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.
It breaks my heart to see that women who have decided to take their healths in their own hands and recover from hypothalamic amenorrhea, are second guessing their choice because their friends or family members don’t support it. Recently someone commented one of my social media posts saying that her family members are making fun … Read more
Intermittent fasting is a way of eating in which you don’t eat for certain amount of time and have only a window of 5-10 hours a day when you can eat. The rest of the time, you fast. Can it help you with hypothalamic amenorrhea? Intermittent fasting has been hugely popular in recent years, promising … Read more
Getting back to working out after recovering from hypothalamic amenorrhea hasn’t been an easy road for me. In this video, I’m sharing my experience. I hope that it can help you. If you would rather read the post than watch the video, here is a blog post on the same topic. If you’d like to … Read more
I talk a lot about how weight gain has made my health much better. But has it been only a good experience? I would be lying if I said that I feel absolutely awesome in my new looking body every minute of the day. I don’t. There are good things about gaining weight, and there … Read more
We all now that weight gain might be hard to accept, whether you’re you’re recovering from overtraining or hypothalamic amenorrhea or gain weight for another reason. Here are some things that help you to deal with your weight gain better. Especially when you’re recovering from hypothalamic amenorrhea, weight gain is inevitable, at least in the … Read more
I get a lot of emails, saying: I want my period back, but I DON’T want to gain weight. I totally get it because I’ve been there. I would say that all women who have had hypothalamic amenorrhea but have recovered, have been there. None of us wanted to gain weight. But we wanted to … Read more
You likely already know that if you’ve lost your period, you may have to gain some weight and get your BMI a little bit higher. You may be wondering, how high does it have to be, in order you get my period back? That’s exactly what today’s video is talking about. Check it out and … Read more
Today’s interview is with an amazing athlete and hypothalamic amenorrhea warrior Brittany van Schravendijk. She has already shared her hypothalamic story on this blog. You can find it here. In today’s video, we talk more about kettlebells, strength, overtraining, body image, and even career choices. Movement has always been Brittany’s passion, but just like happens to … Read more
Recovering from overtraining and hypothalamic amenorrhea isn’t the most fun thing you’ve done in your life. You may even doubt several times along this journey and ask yourself: Is this thing working? How do I know I’m on the right way? There are some very positive, but also a few not-so-fun signs (that are still … Read more
When you first stop working out, in order to recover from overtraining, hypothalamic amenorrhea, adrenal fatigue or other stress related conditions, you may first feel extreme hunger. Why is it so? Find the answers in this video… Let me know if you have any thoughts or questions! Xo, Kersten Do you have hypothalamic amenorrhea? … Read more
Is your hair brittle, dry and maybe even falling out? The reason might be that you’re not getting enough nutrients with your diet. It’s not unusual that women who are physically active and eat a very “clean” diet, end up with brittle, breaking hair and even hair loss. Many of them also have hypothalamic amenorrhea … Read more
Facebook is awesome. It reminds you of stuff that you posted a year, two years, three years ago… Just recently, it reminded me of a workout that I did almost a year ago. I remember that day and workout very well, because I was actually extremely tired when doing it and had in fact just … Read more