Believe me, I thought about it lol. But I can’t help but feel it would have been irresponsible and disingenuous. This stuff needs to be discussed more openly so more people don’t fall prey to ultra leanness and our pervasive diet culture.
I too have noticed super-slim WFPB vloggers disappearing and it's so sad, they sometimes mentioned going all in before closing down their channel and social media and my heart goes out to them because they probably binged and gained weight and were too ashamed to show themselves. I know what it's live to live for decades through a binge & restrict cycle and the only thing that healed me was a WFPB lifestyle that has enabled me to lose weight healthily and stopped all cravings for salty, sugary and fatty foods.
This was a great video-Yes stop fighting what is “Natural”. So much good mentioned here, so motivating and honest. This is why I just ❤ you- keeping the truth of who you are out there!!!!
I truly admire anyone who does the 'All in' process. I couldnt bring myself to do it, I mostly calorie counted & tried to control things. But the mental hunger was torture for me....I'm more than weight restored 2 years in but my disordered eating is very much there and I've slipped back into being restrictive and doing intermittent fasting. I really wished I just went All-in right at the beginning and I'd probably be better now mentally.
I’m crying with you watching this. I thought when I started following you that the regimen was very very strict and seemed like I could never accomplish that with working out and so a few calories, so I’m really pleased to learn all of this about this diagnosis and I appreciate your honesty!! ❤❤
Congratulations you’ve achieved your health goal. I can only imagine what you’re going through with weight gain. I know when I put on weight and have to buy new clothes it’s hard. I have some negative self talk and am not kind to myself. So I hope you’ve been kind to yourself during this process! I’ve been watching your videos for years and I had no idea what your were going through. I’m just glad you’re doing better and working towards your new normal.
This really hit home ❤️🩹 I am severely struggling with poor body image issues and difficulty adjusting to the extra weight. I know my body will eventually get back to a healthy weight on its own but in the meantime the negative self talk is unbearable. I’ve been seeing a psychologist to deal with the stress and gain some tools to cope without exercise. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts.
Thank you so very much for being so transparent about your struggles. I give you so much credit. I do not think that I could ever do what you have done. Again, thank you!!!
I appreciate that Cheri. This has been quite the wake up call. All of my beliefs about health have been called into question. Thanks for your support, as always!
Yes, I often wonder what it would be like to live in a culture where hyper-thinness wasn’t celebrated. So much of our stress and body image issues would disappear 🫠 Thanks for your kind words!
@@NaturallyKarli Gen Z is stepping out of our millennial obsession with thinness thankfully. Unfortunately my 13 year old brain was shaped by Teen Vogue, the Olsen twins, and Kate Moss so I have a lifetime of rewiring to do.
Thank you for sharing this with everyone so we can learn from your experience. This is huge! I’m very proud of you and truly appreciate your humility and courage! ❤❤❤
I admire you for sharing. I had a similar journey with health drastically changing and then body picking on pounds. It’s a process to learn how to properly care for your body regardless of what it looks like. What many fitness enthusiasts don’t cover is that “no pain no gain” “mind over matter” can be abusive to your body - not a form of caring for your body.
I totally agree. I took all those recommendations literally lol. I thought I wasn’t working hard enough if it didn’t physically hurt. It sounds so silly to me now but a lot of people get into trouble this way.
Lovely Karli, once again thank you so much for being honest and sharing your very personal and professional journey, I too am an all-or-nothing person and find it hard to be balanced and moderate sometimes, whether it's with diet or exercise so I understand what you're going through. It is terrifying to go all in because whenever it's happened to me (after restricting too much and not getting enough nutrients) I couldn't stop and ended up becoming seriously overweight and very unhappy very quickly, which is also not healthy. So I hope you have a healthier attitude than me and start eating and exercising again in a balanced way as it's also very important to be happy with our body and weight and to feel good in clothes. In my case gaining weight did not make me more energetic or productive and definitely not healthy as I just feasted on junk food.
It sounds like you have had a long journey with your health and weight struggles. I really appreciate all your insight and feedback, Lulu! And yes, I can’t wait to get back to my body’s new norm 😊
Thank you so much!! I appreciate your support, Stayce. I was constantly second-guessing myself after our sessions like- "Gosh, I hope I wasn't super irritable towards them." Have a wonderful holiday season💜
@@NaturallyKarliYou have no reason to be concerned. You weren't irritable at all. You still provided lots of good advice. Most of us are not so disciplined that we could stick to all of it at once! Hope you have a great holiday season as well. ❤️
Oh good, I'm so glad my mood didn't impact your progress. And yes, it is very interesting trying to walk that fine line between healthy encouragement and excessive expectation in a group setting.
Hi there. I'm a 35 year old female, I've had HA for 13 years. I got married two weeks ago, and with my husband being 43, we don't have much time to try and have a child. I know I need to go 'all in' now, I've avoided it for so long but now I have no excuses. I appreciate you sharing your story, as very few people know about HA nor understand it (I frequently hear "you're not thin enough to have that" or "just eat a cheeseburger" or "just take birth control"). I will definitely use this video as inspiration for the tough journey that lies ahead for me. Hugs xox
You can do it Gina! A baby is a great motivator. I also recommend joining the All In support group. You can access it from the NoPeriodNowWhat website. Good luck and take care! Keep me posted on your progress 🤞
You are so welcome. I don't mind swallowing my pride for the greater good: ) I had no idea how common this issue was before I started making these videos.
