u/Big-Teaching55

Any tips for how to fill your time?

I don’t really have hobbies, I tried recently to start badminton and Zumba but they’re not really doing it for me.

I like reading in the evenings and I’ve been watching a lot of Netflix but my mood is so low lately.

I also don’t have any friends around me.

Please don’t say baking, I find this stressful.

I’ve heard one symptom of period returning is breast tenderness.
Is this always the case?

My breasts are not sore or tender but I noticed this week they feel more puffy / fuller. Maybe this is just the weight gain.

For those who got period back, is it always the case that you found your breasts were actually sore, or do some people get period back without any breast symptoms?

Heyyyy ladies, I have this “spare tyre” look going on, where suddenly my belly is popping out, it’s like it all gathers below my bellow button as if I’m wearing a floatie donut ring at the pool. From the side I look pregnant and from the front it’s just so puffy and inflamed.

It’s so prominent no matter what I wear and legit giving me meltdowns.

Looking to hear from women who have recovered their period - did this happen and did it go away eventually?

And for those of you who have it too, how are you handling it? No matter what I wear I’m self conscious of how obvious it is. I don’t wanna leave the house and I feel so ashamed. Trying to be kind to myself but this belly is just sticking out and I can feel it every second of the day

P.S. I am not coming from an underweight category. I was about bmi 20 when I started recovery and now bmi 23. I was severely underweight about 5 years ago, bmi 14. I’ve come a long way since

Please critique the below. I’ve been eating this way for 2 months straight and still no symptoms.

My BMI is 22-23.
Some days I eat extra on top of the below, this is my minimum.

I gym 3 times a week (light weights) and do a 4KM walk everyday.

Also - got my pituitary gland checked, all clear. Got my ultrasound, all clear except my uterus is small.
Got my bloods done, all sex hormones are low. No other underlying conditions contributing to missing period. Just HA.

⁃ 30g oats with 150ml almond milk plus 100g berries
⁃ 1 slice toast (100 calories) with 1.5 teaspoon Kerrygold butter
⁃ 1/2 toasting muffin with 1 heaped teaspoon peanut butter
⁃ 200ml lactose free milk with 15g optimum nutrition double rich chocolate flavour plant protein

⁃ 80g baguette with 50g chicken and salad and 1 tablespoon low fat mayo
⁃ 1/2 avocado
⁃ 1 apple

⁃ 200g kefir yoghurt
⁃ All real protein bar (choc sea salt)
⁃ 1 banana

⁃ 300g cottage pie with a side of peas

⁃ 45g granola
⁃ 25g moser Roth hazelnut dark chocolate bar
⁃ 200ml lactose free milk
⁃ 200ml almond milk with 30g Juspy cacao collagen protein blend
⁃ 1 cup berries (blueberries)

Approx 2,790 kcal

I’m 27F. Can’t afford to move out and my friends from college all live abroad and we keep in touch but don’t see each other anymore except maybe once a year.

I am very attached to my parents and living with my mom is my safety net. She is my rock even though we have a complicated relationship and argue a lot.

I don’t have any hobbies and no interest in taking on any. I live in a very isolated area so it’s not easy for me to get to clubs or societies.

I work from home too.

Just broke up with my boyfriend of over one year, we weren’t compatible and had a lot of difficulties.

I don’t miss him per se, but I feel very lonely and like I have no life, no friends (in my immediate area) and don’t really know what to do. I feel like a loser to be honest. I’ve no social life. I don’t think I’ll ever find a partner either so kind of accept that I will probably be alone romantically. But outside of that, I don’t know what to do… I feel my mental health is low because of this but not sure

So I’m looking at working with Nicola and wanted to hear from people who opted for her 7 session package with Florence Gillet.

Is it worth it? Does she give you a meal plan?

Also I’m confused by the concept of the 60 minute “written support” - what exactly is that? She writes to you on an email for 10 minutes between calls?

