Many people judge other people’s health and fitness, based on how these people look. It’s not surprising, because we’ve been marketed and sold these ideas for as long as we can remember. Have you ever seen bigger women on covers and pages of fitness magazines? Yes, maybe you have recently, and I think it’s great … Read more
If your life has been dictated by food and workout rules, you probably have a really strict idea about how you should look like, what you should eat, what foods you should avoid, what your fat percentage should be, how your daily routine should look like… I used to be the same way. I was … Read more
Weight gain isn’t always a bad thing. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that in some cases, it can actually be a very healthy thing. It’s just that it’s incredibly hard to accept. We’re in the middle of the endless dieting madness where everyone is trying to lose weight so … Read more
There are always people we inspire. In the health and fitness world, the one who is the leanest and smallest usually gets the most credit and admiration. For working out so much, for eating so healthy, for having so much willpower to go and work out no matter what. But this kind of example is … Read more
There are many myths out there regarding hypothalamic amenorrhea and recovering from it. These myths range from what’s causing it to who can have it to what’s the most important thing to keep in mind in order to recover. In this post, I discuss five myths about hypothalamic amenorrhea and why they aren’t true. Myth … Read more
You may be frustrated to realize that you need to gain more weight than you expected, to get your period back. I originally posted this picture above on my Instagram when I talked about taking butt selfies or belifes and what I think about it 🙂 You can find the full post here. But I … Read more
My morning routines used to revolve over weighing myself. Eventually, it lead to many problems that totally ruined my health. I would even say that for a while, it ruined my life. In this video, I tell you exactly how I spent my most mornings for about 5 years, what were the “rituals” I did, … Read more
Getting on the scale to check your bodyweight may be an inaccurate way to measure the success of your workouts. At the end of the last year, I gave a presentation at one company’s health and wellness days here in San Francisco. Among other things, I also touched the weight obsession that is so common … Read more
Most of us spend quite a bit of time on social media… which is why we know how much seeing perfect bodies can make us feel bad. People tend to share posts where they look absolutely beautiful and flawless, so it may be hard for us to realize that not everybody is like that. That’s … 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
Losing bone density is one of the main reasons why a lot of women who have lost their periods, especially the ones who aren’t interested in getting babies, start their recovery. Honestly, losing bone density was my main concern as well. Download this eating guide if you want to get your period back quickly! If … Read more
What to think about eating junk food when you’re trying to recover hypothalamic amenorrhea? In some ways, it may be even good for you… In other ways, not so much. I sometimes see in hypothalamic amenorrhea communities that women are encouraged to eat lots of energy rich junk food to get their calories in. In … Read more