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

I always find this a lame excuse as well. I start my periods on Mondays (thanks, birth control!) which also happen to be my long run days. I go for 7+ mile runs regardless. I've lifted, I've pole danced, I've been swimming. I don't let it hold me back.

Besides, I've found working out, even during my period, actually gives me more energy and reduces my cramps. So they're basically missing out a better period because they refuse to go do a light workout.

I get some people have atrocious periods. Mine used to give me killer cramps and were unreasonably heavy, plus my energy crashes during the week too. The right birth control helped with that, and what that didn't take care of, healthy living has. You don't have to suffer in pain, ladies!

Some of us can't take BCP due to side effects or age. Or both (trust me, if I could take them, I would. I did for many years and they likely saved my fertility by preventing my uterus from destroying itself and both of my ovaries). Once you get much beyond 35 they are contraindicated. We're not all 20 somethings, yaknow.

Yeah, just because birth control worked for you, (to the first poster) doesn't mean it works for everyone. I can't take hormonal BC. I think your whole condescending "So they're basically missing out on a better period because they refuse to do a light workout" is a pretty judgmental statement. It's not a one size fits all solution.

Oooh, and then there's when you're wearing a tampon and the movement makes it rub off the inside of your vagina in weird ways and it hurts in indescribable ways and you can't tell anyone or complain or say "I'm taking a day off today because my tampon is chafing me from the ****ing inside" because we live in a society where to so much as mention having a period makes you weak and useless.

Don't even say vagina in Michigan (where I live)! :laugh:

Seriously, tampon string chafe is nothing to sneeze at. I've drawn blood (of the labial source, not uterine lining) from that when on my bike...even while wearing bike shorts and using chamois cream.

I wouldn't try sneezing while wearing a tampon. I've had, we'll say...issues, there.

Ha, farting and pooping can lead to major clot release, as well. :devil:

I feel SO sorry for any men who have read through this thread! :laugh:

Why? Oh my god, women like you, and the men for whom you feel sorry, disgust me.

Wow, really? You're going to post insulting things to me because I feel bad for men who might have read some of the very picturesque visuals that have been posted in this thread? Yes, my husband knows i have lady parts, but I certainly wouldn't talk to him in some of the words that have been used here about it. I also don't use the restroom in front of him, either. Some things are just better done privately. It's called being a lady. More women should practice it nowadays instead of trying to be men and compete with men all the time.

I feel SO sorry for any men who have read through this thread! :laugh:

I don't! They knew what they were getting into. The thread had TOM in the title. If they read this far they must have some morbid curiosity or something, lol. They could have closed their browser at any point!

Ok, excellent point! THIS, I get. To the young lady who said I disgust her for saying it to begin with, I don't really get why she jumped in attacking me like that....totally weird.

ETA: Some people take things just a *little* too seriously.

On a side note, I read somewhere that a woman burns more calories right before her tom. It is an extra 100-300 calories per day. I think it is on day 26 or something of her cycle.

Interesting! Maybe that explains why many of us get really hungry right before our periods start.

No, that's your body wanting you to eat more to prepare for pregnancy.

Yeah it is. I think I read it in women's health or something. Your cravings are because of all the extra calories burned. That's why I don't deny myself what I crave lol. My body must know what it's doing "Alright, if you really think I NEED that brownie to survive I guess I'll HAVE to eat it"

lol, i wouldn't take what a women's magazine tells you as truth or an exact science.

Cleaning can be excercise depending if you are pushing and moving furniture around and breaking into a sweat!

And I'm still not going to exercise on my period, so... lol.

Had my period last week.
Didn't do *kitten*.
Lost 3 lbs.

Should be ovulating now (according to this app on my phone), so you can go ahead and suck my egg, see you next tuesday.

EEK! I would not have said it that way, for me, it's too confrontational. I do agree with those that said that working out does help lessen cramps and flow.

I've went from a 5 day heavy flow to a 3 day light flow with very little to no cramps. AF sucks either way and I'll be glad when I'm done with the witch forever!

I feel so much better when I exercise during my TOM. It decreases bloating and I just generally feel less sluggish (like the rest of the month...)

I actually call my TOM my friend Sally. As in, "Sally's here for a visit, and she's being a total *****".:laugh:

Oooh, and then there's when you're wearing a tampon and the movement makes it rub off the inside of your vagina in weird ways and it hurts in indescribable ways and you can't tell anyone or complain or say "I'm taking a day off today because my tampon is chafing me from the ****ing inside" because we live in a society where to so much as mention having a period makes you weak and useless.

Don't even say vagina in Michigan (where I live)! :laugh:

Seriously, tampon string chafe is nothing to sneeze at. I've drawn blood (of the labial source, not uterine lining) from that when on my bike...even while wearing bike shorts and using chamois cream.

I want to send the Michigan HoR a list of words I think would be appropriate to use instead of "vagina." But, I might just be a troll.