You have the loveliest spirit. Thank you for sharing your journey. I know I have commented this before but I'm so happy you're feeling better and that you've regained your health. This is awesome.
I've been in HA for almost 10 yrs. I'm now 47 and have accepted it. I think its too late for me to ever have a period again. I'm very interested in your journey. May you contiue with your heatlhy mind set and way of loving and accepting your body's needs. ❤
I'm 48 and have not had a period since I went off the pill ---which I went on b/c I wasn't regular as a child--and at age 23 I went off the pill and it never came. ever. do you have any other sypmptoms besides No periods?
Yes! Many symptoms: irritability, urinary frequency & incontinence, insomnia, joint pain, constant thoughts of food, etc. I'm sure I mentioned more in the video. Hope this helps.
Poor thing. I understand this completely! I honestly had to start adding fat in the form of oils - ghee primarily. I know you’re vegan and WFPB at that. I was for a long time too and hadn’t had a period in 7 years and now, I started last month finally. I hope u are okay. Sending good vibes and love. The fiber can kinda kill so eating less 3x/day helped me. Sometimes I do go for 6 or so hours between meals. I will eat when I am hungry but typically no snacks. Anyway, love this video. Makes me feel normal.
Thank you for your experience. I’m on WFPB too and have no periods. So I’m thinking about adding fat. Not ghee but plant. How are you now? Did your period come back?
@@ksenia.razina I was recommended to add specifically ghee to my diet. It's easiest on the stomach and less reactionary. I couldn't do olive oil and coconut oil for quite some time. At any rate, it came back when I had gained weight a couple months ago but it's difficult to maintain that "healthy weight" when it doesn't feel healthy. So I lost the weight and lost my period again.
@@ksenia.razina you can be WFPB with overt fats - there is no reason to cut them out completely - avocado, nuts, seeds, flax meal - all great for the brain, skin etc
I’m 16 and 2 months in after becoming extremely underweight and it’s so hard with summer around the corner and weight gain being so out of proportion I also have exams for a full month this month😩
I had some medical issues recently that made me lose less than 10 lbs, and that 10 lbs has messed with my whole body, along with some moderate blood loss due to a minor procedure. I have Crohn’s and my GI track has definitely joined the party. Dealing with extreme hunger because your iron is low and your immune system is in a revolt becomes much more challenging when you get sick after 5 bites. Being nauseous and hungry at the same time is awful! One thing I’m trying to do that I plan on continuing is eating a proper breakfast. I have never been a breakfast person. It makes me nauseous. When I was a kid I’d actually throw up from it half the time. I suspect I was having Crohn’s issues even back then because I know a lot of people with GI issues have this happen, if they try to eat first thing in the morning. I used to have to wait a few hrs, but now I’m doing some sort of V8 style fruit and veggie juice or carnation instant breakfast with fruit, and then having either peanut butter toast, oatmeal with peanut butter, or eggs about an hour later with some mint tea. It is annoying having to basically eat two small breakfasts. I would kill to eat one big one and enjoy it like everyone else I know except my husband (he’s a type 1 diabetic and has to do what I do because he will have a glucose spike and drop). But this is better than nothing I guess. I honestly do several small meals throughout the day so my digestive track doesn’t fight me. I will have a sandwich at times when people have snacks, and then eat another one an hour later because it’s not easy to get enough food with Crohn’s, sometimes. I feel like I am always eating but always wishing to eat more.
And I'm always hot lol.. 2:44 .. I have zero symptoms other then anxiety Brian fog and fatigue but after these past 6 months of resistant training and started running again those went away .. minus 2 times where I got sick with extreme fatigue. .inwas over working myself. After a couple s days off and eating a surplus of calories. Like 3500 plus went back to normal then I was able to go back to normal diet. Again right now I feel better then I ever have .. but still no period
I also Was on raw food for 10 years and intermited fasting ginishinh my meals at 5 pm. I was super skiny but my body detoriarate. My period were kind of regulary cause i was eating lots of fats but spacing beatween period started to get more space. Now i eat 80 raw or less and cooked food sourdough bread bread yes i cook on litlle oil etc but i do not eat junk food simply cause i do not like it. My period is regulary now and i feel much better. Its so important that you brough this to light because it Will help other people that they can healthy body on real vegan food.
When u said "u r like bottomless pit" i chuckles for a second i totally felt it😢 its very difficult for me to explain this issue to ppl around me.. i sometimes find it so funny how dangerous hungry i have become😂 but now i have come to accept it (Been 4 days fully committed into this journey)
What a journey. You're doing great! Again, thank you for sharing with us. I can't imagine the digestion issues during this experience. How is your digestion now? Did you find out if there is anything going on with your hip? What is your natural body type/genetics? Sounds like you were really going against the state at which your body wanted to exist.
So true!!!! lol The digestion gets a little better each week, but still experiencing difficulties. I have a labral tear where the femur meets my hip socket in both hips ☹️ My family is very slim. I assume my weight will gradually reduce until I'm back to a happy set point. I will keep everyone posted on this! Great questions!
