potty break?

[Starfish]

Sorry, I'm sick today and should not be allowed to post.

LOL...post away!

I would LOVE to be able pee like a guy (or at least squat without making a huge mess!).

There is a whole huge thread somewhere, and a website somewhere, devoted to teaching women how to pee standing up. I practiced for awhile, but with mixed results. Never got good enough to trust that I could do it without hosing down my shorts and shoes out on a bike ride.

Some women have had better luck at learning than I have though. You might investigate!

[batsheva]

potty breaks?

i thought that was what the bike shorts chamois was for....

[Starfish]

potty breaks?

i thought that was what the bike shorts chamois was for....

ROTFLMAO !!!!

But, still can't tell if you're kidding or not?

[Crankin]

I seem to have to go less on the bike than in regular life. I do have to go about 20 times BEFORE a ride. Basically, our stops are at gas stations, port a potties, or other stores where you can use the bathroom without buying something. However, there have been times when I go behind a bush or here in New England, a stone wall. I am fast at it, too. But one time my friend, who always has to go, went to pee behind a public library where we were waiting out a rainstorm (another story). It was a Sunday, so the library was closed. Just as she got her shorts down, a car pulled into the lot to return a book and got a good view of her!
There are often port a potties at playgrounds during the prime riding season and at schools. We use these a lot and it doesn't bother me a bit.

[boy in a kilt]

"A Physician's Assistant friend of mine said the two products of metabolizing carbohydrates are carbon dioxide and water. So if I have to pee lots, it means my water intake is enough or almost enough to keep up with the rate at which I lose water through sweat. "

'd heard somewhat the same thing, that metabolizing carbohydrates demands a lot of water, so a hiking friend and I were discussing if trying to eat more protein and fat and less carbohydrate on a hike you might get away with drinking less. Especially winter ski trips, strangely enough considering there's "water" everywhere, it's hard to drink enough. It's cold, you want to keep moving, and you most certainly don't want to stop and pee more than necessary.

Anybody have any input on this - is it possible to cut down on carbohydrate and still get "fueled" or do you just have to burn carbs to get energy fast?

Back on topic - I pee anywhere, and FAST. Bike shorts are good for this Everybody pees, so unless I'm mooning the entire highway I don't get too embarrassed about it. If there's a bit of undergrowth nobody can see anything anyway, just that you're squatting. Guys don't seem to be embarrassed about standing in that obvious "I'm peeing-position" so I try not to be either.

The one thing I'm not sure about though is why the process needs so much water. One of the things they always teach in survival classes is that carbohydrates in general and sugary things specifically make you thirsty so you should avoid them if you don't have a steady water supply.

[teigyr]

LOL...post away!



There is a whole huge thread somewhere, and a website somewhere, devoted to teaching women how to pee standing up. I practiced for awhile, but with mixed results. Never got good enough to trust that I could do it without hosing down my shorts and shoes out on a bike ride.

Some women have had better luck at learning than I have though. You might investigate!

Um....when I was young and foolish I did, in fact, use a urinal at a Respected Institute of Higher Learning. Alcohol played a factor along with the fact we did, in fact, write our name over said urinal to say we had gone there.

As I recall, it was difficult

[weathergal]

Wow, we hardly ever see porta potties around here. So it's either stopping at a rare convenience store, or squatting somewhere.

Once the stalks get tall enough, corn fields make excellent squatting cover. Just walk back several rows, go down one, and squat down below the tops of the plants. This doesn't work as well in wheat and soybean fields though.