Advice please...19 day cycle caused by LE diet/exercise or something else?

[GlitterMouse]

Apologies if this has been asked before. Does LE diet and exercise reduce cycle length? My cycles do vary but I have just got AF on CD19?? That's the shortest ever.

I've been swaying pretty hard since January, have lost about 21lbs, exercising 5-6 times per week for at least an hour and following LE diet. My calorie intake is 1200-1500 most days.

Other info: I've been suffering with persistent conjunctivitis and my legs are injured at the moment due to all the running on a TM so I've had the last 3 days off exercise and then tonight AF arrived.

Just wondered if this is consistent with anyone else's experience?

[Beau82]

Yes it absolutely does! I'm not swaying hard and my ovulation date has jumped up to cd 14 from a normal cd 18/19. My normal cycle length is about 31 days, the last couple of months it's been 28 days.

[honeybee37]

If you're doing that much exercise I would say you need to up your kcal intake a lot. My cycles went mad with exercise and I had to force myself to eat 1800 kcal sometimes 2,000. I didn't gain any weight doing this but 1200 whilst exercising is def not enough.

[GlitterMouse]

Thanks so much for your replies ladies xx honeybee, I'm just so worried to up calories in case I gain weight. You were brave to force yourself to eat more. Can I ask how you increased and what types of foods you added in? Or was it just more of the same?

[Frilly Lady]

My cycle this month was only 22 days and that's short for me!

[GlitterMouse]

Thanks for chiming in Frilly. How long are your cycles usually?

[Frilly Lady]

28 days on average but when I started swaying last year they got shorter. Then even shorter when I started again this year, but never as short as this month. I am a geriatric though!

[honeybee37]

Glitter mouse I am still staying within the protein and fat limits but eating more white carbs etc. Having said that I wouldn't listen to me as my luteal phase is ridiculously short and I am not going to conceive easily since my AF turned up today at 7dpo (worse than last month...). It's a nightmare knowing what to do for the best, isn't it!!

Thanks so much for your replies ladies xx honeybee, I'm just so worried to up calories in case I gain weight. You were brave to force yourself to eat more. Can I ask how you increased and what types of foods you added in? Or was it just more of the same?

[GlitterMouse]

Oh honeybee I'm the same. My luteal phase this month was 8 days. It is a total nightmare knowing what to do I agree. Has your luteal phase always been short? Mine has and I did manage to easily conceive my two boys. Is short lutal phase linked to having boys? I always feel that that could be the reason I only have boys iykwim?? I really hope I'm way off the mark with that!

[maidentomother]

GM, how short was your shortest cycle prior to swaying? Earliest O day, pre swaying? Shortest LP, pre swaying?

Also, average cycle length, average O day, and average LP, all pre swaying?