Blog - Period Nutritionist

If you've recovered from an eating disorder but still don't have your period, you may be wondering what is wrong with your body. You've stopped restricting, you're eating more, you've gained weight, you've reduced exercise and you've done an enormous amount of work on your relationship with food, but you're still experiencing amenorrhea. If this sounds like you, you're not al...

If you have hypothalamic amenorrhea and digestive problems, there is a very good chance you have been told to look at your food.

Maybe you were referred to a gastroenterologist because you developed constipation.

Maybe you started experiencing bloating after meals or your stomach feels uncomfortable after eating foods you used to tolerate perfectly well.

Or ...

You start doing your own research, you ChatGPT, you get the book “NPNW”. Then you start implementing the rules. Heck, you even start following me on insta!

You increase your calories, more carbs, now eat breakfast and even throw in some snacks.

You try to be “consistent.”

You do what you’re told will work.

And at first, there’s almost a sense ...

Have you ever felt like no one actually told you that you had to be perfect… but somehow you learned it anyway?

For many people, perfectionism doesn’t begin with food, weight, or even appearance.

It starts much earlier.

With being the “good” daughter.
With getting straight A’s.
With excelling in sports.
With never letting anyone see you strugg...