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I am getting close to TOM and things are getting weird.

One day i woke up and was 2.5 lbs up. No way you can just gain that
overnight!!! So i started getting suspicious. I didn't change my diet in any
big way. i went out to dinner one night and ate a piece of grilled chicken
and some shrimp that could have been marinated in something. I don't thin
kthis would do anything more than stall me a little - not send the scales
through the roof!!

This is VERY normal. In fact, my periods are somewhat irregular these days
(still basically once a month, but sometimes longer or shorter), so I can always
tell when it's on its way by the sudden jump in the scale. Many women lose this
water weight during the first couple of days of their period -- I never lose it
until AFTER my period is over, which is even MORE annoying. Nothing you can do
about it, really, except notice it, stay the course and enjoy the inevitable drop
in weight that comes during/after it. No amount of logic can quite overcome the
dismay this monthly increase brings with it, but you are certainly NOT alone :-)
In any case, don't worry about it.

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Saffire
205/149/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333