Yes, I think I probably gain several pounds during TOM too. We bought a new scale and I thought it was the scale...didn't think about TOM!! I think we should get EXTRA points during this time I'm going to do what the others do and stay away from the scale during that time!

i read somewhere that when TOM is coming and while youre on it, up your water intake.... just checked the calender... mines due this week... ugh... i just started WW and had a very successful week... i think i might try to stay away from the scale.. i said try lol... im a slave-a-holic lol... my battery is going too, every time i get on now it say "LO" first.. and i think "i wish" lmao....

I'm so worried about this!!! I know I feel like crap at my TOM and I have been working so hard for the past 3 weeks (today is my 21st day so my behavior has changed!!! Yeah). Anyway, I am due at the end of this week and I don't want feel miserable cause I have been feeling FANTASTIC!!!

Completely normal! I usually gain 3-5 pounds about a day before it shows it's ugly face... I know a lot is retaining water, so I am going to try to drink a lot of water a few days before and during & continue working out to try to sweat some out!

I'm weighing in tomorrow to start week 3. It's that TOM and I'm very worried I won't show a loss!! I know i feel like I gained 5 lbs overnight, but I'm hoping the scale doesn't show it!!

i either gain or stay the same for about a week. it is mean. but that's what it is.

Yes this happens to me too. Drinking loads of water (like a gallon a day) helps a little.

UGH, yes.

Last week was my second weigh in, and like a fool..I weighed in on the DAY I started my TOM. The scale didn't go up but I only lost .2...which I am still proud of since any loss is awesome!

But anyway, I weigh in again tomorrow and I can tell by my home scale that I have gone down signifigantly, so we shall see what the WW scale actually says. But I am optimistic that it was just that week for me.

I've been at a stand still for a few days so I must be retaining water in anticipation of TOM...

okay i did some more searching.... i thought that everyone was supposed to drink 8 glasses of water a day but this didnt sit well with me... how can a 125 lb gal and me at 204 have the same requirements for water? so i read that... take your weight, divide in half and thats how many ounces we should be drinking. so at 204, i drink 102 ounces, which is just shy of 13 glasses a day... ugh i know..... so i started yesterday, and i drank 12 glasses. im going to keep this up for a few weeks to see if it does make a difference. we'll see lol....

stacy xxx

I weighed in yesterday and was up 1.4 lbs after being down 4.2 lbs last week! And I didn't even cheat! Darn TOM - I hate you!!

I'm about the same. It's more my few days pre TOM that I'm up, and then back down during. I'll see for sure at tomorrow's weigh-in as it is still during.

I feel your pain!!!

I'm up a few pounds a few days before TOM and back down during. I can accept that, but those awful, overwhelming cravings for fast food and sugar get the better of me WAY too often.

That's interesting...and I did the math for me and I am spot on!! Yeah!!! Thanks for the info.

That stinks!!! but just remember when TOM departs, you will go back down. For me that hasn't happened yet and he is almost gone.....aaaaarrrrrrgggggg!!!