How underweight do you have to be to stop having your period

How underweight do you have to be to stop having your period?

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Low body weight will bring about amenorrhea or the stopping of your period. How much underweight depends on our height and age.

Can being 2kgs underweight cause you to stop having your period??

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Being underweight or overweight can affect your period, i am underweight and suffer from extremely horific periods but everyones different some people can stop others dont!. I advise you to go to your doctor or clinic and discuss your conce…

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Skinny people out there… what do you say to someone that keeps insulting you about your weight!?

Q: Okay, so this teacher, she keep making rude remarks to me every week, acting like she’s all concerned, yeah right: “you look pale”, “you look tired”, “you look terrible”, “are you eating alright”, “are you eating”, “you’ve lost weight” … I’m getting so fed up of it! I’m incredibly stressed at the moment with exams, so I look tired, but I haven’t lost weight or anything. I eat heaps, and have always been naturally skinny. I’ve even been to the doctor, who has said I’m absolutely fine, I’m skinny but not underweight, my periods are regular etc. etc.Why does she keep saying these things? What should I say to her, should I just be rude?… because I need this to stop… so angry! Nobody else insults me like this, all my friends, they joke about my skinniness, but they see how much I eat, so they know I’m fine. My Mum’s like me, though she was even skinnier at my age because junk food was less readily available. This woman is one of those health freaks that orders a salad with no dressing at a restaurant, and then ruins your entire meal by asking you 100 times how you can eat that triple cheese deep pan pizza and be so skinny. >:(

A: I hear that all my 27 years of living! ‘You look so weak and skinny, you look so fragile, are you sick etc’. My husband constantly comment on how strong I am and how looks can really be deceiving.Next time she ask you that question, just say, I hate to disappoint you but my answer is the same as yesterday. I am STILL fine.Salad with no dressing sounds disgusting. You might as well go to your backyard and eat grass. Ugh!

Tiny…Small…What Should I Do?

Q: What do you think: 5’2 or 5’3 haven’t checked my height lately. I weight 85 lbs. I am currently in the 8th grade, about to go to ninth, I just want to know is that underweight? I feel small compare to my friends and peers at school. They even talk about how small I am and that I am anorexia. But I eat all these fatty foods, I am not gaining any weight. I am still small. I also worry that me not having enough fat on my body, stops me from having my period on time. I read in this magazine that you can be too skinny to have your period, because you need enough fat to regulate your hormones. So my question is: Am I underweight if so, how do I gain the fat that I need (even though its hard) in order to be a healthy weight, and become more thicker in my bone structure. Thank You So Much 🙂

A: You’re young, just in eighth grade hun. You’ll get your period (and hate it) and you’ll fill out beautifully!You’re fine, just relax and do not eat so much fatty foods! that’s unhealthy! eat healthy, exercise moderately and you’ll gain muscle instead of the fat that you’re so dying to have!! As for your ‘friends’ and peers, they’re just jealous hun. I mean, come on, a tiny little woman like you next to them is making them feel HUGE! You got it girl and they know it. I promise, you’ll grow and you will become a woman…all in due time. I had the same problem as you, I’m still 5’2 but I got boobs and a little butt now and I got my period when I was a 10th grader. (9th grade summer to be exact) Just enjoy life and don’t worry about your size. You’re adorable and you know 😀 Good luck in high school girl, you’ll do great! PS…your bones won’t get bigger, you’re just small boned. Drink milk to make ur bones stronger. <333

Recovering Anorexic Child Needing Advice!?

Q: Hey Everyone,I know you’re all going to freak, but I’m twelve years old and recovering from a severe two months of anorexia, in which I have stopped having my period, lost 10 kilos, developed anemia and put stress on myself and everyone around me, both physically and emotionally.Luckily though, after about 6 weeks of obsessive calorie counting , consuming 500 – 700 calories daily, and bad fits, tantrums and mental torment, I went to my stressed out parents, and confessed everything, which they had already suspected was anorexia. Now with their help, I’m about a month or so into recovery, and eating roughly 1600 – 1700 calories a day. I have maintained my weight of 45 kg, but being 163cm (5.3 feet) I am extremely underweight. I have been doing a lot of housework and moving around quite a bit too.This is a rough idea of my diet:Breakfast:2 slices of light rye bread with thin spread of butter (200 cals) – fibre, carbs and fat :)1 tub of low fat yoghurt (70 cals) – calcium 1 small banana (80 – 100 cals) – sugar and potassium1 cup of black tea, no sugar Recess/Snacks:1 cereal muesli bar, honey apricot flavour (110 cals) – fibre and sugar1 tub of pears and peaches in juice (60 cals) – sugar and energy :)Cup of waterLunch:2 slices of light rye bread – fibre and carbswith lettuce and tomato – magnesium and minerals(200 cals)Bowl of Soup with rice, veggies, pasta, etc. (100-200 cals)Snack:Medium – large red apple/banana/ handful of strawberries (100 cals)Dinner:Whatever parents cook – lean red meat or chicken, fish once a week1 cup of cooked rice or 1 – 1.5 potatoes, small – largesteamed veggies – a lot of them!roughly 600 cals in totali also take various vitamins throughout the day.So now being at this point, I have a few questions:How many calories should I be consuming?How much activity should I have per day?Any other advice to gain weight healthily and slowly?Thanks, your opinions and advice are greatly valued 🙂

A: I sounds to me like you are now doing great. Congratulations on telling your parents and getting help. Knowing you have a problem and want help is half of the battle of winning. You sound like a winner to me. The diet you are following sounds great and if you are gaining weight and eating healthy, you should get back to normal really soon. Please do not over exercise and use up all of those hard earned calories to keep from gaining weight. That will not solve the problem, only continue it. I am much older than you and did the same thing at about your age, was passing out in my house, never eating, lost a lot of weight. At that time there was not a name for the disease, but my Mom realized that I was not eating and helped me get back to normal.Keep eating, don’t over exercise and you should be fine in no time.