{"podcast":{"title":"Eat More Carbs | A Period Recovery Podcast","slug":"eat-more-carbs-a-period-recovery-podcast-6021862","podcast_index_feed_id":6021862,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/d4717e54/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.reillybeatty.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/35542077/35542077-1769447699194-1309aae052167.jpg","author":"Reilly Beatty MS, RD, CSSD and Jenna Fisher RD","episode_count":176,"summary":"A sports nutrition and hypothalamic amenorrhea recovery podcast for female athletes who want to get their period back and maximize performance while doing so! HA recovery is different for every athlete and here you will learn how to recover in the way that is best for you as an athlete. The same habits preventing you from having a regular menstrual cycle are preventing you from reaching your athletic goals. We don't want to stop you from training, we want to maximize it! Learn more about our Period Recovery Program and HA recovery resources at www.teamsteadystate.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T18:17:02.774192+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eat-more-carbs-a-period-recovery-podcast-6021862"},"episode":{"title":"170. Why Eating \"More\" Isn't Enough: Solving the Period Recovery Plateau","slug":"170-why-eating-more-isn-t-enough-solving-the-period-recovery-plateau","published_at":"2026-06-18T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eat-more-carbs-a-period-recovery-podcast-6021862/170-why-eating-more-isn-t-enough-solving-the-period-recovery-plateau","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eat-more-carbs-a-period-recovery-podcast-6021862","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reilly-beatty-nutrition/episodes/170--Why-Eating-More-Isnt-Enough-Solving-the-Period-Recovery-Plateau-e3kubd5","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/d4717e54/podcast/play/121629541/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-17%2F426343457-44100-2-8c5ebceca762c.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Eat More Carbs, Lilly, Reilly and Jenna dive into one of the most frustrating and confusing phases of the hormonal healing journey: Why Eating "More" Isn't Enough: Solving the Period Recovery Plateau. This episode is specifically for the female athlete who has checked all the traditional boxes and feels like you are doing everything right in the recovery journey. You’ve increased your energy intake, you’ve started taking recovery days, and you are eating what feels like it should be enough, yet your menstrual cycle remains completely missing. As dietitians, we are talking about why eating more is sometimes only the first step, and what it actually takes to signal true physiological safety to your brain. Together, we break down the hidden variables that contribute to a persistent functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (HA) plateau. We explore why the timing of your meals matters just as much as your total daily energy availability. Discussing the difference between simply eating a high volume of food and truly resolving low energy availability (LEA) at a cellular level, highlighting the sneaky ways athletes accidentally backslide into energy deficits throughout their day. Our goal for this episode is to give you a definitive troubleshooting checklist to help you break through your recovery stall and finally get your period back. We move past the generic "just eat more" advice to deliver advanced, evidence based sports nutrition strategies that address metabolic adaptation, and energy distribution. Tune in to find out exactly what your body is trying to tell you during a plateau, and learn how to make the subtle but powerful shifts necessary to restore your period. The Eat More Carbs Podcast is the go-to podcast for the GIRLIES who want…","meta_description":"In this episode of Eat More Carbs, Lilly, Reilly and Jenna dive into one of the most frustrating and confusing phases of the hormonal healing journey: Why…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1638,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/eat-more-carbs-a-period-recovery-podcast-6021862/episodes/170-why-eating-more-isn-t-enough-solving-the-period-recovery-plateau/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eat-more-carbs-a-period-recovery-podcast-6021862/170-why-eating-more-isn-t-enough-solving-the-period-recovery-plateau.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}