I like every other woman tend to gain a few pounds on my period due to water retention. However, I’m growing concerned since the duration of the weight gain is about 2-2.5 weeks long. After now 3 months of tracking my period and my weight loss I have noticed that every month I gain the day before my period and I don’t lose anything until the week before my next period (so 2-2.5 weeks later). So for one week a month I’m losing rapidly then it stalls and my weight goes up and stays there.
During the time period where my weight is stalled I am weighing all my food and eating 1200-1300 net calories a day (I subtract 50% of my Apple Watch calorie burns and don’t eat them back). I workout 1 hour a day, sometimes 2 hours if I do cardio in addition to weight training.
I’m growing concerned since I’m still young (20) that maybe this is a hormonal issue like PCOS. I have no symptoms of PCOS and have never been overweight. I am a normal weight. Still I don’t feel like I can rule out PCOS since this weight issue is always around my period, and I do have very painful periods. I also wonder if maybe this is a thyroid issue? I have tried everything to get to a slightly lower BMI to improve my health and constant exhaustion, but it always backfires. I always end up where I started. Even with perfect diet and exercise I get nowhere. God forbid when I actually do fuck up (rarely) and eat pizza or have beer with friends. Then my weight shoots up 10 pounds overnight and will not come down for weeks after just one day of extra calories.
Does anyone have any insight into what kind of hormonal issues could cause this if any? Could this be a medical issue? Which one? I know these are questions for a doctor but I’d be so grateful for any responses. I hate to go to a doctor because I’m American and I can’t really afford it right now but I will go.I’m just not sure when I’ll be able to. Thanks guys!
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