Do you girls gain alot of weight right before and during this time of month? How long before you start do you notice this weight gain/bloating? :(

I don't weigh myself every day, but I've been noticing that I'm a lot hungrier around the time of my period. I don't worry about it so much; I allow myself to eat more during that time or else I'd go nuts.

Do you girls gain alot of weight right before and during this time of month? How long before you start do you notice this weight gain/bloating? :(


Well, I vary a bit, but on average I gain 3lbs the day before, and it lasts until about 12 hrs post. :(

I go up a pound or two during that week, but nothing too major unless I have a lot of dairy. For some reason (probably a side effect of my lactose intolerance) I seem to be puffier in general when I include cottage cheese and yogurt in my diet.

Do you girls gain alot of weight right before and during this time of month? How long before you start do you notice this weight gain/bloating? :(
Right b4 my period i gain like 5 IBs. I cant stand it either. I have all kinds of cravings..especially chocolate!

Factoring in that I should be losing some fat at the time, I'd say it starts up to two weeks before, for me. For the first week that it happens, my weight would slow down, and for week after that it would completely stop or go up a pound or so. Then after my period is done and over, I rapidly drop 3-4 pounds.

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that feels the need for more calories overall during PMS (and not just bad foods while keeping at low cal). Between that and the feeling sometimes that my body temperature is a bit high, I wonder if my metabolism is literally a bit higher...?

Do you girls gain alot of weight right before and during this time of month? How long before you start do you notice this weight gain/bloating? :(

I'm weird :p I usually lose the week before, lose the week during, and gain or stay the same the week after!!!! I notice if I have a loose week eating wise, it's often the following week before I notice an impact on the scales.

I only weigh once a week, so perhaps if I weighed daily the differences would even out, but I can't weigh anymore than once a week, the guys at the gym where the scales are already think I am obsessive, and weighing too often drives me scatty :lol:

I'm weird :p I usually lose the week before, lose the week during, and gain or stay the same the week after!!!! I notice if I have a loose week eating wise, it's often the following week before I notice an impact on the scales.


I'm weird also. My biggest loses are always the week before. However, it is only if I keep super clean because I get absolutely ravenous!! :lol: The week during I might lose 1 pound, but then at the end I might drop another 2. The next 2 weeks end up being a wash usually.