Oh, It's TOM so You Can't Exercise? BS!

MaryPhillips90

I REALLY hate when women use their period as an excuse to not do something. "I can't go biking today. I started." Really? I get some of the worst cramps, but it never stops me from doing something. SUCK IT UP and quit being such a baby. Seriously.

Rant over.

MandiS80

I really love that I have an IUD and I haven't had my monthly in over 5 years.

ElizabethRoad

Wow, why do you care?

MaryPhillips90

Wow, why do you care?

Wow, why do you care to even reply?

ivikatasha

Eh.... Before I went on BC my monthly would cause me to throw up, a lot..... can't work out while throwing up.

tweakz20

TOM is gross.

shellebelle87

I think it is a crap excuse, but I am also hypocritical in the fact that when I get my TOM, the last thing I want to do is exercise. I want to rest, dose up on painkillers and cuddle my hot water bottle. I just dont feel comfortable exercising knowing that it's like a murder scene down there. Not comforting. I would be stressing about the not fun side effects of TOM, and that would stop me getting a good workout.

therealangd

Why would you be so judgey about someone else's pain tolerance?

ChanniVincent

People will always find excuses so they don't have to do what they don't want to.

MaryPhillips90

I think it is a crap excuse, but I am also hypocritical in the fact that when I get my TOM, the last thing I want to do is exercise. I want to rest, dose up on painkillers and cuddle my hot water bottle. I just dont feel comfortable exercising knowing that it's like a murder scene down there. Not comforting. I would be stressing about the not fun side effects of TOM, and that would stop me getting a good workout.

I agree.
It's just the women that use their period soley as an excuse.

shellebelle87

I think it is a crap excuse, but I am also hypocritical in the fact that when I get my TOM, the last thing I want to do is exercise. I want to rest, dose up on painkillers and cuddle my hot water bottle. I just dont feel comfortable exercising knowing that it's like a murder scene down there. Not comforting. I would be stressing about the not fun side effects of TOM, and that would stop me getting a good workout.

I agree.
It's just the women that use their period soley as an excuse.

The first two days, when it's worst, I dont exercise. Dont want to jostle anything and make a mess, the rest of the time I exercise, because I'm just sabotaging myself if I dont.

SPNLuver83

For real. Exercise helps with cramps anyways.

MaryPhillips90

For real. Exercise helps with cramps anyways.

THANK YOU!

stephlake

I use to consider my period week a rest week from exercise and sex. This made my man unhappy.. Now I workout to ease the cramps and he has renamed it BJ week.

Lauren8239

What a *****y thing to post. I'm so disappointed in you.

graelwyn

What a *****y thing to post. I'm so disappointed in you.

I agree.

To the Op, I am sure you have plenty of your own inadequacies(the tone of your post indicates a fair few). Maybe you should be focussing on those instead of b**ching about the perceived inadequacies in others. The phrase, to each their own, comes to mind.

SunnyAndrsn

I find that exercise helps with cramps, although it's a bit of an effort to get off the couch in the first place when I have cramps.

Lilsluvsliverpool

Actually doing some form of activity helps, biking, hiking, walking, whatever....

mommyhof3

For real. Exercise helps with cramps anyways.

^^This^^ Helps with my cramps and my mood

Samstudent88

You do know not everyone is the same. Just like people don't lose weight the same way. You need to calm down and get over your attitude. Does it matter, are you them? Are you in their body, then how do you know how bad it gets? NO!

Have a nice day.

sandylion

This is just as stupid a post as someone *****ing about someone else using cleaning as a form of exercise. People's hormones can make them feel really gross. If they don't want to exercise during TOM that is fine! Go mind your own freakin' business.

territhefrog

For real. Exercise helps with cramps anyways.

You said what I was going to say....at least for me...exercising helps with cramps.

territhefrog

I only workout when I ovulate.

lol....goofy.

caraiselite

lots of females use their TOM to get out of everything.
i don't get it.

they also use birth control as an excuse too.
it's like no, your birth control didn't MAKE you fat.
'
sigh.

beccaboo0713

While its true that exercise helps cramps it's not just about the cramps. Some women bleed a LOT on the first few days of their period that any extra movement is...messy.

No one wants to look like a stuck pig in front of everyone...

rockerbabyy

i had mirena for 5 years and had no periods..it was awesome. but its been taken out and my symptoms are worse than they were before, so im not a big fan of exercising during ToM. go ahead about ***** about it, but its not going to change anything

ninakir88

Working out sometimes is hard for people have that have severe cramps...
now eating too much food and blaming it all on your period is not ok.

Aviendha_RJ

TOM is gross.

Yep. Being a woman is often a gigantic cosmic joke. It's no surprise at all that we were invented by a man.

Anyone notice that working out has made their flow heavier? OMG... Mine is much heavier... & a full day shorter!

tlsegar

Some women have a MUCH heavier flow than other women. And sometimes my cramps are so unbearable that the only thing I can think of doing is taking a double dose of 800 mg ibuprofen and praying that I pass out. Neither of those symptoms puts me in the mood to even think about exercising. It ain't gonna happen. If that makes me weak than oh freakin' well!

AliciaNorris81

I have been on BOTH sides of this.

Used to be so bad that I was in the bathroom every 15 minutes. Either getting sick or just sitting there. Cramps so bad, I couldn't breathe. So...I would NOT be able to do anything. And if I tried, there was a big mess.

Now (after having my uterus "thinned") I have better luck with it.

Endometriosis is nothing to "suck up" and put up with. It hurts. There isn't much to describe the pain.

I try to give people the benefit of the doubt. Different people have different pain tolerances. Hell, some just don't feel like doing *kitten* while on it and I don't blame them. I sure as hell don't. Even when I do exercise on it, I am dreaming of going home and laying on the couch with a heating pad and a blanket.

teacupowl

Luckily now that I'm on a BC my body agrees with and my cycle has evened out, I have super light periods and cramps maybe only one day, so it doesn't impact my workout schedule much at all.

However, before, I had super horrible, heavy TOMs. When you have to stop mid-workout to change your stuff, it's really not the best feeling.

Basically, every woman's cycle is different. It's not up to any one person to judge what they do or don't feel up to during that TOM.