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I had a similar experience, and I didn't get a period for a year. Only came back when I ate at maintenance and now I can't lose weight without losing my periods even though I am overweight and I don't train vigorously. It's your hormones, you might not be starving but your body is unfortunately. Read more on "energy…
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SWEET POTATOES, AVOCADOS, EGGS, COTTAGE CHEESE, PEANUT BUTTER, DATES, BANANAS AND OATS! It's impossible to choose just one...I tried.
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Thank you! That's so reassuring. I'm happy for you :)
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Noted! I have a question though, were your periods regular before your amenorrhea? I can't wrap my mind around the fact that this happened to me after I started exercising and losing weight, since PCOS works the other way around as far as I know. Thanks for the input!
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I am lightly active --nothing extreme. I read that it has to do with energy availability, which would make sense since I was definitely (and unknowingly) eating below my BMR when I first started, not to mention exercise expenditure.
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You're totally right it's such a vicious cycle. Thanks for your advice and sincere wishes :flowerforyou: I'm so sorry for your troubles and wish you the best of luck managing it. Thank you for sharing, everything was duly noted. :)
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Your story just gave a whole new meaning to the phrase 'No excuses'. Congratulations and thanks for the inspiration!
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Think of it this way, when you get one flat tire do you go around poking holes in the other three? No, you try to fix it and keep going. So whenever you eat the unplanned X amounts of pizza, cookies..etc. you have the choice to stop and eat right for the rest of the day. And btw eating two-three slices of pizza is…
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bump
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5'0" waist: 28 hips: 39.7 another pear in the house!
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Wow! What an amazing transformation! Thanks for the motivation :flowerforyou:
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You're not eating enough, and I'd say your body is in starvation mode. 1400 cals could not even be enough so figure our BMR and activity level and go from there. VLCD slows your metabolism.