Sorry to hear about the labral tear in your hips. Is it unusual to have it in both hips? Did you find out from an xray or did you need an mri? What symptoms do you have? Does is come and go? What makes it worse? Curious because I'm having a new issue with my left hip at the moment.@@NaturallyKarli
If you are experiencing any weird locking, pinching, inner groin pain, or decreased range of motion in that hip you may want to speak with a sports medicine doc. I had an MRI. I'm still researching the details of the condition so I better not provide further info in case I'm totally wrong. I would encourage you to google labral hip tear and see if anything sounds familiar to your circumstance. Good luck!
Yes, as a long time daily runner, all of the sudden I can't run because it starts to pinch in the front of my hip. I believe I somehow injured it trying spinning for two months. I will try seeing my ortho, but in my experience he just wants to see me if there is something serious he can operate on. What does your labral tear keep you from doing? You seem to be okay on long hikes. If you have been dealing with this for a long time, it sounds like a labral tear is something that doesn't ever get better? That is very discouraging news. @@NaturallyKarli
Can you do some videos on how to gain this weight. Did you purposely up your protein or fat? If so how and with what foods. I got the more grains less veggies tip in this one so thank you. Best:)
Hi Jeremiah, I hope you're feeling better. I paid zero attention to macronutrient ratios while gaining this weight. Just paid attention to the principles of calorie density👍
Hello from London lovely Karli, I hope you'll get this message. Just wondering if you're OK and wishing you well. Sending you love and remember you're an intelligent, beautiful and kind person, it doesn't matter if you've put on some weight, there'll be plenty of time to lose it at your own pace once you've fully got your health back. Take care, Lulu x
Me neither lol! Slimness seems to be a slippery slope. I'm glad I was able to come to my senses; ) So nice to hear from you, Aly! I hope your health is in a better state than mine haha😘
did you make sure to incorporate processed food too? i don't mean at all to sound as though i'm critiquing, but for anyone reading this, it can be helpful to realize that sticking with 'clean' foods while refueling can be interpreted by our bodies to be another form of restriction, which can prolong the process. processed foods can also be way easier to digest when we're still recovering from gastropesis and extreme bloating and stuff
Again, I appreciate your perspective, but humans have only had man made processed foods for last hundred years (almost). So I find it hard to believe that my body requires artificial food to recover from scarcity.
I've messed up my hunger cues by excessive restrictions, I did intermittent fasting, much exercise, the last straw was ketogenic diet :( I don't feel hungry that often, and the sight of much food, because in WFPB you need tons of food to make up the calories, scares me. Sometimes I hate myself after eating 100g of nuts, although my total calories in a day was still
@@ksenia.razina hello! Wowwww I wrote that comment in mid-March and now mid-June, I've got 2x cycles back :) Within 3 months, what changed was my eating habit. It's still whole foods, I don't eat UPFs, but now my diet has red meat, chicken, eggs, and dairy again. My obgyn found a cyst in one of my ovaries, but we didn't do anything as benign. I was also diagnosed w autoimmune, but really what helped to slowly switch on the "heat generator" in my body is my new eating habit. I said heat because my autoimmunity is triggered by cold, which also appeared last winter. Previous years I was OK with winter.
Do you think you would’ve gotten faster results or less bloating or quicker satiation had you eaten animal proteins? I’m vegan and probably need more calories for similar issues but I’m afraid all the plant food never satiates me
Are you eating enough healthy starches (grains, potatoes, and this season, yummy chestnuts) and legumes and also some healthy fats like avocado, nuts, seeds? You can be very satiated on a WFPB way of eating, just eat more or bigger portions.
Grains and nuts were particularly satiating while in recovery. But now I'm back to the usual, flaxseed, beans, tubers, squash, and grains for long term satiety. On days I exercise I always include a large helping of oatmeal and sometimes even, an additional meal. I hope you find something that works for you, Anne. As far as the animal foods- I didn't like the idea of creating additional health problems, so I just refrained. They might have caused less bloating but highly refined foods probably would too.
I am glad you were able to recover from this condition without adding animal products. I think a healthy plant-based diet is ideal for human health. But, over exercising and, not consuming enough calories can cause a lot of harm. I hope you continue to heal.
Congrats Karli!! Even though I have never been vegan, am I the only one who is craving meat, eggs, cheese so badly??? I think I could eat a ton of that :( More than a man, lol! Oh and of course chocolate. Chocolate everywhere! I am not craving starches (except for bread) and legumes... Is that maybe bad or/and unhealthy? :(
I lost my period for over 8 years .I honestly just lost track .. I was weight ..not under weight..I have been under weight lost period in .y teenage years but gained weight had 3 kids ..and lost the weight again not trying to ..iv always been athletic.. thin after having kids..then inlost it 8-9 years later I just started gaining weight went from liken110 to 120 got my period back ..then lost it .then had it for 2 days then dodnt come.back ..then came back and now I haven't seen it for 2 months but I'm at my highest weoght in a while ..iv had test.. been told i had hypothyroidism..been put on synthroid. Then they wanted to give me.somthing to start my period with medicine but I refuse ..I wanna do it natural...the VA ( military dr) just wants to force pills down your throat 😢.. other then that I'm at my most healthiest iv gained a few lbs of muscle .eating high protein and well balanced meals .period just won't come back ..again 117 . 23 % body fat..
