I feel like I know the answer is yes since weight/fat and hormones are so intrinsically linked, but I can’t find anything more definitive online (every time I try to search this topic I just come up with articles about being underweight or losing too much weight can make you lose your period!)
I’ve lost 37 lbs since June (gone down 7 BMI points!) (probably had lost another 6ish lbs before that but I wasn’t being super dedicated yet) and my period has gotten WACK. I still have about 50 lbs to lose to get to a healthy BMI, so I hope it can adjust and chill out a little lol.
After I had my second child almost 4 years ago, my period got SUPER regular which had been amazing. Then during this current weight loss “journey” for the last couple months my period has had a day that was so unbelievably heavy for me I was in shock. Like using ultra sized tampons which I’ve never bought in my life WITH a pad and having to change it every 1-2 hours for about half a day! … My last period came a week early and just … won’t stop with the intermittent bleeding. Generally, I still FEEL ok (actually feel great from the weight loss!) Have some cramps while period is heavy but nothing too severe. I’ve just never had very heavy periods (even as a teen when I was thin and then I was on birth control for a long time then had kids and now don’t take anything for birth control now - I had a bilateral salpingectomy during my c-section 4 years ago!)
It’s only been recently, so it’s gotta be weight loss related, I’m guessing. I’m just shy of 37 so I don’t think it’s peri-menopause just yet, haha!
My weight loss has been from intermittent fasting / OMAD (+ snack) most days in order to keep at a caloric deficit. I have used an ephedrine/caffeine stack some days to help suppress appetite at times (but not 3x a day like body builders - just as needed once in the early afternoon to fight the hungries and not every day.)
Anyone else had an irregular / heavy period explosion after / during weight loss?
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