Hypothalamic amenorrhea (loss of period) is a condition that often occurs in women who over exercise, under eat and/or have mentally or emotionally stressed out. Loss of period is a serious issue because it will affect not your fertility, but overall health as well. It’s related to lack of sleep, loss of bone density, constipation, being cold often, irritability, moodiness and even dementia and heart disease.
YES SEEING YOUR FITNESS LEVEL DECREASE SUCKS… but keep reading!! Until about 2.5 years ago, I was working out most days of the week. It had been like this for at least 10 years. In December 2016, I started my HA recovery and dropped my workouts down from 6x HIIT/weights/running to… well, yoga and walking. … Read more
ANNOUNCING: Eat for Health program + 25 recipes is now open and available! You’ve probably seen me on my Instagram stories, cooking more than usual, so that’s what I’ve been working on 😊 Eat for Health is a program meant for women who have been under eating, and as a result, developed symptoms like fatigue, … Read more
Can you let go of weight loss goal? Yes, it’s so hard to do and years ago, I didn’t think I could ever do that. I wanted to be smaller, I wanted to weigh less. This was literally my main focus of every day and all the things I did were done with this one … Read more
Weight gain is probably the hardest part of Hypothalamic Amenorrhea recovery. What can you do to accept it better? In this video, I’m sharing my 4 awesome tips with you.
Many of you have found my blog and Instagram because you were searching information about hypothalamic amenorrhea which I talk about a lot. Before that, my blog and Instagram used to be all about fitness and training, mostly HIIT training… But most of you weren’t here then. I loved fitness, but when I realized that … Read more
Deanna Harder is a personal trainer and a former bodybuilder who battled with eating disorders and overexercising for over 20 years. Today, Deanna shares her experience as a former bodybuilder who has now found much healthier relationship with food, has stopped overexercising, but is, however, struggling with health issues caused by strict workout regimen and … Read more
Hypothalamic amenorrhea is a diagnose that doesn’t make anyone happy. First of all, no one wants to have health issues in general. Secondly, no one wants to gain weight, which is usually needed to recover from hypothalamic amenorrhea. Weight gain is so scary that we don’t want to believe that we have hypothalamic amenorrhea in … Read more
Do you have moments when you feel that you’ve gained SO much weight, that you just want to cry? I’m guessing you do, because you’re likely here for one or more of the following reasons: You’re recovering, or are already recovered, from hypothalamic amenorrhea You’re recovering, or are already recovered, from disordered eating habits and … Read more
What to do when you got your period back but then lost it again? I got this question in my Instagram DM today and thought that it would make a post that others would like to read as well, so here we go! First off, do your best to not lose your period again… But … Read more
I’ve talked a lot about calories and hypothalamic amenorrhea on this blog, but because I still keep getting questions and comments about it, I’m going to do it again. The main thing is this: You need to learn to eat freely and stop controlling every bite so much! But here are a few more tips.. … Read more
Last week, I had the chance to chat about overtraining, hypothalamic amenorrhea and how to recover from them, on two podcasts. I’m really excited that more and more people are getting curious about these conditions, and help to spread the knowledge about them. So many women are suffering from overtraining and missing periods, and sometimes … Read more
What should you know about periods after hypothalamic amenorrhea? Today, I’d like to introduce you Nicole Jardim, aka. The Period Girl, and pick her brain on that topic. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that I’ve covered a lot about recovering from hypothalamic amenorrhea. But what happens next? From my … Read more