The scale's up two pounds.
The number climbs in the days before your period and the panic creeps in with thoughts to cut calories, add cardio, or rethink the whole week. But that jump is usually water, not fat, and reacting to it is how a good week turns bad for no reason.
tl;dr
Write your cycle day next to your weight. Wait until your period starts, and don't change the plan based on this week's number.
Keep reading to find out why it happens, how to tell a normal monthly bump from an actual trend, and what to look at before you change a single thing. Keep it for the next time the number spikes.
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