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Dropped 19 said:

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?

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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 there: 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 said:

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

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Dropped 19 said:

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.

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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

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bloating.

(I know, guys. How pleasant!)

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

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Dropped 19 said:

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

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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."

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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

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

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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

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

get it back down, even during my TOM, and it helps alleviate my cramping

and

Quoted message said:

bloating.

(I know, guys. How pleasant!)

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

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Dropped 19 <[email hidden]> 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

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months I gain over 5 lbs. Of course it doesn't help that I crave salt

at

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that time. Why can't I crave chocolate like any normal woman? lol
--
Jeri
"Change is inevitable, except from vending machines."

Armand said:

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

TOM = Time Of Month, otherwise known as menstruation.

Laura B.

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"Dropped 19" [email hidden]

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

Yeah, that's part of TOM.

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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.

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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

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Dropped 19 said:

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 .

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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

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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

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the scale again.

(and for you scale-haters out there: 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 said:

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Dropped 19 said:

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 .

Then 2.5 lbs is within the margin. If it happens multiple days in a
row, so that you establish a trend, then something is wrong, but 2.5
lbs over one 24 hour period could easily just be water/glycogen.

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"Dropped 19" [email hidden]

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

Yeah, that's part of TOM.

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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

Quoted message said:

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big way. i went out to dinner one night and ate a piece of grilled

chicken

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Quoted message said:

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?

Never. I just didn't. Maybe once in 6 months.

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Because 2.5 pounds is within the realm of normal for daily weight

fluctuation

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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

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directly related to my TOM. So I started at my peak to guarantee an

almost

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immediate loss of 3 pounds. (I actually lost 8 pounds in the first 6

days.)

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When I was losing, I'd gain 1-3 pounds at TOM, and lose the 3 pounds

again. In

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maintenance, I gain and lose the 3 pounds. So what you're describing

sounds

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perfectly normal.

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Just let me know if I should relax and wait till after TOM to even look

at

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the scale again.

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

Thanks - at least i can pay attention and learn that this may be something
to expect.

It's water weight from your TOM. Relax. Stop weighing yourself everyday too.
You'll drive yourself crazy.

--
Sheli

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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

Quoted message said:

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 there: Don't even reply! I don't wanna hear
it! Step away from you r keyboard!!!)

Dropped 19 said:

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

Poor Tom. He gets the blame for everything. ;-)

Carol

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Quoted message said:

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.

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

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Dropped 19 <[email hidden]> wrote:

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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

I crave salt then, too. And I give in to the craving -- WTF, I'm going to gain
water weight then ANYWAY :-)

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

Yeah, he has to hang around for 5-7 days, make me irritable, and just be
generally useless. Just in my case. LOL!

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

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Dropped 19 said:

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

Poor Tom. He gets the blame for everything. ;-)

Carol

I gain anywhere from 5 to 10 lbs during my tom. I like to use those days as
"rest" days from lowcarbing. I don't know if its the raging hormones but
it's the only time of the month where I can eat 1 piece of bread or a
handful of chips and not want more. If it's not my TOM I can't eat bread or
chips because it sends me into such a downward spiral.

Eva

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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

Quoted message said:

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 there: Don't even reply! I don't wanna hear
it! Step away from you r keyboard!!!)

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Quoted message said:

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 there: Don't even reply! I don't wanna hear
it! Step away from you r keyboard!!!)

Relax. TOM can do weird things re: water weight. I jumped up a
significantly higher amount (as much as 9 pounds) for awhile there - and
it usually happens when I'm in for a rough one. YMMV, and I hope it
does, but do NOT stress over this if you know you've been fighting the
good fight - it's just TOM.

--
Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the 😉 to send mail).

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(Armand) said:

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

Time
Of (the)
Month

--
Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the 😉 to send mail).