i'd encourage you to challenge why you want to stop eating 2-3 hours before bed, and why going to bed with food in your stomach bothers you, so that you can truly get free of all restriction, and of its effects on the body
It bothers me bc it causes discomfort and sometimes indigestion. GERD is usually exacerbated by lying down too soon after eating. Not everyone is “restricting” when they decide to eat a particular way that works for them
That’s not restriction, that’s just healthy way, healthy regimen. The sleep is better, when you go to bed after as minimum couple of hours after last food. Sleep is important key to right hormonal work )
@@ksenia.razina when you truly feed the body what it’s asking for for long enough it will trust you again and you can heal. that will likely mean that you’re not hungry before bed. If you’re hungry and you’re not feeding yourself exactly what your body is asking for because you’re restricting for any reason, whether it’s due to timing or something else, that’s disordered eating behavior.
All the love to you for sharing. Maybe you need more fat in the diet instead of vegetables. I eat lots of fat nuts seeds olive oil pumpkin oil avocado and im not fat. I thing its time to let go of this myth of fat you eat is fat you wear. Also including Spirulina and chlorella and afa algae. But fats are crucial for recovery. You added more calories but maybe to add more fat its Just suggestion. On morning oat meal put some almond butter or so. All the love and healing to you❤
Now research is showing for women intermittent fasting isn’t great and excercise fasting isn’t effective, Dr Stacy Sims interview on Andrew Hubermans podcast is really good. Great reminders to listen to our bodies over research as research is always changing.
i have to speak up for anyone reading this to say that in 28:30, this is still a disordered messaged. all foods are part of a healthy diet. if you're in recovery and craving non-whole foods, it's because your body needs them. please listen to it. if you don't, the recovery process can be much longer and more difficult than it has to be
That's the usual carnivore excuse. Animal foods would only help you get all sorts of other health issues and are unnecessary for a healthy diet and lifestyle. There is the ethical issue too, I will not take a life, every animal has the desire to live and thrive just like we do.
@@luluandmeow I actually typed the reply before finishing the video 🤦🏾♀️I didn't know she was vegan I just saw what she was eating. Yes, I agree and love animals. She definitely shouldn't do anything that goes against her ethics. First time seeing the channel. Stay healthy
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You could have chosen to disappear off social media…. But instead you chose to share and help. I respect you so much.
Believe me, I thought about it lol. But I can’t help but feel it would have been irresponsible and disingenuous. This stuff needs to be discussed more openly so more people don’t fall prey to ultra leanness and our pervasive diet culture.
@@NaturallyKarli 💕
I too have noticed super-slim WFPB vloggers disappearing and it's so sad, they sometimes mentioned going all in before closing down their channel and social media and my heart goes out to them because they probably binged and gained weight and were too ashamed to show themselves. I know what it's live to live for decades through a binge & restrict cycle and the only thing that healed me was a WFPB lifestyle that has enabled me to lose weight healthily and stopped all cravings for salty, sugary and fatty foods.
Agreed.
Wow, that is unfortunate. I hope those vloggers you speak of recover soon, as well, Lulu.
This was a great video-Yes stop fighting what is “Natural”. So much good mentioned here, so motivating and honest. This is why I just ❤ you- keeping the truth of who you are out there!!!!
You’re the best! I’m so fortunate to have met you Miss Stacy💕😘
I truly admire anyone who does the 'All in' process. I couldnt bring myself to do it, I mostly calorie counted & tried to control things. But the mental hunger was torture for me....I'm more than weight restored 2 years in but my disordered eating is very much there and I've slipped back into being restrictive and doing intermittent fasting. I really wished I just went All-in right at the beginning and I'd probably be better now mentally.
I’m crying with you watching this.
I thought when I started following you that the regimen was very very strict and seemed like I could never accomplish that with working out and so a few calories, so I’m really pleased to learn all of this about this diagnosis and I appreciate your honesty!! ❤❤
Thanks, Rochelle. I appreciate your feedback and your support!
That is great news Karli! It's good to see you overcome this struggle.
Thanks Betty! I feel like I have a long way to go 😊
Karli. What a heartfelt telling of your story. I’m so happy you are taking care of yourself and impressed with your humility. Hang in there!!
Thanks, Cheryl! I appreciate that. I hope you and your adorable fam are doing well. Enjoy the holidays♥️🎄
I was wondering where you went the other day! Thank you for coming on here and telling us about your journey.
Congratulations you’ve achieved your health goal. I can only imagine what you’re going through with weight gain. I know when I put on weight and have to buy new clothes it’s hard. I have some negative self talk and am not kind to myself. So I hope you’ve been kind to yourself during this process! I’ve been watching your videos for years and I had no idea what your were going through. I’m just glad you’re doing better and working towards your new normal.
This really hit home ❤️🩹 I am severely struggling with poor body image issues and difficulty adjusting to the extra weight. I know my body will eventually get back to a healthy weight on its own but in the meantime the negative self talk is unbearable. I’ve been seeing a psychologist to deal with the stress and gain some tools to cope without exercise. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts.
