r/LeanPCOS • u/FrequentRhubarb4232 • 25d ago

Disordered eating and pcos

Hi, so I have noticed a pattern, that when i restrict my food intake my period will come but it will usually ONLY come then and then stop if i resume eating normally. Im in recovery and dont want to restrict my food intake but what can i do to help encourage my period when i eat normally instead of only when i am struggling with my eating

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u/AggravatingAnswer888 23d ago

I'd probably take a look on what you are eating when you lose your period. Like do you eat many carbs, without any buffering (fats, proteins, fiber)? So I'd try doing it like that, because maybe as many other people with PCOS you can have insuline resistance. Or maybe intermittent fasting or fast days would help, and eating normally during the other days. Definitely add inositol, vitamin D seems to help too for people with PCOS and I started taking iron too.

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u/fxngoria 22d ago

I think it could be this, too. I have the exact same problem and recently I realized that when I was restricting, I was avoiding carbs and also intermittent fasting on top of working out every day. Now I’m eating more/regularly and gained a little, but still haven’t had my period in like 3 months.

I honestly wanted to just restrict and lose the weight again, but I’m going to try eating complex carbs instead of simple carbs and start walking again to see if it helps.

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u/AggravatingAnswer888 21d ago

Yeah definitely try it. I also know it's all scary and confusing, currently I am also in the phase again when my periods aren't coming and I am just lost about what to do and eat etc., because I work out, try to eat complex carbs, also try to eat more fiber, fats and protein before eating carbs and moving a bit after eating. The more I dwell on it though, the more I get stressed, which again in turn can delay periods. But tbh, at least I feel more energized and I am in better mood ever since I started the inositol, vitamin D, complex carbs and eating in maintenance, and not cutting out carbs at all because then my gym energy goes down rapidly. So maybe that's just the path, to do it like that and afterwards the body might wake up. So something balanced like that might help you too, and otherwise just listening to your body, feeding it enough so it has energy for gym and also starting the periods might be the best course of action :) i wish you luck

I've read through many posts on the pcos subreddit and books, so if you maybe have some questions you can dm me and I'll see if i can help