➡️ You think you’ve stopped restricting food, but you’re still struggling with binge eating…   ➡️ You’re baffled as to why your period is missing because you’re at a “healthy weight” and think you eat enough...   ➡️ You have a history of a “restrictive period” where you’re like:    🤔 “Yea. I was definitely under eating and overexercising back then…”   😡 “...but now I’m fine! I eat way more. I allow myself to eat less healthy foods in moderation. I just can’t STOP eating them once I start. Why can’t I just be ‘balanced’?!?!”   If you resonate with any of these…you’re not alone.   💡 There’s a scientific explanation for what you’re experiencing.   It’s called Metabolic Adaptation.   Basically, it’s how your body decreases the calories you burn and tries to drive you to eat more when it senses that it doesn’t have enough long term (body fat) or short term (glycogen aka stored blood glucose) energy stored.   Metabolic Adaptation feels like: Slowed digestion (think chronic constipation, bloat and toxic farts) Constant food thoughts Extreme hunger and cravings Low energy for life and decreased performance in your workouts Urges to binge eat Missing periods   How do you correct Metabolic Adaptation?   ❗ THROUGH EATING MORE FOOD   I go over all of this, including how to recover from Metabolic Adaptation so you can feel like a normal person around food again and more easily maintain a healthy, fit body fat percentage for YOUR unique body in this episode!   Give it a listen if this topic interests you and email or DM me with any questions   Email at [email protected] DM me on Instagram at elenakunickird   Learn more about my 1:1 coaching and group program: bit.ly/elenakwebsite   Resources for this episode: Defining metabolism: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK546690/ , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolism Metabolic adaptation: https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fulltext/2022/10000/metabolic_adaptations_to_weight_loss__a_brief.39.aspx Microbiome effect on energy balance: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7285218/ Minnesota Starvation Experiment: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2013/10/hunger Non-exercise Activity Thermogenesis: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279077/