How can I prevent myself from gaining weight with my period?

Question

when i have my period i tend to gain a pound or two. what is this from and is there any way to prevent it or stop it when it happens?

Answer 1

Roll with the punches...you do put on water, but it should come off after a few days.

Believe it or not, fruits and veggies can give you that diuretic effect (make you pee and therefore lose water) similar to the water pills someone suggested.

Answer 2

Beware of emotional eating. The women in Lauren’ study reported that they used high fat, sugary foods as a source of comfort, to cope with the stresses of menopause as well as the challenges of running busy lives and families. If you feel that you have the tendency to comfort eat, make sure that you have a back-up plan for when these moods strike. Do things that make you feel good, but take you away from food. Have a bubble bath, phone a friend or take the dog for a walk.

Have a look at your food choices and look out for those high fat extras such as a few biscuits here or there, or that after dinner chocolate or that handful of biscuits with a drink before dinner.

A large percentage of women have tried and failed on numerous weight loss diets over their lifetime. Now is the time to look at day to day food choices.

Women also tend to continue to eat to the appetite of the family or partner rather then their own - for example, they eat dinner when they're not hungry, because they have prepared a meal for the family. To work around this look at the energy density of meals and snacks earlier in the day.

Fill up your sandwich with salad rather then excessive quantities of protein or fats. Plan a nutritious afternoon tea including portioned dried fruit, tubs of low fat yoghurt or a low fat milk hot chocolate. Watch the predinner nibbling – 10 potatoes chips is the equivalent of 3 lamb cutlets or 20 prawns. Add a glass of wine to this (another 10 prawn equivalents) and it’s no wonder you don’t feel like dinner. If the predinner nibble is an important time to wind down, try rice crackers with salsa (you can have nearly 20 of these instead of the chips) or a couple of microwaved pappadums.

Try to prepare your main meal at home as much as possible, or if you do need to rely on takeaways, go for the lower fat options.

Check your dinner portions. Make sure that you fill at least 1/2 the plate with vegies, include a couple of chat potatoes or 1 –2 slices of sweet potato. Keep the meat to the size of your fingertips or one chicken kebab, or include a hand of fish, or include 10 prawns in a stir-fry.

Answer 3

No it's not...Listen hon this is normal.You are just carrying extra water. This is what your body does.Stop focusing on such minor things as a few pounds. Believe me when u get older you'll see this is not important. Good luck

Answer 4

Take Midol or Pamprin, it helps to take the excess fluid away. It really works you can get it at a drugstore.

Answer 5

I agree with the fist answerer. Also, try to stay away from salty foods.