Like how is that timed? Sorry I can’t wrap my head around it 😂

Would love to hear how anyone else found working with her. Thank you!

Hey, I want to hear if anyone worked with the above coaches.

Considering working with one of them but not sure. Lindsey is very very expensive, but FFF society continue to work with you until you get your period back (if you don’t get it back in the 90 day programme)

However Nicola is much more affordable and a lot of people swear by her since she literally wrote the book NPNW.

Any advice from people with experience from these coaches much appreciated!

So I saw a pic that was taken of me yesterday, and the pic angle was from a far distance so it’s not like it was close up.

My cheeks are so puffy and my face just looks so fat.

My body isn’t even in the pic so I thought it was a “safe” pic since it’s only my face.

Now I can’t even see pics like this without getting triggered.

My BMI is 22 and I’ve been doing recovery for like 10 months now (with two relapses a few months apart).

When will I ever not be upset and triggered by these instances…

Does anyone else feel like this even just seeing their face and avoiding checking their body completely?

How do you shift the mindset to REST without any guilt? I am go go go and cannot deal with having free time - I usually fill the free time with exercise and if I don’t, I feel guilty and this raises my stress levels even more.

I’m trying to cram so many things into my day, every single day. If I’m doing something sociable, I will get up earlier to get my exercise in for example. So it’s not like I can even try to replace a workout with something else, my brain always sneakily tries to squeeze movement in or compensate in some way.

I just feel so much pressure everyday to get the food in, get some movement in, get the sleep, get the hydration, get work done, get cleaning done, get my yoga done, get my journaling done, get my reading before bed done, get my meditation done. It’s all so overwhelming.

How do you SLOW DOWN without feeling like you’re going insane? I am always rushing and living off stress hormones.

I think this is a major factor for my missing period since I’m consistently eating 2500+ cals per day and not seeing any results

I’ve already reduced my exercise over the last 6 months and the thought of reducing it more sends me spiralling mentally.

I can’t just switch off. My brain is just a mile a minute.

Please share how you got COMFORTABLE with doing less and going slower? I’d love to do it, I just feel so guilty and anxious and panicky when I do try to “relax”. How to stop being perfectionistic?

Thank you so much for any tips

From age 15 I had anorexia. Spent my teenage years gaining weight, losing weight, gaining weight, but keeping it all relatively “healthy” at bmi of 18-20. The entire time I could never quit my addiction to exercise. To this day I still can’t stop completely, but oh my goodness I’ve reduced it by so so so much compared to what I was doing before.

I’m now 27.
I was put on the pill at age 18 to “protect my bones” since I didn’t get my period back after extreme weight loss.

I’ve only ever had 3 natural periods in my life.
I’m only 152cm.
I stunted my own growth and missed out on puberty because of my eating disorder.

I relapsed badly in my early 20s, ended up going inpatient for eating disorder.

Gained weight again up to a BMI of 20ish. The whole time I was on the pill, from age 18 up to last year, when I turned 26.

I’ve been off the pill for 11 months now and no period. Worked with a HA coach for 16 weeks, gained to the highest weight I’ve ever been in my life, BMI approx 22-23.

I’ve had MRI of my brain to rule out pituitary problems, had a pelvic ultrasound and several blood tests done.

It’s not PCOS. On paper, there’s no reason why I shouldn’t have a period. My sex hormones haven’t even improved one tiny bit over the last 10 months, despite me eating more, gaining a stone plus some, and reducing exercise.

To anyone younger reading this, PLEASE heal yourself and if you have any eating disorder or exercise addiction, please please please address it now. I am 27 and may never get my period back. I’m so angry at myself. I stunted my own growth and look like a pre pubescent 11 year old. I feel like a joke and that nobody will take me seriously. And the worst part is I DID THIS TO MYSELF and I can’t reverse it.

Sorry for the rant

Just had my second appointment and I left crying my eyes out.

