Originally Posted by
atomic sagebrush
:agree: I do want to clarify 2 things.
1)1000 calories is NOT LE Diet. It is a starvation level of cal intake that I have never recommended and is below even the absolute lowest intake (and I realize you know this now Girlieplease but your post may have confused others who read it) The absolute minimum intake is 1200-1500 cals and I think only about 5% of all swayers should go that low (people who are very petite and may only eat 1500 a day normally, people who have lots of weight to lose, and a handful of those with moderate to severe PCOS) I do not want anyone doing exercise to eat 1200-1500 unless they have quite a bit of weight to spare. Most people will be on 1500-1800 cals a day. A larger minority (maybe 25-30%) will need to up this to 1800-2000 (anyone breastfeeding, doing a lot of exercise, those who are losing too much weight or have already lost as much as they can spare, and those who are very tall, like 5-10 and up). 1800-2000 is what I call upper levels. I think it is a good idea for everyone to start off 1800-2000 and see what happens. You can always reduce with time. It's much better to start off eating more than you think you'll need and cut back, then to start too low, lose too much weight, and make your cycle go nuts.
2)Your body shortening your cycle and esp. LP IS a primitive form of birth control. That having been said, as we age many times our cycles get shorter (particularly the follicular phase, from AF-O) for the opposite reason, to give an INCREASED chance of conception since you're rapidfiring more eggs. So just a shorter cycle alone is not necessarily your body dialing it back on fertility, if you go from Oing on CD 16 to CD 11 and you're 45 years old it may be a "last hurrah" of trying to pop out as many eggs as possible. That really is more for everyone's curiosity than any reason, just find it interesting.