My 17 yo daughter, has about 20 pounds to loose. She has just finished attack, and has lost 4.5 pounds, and yesterday was her first day of cruise. I made her carrot cake Ddukan muffins, and a vegetable stir dry fry etc. This morning there was a look of total disappointment on her face, as there is a slight gain on the scales. Then she tells me her period has started. Now being of an age (very early menopause) where I don't have the "monthly's", I have no experience of weight gain, due to this. ( I don't think I ever had any problems with it). Not wanting to dishearten her, I gee'd her on, saying that there is water retention with TOM, and feeling a bit happier she's gone to school, with the promise I would ask on this forum and find out a bit more. So what is the normal pattern, can she expect a whoosh and a good drop in poundage? - and why is there water retention when TOM occurs?
Many thanks,
Tessa
Many thanks,
Tessa