Irregular menstrual cycles, energy availability and RED-S with Allison Yamamoto

Send us Fan MailDid you know that  overtraining/undereating and and the exercise/food balance can impact your menstrual cycle, bone health, and mental health?Especially for women who's body has just gone through an intense, and often traumatic, experience like pregnancy and giving birth this can really have a huge impact on your health.You're seemingly doing "everything right" yet feel like you're struggling all the time and even your menstrual cycle can get messed up.RED-S (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport) is much more common in postpartum women  than you might think and Allison Yamamoto has very kindly agreed  to come onto my little show to talk about this.We talk about the causes of RED-S.How society's pressures on women can cause women to, unknowingly, be sabotaging their own health.How a "I have to do everything" approach is actually holding you back and impacting your health.How a workaholic lifestyle, which most postpartum women have (when's the last time YOU had a break?) leads to issuesAnd, of course, we discuss the solution!Allison is absolutely amazing and I have no doubt you'll be very happy that you listened to this episode.You can find her in all the usual places;Her websiteInstagramAnd TikTok for you cool kidsAs always; HPNB is, and always will be, FREE for 3 months.If you decide you want to do the rest of the program, after only 5 months of paying $10/£8 a month you now get FREE LIFE TIME ACCESS! That's $50 max spend, in case you were wondering. Though I'm not terribly active on  Instagram and Facebook you can follow us there. I am however active on Threads so find me there! And, of course, you can always find us on our YouTube channel if you like your podcast in video form :) Visit healthypostnatalbody.com and get 3 months completely FREE access. No sales, no commitment, no BS. Email [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or want to suggest a guest/topic      Playing us out this week; "Stay up high" by Thruline