I’m going to be fasting soon for Ramadan and I’m wondering the best way to do this?

This is kinda personal but in 2020-2021 I had amenorrhea for 1 year and 6 months. Due to anorexia. I know I'm not totally better but I restored well although my thoughts are still hard to deal with. In 2024 I had a very serious trauma, and went through on of the worst things in my life.. I had to take the next day pill which is horrible with effects and since it, my periods stopped being regular and the way. Some 28 days cycle, 27, 25, 36.. I had 2 months without my period in 2024 and now I'm late again for 43 days.. I have no idea what to do. Blood tests are normal, my doctor says for me to reduce my workouts and I already did and nothing.. im feeling empty and anxious about this. I feel comfort on your videos because it always help me to know im not alone.

is there a certain age (like if you're 35 or 40 for ex) or length of time that you have had HA (like 15 years for ex.) where, even if you become weight restored, its too late to get your period back.

So would you say that youtube home no-equipment workouts are also too much during recovery? I'm doing one from Pamela Reif that's 20 min long and meant for beginners (jumping jacks, crunches, simple exercises) about 3-5 times per week. It's reeally chill so should be ok without the need to increase cals right? Thanks in advance, Dani.

Do you have any content on the likelihood of developing HA again postpartum? I went back to eating and exercising the same way that I was when I got pregnant (post long HA journey) but my cycle has not returned 2 years postpartum. I weaned from breastfeeding around 1 year and assumed it would come back eventually but I have many of the original HA symptoms even though I am doing the same things as I was when I got pregnant and cycles were regular.

Walking only for up to 4000k steps daily????? Oh Dani you are very tough 😢😂😂

Do you think it's important to include meat like pork/beef? I only eat fish, not bc it's lower in cals (i only eat suuper oily fish like tuna in oil, sardines in evoo; salmon), it's just like more convenient 4 me and i like the taste.. i don't cut out any other groups, but maybe there are some key nutrients in meat?

thank you so much for this video! this was eye opening for me!

Any advice for someone who has a fear of food? Thank you so much for all the information and encouragement I've gotten from you so far!❤

Hi Dani! I recently discovered your podcast and I LOVE it. I have a question if you don't mind me asking - I lost my period in 2019 due to an ED and got it back a year later, and have had it regularly since. These past few months, I've struggled a bit and lost some weight. However, I have not lost my period despite being at a lower weight than I was when I first lost it in 2019 (however, my periods are currently very light with shorter cycles). What's going on here? Is my body just prioritizing things differently this time, or has my setpoint lowered, allowing me to continue having periods at a lower weight? I appreciate your work, thanks so much!

omg!! Dani, it was me who commented and asked that question, and i literally had no clue you replied! such a long time had passed, but i felt the urge to check your channel <3 thank you so much

hi Dani! I was wondering what it means if I am eating more but staying the same weight and also I have not had my period for over a year but have had spotting twice last year so am wondering what that means?

Hey thank you so much for answering my question Dani (I was the girl with the dedication problem at the end🙈) And your words really helped me! Since I wrote that mail I've realized that I was definitely still lacking in the eating enough and resting enough department (even though I did less and less at the time) and the holidays were a great time to kinda realise that life can be so much more fun when you let go. Last year I was really stressed about my period and tbh I still get worried but I set myself the intention to not obsess about that anymore. It's not directly in my control, so I'll rather focus on nourishing myself and enjoying life in recovery without obsessive habits sneaking back in because those are the actual things I can change🙂‍↕️ I think my body will follow suit eventually! Thank you so much again and I hope you have an amazing 2025🎉

Thank you sooo much ❤️ im 45 years old and i Hope its not to late for me ❤ ciao from Roma

hey Dani - quick question on this, when you get a minute, please :) i began to cycle again in April. I've been strength/weight training in the gym about 3x/week since September, with the ultimate dream of going back to running, team sports involving running, swimming, cycling etc., stronger, more resilient and more in tune than ever! I'm really enjoying it and feeling great, touch wood. Yesterday, I heard a gym instructor telling someone that "running makes you lose muscle, not fat". He mentioned something about cardio increasing cortisol and hence, fat retention. Is this true? Not sure how it causes muscle loss? How can I avoid losing muscle/strength when returning to cardio? If I continue to do the same amount of strength training each week, will I be able to maintain my strength if I eat well (maybe I'll need to increase my protein intake if I introduce cardio?). Can't wait to hear your thoughts - thank you so much :D

Can I have dairy Products during my secondary amenorrhea?

Hello Dani! Thank you for sharing so much helpfull tips for us with HA! I have a question about acne and recovery: I started the pill 1,5 years ago (no prevention before this) and got a lot of acne asweell as sleep and mood problems, i stopped 1 year ago and have used cobber IUD since. When i stopped the pill i still had a lot of acne, sleep problems and anxiety.. The sleep and anxiety has improved but not the acne.. Im still on my recovery journey, and got my first periode 1 month ago and have gained some weight. I am just wondering if there is any link between acne and HA? Do you thing my acne will go away when the cycle is fully restored? or do you think it could be somethige else? I feel like the pill started all the problems, and since the problems didnt stop when i quit i was wondering if the pill has "kick" started my hormones, and now they are trying to balance?

Thank you and this just workout

I wanted to be anonymous but decided to post publicly: Hello, I've been listening to your podcast. I am still on my HA recovery journey, I currently get periods thanks to being on birth control. However, I find truly going "all in" challenging because I constantly compare myself to my husband. I hate the idea of eating more and exercising less than him and I have an embedded fear of ending up larger than him. I know this is illogical but it still inhibits my motivation at times. I'm not sure if maybe I need to see a therapist to deal with these thoughts or what the best course of action would be. thank you, I love listening to your podcast it is very helpful and encouraging.

used to live in Texas moved earlier this year, lost weight due to stress now dealing with HA recovery

Hi Dani, I recovered my period my period in May 2024 after fully committing in January. It was incredibly hard. I’ve had my period consistently for 7 months, until this month. I admit, I started adding in light runs and walking a lot more because it’s beautiful out this time of year where I live. I bet I also started restricting food a bit more. Even worse, I liked how my body was getting thinner again. I mis-read my period tracking app and thought I was a week late when in reality, I wasn’t. So I was stressed about my period all week on top of life stress. Now, when I’m actually supposed to get my period, I’m late again. It makes me depressed thinking my body still doesn’t trust me and that I can fall so easily into these bad habits again. I honestly know what I need to do, but I wanted to write this comment so I didn’t feel as alone…

Hi Dani, so thankful for you and the work you do. I recently got my period after six months of going all in and following your recommendations. Can’t thank you enough and praise God for leading me to your channel❤

How long does it take to come back after making changes?

I work out every day for years. I workout for 30-60 mins doing hiit or heavy lifting. If i dont, i feel i have failed or ill get fat. When thats actually not true. I also have a physical job and go for walks every day and i workout between my night shows. I havent had a period in YEARS! I got an injury to my arm which made me have to stop work and totally limit my workouts. My abs were so amazing during my hiit, but i just got my period back… i realize i cant push myself how i have been… it really sucks caz i love doing those workouts and how strong and fit i am. But i know if its keeping my period away i need to listen to my body. Ive been trying to get pregnant for years and now that ive slowed down and have my period i may be able to do so. But its very hard mentally taking that break. But we must listen to our bodies as it does so much for us and its a blessing to have. I know how much i can push myself and the results but that doesnt mean i have to or should.

Thank you very much for all this detail. My temperature is all over the place, although my other symptoms (cervix, fluids, breasts, regular cycles...) indicate normal ovulation. I've been taking my temp every day at the same time and before getting up or anything. However... I haven't been keeping the thermometer in for several minutes... So I'll try that now and hope everything looks normal!

Hello. I have been watching a lot of your videos and I have a question as someone who used to have HA but now has lasting effects which are really getting me down. I have never been given professional advice on what to do because my healthcare providers are uneducated on HA. I had HA for half a year when I was 18, a few random periods, and then had another three months of no period again. When I first got HA I was underweight and over-exercising. I put on some weight (but was still underweight BMI/on the border of healthy) when I had my second round of HA. During these two years, I moved to uni and had a very active lifestyle, mainly cardio gym workouts and lots of walking. I went to the doctors and found I had low LH, and iron deficiency anaemia. but they never said I had HA, and never gave me advice on anything similar to what you talk about on your channel. After gaining more weight to what I am now (about BMI 20ish), I have resolved my anaemia and LH is higher. However, my periods are extremely irregular and shorter than before all of my issues started (I used to have a 28/29 day cycle and it lasted for 5 days). Now my period is every 40-60 days and about 3 days long and lighter. I exercise about 4 days a week and still struggle at times with food restrictions. Although I do not have HA anymore, how should I change my lifestyle to return my menstrual cycle to normal? Also, I am a student nurse who works 12h shifts 3 days a week. So that is an additional stressor to add with 05:30am starts and lots of standing. Should I follow the same protocol as someone with HA of less exercise and 2500 calories, or can I exercise a bit more/not have to eat as much? I am willing to do whatever it takes, and I am more at peace about body image so I do not mind if it results in weight gain. I just want to be healthy!! thank you <3

Thanks! No matter if you’re 40 or whatever, after reading Dobbie Nerkstrol's guide, I ended up pleasantly surprised. Within 60 days anyone can get pregnant, feeling the changes in your body the first few weeks. After go’ogling her I understood it's not a miracle kind of thing like the title suggests, but you can bet you'll boost your chances.

Thanks, if everything goes well this should do the job. But listen, there's one factor that's usually overlooked that can considerably speed up the process, unfortunately I do not have it at hand, but it can be go’ogled Dobbie Nerkstrol's Infertility Cure, I think.

Hi! Thanks for so much good information and for your work<3 I just have a question whitch i dont think you have talked about (i havent found it) the "cobber iud" with recovery and acne and recovery. My story: i lost my periode when i was 17 years old beacuse of "eating disorder" (ortorexia) and to much exercise. Around 2019 my weight was "normal" (BMI was normal) but i still looked very lean and trained alot. I also eat a lot but mostly "healthy" food. I didnt know about the consecuenses of not having a periode, so i didnt care that it was gone. I never used birth control beacuse i didnt feel the need, but in 2022 i meat a guy and started the birth control pill. When i started it i got alot of acne and bad mood and night sweats, so after 9 months i stopped it. But what was fasinating for mye was that my acne didnt go away, my mood was still very bad, had a lot of anxiety, and still no periode. I then startet the "cobber iud", but didnt have any new bad symptoms and no bleed. Still dealing with acne, gut problems and bad sleep. Since all the problem didn go away, i started researching about "hormonal balancing" and i started out in the wrong direction beacuse i didnt now abaout HA, so i cut out all bad food and tried so much "hormone balancing" diet, supplement, non toxic lifestyle (honestly made my opsiesion over health worse...) When i discovered your account i started eating more and exerciseing less. I gradually got more and more cervicul mucus. I have tried tracking my mucus and my temperatur, but the problem is that i have mucus everyday!! and its a lot. My temperatur is all over the place with no clear pattern. But this month i got my periode! It was ALOT of bleed and lasted for 5 days. So my question is: 1. How can i track cervic mucus with the cobber IUD? Is it normal to have mucus every day with the cobber iud? 2. My acne has not dissapered 1 year after the pill. And it all started when i started birth control in 2022. Can it be that the birth control triggered my own hormonal system to produce own hormones. Will the acne dissapear when my periode is regular? Is acne a common symptom og HA, what is the conection here ? (didnt have acne from 2017-2022 when i also had HA, but it got "triggered" when i startet birth control) Kind reegards

i'm 132lbs at 5'2. 24 BMI & 26.5% body fat :/

The very fact you keep saying you feel like it’s a lot is kinda of concerning. It definitely isn’t a lot. In fact if you are an athlete I’d say this is underfeeding. I study nutrition and can say for sure this isn’t a lot of carbs. Recommendations are 5-12g per kg so just say you are 60kg that’s AT LEAST 300g carbs for an athlete. I am sure you know this. To me this looks nowhere near that 🤷‍♀️

hi i really need your help on this. please someóne help me on this. i do think i have an eating disorder. but i don.t think it's too severe. i still haven't reached my goal weight. i'm skinny, but not skinny enough. but i have lost a lot of weight really fast. like around 10kgs. now i'm struggling to poop regularly. i have always had very regular menstrual cycle. but in my last cycle, i bled very little. in this cycle, my period is 12 days late. i still haven't gotten it. i'm very scared. even if my missing period is due to me not eating enough, what's the next step? how do i maintain a slim figure while still not negatively impacting my menstrual cycle?

Dany when you talk about calories 2500, 3000 (as average) what do u think if I am 1.50m or 5.0 ft?

thank you so much

Hi Dani ! Could you also address longer , irregular cycles post recovery ? :-)

Thank god

Iv completely cut out exersise apart from walk and gentle yoga but i feel really bad, like im being lazy. Im starionary basically all day

Heyy so I’m in rocovery right now for 6 months and I also got depression but it started when I was 2 months into recovery I got into a depression do u think it is because of the recovery ?

Has anyone ever told you that you look a lot like Florence Pugh but with different hair/eye coloring?

