I know we get bloated during tom but can that keep u from loosing weight for a week? I didn't get mine yet but it should be here this weekend so I am pms'ing and have been for all of this week. I also have not lost anymore weight this week and I have stuck to it very strickly. Please tell me it's because of tom and I should be back to losing weight in about a week or so. And does drinking more water help since I'm retaining water at this time ?

Yes, hormones can certainly wreak havoc on weight loss. I tend to go up a pound or two during TOM, and then back to normal after. What you're experiencing is not unusual at all.

Yes, it is very normal not to be able to lose around TOM.
I usually don't lose for almost 2 weeks after TOM!!!
Hang in there and everything will turn normal again.
(sometimes I also get cravings 2 days before TOM )

Yes, I start retaining water 1 week before TOM gets here.
I drink lots of water I heard the more you drink the less you
Retain. I never lose during tom its only after I see any loss.

Debbie 2007

I also start retaining water the week before TOM. It goes away the week after though.

I hate TOM. I'm just saying.....the cravings, the bloating, the water retention, the increase in poundage. UGH!

Yes, I don't lost at all during the week prior to TOM (which is now). In fact, I was up a pound this morning, which I expected. It will get back on track in a few days. Totally normal!

My experience is the same: no weight loss for one week of every month. And the injustice of it makes me mad. But
I don't know any way around it.

(I feel sorry for the poor guys named Tom. Everyone hates Tom. )

LOL

In one of my other groups...we call it 'Aunt Flo"

Everyone wishes Aunt Flo would just pack up and LEAVE!

Well, I should have known better than to step on the scale this morning. Ughhh, not good at all. TOM begins tomorrow and I'm up a total of 1.4 lbs. I hate to see that, but atleast I know it will go away............... or atleast it better. lol

I'm usually up around 4-5lbs with TOM but it leaves afterwards provided i don't give into the cravings and binge!

When I first started Atkins, I would put on at least 5lbs before TOM. Now, It's around 3lbs. It will leave with TOM if you stay on plan.

Last week was PMS week for me. I actually lost 1.5 lbs but I was only down .5 from the previous week. I definitely don't have near the water retention I had before low carb. The boobage alone was at least 5 lbs, I have PMS and non-PMS bras that are a cup size larger for PMS week. This was the first cycle since I started lcing 5 weeks ago that I didn't develop Franken-boobs during PMS. I was a little tender but not swollen at all.

Now if want to talk about flow, that's whole 'nother complaint.

Pretty much I don't lose and seem to gain for 10 days before TOM. Usually I go up 6 pounds. On the bright side, if you stay on Atkins while you aren't losing you don't gain the weight you would have if you gave in to your PMS cravings.