Ladies I was wondering...do most of you usually gain water weight or stall during TOM? When do U usually start retaining, a week before, during?
And when does your body usually shed the excess water weight?


And...if U do gain water weight how much on avg?

No takers, huh?

GRRRRRRRRR TOM...
I lose weight the 2 weeks after TOM and then NONE the rest of the month. From mid-cycle to the end of cycle I flucuate a couple of pound up and down with water gain, etc.

I retain about 5 pounds of water during that week.. starts a day or 2 before it rears it's ugly head, and takes a day or 2 to go away afterwards. Ugh.

I actually retain more water around ovulation than the actual TOM. Go figure!
I go up 2 or 3 lbs and then drop them several days later.

I second the ovulation thing. About 4-5 lbs. The weight creeps on as estrogen peaks, then gradually comes off the two weeks before tom. The day before tom, I get a two pound water spike again that goes aay in 2-3 days. A the week after tom is my lowest weight for the month, then the whole water thing starts up again.....

Edited to add- I need to stress that none of this would be possible without LC. I have/had PCOS. I never knew when i was ovulating ore when or IF tom was impending. He came at varing times between 3 and 8 months. I LOVE FEELING LIKE A REAL GIRL NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

am i the only one who weighs less during my actual TOM??? this was always the case by the way not just with lc. although this is the only time i have actually had "time of months" rather than "time of six months"

...........LOL....Its always leaking water

The week before, i notice a 5 pound gain at the most, then the week after, things are back to normal

I gain about 5 pounds starting 3-4 days before, and it takes about the same amount after to lose it.

I'm like everyone else. Up to five pounds a few days before TOM but it usualy takes me nearly a week after its over to loose it all. I seem to loose like crazy the week before TOM so I almost look forward to it now.

Gabrielle

Thanx to all who posted!! I think I actually only lose well 2 weeks out of the month because of TOM. *fooey!*

Thankfully I only gain two or three pounds right before TOM and it leaves quickly...but takes me a few days to start losing again.

Sophotia,
I am exactly the same way. I never seem to loose during the week prior and the week during. It's weird, so I just don't weigh myself then. I don't need to see the scale go up, I can feel the water bloating I get with the TOM. I also seem to never be in ketosis during that time either. (I noticed that during the time when I was staying under 20carbs/day) Annie