Can you share some of the tools used to cope without exercise?@@NaturallyKarli
MEDITATION: ) Also being in nature, spending time with my daughter, yoga, and some walking. I hope that's helpful
Congratulation! You are loved!
Thank you so much!! I hope you are doing well Diane. 💜 Happy holidays to you and your fam.
Thank you so very much for being so transparent about your struggles.
I give you so much credit.
I do not think that I could ever do what you have done.
Again, thank you!!!
I appreciate that Cheri. This has been quite the wake up call. All of my beliefs about health have been called into question. Thanks for your support, as always!
Congratulations Karli
Yes, I often wonder what it would be like to live in a culture where hyper-thinness wasn’t celebrated. So much of our stress and body image issues would disappear 🫠 Thanks for your kind words!
@@NaturallyKarli Gen Z is stepping out of our millennial obsession with thinness thankfully. Unfortunately my 13 year old brain was shaped by Teen Vogue, the Olsen twins, and Kate Moss so I have a lifetime of rewiring to do.
Me too!
Glad to hear your optimistic view point: )
Sorghum is delicious! You taught me to try it. This sounds very much like my recovery from anorexia. I'm glad to hear you are recovering!
Hi Rita!!! So happy to hear from you again. Glad you're still enjoying the sorghum. Seems like we have a lot in common ❤️🩹
You are awesome! Thank you so much for your transparency. So important to get this information out!
You are so welcome! Thanks for your support
Thank you for sharing this with everyone so we can learn from your experience. This is huge! I’m very proud of you and truly appreciate your humility and courage! ❤❤❤
Thank you! I'm glad my mistakes have been useful for others in exercising caution and ongoing reassessment of their beliefs and habits around health.
I admire you for sharing. I had a similar journey with health drastically changing and then body picking on pounds. It’s a process to learn how to properly care for your body regardless of what it looks like. What many fitness enthusiasts don’t cover is that “no pain no gain” “mind over matter” can be abusive to your body - not a form of caring for your body.
I totally agree. I took all those recommendations literally lol. I thought I wasn’t working hard enough if it didn’t physically hurt. It sounds so silly to me now but a lot of people get into trouble this way.
Lovely Karli, once again thank you so much for being honest and sharing your very personal and professional journey, I too am an all-or-nothing person and find it hard to be balanced and moderate sometimes, whether it's with diet or exercise so I understand what you're going through. It is terrifying to go all in because whenever it's happened to me (after restricting too much and not getting enough nutrients) I couldn't stop and ended up becoming seriously overweight and very unhappy very quickly, which is also not healthy. So I hope you have a healthier attitude than me and start eating and exercising again in a balanced way as it's also very important to be happy with our body and weight and to feel good in clothes. In my case gaining weight did not make me more energetic or productive and definitely not healthy as I just feasted on junk food.
It sounds like you have had a long journey with your health and weight struggles. I really appreciate all your insight and feedback, Lulu! And yes, I can’t wait to get back to my body’s new norm 😊
I hope you have continued success.
Thanks Maggie ♥️ I appreciate your support
I'm proud of you, Karli, for sharing your journey! Congrats on getting to this milestone! 🎉😊
Thank you so much!! I appreciate your support, Stayce. I was constantly second-guessing myself after our sessions like- "Gosh, I hope I wasn't super irritable towards them."
Have a wonderful holiday season💜
@@NaturallyKarliYou have no reason to be concerned. You weren't irritable at all. You still provided lots of good advice. Most of us are not so disciplined that we could stick to all of it at once! Hope you have a great holiday season as well. ❤️
Oh good, I'm so glad my mood didn't impact your progress. And yes, it is very interesting trying to walk that fine line between healthy encouragement and excessive expectation in a group setting.
Hi there. I'm a 35 year old female, I've had HA for 13 years. I got married two weeks ago, and with my husband being 43, we don't have much time to try and have a child. I know I need to go 'all in' now, I've avoided it for so long but now I have no excuses. I appreciate you sharing your story, as very few people know about HA nor understand it (I frequently hear "you're not thin enough to have that" or "just eat a cheeseburger" or "just take birth control"). I will definitely use this video as inspiration for the tough journey that lies ahead for me. Hugs xox
You can do it Gina! A baby is a great motivator. I also recommend joining the All In support group. You can access it from the NoPeriodNowWhat website. Good luck and take care! Keep me posted on your progress 🤞
I’m so sorry you have to go through this but I really appreciate you sharing your journey to help others.
You are so welcome. I don't mind swallowing my pride for the greater good: ) I had no idea how common this issue was before I started making these videos.
Thank you for sharing this!❤️🩹
You're looking just beautiful. I'm glad you are doing well and are finding what works better for you.
Thank you so much! You're so sweet, Karen🥹
Thank you so much! Loved this video, so comforting. Please make more like this.
Will do!
You have the loveliest spirit. Thank you for sharing your journey. I know I have commented this before but I'm so happy you're feeling better and that you've regained your health. This is awesome.
You’re so sweet! Thanks for your kindness
I've been in HA for almost 10 yrs. I'm now 47 and have accepted it. I think its too late for me to ever have a period again. I'm very interested in your journey. May you contiue with your heatlhy mind set and way of loving and accepting your body's needs. ❤
It’s never too late to improve our health ❤️🩹
I'm 48 and have not had a period since I went off the pill ---which I went on b/c I wasn't regular as a child--and at age 23 I went off the pill and it never came. ever. do you have any other sypmptoms besides No periods?
