For the ladies

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!!

Just let me know if I should relax and wait till after TOM to even look at
the scale again.

(and for you scale-haters out the Don't even reply! I don't wanna hear
it! Step away from you r keyboard!!!)

"Dropped 19" wrote:

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!!!

Do you mean you ate and drank nothing from evening weigh-in to morning
weigh-in?

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!!

Just let me know if I should relax and wait till after TOM to even look at
the scale again.

(and for you scale-haters out the Don't even reply! I don't wanna hear
it! Step away from you r keyboard!!!)

You can easily gain 2.5 lbs in glycogen/water, but you do have to eat
and drink something to do it.

Dropped 19 wrote:
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!!

Just let me know if I should relax and wait till after TOM to even
look at the scale again.

Don't worry, it's completely normal to retain water as TOM gets near. Some
months I gain over 5 lbs. Of course it doesn't help that I crave salt at
that time. Why can't I crave chocolate like any normal woman? lol
--
Jeri
"Change is inevitable, except from vending machines."

Ditto. I'm fighting that right now. Weighed in this morning at 205, up
from 203, but TOM is getting close. Just remind yourself that it IS just
water, it will come off, and exercise a little more. Exercise helps me to
get it back down, even during my TOM, and it helps alleviate my cramping and
bloating.

(I know, guys. How pleasant!)

--
Linda
296/203/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html


"Jeri" wrote in message
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Dropped 19 wrote:
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!!

Just let me know if I should relax and wait till after TOM to even
look at the scale again.

Don't worry, it's completely normal to retain water as TOM gets near. Some
months I gain over 5 lbs. Of course it doesn't help that I crave salt at
that time. Why can't I crave chocolate like any normal woman? lol
--
Jeri
"Change is inevitable, except from vending machines."

Would someone kindly explain what TOM is for this ignorant guy? Thanks.



In article ,
says...

Ditto. I'm fighting that right now. Weighed in this morning at 205, up
from 203, but TOM is getting close. Just remind yourself that it IS just
water, it will come off, and exercise a little more. Exercise helps me to
get it back down, even during my TOM, and it helps alleviate my cramping
and
bloating.

(I know, guys. How pleasant!)

--
Linda
296/203/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html


"Jeri" wrote in message
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Dropped 19 wrote:
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!!

Just let me know if I should relax and wait till after TOM to even
look at the scale again.

Don't worry, it's completely normal to retain water as TOM gets near.
Some
months I gain over 5 lbs. Of course it doesn't help that I crave salt at
that time. Why can't I crave chocolate like any normal woman? lol
--
Jeri
"Change is inevitable, except from vending machines."

"Armand" wrote in message
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Would someone kindly explain what TOM is for this ignorant guy? Thanks.

Why are you reading a post for the ladies, anyway, Armand?

Time of the month. A euphemism for menstruation.

--
Linda
296/203/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html


"Armand" wrote in message
...
Would someone kindly explain what TOM is for this ignorant guy? Thanks.



In article ,
says...

Ditto. I'm fighting that right now. Weighed in this morning at 205, up
from 203, but TOM is getting close. Just remind yourself that it IS just
water, it will come off, and exercise a little more. Exercise helps me
to
get it back down, even during my TOM, and it helps alleviate my cramping
and
bloating.

(I know, guys. How pleasant!)

--
Linda
296/203/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html


"Jeri" wrote in message
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Dropped 19 wrote:
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!!

Just let me know if I should relax and wait till after TOM to even
look at the scale again.

Don't worry, it's completely normal to retain water as TOM gets near.
Some
months I gain over 5 lbs. Of course it doesn't help that I crave salt
at
that time. Why can't I crave chocolate like any normal woman? lol
--
Jeri
"Change is inevitable, except from vending machines."

Armand wrote:
Would someone kindly explain what TOM is for this ignorant guy? Thanks.




TOM = Time Of Month, otherwise known as menstruation.

Laura B.

"Dropped 19" ttttt

writes:

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

Yeah, that's part of TOM.


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!!

Here's a weird question: how often did you weigh before you went low-carb?
Because 2.5 pounds is within the realm of normal for daily weight fluctuation
as far as I've read. And especially at TOM.

When I started, I already knew I had a monthly weight fluctuation of 3 pounds
directly related to my TOM. So I started at my peak to guarantee an almost
immediate loss of 3 pounds. (I actually lost 8 pounds in the first 6 days.)
When I was losing, I'd gain 1-3 pounds at TOM, and lose the 3 pounds again. In
maintenance, I gain and lose the 3 pounds. So what you're describing sounds
perfectly normal.

Just let me know if I should relax and wait till after TOM to even look at
the scale again.

Relax and wait until after TOM to even look at the scale again.


Daria
166/under 145/under 145
sugar-free since 2/1/04
low-carb since 2/17/04

"Martin W. Smith" wrote in message
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"Dropped 19" wrote:

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!!!

Do you mean you ate and drank nothing from evening weigh-in to morning
weigh-in?

no - i don't weigh at night. from one morning to the next morning .

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!!

Just let me know if I should relax and wait till after TOM to even look
at
the scale again.

(and for you scale-haters out the Don't even reply! I don't wanna hear
it! Step away from you r keyboard!!!)

You can easily gain 2.5 lbs in glycogen/water, but you do have to eat
and drink something to do it.