Tilly Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Hello All Its day 30 and feeling pretty fine. I initially wanted to stop paleofying absolutely everything, which I have done (victory for me). I am of a healthy weight so am not fussed by weight loss but want to stop this struggle with the scale, I do feel I have gained weight but am not sure yet. It is freeing to eat so well and be content with the amount and not be craving more (don't get me wrong I could eat more but I have been happy to stop at full) which is wonderful. A bit of background information on me, I am 25 and after conceiving my daughter 2 1/2 years ago my hormones (oestrogen particularly) have not returned to normal but have slowly been getting lower and lower, just recently my doc concluded I have hypothalamic amenorrhea. All my sex hormones are out of whack due to this. I have been quite health conscious since having my daughter, although not always whole 30 perfect definitely whole foods, with a reasonable amount of exercise. Now I am at a cross roads, I am sick of watching the scale but I can't relax about my food intake because my body seems to be gaining weight so easily. So what should I do from here? I want to fix this underlining problem with my hormones to be a happier and healthier person but how? I am not so naive as to think this could be solved in 30 days however I am unsure what else to do, how do I heal my body and prevent any further weight gain?.. Thank you in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runninglawyer88 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Hypothalamic amenorrhea is often due to a caloric imbalance (underfueling/prolonged caloric restriction); however, other things can cause it. It sounds like you tightly control your diet and are rather insistent on maintaining a certaing weight so I wonder if this weight is actually healthy for your body (regardless of whether its healthy in general). I suffered from HA for 6+ years and even though I was at a healthy weight it didn't resolve itself until I gained 15 pounds by eating more (actually putting me slightly above a "normal" BMI). Other HA, barring a pituitary tumor or something medical in nature, it's usually lifestyle related and can be fixed. I strongly urge you to lose your NEED to control your food intake and your weight...I'm confident that is alone will solve this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilly Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 Hypothalamic amenorrhea is often due to a caloric imbalance (underfueling/prolonged caloric restriction); however, other things can cause it. It sounds like you tightly control your diet and are rather insistent on maintaining a certaing weight so I wonder if this weight is actually healthy for your body (regardless of whether its healthy in general). I suffered from HA for 6+ years and even though I was at a healthy weight it didn't resolve itself until I gained 15 pounds by eating more (actually putting me slightly above a "normal" BMI). Other HA, barring a pituitary tumor or something medical in nature, it's usually lifestyle related and can be fixed. I strongly urge you to lose your NEED to control your food intake and your weight...I'm confident that is alone will solve this. Sorry I should have mentioned that they believe HA most probably steamed from a lack of blood supply to hypothalamus/pituitary gland during labor, not necessarily from calorie restriction. Maybe this cannot be solved through diet but I want to be able to manage my weight and other symptoms of these erratic hormones (never fun) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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