Yes! Many symptoms: irritability, urinary frequency & incontinence, insomnia, joint pain, constant thoughts of food, etc. I'm sure I mentioned more in the video. Hope this helps.
During the 10 yrs have you changed anything in order to try and regain your period?
Great question!
Poor thing. I understand this completely! I honestly had to start adding fat in the form of oils - ghee primarily. I know you’re vegan and WFPB at that. I was for a long time too and hadn’t had a period in 7 years and now, I started last month finally. I hope u are okay. Sending good vibes and love. The fiber can kinda kill so eating less 3x/day helped me. Sometimes I do go for 6 or so hours between meals. I will eat when I am hungry but typically no snacks. Anyway, love this video. Makes me feel normal.
So glad you found something that works for you. And congrats on recovering your cycles! Who knew those were so important lol 😉
Thank you for your experience. I’m on WFPB too and have no periods. So I’m thinking about adding fat. Not ghee but plant. How are you now? Did your period come back?
@@ksenia.razina I was recommended to add specifically ghee to my diet. It's easiest on the stomach and less reactionary. I couldn't do olive oil and coconut oil for quite some time. At any rate, it came back when I had gained weight a couple months ago but it's difficult to maintain that "healthy weight" when it doesn't feel healthy. So I lost the weight and lost my period again.
@@ksenia.razina you can be WFPB with overt fats - there is no reason to cut them out completely - avocado, nuts, seeds, flax meal - all great for the brain, skin etc
I’m 16 and 2 months in after becoming extremely underweight and it’s so hard with summer around the corner and weight gain being so out of proportion I also have exams for a full month this month😩
Thank goodness this is only temporary! You will be so happy when you have regained your health 💯 Keep moving forward. You’re doing a great job 👏
@@NaturallyKarli thank you it’s so hard but so freeing😭
I had some medical issues recently that made me lose less than 10 lbs, and that 10 lbs has messed with my whole body, along with some moderate blood loss due to a minor procedure. I have Crohn’s and my GI track has definitely joined the party. Dealing with extreme hunger because your iron is low and your immune system is in a revolt becomes much more challenging when you get sick after 5 bites. Being nauseous and hungry at the same time is awful!
One thing I’m trying to do that I plan on continuing is eating a proper breakfast. I have never been a breakfast person. It makes me nauseous. When I was a kid I’d actually throw up from it half the time. I suspect I was having Crohn’s issues even back then because I know a lot of people with GI issues have this happen, if they try to eat first thing in the morning. I used to have to wait a few hrs, but now I’m doing some sort of V8 style fruit and veggie juice or carnation instant breakfast with fruit, and then having either peanut butter toast, oatmeal with peanut butter, or eggs about an hour later with some mint tea. It is annoying having to basically eat two small breakfasts. I would kill to eat one big one and enjoy it like everyone else I know except my husband (he’s a type 1 diabetic and has to do what I do because he will have a glucose spike and drop). But this is better than nothing I guess. I honestly do several small meals throughout the day so my digestive track doesn’t fight me. I will have a sandwich at times when people have snacks, and then eat another one an hour later because it’s not easy to get enough food with Crohn’s, sometimes. I feel like I am always eating but always wishing to eat more.
I’m sorry to hear you’re having a hard time. Good luck on your journey ❤️🩹
And I'm always hot lol.. 2:44 .. I have zero symptoms other then anxiety Brian fog and fatigue but after these past 6 months of resistant training and started running again those went away .. minus 2 times where I got sick with extreme fatigue. .inwas over working myself. After a couple s days off and eating a surplus of calories. Like 3500 plus went back to normal then I was able to go back to normal diet. Again right now I feel better then I ever have .. but still no period
This is so helpful and interesting. Thank you for doing this. I will be rewatching this to help get better ❤
Glad it was helpful!
I also Was on raw food for 10 years and intermited fasting ginishinh my meals at 5 pm. I was super skiny but my body detoriarate. My period were kind of regulary cause i was eating lots of fats but spacing beatween period started to get more space. Now i eat 80 raw or less and cooked food sourdough bread bread yes i cook on litlle oil etc but i do not eat junk food simply cause i do not like it. My period is regulary now and i feel much better. Its so important that you brough this to light because it Will help other people that they can healthy body on real vegan food.
I’m so glad you found something that worked for your body and maintained regular periods!
When u said "u r like bottomless pit" i chuckles for a second i totally felt it😢 its very difficult for me to explain this issue to ppl around me.. i sometimes find it so funny how dangerous hungry i have become😂 but now i have come to accept it
(Been 4 days fully committed into this journey)
What a journey. You're doing great! Again, thank you for sharing with us. I can't imagine the digestion issues during this experience. How is your digestion now? Did you find out if there is anything going on with your hip? What is your natural body type/genetics? Sounds like you were really going against the state at which your body wanted to exist.
So true!!!! lol
The digestion gets a little better each week, but still experiencing difficulties.
I have a labral tear where the femur meets my hip socket in both hips ☹️
My family is very slim. I assume my weight will gradually reduce until I'm back to a happy set point. I will keep everyone posted on this!