I would volunteer to help you compile such a list. I have a very colorful vocabulary (or so I've been told).

I do too, and most of it is thanks to my friends on MFP.

I don't feel alone anymore! :flowerforyou:

I feel SO sorry for any men who have read through this thread! :laugh:

Why? Oh my god, women like you, and the men for whom you feel sorry, disgust me.

Wow, really? You're going to call me names because I feel bad for men who might have read some of the very picturesque visuals that have been posted in this thread? Yes, my husband knows i have lady parts, but I certainly wouldn't talk to him in some of the words that have been used here about it. I also don't use the restroom in front of him, either. Some things are just better done privately. It's called being a lady. More women should practice it nowadays instead of trying to be men and compete with men all the time.

1. I didn't call you names, unless you're insulted by the word woman?

2. How is speaking freely, in a public forum, with other women, about what it is like day-to-day to be a woman "[competing] with men" or "trying to be men"? I have every right to talk about whatever I damn well please, and any man who finds menstruation disgusting can either suck it up or go to hell. You think I enjoy it? You think I look at my underpants and think "Wow, that just looks AWESOME and not one bit repulsive"? No, I don't, but I'm stuck with it, and any guy who wants the perks of being allowed entry to a vagina should be able to deal with the bad parts. Any guy who scrolls down through this thread and thinks "Wow, these girls sure are disgusting" doesn't deserve to be allowed near them.

3. Whether you pee in front of your husband is your business, and I'm still going to think you're a disgrace to your gender, no matter how "classy" you think you are.

I feel SO sorry for any men who have read through this thread! :laugh:

Why? Oh my god, women like you, and the men for whom you feel sorry, disgust me.

Wow, really? You're going to post insulting things to me because I feel bad for men who might have read some of the very picturesque visuals that have been posted in this thread? Yes, my husband knows i have lady parts, but I certainly wouldn't talk to him in some of the words that have been used here about it. I also don't use the restroom in front of him, either. Some things are just better done privately. It's called being a lady. More women should practice it nowadays instead of trying to be men and compete with men all the time.

OH HELL NO.

Sorry this thread about WOMEN'S BODIES wasn't ladylike enough for you. Which "words" exactly are you referring to? Vagina? Uterus? Blood clots? Because guess what.... those are REAL THINGS that women have, and it's nothing to be ashamed of or grossed out by. It's bad enough that we have to deal with this *kitten* every month, but on top of that people like you tell us we can't even blow off a little steam about it because we might offend men's gentle sensitivities.

I'm not disgusted by you, but I feel sorry for you. I'm sorry that society has taught you that your body is something to be ashamed of. I'm sorry you feel that some parts of being a woman are so disgusting that we need to just keep our mouths shut about it. I'm sorry that you can't whine about these things to your husband! When I'm on TOM my boyfriend asks how I'm feeling and if he can get me anything. And if he ever acted grossed out by it, you better be sure we'd be over. I deserve someone who loves me no matter what my body does, and whether I decide to talk about it or not. And so do you.

There is nothing wrong with what is being discussed in this thread, nothing at all. Again, I think it's incredibly sad that people like you think there is. Please learn to love yourself, your body, and your gender.

You try working out when you have cramps so bad that you can't even stand up and it's like niagara falls between your legs every time you move! and no exercising does NOT help everyone's cramps go away... for me it makes them come back twice as bad after they finally went away. I workout for at least 2 hours everyday so excuse me for taking off a few days a month!

Get off your high horse and stop being a judgmental *****

I feel SO sorry for any men who have read through this thread! :laugh:

Why? Oh my god, women like you, and the men for whom you feel sorry, disgust me.

Wow, really? You're going to post insulting things to me because I feel bad for men who might have read some of the very picturesque visuals that have been posted in this thread? Yes, my husband knows i have lady parts, but I certainly wouldn't talk to him in some of the words that have been used here about it. I also don't use the restroom in front of him, either. Some things are just better done privately. It's called being a lady. More women should practice it nowadays instead of trying to be men and compete with men all the time.

So why are "ladies" expected to hold to a different standard than "gentlemen?" Neither sex should hold a patent on TMI acceptability. It's not 1950, FFS. I can push a small person out of my neither regions and that ability has led to nearly 30 years of discomfort every month (or every 23 days, in my case--oh, joy!). That affords me the right to be crass, methinks.

I never said "gentlemen" have a different standard. My husband keeps certain things to himself as well. It doesn't have to be the 1950s, if this were a verbal conversation, and there were men in the room, I wouldn't participate. I 'agree to disagree' though, if you choose to speak about things like this in every day conversation and with your husband, that's your choice. I don't, and I don't think men should be subjected to it if they don't want to hear about it. One of the above posters did have a great point though: that the thread itself has TOM in the title and if a man has gone 8 pages in, I guess they wanted to read all that...which begs the question...WHY would they want to read all about some strange women on the internet and their menstrual cycles??? :huh: :laugh: