Healthy Not Healthy 4 – How Society Promotes Disordered Eating
How We – Women, Culture – Justify and Promote Disordered Eating If you’re new to the “Healthy Not Healthy” series, here’s a two-sentence summary: I just finished two of years of extremes: stress, exercising, and undereating; which resulted in hypothalamic amenorrhea (HA) (among other things). The “Healthy Not Healthy” (HNH) series discusses the how and why of HA, as well as my mental and physical recovery. If you want to read the previous three posts, they are: HNH1 – An Introduction HNH2 – What Happened? HNH3 – Diagnosis Quick Diagnosis Update: I got my bloodwork back from the OBGYN, which confirmed that I do not have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS).…
Healthy Not Healthy 2 – What Happened?
Part 2: Stress + Intense Exercise + Not Enough Food = Slow Decline Have you ever woke up one morning and wonder “how did I get here?”. That happened to me more than once recently – I was frequently exhausted and in pain, my relationships with my spouse and kids were degrading, and I had a million “super important” things to do. Denial or ignoring what our bodies are telling us usually doesn’t make problems go away, although that’s what I did for a while. My body kept reminding me that it needed attention and then started to shut down. In this post, I’m outlining the sequence of health and…
Healthy Not Healthy 1 – An Introduction
Introduction How trying to be perfect made me sick See that picture of a strong, lean, smiling person? She’s (I’ve) got issues. To most people, my body appears to be in top physical condition. What the picture doesn’t show is the detrimental, beneath-the-skin effects of chronic over-stressing, over-exercising and under-eating. To give some context, here are a few health issues I’ve experienced since early 2018: I got shingles at age 39, lost about 10 lb (down to 110 lb on my 5’6” frame), and had exactly zero menstrual cycles. On the bright side: during this time, I managed to have a wonderfully challenging professional life, run a 10k personal record…
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