Great questions!
Sorry to hear about the labral tear in your hips. Is it unusual to have it in both hips? Did you find out from an xray or did you need an mri? What symptoms do you have? Does is come and go? What makes it worse? Curious because I'm having a new issue with my left hip at the moment.@@NaturallyKarli
If you are experiencing any weird locking, pinching, inner groin pain, or decreased range of motion in that hip you may want to speak with a sports medicine doc. I had an MRI. I'm still researching the details of the condition so I better not provide further info in case I'm totally wrong. I would encourage you to google labral hip tear and see if anything sounds familiar to your circumstance. Good luck!
Thank you Karli@@NaturallyKarli
Yes, as a long time daily runner, all of the sudden I can't run because it starts to pinch in the front of my hip. I believe I somehow injured it trying spinning for two months. I will try seeing my ortho, but in my experience he just wants to see me if there is something serious he can operate on. What does your labral tear keep you from doing? You seem to be okay on long hikes. If you have been dealing with this for a long time, it sounds like a labral tear is something that doesn't ever get better? That is very discouraging news. @@NaturallyKarli
Can you do some videos on how to gain this weight. Did you purposely up your protein or fat? If so how and with what foods. I got the more grains less veggies tip in this one so thank you. Best:)
Hi Jeremiah, I hope you're feeling better.
I paid zero attention to macronutrient ratios while gaining this weight. Just paid attention to the principles of calorie density👍
Hello from London lovely Karli, I hope you'll get this message. Just wondering if you're OK and wishing you well. Sending you love and remember you're an intelligent, beautiful and kind person, it doesn't matter if you've put on some weight, there'll be plenty of time to lose it at your own pace once you've fully got your health back. Take care, Lulu x
Hi Lulu! Thanks so much for checking in on me. I’m doing great! Just struggling to find time to make videos lol. Hope you’re doing well!!!!😘
Omg I had no idea you were going through this.
Me neither lol! Slimness seems to be a slippery slope. I'm glad I was able to come to my senses; ) So nice to hear from you, Aly! I hope your health is in a better state than mine haha😘
Such a great video. I hope I can do this but I find it so hard to sit and rest because I have severe tinnitus.
Sorry to hear that. Hope things get better soon
Thank you
did you make sure to incorporate processed food too? i don't mean at all to sound as though i'm critiquing, but for anyone reading this, it can be helpful to realize that sticking with 'clean' foods while refueling can be interpreted by our bodies to be another form of restriction, which can prolong the process.
processed foods can also be way easier to digest when we're still recovering from gastropesis and extreme bloating and stuff
Again, I appreciate your perspective, but humans have only had man made processed foods for last hundred years (almost). So I find it hard to believe that my body requires artificial food to recover from scarcity.
Did you develop any cortisol issues from all this /fatigue issues
I've messed up my hunger cues by excessive restrictions, I did intermittent fasting, much exercise, the last straw was ketogenic diet :( I don't feel hungry that often, and the sight of much food, because in WFPB you need tons of food to make up the calories, scares me. Sometimes I hate myself after eating 100g of nuts, although my total calories in a day was still
Good luck on your journey!
How are you now?
@@ksenia.razina hello! Wowwww I wrote that comment in mid-March and now mid-June, I've got 2x cycles back :) Within 3 months, what changed was my eating habit. It's still whole foods, I don't eat UPFs, but now my diet has red meat, chicken, eggs, and dairy again. My obgyn found a cyst in one of my ovaries, but we didn't do anything as benign. I was also diagnosed w autoimmune, but really what helped to slowly switch on the "heat generator" in my body is my new eating habit. I said heat because my autoimmunity is triggered by cold, which also appeared last winter. Previous years I was OK with winter.
@@TheGentleRoadmapSekarthank you for answer)
Does the rapid weight gain come with health consequences? E.g. causing insulin resistance
Great question! And no. Thankfully There’s such a thing as healthy weight gain
Do you think you would’ve gotten faster results or less bloating or quicker satiation had you eaten animal proteins? I’m vegan and probably need more calories for similar issues but I’m afraid all the plant food never satiates me
Are you eating enough healthy starches (grains, potatoes, and this season, yummy chestnuts) and legumes and also some healthy fats like avocado, nuts, seeds? You can be very satiated on a WFPB way of eating, just eat more or bigger portions.
Why not buy Gr Gregers books. They will help you enormously. Eat lots of starches, beans, lentils, tofu, seitan, nuts and seeds.
Grains and nuts were particularly satiating while in recovery. But now I'm back to the usual, flaxseed, beans, tubers, squash, and grains for long term satiety. On days I exercise I always include a large helping of oatmeal and sometimes even, an additional meal. I hope you find something that works for you, Anne. As far as the animal foods- I didn't like the idea of creating additional health problems, so I just refrained. They might have caused less bloating but highly refined foods probably would too.
I agree with you, Lulu, as always; )
Yes, all Dr. G's books are great.
I would like to know more about how you quit working out or cut back.
I cut down to leisurely walks and yoga alternating most days. I had to force myself to sit down! Lol Netflix and murder mystery novels were helpful
Also I eat over 1700 a day I don't cut out any nutrients full fats carbs ..( try lower sugar) tons of protien
I am glad you were able to recover from this condition without adding animal products. I think a healthy plant-based diet is ideal for human health. But, over exercising and, not consuming enough calories can cause a lot of harm. I hope you continue to heal.
