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[courttvjunkie.livejournal.com]

Can being very active cause your period to be lighter and shorter?

When I was a much heavier weight, I was a heavy bleeder. I have awful painful cramps and the flow lasted 5 to 6 days. I've been on a diet and started exercising for a year and I finally got to my goal weight of 135 this month.  I've noticed for the past 2 to 3 months that my periods were very lighter in flow and only lasted like 3 or 4 days. I still have my cramps, but they're not as bad.

I know I'm not pregnant; my only sexual experience was giving my (now ex) boyfriend oral sex in December and I want to wait till marriage to have intercourse...but I ended up taking 9 h.p.ts between December and March because no one believed me (even though I was having my periods...of course they were all negative). So unless I'm the next virgin Mary, we can rule that factor out  :-p

I still want to work out; but only to build muscle and get my body fat down a bit more. I've read about how some female athletes lose their periods completely, but I can't find anything that supports the lighter, shorter periods theory.

I'm not really complaining; compared to what I was use it, this has been kinda nice. :-)   But it has concerned me slightly. Is it possible that too much exercise can make your period lighter and shorter?

Comments

[silvertipwings.livejournal.com]

Being at a healthier body composition can effect your period like that. It's one of the perks of losing significant amounts of fat :) Exercise itself can also really help in reducing cramps.
Female athletes who lose their periods are the uber-crazy ones who have like 3% body fat. I'd be worried if you're eating less than 1,200cals and exercising a ton daily.
Also, sometimes your period just changes. It happens.

[tequilalemonade.livejournal.com]

adipose tissue (fat) stores estrogen...excessive estrogen in some women can cause heavier bleeding and things like that so it makes sense that if you rid yourself of excess fat, your estrogen levels decrease and your testosterone levels probably increased a bit.

[dindin.livejournal.com]

It's possible. It's also possible that your body just changed over time. Congrats on reaching your goal weight!