Won't you gain weight during your period?

Will you not gain weight no matter how much you eat during menstruation? Menstruation is a special period for women. Some people say that menstruation metabolizes quickly, so you won’t gain weight no matter how much you eat. Is this true? Many girls firmly believe that you won’t gain weight no matter how much you eat during menstruation, but the fact is that you will gain weight during menstruation. Don’t start eating like crazy during your period, or you will regret it!

1. Weighing yourself during your period and finding that you have lost weight

It's not just during menstruation. In fact, your weight will fluctuate at different times of the day. It's also normal for your weight to fluctuate before and after menstruation, so don't be misled by this illusion. Before menstruation, due to changes in estrogen and progesterone in the body, the body may experience edema and thickening of the endometrium, and the weight may increase by several pounds at this time.

With the arrival of menstruation, the endometrium begins to fall off, bleeding and edema disappear. At this time, you will find that your weight is beginning to drop, and when the menstruation ends, you will return to your pre-menstrual weight. Therefore, changes in weight are just a normal reaction of the body during menstruation. If you still believe in the truth that you will not gain weight during menstruation, then you will only go further and further on the road to weight loss.

2. Menstruation does not affect the stomach, so you will still gain weight even if you eat too much.

Some girls think that gastrointestinal absorption will be affected during menstruation, so no matter how much they eat, they will not gain weight. Although the secretion of progesterone and estrogen competes during menstruation, the hormone content that affects gastrointestinal secretion is very small. Therefore, unless there is a problem with your stomach, generally speaking, the digestion and absorption function during menstruation will not be affected.

3. Does metabolism increase during menstruation?

A foreign study shows that women's metabolism speeds up by about 30% during menstruation. When you first see this number, it seems like a lot, right? Let's not talk about the fact that it doesn't speed up by 30%. Even if it does, do you know what the basal metabolic rate is for a 30% speedup? According to the basal metabolic rate of an adult woman of 1,500 calories per day, a 30% speedup is 450 calories. This is about the same amount of calories as a medium serving of French fries. So even if your metabolism improves a little, it won’t be able to withstand your binge eating.

So how can you eat without gaining weight during your period?

1. The staple food can be foods with a higher proportion of coarse grains. During menstruation, many girls want to eat sweets, but they should still avoid eating sweets at this time.

2. Eat more protein. The main sources of protein in food can be obtained from lean meat, eggs or fish.

3. Some blood will be lost during menstruation, so you need to supplement more iron and vitamins.