormones

I am day 15, ovulating and up 2lbs from a week ago. I know I didn’t eat 7000 extra calories this past week. I’m so annoyed.

Use the Happy scale app. It tracks trends

Yes, but I’m only fluctuating about 2 pounds and losing a .5 pounds a month. It’s super frustrating because I’m at a higher weight than you and I feel like it should be falling off.

Perhaps try going by how your clothes fit vs the scale. That switch has helped me immensely. The scale makes me obsessive and preoccupied with the #s.

I think the issue is the OP feels like they are not losing weight during their period. Yes, the water weight subsides but it’s a lost week for weight loss.
I’d also love to know if there is a reason for this if someone really is in a calorie deficit.

Anonymous wrote:No. An 8 pound fluctuation with a couple weeks seems extreme. How is your kidney function? Are you drinking enough water, eating too much sodium?

I never fluctuate more than 2 lbs day to day, maybe 3 max over a several days/weeks in 1 pound increments

🙄. Please stop informing people their bodies are “extreme” because yours, your only data point, doesn’t do the same.

OP, frustrating but within the realm of normal. If you wanted to, you could research what you are consuming that likely adds to water retaining tendencies around your period.

No. An 8 pound fluctuation with a couple weeks seems extreme. How is your kidney function? Are you drinking enough water, eating too much sodium?

I never fluctuate more than 2 lbs day to day, maybe 3 max over a several days/weeks in 1 pound increments

Me. Ugh. And weight goes up with ovulation too. I feel like there are few days my weight is accurate and it takes a month to see progress.

I learned not to weigh myself daily. It's just causes stress.

I weigh myself every Sunday and look for downward trends.

Anonymous wrote:Just remember it's more about the trend than the individual day to day numbers. As long as your trending down give yourself a break! Stressing so much about the specific # isn't great for your mental health.

+1

The trend is what matters. Weight fluctuates all the time and it's totally normal, especially around your period.

Yeah I’m losing my mind over here. Seem to gain 5 pounds like clockwork with my period each month and then takes forever to reset. I have drastically changed my diet and get a lot of exercise and it is excruciatingly slow. I have been sitting at 224-228 for weeks and I am losing my mind. I am continually shocked because I know I have made such huge changes and I am only able to lose about a pound a week on average.

Your cycle causes fluctuations in water weight. As long as the overall trend is down, stop stressing. Stress is bad for weight loss.

Just remember it's more about the trend than the individual day to day numbers. As long as your trending down give yourself a break! Stressing so much about the specific # isn't great for your mental health.

I’m so encouraged only to be discouraged and then encouraged again!

I’m deep in the middle of a weight loss journey. Every month I’m losing around 5lb. It cycles like this: After my period, I drop around 3lb, then for a couple weeks, about .5-1 a week. Then my period comes and I’m back up 5lb. It’s so frustrating! But then the cycle repeats. So it’s like this:

150lb after period
148 right before PMS starts
153 during period
Back to 148 after period
145 right before PMS starts
150 during period
Back to 145 after period

It’s like my only real weight loss occurs after my period every month, and it’s super frustrating! Anyone else?