Did an ultrasound scan, MRI and blood work. It’s not PCOS and there’s nothing on my pituitary gland blocking menstruation.

I had my bloods taken in November 2025, February 2026 and May 2026.

Absolutely nothing is increasing or improving in my sex hormones.

She told me I may never ovulate naturally and will need to go on HRT. I’m adamant I don’t want to do that since my body should be able to menstruate on its own.

I’ve tried so hard for the past 10 months - eating more, gaining 10kg (I was not even underweight to begin) and reducing exercise.
I worked with a HA coach for 4 months last year too.

And I have no positive results.

Just feeling so so so defeated and hopeless

Been in recovery for 11 months now. Still no bleed.

Starting point - BMI of around 19-20, gym 5-6 times per week, jogging / running every day (minimum 4K) and eating all fruit, veggies, protein and minimal starchy carbs

Current point - BMI of 22-23, gym 3-4 days per week, only 1-2 runs per week (7K max), eating close to 3000 cals per day, plenty of carbs and fats.

I am so fed up. I’ve gained so much weight. And nothing. I’m eating all the “right” things - full fat, plenty of snacks and never going longer than 3 hours, eating first thing in the morning, fuelling exercise.

My HRV has shot down to super low, my RHR has shot up dramatically, I’m having night sweats.

Please can somebody help

I’ve been having pains in my lower stomach, like directly below my belly button. It’s hard to describe - it’s not really cramps but more like a swelling feeling or inflamed. Sometimes kind of like stabbing.

Is this just belly fat and food being stored around my lower abdomen or has anyone else had similar experiences?

Eating close to 3000 cals per day

Please see below as a sample of two days. Is this too much?? It’s roughly 2500-3000 calories. I do a 4km walk per day and some light strength at the gym 3 times per week

Day 1:
Breakfast:
- 30g oats with 300ml low fat milk and 15g optimum nutrition plant protein powder (double rich chocolate flavour)
- 1 slice toast (100 calories) with 2 teaspoons Kerrygold butter
- 1/2 toasting muffin (80 calories) with 1 heaped teaspoon peanut butter and 1/2 teaspoon jam
- Handful blueberries

Lunch:
- 85g seeded baguette
- 50g turkey
- 1/2 avocado
- Rocket and spinach 1 handful
- 100g full fat cottage cheese
- 1 apple
- 1 dried fig
- 2 pistachios

Snack:
- 100g whole fat yoghurt
- 1 banana
- 1 rice cake
- 1 teaspoon peanut butter
- 20g almonds** **

Dinner:
- 3 Turkey sausages (81 cals each)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil and handful spinach
- 240g sweet potato (uncooked)
- 2 tablespoons light mayonnaise plus one tablespoon coleslaw
- 1 tablespoon ketchup

Snack:
- 45g Alpen muesli
- 200ml low fat milk
- 150ml almond milk with 30g Juspy cacao collagen protein
- 1 ferrero rocher chocolate

Day 2:
Breakfast:
- 2 slices toast with 1 tablespoon peanut butter and 2 teaspoons Kerrygold butter
- 30g oats with 250ml lactose free milk and 25g optimum nutrition protein powder double rich chocolate flavour
- Handful blueberries

Lunch:
- 120g white rice (cooked) with 87g turkey
- 1 large avocado
- Handful rocket and some red pepper

Snack:
- 150g Greek yoghurt full fat
- 20g almonds
- 1 banana
- 1 apple

Dinner:
- 250g chilli con carne
- 190g cooked potato
- 1 tablespoon butter

Snack:
- 45g muesli with low fat milk (approx 200ml)
- 200ml almond milk (unsweetened) with 30g Juspy cacao + protein collagen superfood blend
- 1/2 cup blueberries
- 1 ferrero rocher
- 1 chocolate flapjack
-1 date with 2 pistachios
- 1 tablespoon flaxseed