Blog Babble

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Caution: Boys you may not want to dive into this one. You have been warned…

It is almost Halloween so I thought it would be appropriate to talk about Vampires in today’s blog babble.  And by Vampires I do not mean the sexy movie archetype.  Also not talking about the scary monster ones.  I’m talking about that monthly visitor type.  Yes, I call my period Vampire Lord.  Why?  Because it suited better than my mom calling it her friend.  If this is my mother’s idea of a friend, I can only think the woman grew up around a rough crowd.  For obvious reasons Vampire Lord seemed a better way to express the relationship.  If I’m feeling less inclined to be respectful, I drop the Lord and just call him Charlie.  Vampire Lord decided to come visit just in time for Halloween this year.  Normally this would be when I send horrendously inappropriate and gross gifs to the family chat so everyone can partake in my unwanted guest visiting mood.  But I’m noticing something different this time around—I’m in a great mood!  I had maybe a brief crampy morning on the first day.  They were minor and gone before the first Sunday football game was over.  Other than that, my energy is high and I’m feeling really balanced.   I just don’t know what I did to make this cycle turn out so well.

I’m not very consistent with tracking things.  I start out with good intentions, but I get bored and my tracking becomes less detailed and sporadic as time goes by.  The most recent thing I discovered was my cycle is following the moon cycle fairly accurately now.  Charlie has consistently showed up for each new moon the past few months.  I read up and this is a typical cycle and apparently women are lunar and follow the moon cycle with ovulation around the full moon.  So, if you feel like getting your freak on when the full moon appears…I’m thinking this is why.  Wonder if that’s how that whole full moon lore came about.  Ever notice how traditions and lore come about from the most mundane origins and then we just forget why over time and it gets co-opted—or turned into a hallmark holiday?  Anyway, I admit I felt like I must be making good lifestyle choices when it all started syncing up properly. 

I just wish I kept better records about what foods I was eating throughout this past month so I could keep repeating this result.  Intuitively your body craves different macronutrients as you go along in your cycle.  Satisfying those cravings and giving your body what it needs is supposed to ease your way through the hormonal rollercoaster.  The only thing I recall is texting with my sister about how I wasn’t hungry, but I was unabashedly snacking all day long a couple days before Vampire Lord made his grand entrance.  The good thing is as my tracking became more and more sporadic; I think I ate more intuitively.  Without realizing it I gave my body exactly what it needed to keep my hormones and mood balanced.  Bad news is I didn’t pay attention to what I did so I’m not sure how to repeat these results.  My rebel tendency nature once again rearing its head to make things interesting. 

What does a poor record keeper do when they need to keep accurate records?  Well as they say, “there is an app for that.”  Yup I hit the app store on my phone and downloaded a period tracker.  Kind of bummed that they didn’t have a Vampire themed one.  Flowers and a lot of pink seems to be the theme of choice.  Apparently, it is also frowned upon to have an app on your home screen that says Period Tracker.  The app I chose boasted that they cleverly named theirs “P Tracker.”  Great instead of tracking my menstrual cycle people will now think I track my urinary adventures.  Did no one at the naming brainstorming session say the app name out loud?  The app does seem to be easy to use and the ability to track all month long and cute little emojis and stuff to note your moods and other body stuff you got going on.  Seems a bit weird maybe but we go through this same cycle every month and for many of us the random misery and unexplained behaviors aren’t actually random.  Much of it is also not necessary—an important reason to learn your cycle ups and downs. 

I’m hoping to see when during the cycle I have weird mood swings or behaviors and see how I can mitigate or eliminate some of the rougher spots.  I’m going to try to continue to eat intuitively and just note in the app if I’m having an odd craving day or anything notable.  Sometimes it is an issue of properly nourishing your body.  Sometimes it means extra rest.  Sometimes it means getting more active.  There are a variety of things to experiment with to make our bodies work with us and not against us.  To figure this out requires just a bit of tracking and some trial and error until you learn what it is your body is trying to tell you it wants.  I’m incentivized to figure this out so I can repeat this pleasant visit with Vampire Lord…and not get tripped up by hormones and mood swings along the way.

Something to take away from my little Vampire talk today:  We don’t have to just accept that these monthly highs and lows are something woman must endure.  Get to know your body.   Track your cycle all month long and record your experiences.  Lifestyle changes can improve and even eliminate those imbalances we struggle with both physically and mentally.  Even if you no longer experience your period you still go through the ebb and flow of a monthly cycle and learning how to manage that cycle is equally beneficial. 

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