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can dieting delay period?
i recently got on a (3 days ago) diet and have only been eating breakfast and nothing more. my periods a bit irregular; last time it started monday the time before that wednesday and before that thursday. so im not sure if i should get it tomorrow. and can the weight loss delay it? cause usually i already feel it in my tummy that im getting it and now im not. i am sexually active but me and my bf always use a condom and it never ripped or anything like that..
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The best way to diet is to eat several small meals during the day, which will keep your metabolism revved up.
When you only eat one meal a day, your metabolism tends to slow down as a genetically determined defense mechanism from famine.
There are also nutritious things you can eat a lot of and they have virtually no calorie load. Carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and other veggies (avocado, though, is high in fat) can be steamed and munched on through the day and give you needed nutrients while not packing much of a caloric impact.
You can have a piece of fruit 2-3 times a day, too, but those usually have natural sugars, so they do pack a calorie load, though not a huge amount and they have more nutrients that are good for you.
And if you add exercise to that you can burn up even more calories. Swimming works every muscle into the body and is good for tapering a woman's body. Doing an hour of laps every day will give you a smoking body and consume lots of calories.
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hmm you really don't seem to be eating much : / I have anorexia-I'm not saying you do but, I have decent nutritional knowledge (and it's my major). Are you sure your intentions aren't just to be thin? If you are only eating breakfast you might as well be only consuming 230-500 cals the average woman needs about 2,000 -about 1,000 (if dieting). If you are restricting, your body will go into starvation mode and feed off it's self.
And it seems you just started this diet, and periods don't always start on time, so as long as your treating you body right you will get it. But yes if you are underweight, it will not come.
Otherwise, healthy weight loss should not delay it :)
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In short, yes. alot of things can affect the regularity of periods
if you recently began using medication of any kind (including the pill and other types) irregularity can be a side effect, weight loss and stress also affect this, if you are now underweight one symptom is periods stop all together (common with anorexic sufferers).
Since you and your boyfriend have protected sex and you are having periods then pregnancy isn't an issue and the most likely cause is the weight loss. If you are still worried though the best thing to do is either talk to your mother or make an appointment with your gynaecologist
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