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    Female Athlete Triad (Injuries/Not eating enough)

    Posts: 3,343 Member
    edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    http://skepchick.org/2014/02/the-female-athlete-triad-not-as-fun-as-it-sounds/

    Read this earlier today, thought it was a really interesting article and also very important especially for those who do a lot of exercise.

    If ever something was to stress the importance of eating enough, I think it would be this.

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    • Posts: 35,719 Member
      bumping because its a really good read!
    • Posts: 992 Member
      Nice read.
    • Posts: 121
      Thank you for sharing! I'm in the process of upping my cals and this has helped solidify my resolve.
    • Posts: 7,166 Member
      Interesting. And yeah, an active woman that "maintains" at 1600? I'd be questioning that too. (I maintain at 2400 and am not that active).
    • Posts: 3,515 Member
      Eat to sustain your level of physical activity:

      Or else you will regret it eventually.
    • Posts: 72 Member
      Been there - not fun!!! It's not even necessarily not eating enough, it can be too much cardio/stress on the body overall that causes it - along with low body fat!
    • Posts: 3,069 Member
      Bumping - great read Ty
    • Posts: 10 Member
      Bump
    • Posts: 266 Member
      Bump
      and true!!! I was eating too little for the energy I spent lifting and what not
      I improved and woohoooo
    • Posts: 852 Member
      edited July 2015
      jimmmer wrote: »
      Eat to sustain your level of physical activity:

      Or else you will regret it eventually.

      Yep! I used to run 60-70 miles per week while eating cereal for breakfast and salads for lunch and dinner. I didn't have lady time for two years and also sustained a metatarsal stress fracture and plantar fasciitis. Good times.....(not really).

    • Posts: 90 Member
      Been there done that. Thanks for sharing!
    • Posts: 34 Member
      Very informative article. Thanks for posting!
    • Posts: 34 Member
      Also, here is part II of her story:
      skepchick.org/2014/03/the-female-athlete-triad-part-2-the-right-stuff/
    • Posts: 10 Member
      I'm glad to know there are others that realize you need to fuel your body properly and it's not strictly CICO.
    • Posts: 783 Member
      Thanks for posting! I've been feeling a bit annoyed at how slowly I'm losing the few pounds I want to lose (mainly because I eat about 2500 cals most days), but this is a really useful reminder that I'm taking my time for a good reason. I like her conclusion too - it annoys me that almost ALL mainstream running and fitness magazines for WOMEN are about weight loss, and it's only the men's ones that are about performance and competition. As though there were no other reason women might want to be athletic...
    • Posts: 110 Member
      I really needed to read that! Thanks for sharing. :)

      But the TDEE calculator that lady linked to put mine at 3200+ cals! A full 1000 cals above everything else has estimated for me! I might faint 0_0
    • Posts: 783 Member
      It puts mine at about 2650, which actually seems very plausible.
    • Posts: 1,581 Member
      Bump for later readingg
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