Endometriosis exercise

Fitnesschick1986

Hello ,
I have just been diagnosed with endometriosis level 4 last week. I have struggled with my weight due to pain and not been able to exercise. Anyone have ideas on how to please lose weight and exercise when I only feel tops for one week a month?

cmriverside

Endometriosis in itself is going to be the cause of extra weight. Are you going to get treatment for it?

If you don't feel well, it's going to be hard to do any exercise. I hope you decide to get it treated.

Fitnesschick1986

Yes , I do have a treatment plan , physio, dietitian and mostly likely surgery.
Starting physio this coming week.
I can't believe I finally got diagnosed after so many years.. sadly birth control doesn't do me any good with my mood and weight.

SafariGalNYC

Since endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease, you may feel better on an anti inflammatory diet with low impact gentle exercise like yoga.

AnnPT77

In general, weight loss can be accomplished entirely on the eating side of the equation. Exercise is good for a body, and lets a person eat a few more calories while losing weight at the same sensibly moderate rate. That's meaningful, but not strictly essential (as many people incorrectly believe it to be).

If you're able to be more active only one week a month, then be active for that week. Don't do punitively intense things trying to "make up for" the other weeks. Keep it manageable. If you have occasional times during the other weeks when you can manageably do some mild or short exercise, that's helpful, too. I'm sure your physio will have helpful tips: Don't be afraid to ask that person lots of questions to get the information you need about suitable types of exercise.

Since you have a diagnosed health condition, it would be a good idea IMO to talk with your medical team about whether and how fast you should try to lose weight, and whether they'd suggest any limitations on weight loss tactics. If the dietitian has specialized knowledge about endometriosis, s/he may have useful insights about this.

My thought here is that pain (and the mere existence of the health condition in the first place) are physical stresses on your body. A calorie deficit is also a physical stress, even though it's a thing we expect to deliver benefits in the long run. At the same time, it's possible to be overweight enough that that needs to be a priority for change in the overall picture. The point is, depending on details (including your health history) how fast or slowly it would be best to lose weight may be something to get medical input about.

I'm so glad that you've gotten a diagnosis, and have a full team enlisted to help you. I'm sure you can succeed - with "succeed" defined as improving your quality of life - as long as you stick with it. It won't be easy every second - it isn't automatically or always easy for anyone - but I'm cheering for you to succeed. The effort is worth it.

Best wishes