I really don’t remember a time from my late teens until almost 30 years old when I wasn’t trying to be the “healthiest” me. Eating “healthy” and exercising every day (sometimes twice/day) was normal for me. But my period was missing and deep down I knew something was off. I remember saying to myself after my official diagnosis of hypothalamic amenorrhea and the doctor telling me to eat more and exercise less, “this can’t be possible, eating healthy is good for you and exercising a lot is healthy.” PS- that diagnosis took me years to get after being misdiagnosed with PCOS, unexplained infertility & doctors just trying to resolve it with the pill.
Though I was relieved to have some answers on how to get my period back it wasn’t the answer I was wanting to hear. I worked so hard to be healthy and fit- I didn’t want to “throw it away”.
It took me years, visits to multiple practitioners, and trying everything to get my period back until I finally admitted that all the things I was doing to stay “healthy” were the things that were making me unhealthy. These behaviors were why I didn’t have a period and was infertile.
I finally had to admit how serious of a problem a missing period was.
I didn’t know that an even bigger struggle lay in front of me. To get my period back, I would have to get over food fears, break my long-held food rules, and work through anxiety over my body. I didn’t even know how to start. I was feeling so scared, lost, and frustrated.
Through hard work and working through science-backed methods that work, I recovered my period for good and reversed my infertility.
Once I recovered, I knew I never wanted another woman to go through this like I did. I realized there had to be SO many women with the same struggle. I had to share the method that I used, to help other women.
This is why I started the Period Nutritionist.