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Is there a relation between dieting and your period
I recently started this new diet and I have been exercising a lot. Now I am 5 days late on my period. My boyfriend and I decided to wait til I am a week late to get a test. I started this diet 5 days about and lost 5 pounds. I feel really pressured to do this diet. I have actually done well and stuck to it for once. I am an athlete but it is extremely hard for me to lose my belly fat because My family is all diabetic and they think I am too. I also am going through an extremely stressful time with my stepmom. That causes me to stress eat. I am not ready for a baby. Is it possible for my new diet to have delayed my period?
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Yes. It's possible.
Waiting until you are a week late is wise, simply from the point of view of the accuracy of over-the-counter pregnancy tests.
However, you also probably want to make a doctors appointment. Because if your body isn't getting the energy and nutrients it feels it needs in order to menstruate, that's a sign your diet is too extreme. Loss of your period isn't a 'normal thing' for athletic women. It can be connected to low estrogen and leave you at risk of bone problems, especially if you are young and still growing and developing bone mass.
Seriously. Skipping periods all together is a sign you need a doctor's advice on your nutrition. If you think you may have diabetes, that's also a reason to speak to your doctor about your diet.
Crash diets are a TERRIBLE thing for young people (and if you lost that much weight, far more than is recommended, that quickly, you are crash dieting) and would be even more dangerous for a young person with diabetes. Talk to a doctor.
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Short answer yes.
Exercise and dieting can cause you to miss or be late with a period. In your case based on what you have written you have lost to much weight in one week. You should lose no more than 1 to 3 pounds in any given week.
Have you ever heard the term Anorexia? It is a severe eating disorder. The problem with this disorder is the same problem people have with dieting when they do not need too. It is actually more harmful to be 10 pounds underweight than 10 pounds overweight.
The reason for this is, the body needs a certain amount of calories each day in order to operate all of the bodies systems. The bodies primary system is the brain. If the body does not get the calories it needs each day to operate it will protect the brain at all costs. To do this it will shut down different systems one by one that it can't maintain in order of least important to maintaining life. In a woman it will be her period first.
You are by no means an Anorexic. Though by exercising heavily and dieting at the same time. You are doing to yourself the same thing that an anorexic does to themselves by not eating. You are not taking in enough calories by dieting for your normal activities. Add to it you are exercising as well and your calorie intake is way to low. You could be damaging, unknowingly, other vital organs. You also feel you may be diabetic which further compounds the problem.
My advice is: STOP DIETING AND EAT PROPER MEALS STARTING NOW. MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR A COMPLETE PHYSICAL WITH YOUR DOCTOR TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE NOT HARMED YOURSELF BY DIETING AND EXERCISING IMPROPERLY. ASK THE DOCTOR IF YOU ARE THE PROPER WEIGHT FOR YOUR HEIGHT, FRAME SIZE AND AGE. GET CHECKED FOR DIABETES.
Once you have the okay from your doctor if you need to diet do so under the doctor's supervision as you are an at risk patient and need to be monitored for Diabetes, for the rest of your life.
There are specific exercises to tone up muscles. You will gain some weight but it will be healthy weight as you will be turning fat into muscle and muscle weighs more than fat.
If your still in high school, and do not need to lose weight, speak to a gym teacher about a proper exercise program to firm up your stomach muscles.
If you are not in school go to a gym and sign up with a professional fitness counselor to help you firm up your body with proper exercise. My son did this. He needed to lose weight and tone up different muscles. He is a firefighter/paramedic and he had let himself go and he was feeling it. In 6 months working with a fitness counselor who also planned his diet, which has him eating more than ever. He has lost 8 inches around his waist and over 20 pounds. Two more pants sizes and he will be down to his high school pants size.
He has not lost as much weight proportionately to the number inches on his waist. As I said he has turned much of the fat he was carrying into muscle. He looks a lot thinner than you might think from my description.
The best part is the results were almost instant. HE did it the right way under supervision without harming himself. You have a risk that needs to be monitored. You need to do exercise and any dieting if needed properly. What I have written about is the proper way for you to do this. Exercise with a gym teacher or a fitness counselor monitoring you and with your doctor's supervision..
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