Hello people of IF! For any women out there using this wonderful tool, have any of you had irregular cycles with it? I am 20 years old and I haven’t had irregular cycles until I started doing 20:4, now my period has started about two weeks earlier than usual. Has this happened to anyone here before?
Yeah absolutely. My body/cycle is super sensitive to any changes in my life, especially if I mess with my diet/eating pattern. It’s not uncommon apparently. For some people it settles down after a while, for others it doesn’t. I read online a while ago that it might help to do a shorter fasting window - say 12-14 hours of fasting instead of 20. Just kind of play around with things and see what happens. You might discover that fasting isn’t for you, or that things settle down once your body adjusts. Everyone’s body is different 🤷♀️
Irregular cycles can be caused by all sorts of things, like stress and fasting (which also causes some stress on the body).
Maybe 20:4 is a bit much for your body right now? Have you tried 16:8 or 18:6?