Thanks so much! I continue recovering with my plant based diet currently. Things are still progressing
Why no nut butters, tahini avocado,tofu dates ect? Would be easier to get in calories without stuffing huge volume into & easier for digestion.
Yep, I was happy with my whole foods approach but you are correct 👍
I am suffering with this, can I reach out to you for help with this ?
Absolutely! Here is my email address: info@modernnutritiondesigns.com
We can set up a Zoom meeting too if that would be helpful
Relate.
I'm curious why little to no overt fats?
The higher fat content in the diet, the greater health consequences.
@@NaturallyKarli Same is said for the lower at diets & it helps with satiation - which you seemed to be struggling with.
Omg Iv been eating so many raisins lately.. 😅
the problem tho is that doctors know so little about this...the people who have actually experienced recovery are so much more helpful
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Congrats Karli!! Even though I have never been vegan, am I the only one who is craving meat, eggs, cheese so badly??? I think I could eat a ton of that :( More than a man, lol! Oh and of course chocolate. Chocolate everywhere! I am not craving starches (except for bread) and legumes... Is that maybe bad or/and unhealthy? :(
Are you recovering from HA?
Yes 😢 Being underweight for many many years 😢😢
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I lost my period for over 8 years .I honestly just lost track .. I was weight ..not under weight..I have been under weight lost period in .y teenage years but gained weight had 3 kids ..and lost the weight again not trying to
..iv always been athletic.. thin after having kids..then inlost it 8-9 years later I just started gaining weight went from liken110 to 120 got my period back ..then lost it .then had it for 2 days then dodnt come.back ..then came back and now I haven't seen it for 2 months but I'm at my highest weoght in a while ..iv had test.. been told i had hypothyroidism..been put on synthroid. Then they wanted to give me.somthing to start my period with medicine but I refuse ..I wanna do it natural...the VA ( military dr) just wants to force pills down your throat 😢.. other then that I'm at my most healthiest iv gained a few lbs of muscle .eating high protein and well balanced meals .period just won't come back ..again 117 . 23 % body fat..
Sounds like you’ve been through a lot. Thanks for sharing your experience
Also chek out vata imbalances and ayurveda. Amanda Sevilla also has the same story shes vegan and she recovered maybe to chek her out.
Thanks, I will!
how does your condition differ from Anorexia?
That’s a great question. I’m not sure they’re mutually exclusive
i'd encourage you to challenge why you want to stop eating 2-3 hours before bed, and why going to bed with food in your stomach bothers you, so that you can truly get free of all restriction, and of its effects on the body
It bothers me bc it causes discomfort and sometimes indigestion. GERD is usually exacerbated by lying down too soon after eating. Not everyone is “restricting” when they decide to eat a particular way that works for them
That’s not restriction, that’s just healthy way, healthy regimen. The sleep is better, when you go to bed after as minimum couple of hours after last food. Sleep is important key to right hormonal work )
@@ksenia.razina when you truly feed the body what it’s asking for for long enough it will trust you again and you can heal. that will likely mean that you’re not hungry before bed.
If you’re hungry and you’re not feeding yourself exactly what your body is asking for because you’re restricting for any reason, whether it’s due to timing or something else, that’s disordered eating behavior.
All the love to you for sharing. Maybe you need more fat in the diet instead of vegetables. I eat lots of fat nuts seeds olive oil pumpkin oil avocado and im not fat. I thing its time to let go of this myth of fat you eat is fat you wear. Also including Spirulina and chlorella and afa algae. But fats are crucial for recovery. You added more calories but maybe to add more fat its Just suggestion. On morning oat meal put some almond butter or so. All the love and healing to you❤
Thanks so much! I eat flax in my salad and a handful of nuts now and then. 👍
Now research is showing for women intermittent fasting isn’t great and excercise fasting isn’t effective, Dr Stacy Sims interview on Andrew Hubermans podcast is really good. Great reminders to listen to our bodies over research as research is always changing.
Agreed. Although I’m not convinced by Dr Sims research either.
Thanks for sharing!
i have to speak up for anyone reading this to say that in 28:30, this is still a disordered messaged.
all foods are part of a healthy diet. if you're in recovery and craving non-whole foods, it's because your body needs them. please listen to it. if you don't, the recovery process can be much longer and more difficult than it has to be
Thanks for your perspective. I wouldn’t have changed a thing about my approach. Everyone is on their own path
Sounds like a lot of the same issues ex vegans share. I here high fat is great for female hormones. Including animal foods would probably help.
That's the usual carnivore excuse. Animal foods would only help you get all sorts of other health issues and are unnecessary for a healthy diet and lifestyle. There is the ethical issue too, I will not take a life, every animal has the desire to live and thrive just like we do.
@@luluandmeow I actually typed the reply before finishing the video 🤦🏾♀️I didn't know she was vegan I just saw what she was eating. Yes, I agree and love animals. She definitely shouldn't do anything that goes against her ethics. First time seeing the channel. Stay healthy
Thanks for your feedback: )
Agreed, Lulu♥️