Sorry guys. This one is for the ladies...
 

Ladies,

Have you noticed any patterns when checking your weight when you are PMS'ing/first few days of AF? Are you consistently higher than slightly before and/or after AF? I know that bloat and water retention are common around this time of the month but I'm curious how much of a difference in lbs you experience.

Thanks!

just last week when I started I had about a 2-3lb increase. I've leveled off today though. It sucks, but happens.

I typically go up 2 to 3 lbs in the days before, then maintain that during, then I get a pretty decent whoosh in the several days after.

This month looked like this:
191.6 - 3 days before
193.6 - 2 days before
194.6 - 1 day before
194.6 - during
193.6 - during
193.2 - during
191 - during
192 - during
189.2 - after
188 - after
187.4 - after
187 - after

Thanks ladies! That really helps. I know that I should have lost in the last several days but my body has other plans. Sometimes being a woman blows big hairy donkey balls.

I can gain up to 8 lbs of water weight. Reducing carbs a little further than usual seems to help keep the gain a little smaller and also seems to helps reduce PMS/TOM hunger (so that I don't end up "keeping" any of those 8 lbs).

3-8 pounds for me. Not sure why it's more some months and less others, but I also notice when it's late my cravings are out of control. Not fun.

I'm different every month, sometimes I keep losing until the 2nd day and then up and down other times I go up a few pounds a few days before and it usually take a week until I start losing again. It can drive you crazy alright!

I usually go up or plateau for a few days before...then I go up the second/third day, then stay up or maintain until I whoosh of the water weight. Usually my main weight loss for the month happens right after TOM.

2-3 up with TTOM, 4-5 up with Ovulation. I only show losses on the scale a few days after ovulation until TTOM.

Mine mirrors LockItUp's almost perfectly. Up, hold, whoosh.

I tend to gain between 2-6lbs on the scale, hold it for the week and then even back out after.
It's a little annoying but at least it is a good indicator.

I'm about average I would guess between 3 to 6lbs. I gain for a couple of days before, hold for a few days and then down. I even gain during ovulation! But it's shorter and only a couple of pounds. But still annoying! LOL This month was different... only about a 1lb. gain, but my cycle was shorter at only 27 days. Which was weird. LOL

I gain weight during TOM, typically 4-6, but I continue to lose inches. That keeps me motivated even when the scale goes up a few pounds.

I am sooo glad to have found this thread. I recently joined 3FC, and had just started working out during my PMS week. Then the next week was tom, and I was really REALLY discouraged because I only lost 1 pound, and felt grossly bloated! Now, when will that "whoosh" happen???

3-5 lbs gained with the bloat.

Sweet cravings/steak cravings. Ranges in degree depending on how I've been diet wise and with my vitamins.

Breaking out on my face. Hooray pimples.

Horny as all get out. Hooray DH!

Weepies -- look out for hallmark-burst-into-tears-for-no-reason because waaaah! Cat food is sooo sooo lovely in this ad in this magazine I just saw at the allergist office!

Crankies -- Why do you breathe my air? Go away, family! Stop it! You breathe TOO LOUD!

When the "whoosh!" happens and the weight just disappears and I'm peeing like crazy? Period is around the corner... like within 2 days.

Thank goodness!

A. :D

ruralmama - it is different for everyone, but keep doing the right things and your scale will catch up.

Thanks for this post - I have been sooo good at eating on plan and haven't really had a problem with cravings, but today I wanted ALL OF THE SUGAR! I'm glad to know it's probably just TOM , not that I'm like, loosing my resolve or something.

I haven't noticed much effect on my weight. Sometimes it's up, sometimes it's down, but I don't see a clear pattern according to TOM. However, sometimes I have undeniable cravings and those are the worst!

My TOTM's are definitely frustrating. I gained a total of 8 lbs in 7 days last month. (3 days prior to my 'time' and 4 days during.) Two days AFTER my TOTM ended, I stepped on the scale and saw I'd lost all 8 lbs plus an additional 4 lbs. I just keep on track and don't even bother weighing myself until after my TOTM now.

This is really great to read even though everybody is different. I have started weighing everyday to be sure of where I am at in my progress and seeing the increases even though I was on plan was kind of disappointing. I finally figured out it was TOM weight gain of 4 lbs. I didn't really get a whoosh until days later and all I can say is Yay. Those 4 lbs I work so hard for really are gone. Now I'll pay a little more attention to my own pattern. Thanks Guys.

not after but during and sometimes before but i still lose.

If you want another weird hormone related correlation, I don't lose around ovulation. That one really threw me the first month or two before I made the connection. This month I'm even up a pound due to a high sodium splurge meal and new exercise. I don't expect that extra lb of water weight to go away until the end of the weekend at the earliest.

Thanks everyone for replying and sharing your insight! I managed to survive PMS and TOM and sure enough once I had passed PMS and day 1 whoosh and I've been picking up some steam since. The biggest thing for me was that I survived TOM without binging and I continued to workout! Hooray!

im so glad i found this! even thou its a couple months old by now lol
i jumped up 5 lbs over night and was like WTF ???!! then i checked out my calendar and my TOTM is due in 6 dayish so im crossing my fingers that its just water weight.
i can live with that for now ! lol

This time around I stayed the same weight and then continued losing after. Usually I go up 1-3 pounds before and then lose during.

I can gain up to 5 pounds a few days before TOM. Then my weight is all over the place. I might lose it all the next day, then put it back on the day after that. Then lose it all again 2 days later. I find that around halfway through TOM, I lose the water weight and my weight goes back to normal until the next TOM.

I was so glad to read this thread as I seem to gain around 4 lbs that hangs around until 2 or 3 days after my TOM. Glad to see I am not alone!

No TOM bloating/gain here, but no post-TOM whooshes either.

F.