I started doing OMAD a little over a week ago and my period is now 4 days late, which is unusual for me. Has anyone else experienced this?
My wife now dabbles in fasting on account of being married to me, and I can report that in the last several months her cycle has been all over the place. I almost had a heart attack a couple of months back as she thought she might be pregnant because she was so late. Then most recently she woke me up on a random Tuesday at like 3AM with blood running down her leg and our sheets stained.
So while I am male and can’t cite personal experience, I can cite at least one instance where an otherwise normal 120 pound female in good health had her system in some kind of tail spin from fasting.
I wouldn’t think a short fast would but look up the female triad syndrome. I’ve also noticed that longer fasts do have an impact which makes sense. If your body doesn’t have the nutrients it needs it reacts