You're tracking your food, hitting the gym, doing everything right. Then your period shows up and the scale jumps 3 pounds overnight.

Should you "cycle sync" your diet? Should you just ignore it as "water weight" fluctuations? Or are both approaches missing what works?

This episode covers why weight loss stalls around your cycle and what to do about it, whether your periods are predictable or all over the place.

You'll hear the actual research on how much water weight your cycle adds (it's less than you've been told), why cycle syncing your nutrition and training has almost support in the research, and what happens psychologically when you see the scale spike during PMS. 

The real problem isn't the water weight. It's that misleading scale data during your most emotionally reactive window triggers the exact behaviors that stall fat loss. 

The fix is a measurement system that filters hormonal noise and a simple nutrition shift that works with your biology instead of against it. If you're over 40, in perimenopause, or dealing with unpredictable cycles, you'll learn why the standard advice won't work and what to do instead.

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Timestamps

0:00 - The cycle, PMS, and weight loss question
2:56 - Two bad advice camps
5:56 - How scale fluctuations change your behavior
8:24 - Evidence regarding weight fluctuations
12:20 - Hormones, metabolism, and cycle syncing
16:56 - Does cycle syncing work (for training or nutrition)?
19:22 - Perimenopause and the measurement fix
25:11 - Phase tracking and the nutrition fix
33:42 - How to structure your diet and training
36:38 - Bonus: one-meal craving strategy

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