Why eating less and training harder made everything worse — the thyroid-cortisol survival cascade, and what it actually takes to shift the set point.

RED-S (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport) happens when your body doesn’t have enough energy to support both basic function and training load. The typical patient is a young athlete who is severely restricting calories. I was 125 lbs, eating at a 300-calorie deficit, an experienced athlete and coach… And had no idea I qualified. I…

Menopause snuck up on me. I was in the best shape of my life leading up to it. I was hitting PRs in the gym, I had fantastic endurance, and I was climbing hills on my bike that actually felt kinda easy. I thought perimenopause was a breeze! I didn’t experience any of the symptoms…