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

Mceastes

The OP has deactivated their account. Troll!

Yeah, I just noticed that too. Not cool. Seriously, I'm totally down with making a valid point that might fly in the face of long held beliefs, but when you say things like "Suck it up and stop being a baby," you totally lose me. It's just disrespectful. Communication 101.

I'm a runner but I hate running on the first two days of my period so I don't. I have also given birth at home twice without any pain medication. I'm no baby. It's simply a choice and a matter of personal preference. I don't tell other women how to give birth or deal with their periods - some things are just no one's right to judge.

debussyschild

I'm happy to say that I'm fortunate enough NOT to be one of those women who experiences debilitating menstrual period cramps and other symptoms such as insanely heavy bleeding or depression during that TOM.

OP: this was a bit insensitive, don't you think??

Starqueg

For real. Exercise helps with cramps anyways.

Exercise makes my cramps worse. I've gotten off the elliptical almost in tears because of them. I do light cardio for the first two days, depending on how I feel. A lot of the time, I'm in bed curled up into a ball trying not to cry.

debussyschild

TOM means I don't pull out.

News flash to the smart *kitten*: just because she's on her period doesn't mean she absolutely cannot conceive. Be careful...

theartichoke

The OP has deactivated their account. Troll!

She's not a troll, she caught her snap. She had nowhere to go but the door after this train wreck.

EpiGaiaRepens

The OP is just saying, if you want to make excuses go ahead, just realize they're a sign of being lazy. If you want something you'll do it.

You ever had very bad menstrual cramps where the pain goes down to your legs and makes you where you can hardly move and the pain is so bad you're going to vomit? I assume not since you're male, try to talk of something you know of before saying its a sign of being lazy.

Kind of reminds me of when i was working out with a busted leg. Everyone has excuses. In reply to your other post "the worst cramps" reminds me of, "my problems are greater than yours" ordeal. We have all had problems and what not, no one's problems is greater than someone elses.

Yeah, and I finished my remaining 9.9 miles of a brutal trail relay with a grade 2 sprain years ago and permanently damaged my ankle in the process (I took one for the team, literally)...that pain was NOTHING compared to the menstrual cramps and bleeding I used to contend with. The only thing more painful was full-on labor contractions <5 minutes apart.

Until you grow a uterus and at least one functioning ovary I'm not really sure why you're weighing-in. You really don't have a dog in this fight. I won't tell you how to deal with prostate issues, 'cause that ain't my bag, baby.

From a scientific stand point, i can observe. I see many many women who work out on their cycle... yet some say they can't because of it. Majority rules in this case.

Nothing scientific about majority rules. You'd have to do a statistical analysis. I'm guessing most men with broken legs do *not* run marathons. See? Majority doesn't rule.

I get your point about no excuses, but unless you lift while you are ****ting your pants with a stomach flu, I think you're a hypocrite.

arielian

Based on how some of you ladies are replying to this thread your dealing with TOM right now lol!

zhanaolivia

TOM is gross.

So is semen, which is also a necessary function for reproduction. Yet for some reason, there's a stigma that says that seminal ejaculation is completely okay, but menstruation is taboo and should be hidden. I could easily get into the social and feminist implications of all this, but I think I'll leave it at; don't act like another immature *kitten* about periods. Grow up.

happythermia

Meh.
I want to die when it's TOM. I am severely crampy, and just plain exhausted. So if I want to take a week off from exercise, I will.

The important thing, IMHO, is go get right back into it - whether it's TOM of if you're just feeling crappy.

Chameleone

I get super bad cramps sometimes. I had to get an epidural once. But if it's not bad enough to keep me in fetal position I will still workout, and carry on with my day slightly pissy...

But all this stuff people say about how exercising helps cramps... not so true for me. During the workout I'm usually okay...once I've stopped the pain comes back...

vasogoma

So, basically, I get cramps that are so hard that I once had to get hospitalized just because of them with injections to relieve the pain, normal pills don't do a single thing to help me and I can feel pain ALL over my back. Plus, my period lasts for 7 days in a super abundant quantity where using tampons is just plain stupid because in less than an hour I have to change, even when I am not even moving.
If that is not your case, OP, then I envy you and you should be glad about that, but just because you don't get all that and your period seems to be nice with you doesn't mean you can go around judging people who actually have a hard time with their period. It would be like judging people who can't do exercise after they injured a knee, it is just plain stupid.

jenkidney

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

^^^This. I love my IUD.

vasogoma

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

^^^This. I love my IUD.

Once I get mine, I hope I won't have my period anymore like you girls

Lozze

The OP is just saying, if you want to make excuses go ahead, just realize they're a sign of being lazy. If you want something you'll do it.

Geez ladies. Here we were reading the OPs original post (and clarification) and thinking we knew what she meant. Silly us! We needed a man to come in and explain to us how it's done!

Oh and male poster? STFU about something you have NO experience in. No uterus, no opinion.

lalalalyndsey

Psh... I'm on my heaviest day and I STILL worked out! NO EXCUSES!!!! It's called a tampon... and a pad... together! And showering after... DUHHHH ;P

EDIT: TMI WARNING... I have an EXTRA heavy flow, and I still workout with it... if I can do it, EVERYONE CAN!!

dragon_tattoo

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.

Actually, you are half wrong and half right. You see, no one really knows why women CAN gain weight while on birth control but studies suggest that some birth control methods can infact make some women gain weight.

Depending on how the pill words (how much estrogen is secreted etc) and depending on women's glucose levels, metabolism etc can decide if they gain weight.

Also, birth control pills based on estrogen often lead to water retention. The amount of fluid that is retained is directly proportional with the quantity of estrogen found in the pill.

So...yes...don't be ignorant. I encourage you to bring yourself some knowledge before spatting.

Lozze

I do know you like to justify things.

Justify what? I've lost 36kg/79lbs in 11 months. What in the hell do I need to justify?

Seriously you have NO idea on this subject. I'm not going to start telling you how to deal riding a bike and avoid crushing your balls, don't start telling women to suck it up when you have never and will never experience.

monyango

Psh... I'm on my heaviest day and I STILL worked out! NO EXCUSES!!!! It's called a tampon... and a pad... together! And showering after... DUHHHH ;P

EDIT: TMI WARNING... I have an EXTRA heavy flow, and I still workout with it... if I can do it, EVERYONE CAN!!

Also TMI...I'm on blood thinners so when I have my heavy flow days and I work out - I gush. Almost passed out 2 months ago. Not worth it. I just do moderate workouts if I can leave the house!

zoom2

Psh... I'm on my heaviest day and I STILL worked out! NO EXCUSES!!!! It's called a tampon... and a pad... together! And showering after... DUHHHH ;P

EDIT: TMI WARNING... I have an EXTRA heavy flow, and I still workout with it... if I can do it, EVERYONE CAN!!

Clearly it's because you're a bichon frise.

Lozze

I forgot, your problems are the greatest in the world.

No. They're just unique to women. Based on your photo and how you identify on your profile page you are a man. You cannot experience this. So again, don't tell women how they should react to a situation you're not experienced in.

jillian769

I HATE exercising during my period, especially the first few days because my periods are ridiculously heavy!!! I have always had to wear pads my whole life because of the heaviness, so it makes it even more awkward and yucky to workout, especially for Zumba...BUT, I workout every day anyway. I also usually have bad cramps, although exercise helps that. I can understand if you have horrible periods that you may want to take a break for a few days, especially if you exercise regularly when you don't have your period.

Lozze

So all women don't work out when they're on their cycle. okay i didn't know that

Are you serious right now?

veganbaum

So,

I workout during my cycle. I don't *want* to, but I know I feel better when I do than when I don't. But those workouts are kind of half-a**ed because my body is ***tired*** and feels gross (and I suffer from nausea as well, aside from cramping and one day of heavy flow). However, I also know some women *cannot* exercise during their cycle for various reasons, and some simply don't want to, and I don't really care what activities other women choose to do or not to do while on their cycle - it has no bearing on me whatsoever. And when I'm done exercising, I go home and lay about feeling miserable. I get migraines right before my cycle, and if I have a migraine on a day I usually workout, I make it up a different day because that, for me, is something that prevents me from exercising. (And *especially* if a woman is on top of things every other day of the month, why shouldn't she be allowed to not be so on top of things for a few days? That's hardly a pattern of excuse-making in day-to-day life.)

As an aside, is no one else concerned when they read things like this? I have not done any research, but I wish I had the time to. Effects like these simply can't be normal, or at least really seem like they shouldn't be (I'm talking about the really extreme ones). I wonder if it's that historically women have spent so much time being pregnant or nursing that cycles weren't as much of an issue or if it's modern living that causes a lot of these effects? Anyone have any scientific research to share?

Verity1111

Some people are just RUDE. You have no idea what other people experience. I know someone who has migrains so severe while on her period she was hospitilized. I know other people who throw up uncontrollably as if they have a stomach flu for a week...I know other people who faint. I personally used to have cramps as bad as child birth where I would have to roll around on my bed holding my stomach and have my husband rub my back to distract myself from the pain so I wouldn't pass out from the severity of it. & TMI If I am very active on my period it is a disaster because my family has very heavy cycles. That said, I have tried a few times, but the aftermath is incredibly difficult to deal with and I don't see why I should or how it is anyone else's business. When they do my laundry they can talk to me about it. Now, after my kids, my symptoms have changed a lot and are not as severe, but before my children the pain I had was just like being in active labor. I'd love to see a woman push out a baby while working out, so let me know how that goes for you.

zoom2

As an aside, is no one else concerned when they read things like this? I have not done any research, but I wish I had the time to. Effects like these simply can't be normal, or at least really seem like they shouldn't be (I'm talking about the really extreme ones). I wonder if it's that historically women have spent so much time being pregnant or nursing that cycles weren't as much of an issue or if it's modern living that causes a lot of these effects? Anyone have any scientific research to share?

There have been lots of theories as to the cause of endometriosis, for instance, but nothing concrete. There's the retrograde bleeding theory (uterine blood that is unable to escape decides to create a new home outside of the uterus and respond as the uterus does cyclically, so creating internal bleeding in areas where that blood cannot escape, and cramping on other organs. I get "uterine" cramping on my bowels and bladder...fun), there are various toxicity theories, as well as autoimmune disorder. That one makes the most sense for me, as I also have asthma and allergies, which are both autoimmune disease. Women with endo very frequently also deal with respiratory autoimmune garbage.

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

Actually its a choice for women if they want to workout during their period or not. Personally I don't give in to those myths about not taking a shower or not lift anything during TOM. In fact I love doing heavy weight lifting whenever I have cramps & believe it or not but I feel better after doing it. I once posted a thread if its safe to lift heavy during a period & I get responses from women saying that its safe so I tried doing it & well they're right.

Exercise actually helps regulating blood flow & helps cure those cramps. I used to spend the whole day in bed on those rare moments that I have a period (I have PCOS) & had sleepless nights because of those cramps but since I start working out, I can now handle it even without taking a pain killer.

One thing though, we need to take iron supplements since TOM cause us to shed some blood & therefore makes us anemic.

Lozze

Actually its a choice for women if they want to workout during their period or not. Personally I don't give in to those myths about not taking a shower or not lift anything during TOM. In fact I love doing heavy weight lifting whenever I have cramps & believe it or not but I feel better after doing it. I once posted a thread if its safe to lift heavy during a period & I get responses from women saying that its safe so I tried doing it & well they're right.

Yes it's a choice. And some women choose not to. And that's ok. It doesn't make them lazy, it doesn't mean they are making excuses it means that they don't feel well and don't want to.

Also who doesn't shower when having a period? That is nasty.

YoshiZelda

I Don't exercise during my TOM, Know why? Because I have a very heavy period. It's not that I'm making a excuse. I just chose not to work out during it because it's hell. Each women is different, If you can work out during your TOM, Great ! But if someone else can't from pain, they can take a few days off and get back on track when it's over. It's not that big of a deal, And you should be worrying about your own workouts instead of others. Like the true fact that has been said a million times before. EVERYONE is different.

SteffieMark

After reading this, I must say...Thank you Menopause!

scrappingchick72

After reading this, I must say...Thank you Menopause!

ROFL :laugh: