I didn't really know where else to post this but I thought here would be best suited...I suppose I could have posted this in my journal.

I have come to realize today that when it's time to PMS...no matter what the scale said the day before...once that retention sets in I feel like a weight-loss failure. I know it's just hormones, and I know that I haven't gained 5lbs in 2 days but I can't shake that feeling with the onset of PMS.

I just wanted to see how others may combat this.

PMS is beating me up

I use the Hacker's Diet weight tracking thingy. (Signal and Noise has an explanation of the logic behind it, and some of the math involved) The general idea is to smooth out the day-to-day fluctuations, so you can see the general trend.

I think this link (https://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Hac...t_tzoffset=300) should take you to my chart for October. The red is the trend line, with the diamonds being actual scale weights. That big mid-month jump is water retention. :P But it only shows up on the scale - the trend line says I'm still losing.

Oh thanks! This is awesome!