Hello doctor, first of all, I have to thank you for this great video. I have a question for you.. the last time I had a sex is 4 and half years ago and age of 42. My period suddenly came back march 30 2024 please what should I do to get my period back because I want to have one more child. Thank you

Question- I’m desperate. I got my first recovery period on August 12th 2024, then my second one on September 5th, and then my 3rd cycle was really long - 48 day so I got it on October 23rd (3 days ago). My issue is that I developed a lot of acne under and on my chin, on my jaw line and some pimples on forehead here and there. I started to break out at the end of September (so I guess it was because my 3rd period was late and apparently I did something wrong again at that time). Thankfully I got my 3rd recovery period but I’m still getting acne. My cheeks are completely clear so I can say that my gut is really healthy as I take care of my nutrition. Now I eat very balanced and without restrictions but I still have hormonal acne. Will my acne improve as my cycle balances and become regular again? I just want to be healthy and have healthy clear skin again. 😢❤

Hi I am 16years old diagnosed with HA and I would really appreciate if anyone would have any advice on how to reverse 🙂 So basically I lost 20ish pounds in a span of like 3 months while exercising (like an hour or more of high intensity exercise…) am also lots of stress. I went from a 22 to 17 bmi and am currently trying to increase my calorie intake from 1200 to 2500 but the thjng is im like 5 foot and I’m not sure if that’s way too much 😭💔 my biggest fear is gaining weight and still not getting my period 🥲 I’m so lost and not sure what to do and I haven’t gotten my periods in months, would appreciate if someone has an advice 🩷🥺🫶🏼

I’m only 5 foot tall, so I’m worried if 2500 is a bit too much… 🙂 I’m still willing to eat that much if it’s going to bring back my period, but what I fear the most is not getting my period back even with gaining all the weight 💔

How do we know how much food intake to increase by to account for the re introduction of exercise? And what would incrementally adding in exercise look like? X

question-after regaining period for the first time, is it ok to feel extremely cold al the time? or what does it indicate?

Hi, do you have any advice as to how to determine how much calories to eat if you have recovered your menstrual cycle after HA and want to re incorporate exercise again without losing your cycle? I’ve had 3 consecutive cycles without any activity and would love to start moving my body in a healthy way again x

But what if I am near recovered, and for instance, I’m about to ovulate, will the provera challenge stop my ovulation and hence hurt my recovery?? 🥺

i thought i was going to get massively triggered

Desde que tengo AH encontraros ha sido lo mejor que me ha pasado. Soy española, y no puedo suscribirme a vuestro programa de recuperación porque el idioma me supone un problema. Pero leo vuestros artículos, escucho vuestros podcasts y ha sido luz en todo este duro proceso lleno de incertidumbre y de tan mala praxis por algunos profesionales. Gracias por el trabajo que hacéis ❤

Hello hellooo Dani, mon cherieFF 😉 This is Viv, the smart@ss 43 year old dudette that made you laugh last year with my HA puns. Guess what. 3 months ago I had a bone density scan made. Yup, turns out I have severe osteoporosis, and you probably guessed it -sis. That was such a huge shock for me, that as I was crying my way home from the clinic, I finally realized that my control is totally out of control. That day I started eating freely everything my heart longed for and stopped working out. Can you believe, that only 27 days later, my PERIOD came BACK after almost 4 years of HA!!!?!? Out of pure joy I started crying so hard and called my mom, who thought that someone had died. These last 3 months I gained a total of 8 kilos and body fat percentage went from 19 to 23%. Aaaand, my second period came 52 days later! The delay was probably normal I guess. So this is my -almost- happy ending. The thing is, I've never been as heavy and big as I am now. My body doesn't feel like home, even though I made peace with the fact that lean is not my body type, I promise. BUT. I feel a bit lost here. I love having my period, but I wish I could find my old familiar body, BEFORE the restriction started, which was around 58-60 kilos. Now, even though: 1.I eat healthy (and enough!) 2.I work out very gently (1 light pilates class per week, 45 mins of mild HIIT per week and 1 hour of greek folk dance per week) -> my weight is slightly increasing all the time!! I don't get it. Do you think this is my body's PTSD reaction and will probably find it's way back to balance with a bit less weight??? Or am I doing something wrong? And when would it be safe to try to lose some of the extra weight in moderation?? I just want to go back time 4 years ago, is this asking too much?!?! 😩 Sign, 'help, curves are taking over my life' - Viv. xx