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clevermanka) wrote2014-08-12 09:14 am
clevermanka) wrote2014-08-12 09:14 am
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more
Today's Tumblr collection is Tuesday, August 12: Badass Women.
Last night, about 5:30pm, I started getting weird cramps. Like menstrual cramps, but surely not. My last cycle started Sunday of last week (August 3) and I was done bleeding on Friday (the 8th). So even breatkthrough spotting would've been unusual at this stage in my cycle. Then, around 6:30, the cramps started to get really bad. Like I-would-not-be-able-to-make-it-to-the-office bad. Short-quick-breaths and just-try-to-relax bad. And then I started bleeding.
At least I had blood drawn yesterday, so we can see exactly where my hormone levels were when this happened.
I had a realization last night/this morning, too. I've been sleeping well--really well--since I returned from San Diego, and even in the week leading up to the trip. The one thing I changed in my program? I haven't been exercising. Like, hardly at all. So I think I'm gonna cut out the heavy lifting for a while again. Go back to walks and yoga.
It's hard for me to get interested in walks and yoga so I tend to not do them at all. I gotta ditch this all-or-nothing mentality when it comes to movement. If it's too late and my body simply can't handle weightlifting ever again, well...am I going to completely give up on maintaining any level of fitness? That's not a rhetorical question. It's something I seriously need to consider. How do I find a way to enjoy, how do I find ways to want to do low-level exercise like I want to throw heavy weights around? That's the question for right now.
Last night, about 5:30pm, I started getting weird cramps. Like menstrual cramps, but surely not. My last cycle started Sunday of last week (August 3) and I was done bleeding on Friday (the 8th). So even breatkthrough spotting would've been unusual at this stage in my cycle. Then, around 6:30, the cramps started to get really bad. Like I-would-not-be-able-to-make-it-to-the-office bad. Short-quick-breaths and just-try-to-relax bad. And then I started bleeding.
At least I had blood drawn yesterday, so we can see exactly where my hormone levels were when this happened.
I had a realization last night/this morning, too. I've been sleeping well--really well--since I returned from San Diego, and even in the week leading up to the trip. The one thing I changed in my program? I haven't been exercising. Like, hardly at all. So I think I'm gonna cut out the heavy lifting for a while again. Go back to walks and yoga.
It's hard for me to get interested in walks and yoga so I tend to not do them at all. I gotta ditch this all-or-nothing mentality when it comes to movement. If it's too late and my body simply can't handle weightlifting ever again, well...am I going to completely give up on maintaining any level of fitness? That's not a rhetorical question. It's something I seriously need to consider. How do I find a way to enjoy, how do I find ways to want to do low-level exercise like I want to throw heavy weights around? That's the question for right now.