13/06/2026
I made a commitment to myself. I deserved more, my body deserved more, so I did everything I could to make sure I was supporting my body to bring my period back, and it worked 🥹🩸
After years of over training, ignoring feedback that I need rest, underfuelling and ignoring chronic food noise, enough was enough
Here is what I did:
Strength - reduced from 4-5x to 3x a week
Cardio - reduced from 2 runs a week to 1 5-6k only
Food - increased calories from 2000 to 2500 - and I am NO longer going in and out of aggressive deficits to lose weight, that is not what my body needs right now
Sleep - 8 hours per night
Supplements - inositol (PCOS), folate (pre-natal just incase hehe), magnesium, creatine, omega 3
Inner critic - she’s there, she’s a monster, she fries my nervous system, but she does not speak truth and she doesn’t need to run me
Letting go of perfection - if I want to rest an extra day? I will, if I want to skip cardio for a week? I will, if I go over my calories? It doesn’t matter. Have been so disciplined for so long it is now having the adverse effect, and now I need more freedom than I am comfortable with 😅
But it is very enjoyable, it’s amazing to eat more, to feel energised, to reconnect with my intuition
This is ONLY the beginning. I have suffered for a long time from HA - I have lost and gained my period back in the past, it has been a long journey for me - going on 6 years. I also have PCOS so my cycles are irregular which makes it even harder 😅
But every time I have gained my period back in the past I have jumped back into a diet and done myself a disservice. Not this time, this time I am committed, I’ll stay here as long as it takes, for my body to trust me again 💖
HA is SO hard and it’s such a mental challenge, if you are suffering, you are not alone, if you are not ready to accept it yet I hear you, that was me for years, but know everything you are searching for is likely on the other side of a healthy period, it may be uncomfortable for a bit, but I promise you, long term it will be so worth it 💖
I’m going to keep posting about this, as I think more women need to be aware, so if you want to follow my jour