Achieving and maintaining 10-11% body fat during competition history often resulted in the cessation of the menstrual cycle for the speaker, even after returning to normal calorie intake and healthy body fat levels.

“for the majority of my competition history and competing life yes it would completely stop — in fact for about 5 years I did not have a period — and that was even with the return of you know calories back to a normal amount even with the return of body fat you know back to you know normal healthy levels”